
I wonder how evil/possessive the emperor is going to end up being. Is this going to be "last night convinced me that you belong with me and I refuse to let you go" or "when we parted ways a year ago, I figured out/had already figured out that you were the prince's shadow so I manipulated the nobles into revolting so they would kill the prince and you would belong to no one except me."

I don't know about everyone else, but if I were in Ibelina's situation, I would be more scared than annoyed. He's the crown prince. If he decides to touch her, even against her consent, what's anyone going to do about it? It's happened in other stories before and in history too. Yeah, the Duke can start a war to get her back, but she'd still be stuck with the prince until that was successful.

Things I like about this manga:
-How into sex Akane is. You don't see a whole lot of manga about Japanese women who are so sex positive without it being some kind of hentai thing for men.
-That Takahisa tried to cut the dick off the guy who attempted to rape Yuuki. 10 out of 10 excellent and appropriate response to rapist.
Things I don't like about this manga:
-That Takahisa wasn't more injured from being stabbed. Karma must be going easy on him, cuz he definitely had a lot worse coming for him.
-That Akane didn't divorce or at least separate for a while from Takuya. This man literally left his very pregnant wife completely alone for 2 whole months and instead chose to hang out with his scumbag friend who also literally planned to rape his wife at one point, and ON TOP OF THAT literally only returned to his wife because his scumbag friend, OF ALL PEOPLE, decided to be the better person and leave first. Unless a man like that kowtows to you for the same amount of time he left you alone for AT THE VERY LEAST, he is ex-husband material, period.

Holy shit, this webtoon is amazing. A villainess/reincarnation story with actual stakes? Awesome. A villainess/reincarnation story where the MC knows plot details but that doesn't mean they are the smartest or strongest, and they still have to make a real effort? Phenomenal. I'm on the edge of my seat the whole time. I think the only other webtoon I've seen similar to this is Death Is The Only Ending For The Villainess.
I'll be honest, I'm still kinda concerned about the relationship between these two. But! If they're confident in staying together until the end then I'm confident that they'll have all the time they need to figure things out, whether that's settling things with Youngmin's family or dealing with whatever other issues that come their way. So I'm happy for them. (▰˘◡˘▰)