If we treat this story with the same perspective Loki (the show) has on the concept of time, i.e: time is not linear, then this version of the emperor actually is innocent. Because this is in a different timeline and this emperor is a variant lol. It's the same concept as to even if you go back in time to kill hitler as a baby, you're not "changing" the future, you're just creating a different timeline, but the original timeline where he was a dictator still exists. So what I'm saying is, this emperor is innocent. So why dont y'all chill, the book literally told us how the ending goes anyway
If we treat this story with the same perspective
Loki (the show) has on the concept of time, i.e: time is not linear, then this version of the emperor actually is innocent. Because this is in a different timeline and this emperor is a variant lol. It's the same concept as to even if you go back in time to kill hitler as a baby, you're not "changing" the future, you're just creating a different timeline, but the original timeline where he was a dictator still exists. So what I'm saying is, this emperor is innocent. So why dont y'all chill, the book literally told us how the ending goes anyway