Do the right thing my foot. The duke wanted to marry of his deranged daughter to the emperor or whatever her relation to him was. Simply like every historical book a particular family wants the empress to come from their house as a means of getting more power. It had nothing to do with doing the right thing he wanted more power and forgot the emperor is crazy.
Yes but one of the reasons is that she was only woman not married because everyone eligible one the emperor married off
Alicia was the only one left, the only eligible lady of marriageable age in the country was either her or the red hair princess, until the very last second he believed the red hair lady to be the emperor fiance not his.
Everyone wanted the emperor to marry a woman because if not the imperial blood line will be lost forever especially since now (thanks to some crazy mf) the other two nobles with imperial blood (Alicia and the Duke) are married of to different countries so we literally have zero heirs and future heirs for the empire
The royal bloodline wouldn't be lost the emperor has a sister who already has a kid
I here for the main couple I love the fact they finally married BUT the duke was just trying to do the right thing and he lost everything he ever had and was forbidden of ever coming back to the homeland he did so much to protect
I almost cried when he did
I hope his bride give him a fucking amazing live she being a badass goodness but also cuddling and comforting him because he deserves