First of all the Marquis knew he was a man from the start and that’s why Eve expected that he’d be beheaded or become a bedmate. He wouldn’t have said bedmate otherwise. He thought maybe that’s why the marquis accepted a man as a bride.
For the rest, especially Milana , some know he is a man. Not everyone knows but his servants know and he said they still refer to him as the lady of the house for some reasons. So they’re calling him « lady » while aware that he’s a man.
First of all the Marquis knew he was a man from the start and that’s why Eve expected that he’d be beheaded or become a bedmate. He wouldn’t have said bedmate otherwise. He thought maybe that’s why the marquis accepted a man as a bride.
For the rest, especially Milana , some know he is a man. Not everyone knows but his servants know and he said they still refer to him as the lady of the house for some reasons. So they’re calling him « lady » while aware that he’s a man.