unless im missing something from the spoilers i read, this seems like its going to be 100% misery for FL with zero happiness and some serious shit going on.
going to let this simmer until the novel is done - its at ch. 240 and the spoilers i read pissed me off LOL. author, why are you writing this misery slog??
wow, this is super good! rare to get this type of story with actual political intrigue, and with a ton of nuanced characters. in another story the "marry my brother early" plot line would have been a ~sha la laaaaa~ moment with blushing and flowers and the ML and FL staring at each other but the FL was instantly like "FUCK no." (⌒▽⌒)