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He actually genuinely did love her in his past life and he knew she was just a replacement which was why he was horrified when they had a child tgt bc that meant that it would be harder for him to protect her. He had a reason for his past action despite how cruel it seemed to be portrayed here. But rest assured y’all would start to see why :)

Imagine how ironic and pathetic it feels to rightfully have a grudge against someone who neglected and emotionally abused you, yet you can't say anything... because they have done nothing wrong to you in this timeline, in the past.
UGHHHH if the emperor still turns out to be the ML, I f*cking hope there is a totally well-written and well-executed development for it to happen. I won't settle for less.