Is this a spoiler ?
I mean, I haven’t read ahead or anything, but it’s pretty obvious to me that:
1. The emperor knows she’s the one he slept with. I’m pretty sure that he said what he said about punishing any woman who would claim to be his partner because he knew that the FMC wouldn’t come forward and each other woman would be lying (it’s also why the knight’s sister tested the waters by sending a fake; she wanted to see if the emperor actually knew who the woman was or if anyone could get away with saying they’re the one)
2. The emperor keeps sending that other knight on other missions because he’s jealous of how close he is with the FMC. In fact, I believe that the only reason why he sent him to the borders is because he knows that the knight asked her to let him be her baby’s father
3. The shadow knights and the doctor are also spies of the emperor so he most likely knows that she’s pregnant and
4. Since the emperor seems to have powers, then it’s not crazy to believe that they’re actually sharing dreams together. It also explains why he didn’t seem that bothered when she woke up and realized she was sitting on his lap.
I think it’s cute that she’s actually falling for him through the dream, though, since she gets to see a different side of him.
Okay ~The future will tell
Lmao it’ll be pretty funny when she realizes that the emperor already knows she’s pregnant. All that worry and running away for nothing. Their shared dreams are cute, though.