Lol he was forced to. As the emperor he cannot just reject proposals which can bring prosperity to his kingdom. And she's not just greedy she raped him. You don't rape someone just coz they don't like you. She was and is evil all on her own.
He wasn’t forced to, he wanted to become emperor, he could’ve forfeited the throne to his brother iirc
She sure is evil but emperor could’ve just rejected and she would’ve married his brother and he would be emperor, doesn’t excuse her actions and stuff but he had no redemption besides somewhat hating Mc a bit less? He wasn’t nice to mc only bc the evil empress gave birth to him. The child bears no fault yet he treated him badly.
I’m not 100% up to date but when I read the chapter where emperors bg story got told that’s what I picked up at least.
Not excusing the actions from the empress like I said but I feel the redemption wasn’t any good bc emperor is hugely at fault for a lot of the grief of mc and somehow it’s just glossed over
Well yeah. Didn't like how he neglected the mc for so many years and only started treating him decent after rishar said some things.
She literally raped him she was already evil
Didn’t read all the new updates but rly hate the king still bc he’s the reason empress turned evil like that, if he didn’t love her he shouldn’t have married her for the crown or simply divorce. Empress is crazy evil but ig that’s all bc emperor was greedy yall