Lmaoo not even? She's literally a homewreker who thought that just because she was cute and "innocent" she'd get away with everything including theft and attempted murder. Rashta dug her own grave by acting like she did and Navier wasn't having that shit playing second fiddle to a slave hoe who started shit with Navier. She became a victim of her own shit and it all backfired
First off she could have said no because sovishu knew exactly what she was and still chose to protect her over everything else including getting her fake ass parents, she was given an education during her time there, and no one befriended the actual slave owner aka the father. The daughter didn't own rashta it was the father and Navier never even had contact with him so idk where you got "befriending" slave owners cause that didn't happen. Rashta decided to become greedy as fuck and fucked around and found out. She made fun of the fact that they thought Navier was infertile and couldn't have kids which was "why the emperor divorced her". She's a home wrecking hoe that got what was coming to her and the only tyrant in the whole story was rashta and sovishu. Rashta cut out a maids tongue, had the man who helped her ass escape assassinated, tried to have other people killed and tried kidnapping and selling her own son.
The problem with this argument is that it judges Rashta as if she started the story with the same freedom, education, status, and support system as everyone else.
Yes, Rashta committed terrible acts later in the story. Nobody is denying that. But reducing her entire character to "she was greedy and got what she deserved" ignores that she began as an escaped slave who spent her life being abused, exploited, and treated as property.
Saying "she could have said no" to Sovieshu also ignores the massive power imbalance between a former slave and an emperor. Even if Sovieshu knew she was a slave, he was still the most powerful man in the empire and the person controlling her future. That's not a situation where someone can freely make choices without fear.
And while Navier never personally owned slaves, she still benefited from and largely accepted a system where slavery existed. That's why some readers criticize the empire itself rather than just individual characters.
The issue isn't whether Rashta did bad things, she did. The issue is why people are willing to analyze Navier, Sovieshu, and the nobility with nuance, but Rashta gets reduced to "homewrecker" and "fake ass slave." A character can be both a victim and a perpetrator. Those aren't mutually exclusive.
Rashta's crimes don't erase her victimization, and her victimization doesn't erase her crimes. Treating either side as if it doesn't exist is what creates a biased reading of the story.

Worst story written by Elitist, antagonizing a poor victim slave girl. Author is definitely not a good person