I never shipped her with Lester but I do feel bad that Lester’s heart is gonna be broken...

Same, i always thought of lester of like an older brother/father figure rather than a love interest but it hurts my heart that he's gonna get hurt cause he definitely deserves love and a happy ending

I also only saw him as a brother figure and have semi started putting him with the princess so she is happy and then the duke goes to Yuri in my crazy nonsense

And Lester is already period trained; he'll practically be the only person the Empress will want around.