She just chose not to die?
She didn't have to battle a harem of women to become empress. She is also mostly free to do what she wants.
But the alternative was death, she doesn't want to be the Empress which means her character doesn't have a goal which makes her boring but it doesn't mean that things were easy for her. What she wants is peace how is she going to step her game up to create peace when she's already achieved it? Also, by your logic Celestian is justifiably angry with the Emperor because he is interfering both with her marriage and her friendship with Lilian
I feel like if I go back and read what's going on, then I would fully understand everything. But, since I dont want to do that, I leave it with you got a point.
Yeah I like the red head, but I hate when people interfere with other people relationships. I also hate when people force their twisted ideology down other peoples throats. If you ask me, the empress should step her game up not the emperor. We can also say that she got what she wanted to easily.