Rather than the titled I think its more that Shushu was born with the powers from the imperial bloodline while Azella was not born with powers and the Empress is taking Shushu's powers to give to Azella
i get that the empress wants to feign that her daughter has imperial powers but really what does that do for them? it doesnt get them any more power besides just adoration? it feels pretty shallow in the sense of, if they had the daughter and the 2nd daughter, they couldve literally been chill?? idk i feel like w these manhwas its always women against women
The last chap makes me think that there’s this whole new god thing that she needs the power for and now we can tell she’s just using Azella for something now (surprise! She’s in a cult! .. I think? Or maybe she started it?)
My guess on why she didn’t do anything to the prince is because he might not be as available to her since he has to learn to be emperor and probably is around his dad too much for any changes in him to not be noticeable. I still don’t really have an idea as to why she didn’t keep Shushu in a dungeon or something since birth tho aside from the emperor or prince accidentally finding out or something.
i get that the prince might not have been an easy target, but at the same time, when we see shushu way in the future, they still didnt do anything to the prince? If anything, the princess azelia still seeks and yearns for the prince's affection. I just feel like sometimes these kinds of manhwas are nonsensical in the sense that these wannabe villains are always going after people that wont actually give them the power they desire??
Oh, I thought the future prince basically gave into never getting his little brother so he was ok with Azelia; young Azelia was the one that was trying to be cutesy and clingy with him. We also didn’t really see too much of the future prince aside from him being angry at Shushu so I mean, maybe they could’ve done something but it’s hard to tell? I also imagine it would be hard to mess with him when he’s older and more trained into his position. The whole new god thing is just throwing me off with the future version of stuff cuz we don’t know if that came to fruition or not - we just see the scene where she gets trapped in the mirror dimension and a few snippets (2-3 panels worth) of her interactions with others.
yeah i think my main issue is that the reason for the step mother and half sister to act that way isnt fleshed out at all by the author. the only reason shushu's power is taken for azelia is due cement azelia's position as an imperial princess, but why does azelia's position as an imperial princess matter? it's not like anyone is going to claim azelia is not the daughter of the emperor? There should be actual reasons. It's honestly just shallow
Why is the imperial consort even targeting Shuelina?? I dont even understand her goal. If she is trying to take control of the palace/make her daughter empress, why is the crown prince ok? why would an imperial princess ruin anything from the empress? from my understanding, in the previous life, she literally just criminalizes and isolates shuelina, but the crown prince still is fine and in power? like ??