Most probably bewitchment... she's either unknowingly doing it and is really a ditz or pretending to be so and is squeezing in with every roayalty/nobility to curry favour.
The first chapter and her evil smirk at the end gives the vibes of her being evil.
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I’m currently reading the novel, and lemme tell you, she (trashta) is doing it on purpose. Trashta just wants the empress’ throne. She doesn’t even love the emperor. It’s really frustrating knowing this and seeing the emperor treat Navier like literal shit and always comparing her to Trashta, making ridiculous accusations and completely trusting the lies out of Trashta’s mouth instead of even BOTHERING to listen to the one person who’s been there for him since childhood.
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I agree with you on some points, however Rashta never came into the palace wanting to become the empress. She had just escaped her life as a slave and saw Sovieshu as a lifeline. She became heavily dependant on him and she was envious of Navier for being born into a life of luxury and high status. For that reason she was able to easily be manipulated and that's exactly what Duke Eloy did. He was the one who planted the idea of becoming the Empress into her head (amoung other petty things), but I do agree with you that Rashta has always been causing trouble on purpose and for her own personal gain.
oh my, rashta really make a mess there, I kinda hoping the emperor will see the light of it but then again in chapter 1 he divorced the empress -_-
I hope that's the case, if not he failed to become the emperor since he can't judged which one is good and bad, rashta is quite oblivious to most cases but he just plain ignoring it (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
duke Eloy? and the emperor planned to make her as empress? wow (￣∇￣")
Oh lmao that was a typo, I meant Elgy. And yes you're right about that, but Sovieshu never intended to make Rashta's position as empress permanent. His plan was to make her the empress so that when she had "their" baby, it would be considered a legitimate heir of the throne. He wanted to remarry Navier after a year and reinstate her as the empress. It was Elgy that manipulated Rashta to push for her to take Navier's place, saying a concubines position is and never will be a stable one. Sovieshu could get rid of her at any point. At this point, she was already untrustworthy of Sovieshu so she really took Elgy's words to heart. She started to push to become empress for the sake of her child and to solidify her place in the luxurious high life.
wow so that's why at the chapter 1 the emperor is so shocked when the empress plans to remarry right after divorce, hahahaha karma got him, thank you for sharing infos, can't wait to see him breaking in a cold sweat like first chapter ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
No worries! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story :)
isn't the emperor and the empress is a besties since they're a children? why did he got this cold to her, if it's the new concubine's behaviour is contrast to her, why did he has to compare? it would be better to hear what his wife talking to rather than believing this stupid gogo gaga concubine -_-
too bad he lost his great wife to the birdie prince, since the empress is loved by most people there it must be the empress is a good person (▰˘◡˘▰)