
I just never liked Lariette... She made two characters suffer a lot, especially Doha.
Doha is supposed to be the antagonist or antihero of the story but for me he is the one who suffered the most in this story at the hands of Lariette. Even at the very end, she can't leave him alone...

bro she didnt and doesnt know that he has feelings for her because he CHOSE NOT TI TELL HER lariette did absolutely NOTHING to doha hes a GROWN MAN that made the choices he did on purpose. lariette thought she still had the incurable disease and thats why she ran away from asrahan so he could believe she left him so he wouldnt see her die and fuck id do the same thing too. id rather my loved ones believe i ran away than have the witness me die infront of them. also lariette didnt think they would actually fall in love together in the span of three months but they did.

I still hate on him, he doesn't deserve her... and I dare a lot to ship her with another characters, cuz uuughhh... RIFTAN MAKES ME SICK.
Maybe Maxi was slow in this chapter, and the next ones, but believe me, SHE WILL IMPROVE A LOT and he will still not give her the credit she deserves.

dude he's literally a green flag. he thinks she was the cherished daughter of a duke that lived a lavished life. also I think people forget the time this take place in. she was expected to be the perfect wife, that stays at home & makes an heir. even her maid/nanny told her that if her husband was mean or hits her she had to let it be. he clearly has the best intentions for her & is just worried. they both suck at communicating too. as their relationship progresses hopefully they'll be better at talking to each other. yeah it sometimes gets annoying how he talks, but she does the same when not clearing up his misconception of her upbringing
She was Sovieshu's Victim.
She was a willing participant.
Ah yes a slave a willing participate to a literal king who bought them
I meant to like your comment but yeah, she was also mentally a child (seeing how her behavior and speaking pattern was) so that’s also there.
Agreed, like she was so severely abused physically and mentally she acted out like a child would to power
She was a Slave, almost a child... I'm not going to justify her actions as empress, but all of that was caused by Sovieshu ascending to the rank of noble a young slave girl without a shred of education.
Wouldn't exactly call Rashta a victim... but yeah, if we need to point fingers, Sovieshu has the most shit on his plate
Yes, she was a slave. However, she was a conniving, murderous slave, who utilized her sexuality to get ahead.
Once again, she was a slave. However, she was a conniving, murderous slave, who utilized her sexuality to get ahead.
I used to think like that when I was younger reading this story years ago, but for the record She wasn’t murderous until after she met duke ergi who also enabling her bad habits saying if she didn’t fight for her position she would be thrown away. I’m not saying what she’s done shouldn’t be done without consequences, because ultimately it was her decisions that lead to it; but please take into consideration on HOW and WHY those were the decisions she’s made.
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She’s being abused both physically and mentally, by the people who bought her, who lead her to believe that her infant child was dead (mind you she was only 16) she has no social etiquette, no education, cannot speak correct grammar, or even write, she runs away then meets the emperor, who didn’t even care to help her because if he really did want to, he would’ve abolished slavery or at least set her free. He only viewed her as a babymaker because he still assumed Naiver was infertile. It’s only natural for her to be very possessive towards the only “protecter” she’s ever had.
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Had Navier meet Rashta first, she would’ve ended up differently, could’ve been one of her most loyal subjects. It wouldn’t have mattered who The emperor met because ultimately he just wanted someone to use them throw away. If anything he’s the one who’s cunniving. Someone who has some much authority yet couldn’t have a conversation with his damn wife