A stupid fool with powers and greed is a dangerous combination, reflected in the Emperor.
Whereas the Empress is a Beauty with brain. But a whole lot of greed and want for power, also surviving in a world with the greedy power hungry emperor has made her take bad decisions.
And Astana is just the fruit of this evil combination.
If I reallyyyy heavily fantasize about an alternate reality where the Emperor is a good person, then I don't think the Empress would've done any of the evil things that she had to do and she would've been a great queen. Though the Angenas family would've tried to influence her, but a good emperor wouldn't have let that happen and would've kept them in check.
So for this reason I fully blame the emperor and want to see his remorse the most.
There should be tests done to choose a king/leader. (there should also be tests to check if a couple is ready to birth a child or not because not every parent deserves a child.)
A stupid fool with powers and greed is a dangerous combination, reflected in the Emperor.
Whereas the Empress is a Beauty with brain. But a whole lot of greed and want for power, also surviving in a world with the greedy power hungry emperor has made her take bad decisions.
And Astana is just the fruit of this evil combination.
If I reallyyyy heavily fantasize about an alternate reality where the Emperor is a good person, then I don't think the Empress would've done any of the evil things that she had to do and she would've been a great queen. Though the Angenas family would've tried to influence her, but a good emperor wouldn't have let that happen and would've kept them in check.
So for this reason I fully blame the emperor and want to see his remorse the most.
There should be tests done to choose a king/leader. (there should also be tests to check if a couple is ready to birth a child or not because not every parent deserves a child.)