If you didn't happen to read the in-between from then to now, the prince became unhinged and decided to pursue Chloe (FL I guess, cause she's also not Chloe too). In the end he was punished by the emperor and was locked away in the castle for a while, then he came out even more unhinged and that's where we are at ch 117. Prince thinks he loves Chloe and was doing the "if I hadn't refused her back then when she loved me, would I be happier" thing and then he became disillusioned. Just as a reminder, it's been a year since that pottery tea set thing you last read :) hope this helps!
I kinda caught the gist of it. Didn’t he have a fiancé? I was kinda hoping he would have spun off with that pink haired girl :C last time it was actively reading, he was kinda just getting seriously jealous, but it was kinda obvious he just wanted a genuine love over admiration. I kinda like him so I’m a little sad to hear he is character has been used this way for the “plot”
He didn’t have a fiancé, she was just another girl he played around with. I believe that he fooled around with many girls, but the pink haired girl was his main girl he fooled around with(?). I also believe the reason why he is pursuing Chloe is because the trope of, “she is the first girl who doesn’t like me”, kind of thing.
Anyone comment if I’m wrong please
I also think that Elena was like "officially" his "social gathering girl" he basically used her feelings for him. He's despicable.
Stopped reading this back when she had commissioned an artisan to craft tea sets for her shop and just peeked in on the most recent chapter...why did they totally destroy the prince’s disposition? They could have made him an interesting “second ml to side couple” substory but he seems kinda crazy and obsessive over nothing now