Got this from the spoilers
he does something similar to what he’s doing right now, but at a much much bigger scale, and it was during a period of time where Courtney became extremely insecure and doubtful of their relationship after a failed bdsm session and was avoiding him, so his solution was to make up a whole story about how he cheating on her and found a better master, and his assistant was in it and one of Courtney‘s lady in waiting was in it too, but I’m not mad at them for it because they’re dealing with Richard and they almost divorced because of that. Like Courtney went to the king and they were talking about the divorce process and everything. Moreover bro was committed to his act, pretending to go out late at night, telling the guards that they shouldn’t let Courtney come to his private chambers because he’s not there, making up letters

After reading the spoilers in the comment section, the only thing I feel towards Richard is deep disappointment. In the end, a golden retriever is still a dog. Pathetic