The emperor cheated too and has Edel so why everyone insulting the empress and not him ??
He look like a real jerk in his youth. The parents story might be full of dog blood and bull fight.
If i'm not mistaken, queen cheat first with raphael father and rezef born from that affair. The reason is bcs there's no love between queen and king. Its just a political marriage. Then the king marry edel mother to mock queen its like 'you can cheating, then i also can do it' but the king still resent queen for cheat him and make her suffer include cayena and rezef. The reason king do not want reveal rezef truth because his pride.
Its been so long i read the novel mtl so i dont really remember
Tbh i really pity rezef, because of the king pride he has to suffer for life.
At first I thought the Queen is a bitch for playing with two men but after reading chap93 what if it was all the emperor's extreme jealous and misunderstanding.What if Rezef is not the duke child but the Emperor? Actually the three siblings look the same even Edel doesn't look like Emperor.
Most red flag really didn't regret even they are on deadbed Only shitty parents can give birth the worst villian.