Y’all the empress isn’t sus she just likes the painter
which is still kinda sus as we don't know if she's going to become a mini antagonist and be jealous.
Then in the original timeline, she was married to the prince and was in a high social standing and popular. .... Why would she marry the prince, pretend to be happy when she likes the painter ? She could have had a dad reasoning or something.┐(´ー`)┌
Y’all the empress isn’t sus she just likes the painter