Tbh the side stories didn't help. This still left me feeling so empty afterwards. I was in a roller-coaster of emotions the whole time I was binge-reading this. It felt like to me, their happiness didn't really last that long compared to all the anguish they've been through. Bittersweet indeed T^T I like stories like this where the love is so pure and wholesome










The author will probably make the emperor toxic just so we can stop wishing for him (I still want them to be poly).