At the moment I even pity Rashda. The situation with the baby is really shitty. And she isn't in the position to talk about such things with her lover too.
Where should she have been? She was told her child is dead. If I remember correctly, rotetshuu (her owner and the father of her lover) said he killed the child. She just discovered recently that it might still be alive. Who knows what she would have chosen if the child was by her side. As a mother I get her in that situation. I probably would also have fled a place, where one cannot even say goodbye to ones own child.
Ah, ok, I really did misunderstand you :) yeah, it would have been nice if the emperor were understanding and caring and mature enough to help her get the child back and live together as a happy family. And give Rashda etiquette lessons and such.
And yes, thanks to that Navier can be with someone who truly cherishes her and whom she loves. But the way is so thorny
Whats with the pregnant maid? Please spoil me.
I don't read the novel, but probably some evil scheming that'll acknowledge her baby as the true heir of the dukedom? If the lawful wife is abandoned or some sort, she can make some scandal saying an "accident" happened and the child in her womb is the duke's. After all no one can prove whether it's true, especially when the duke's currently losing his human reasoning.









There is also an old soviet film with the same name, with parts from the same book.
really ? could ya tell me the name please ?
ooh thank you so much !!