
yk i thought I'd feel satisfied if something were to happen to rashta but now that it's happened, I don't feel satisfied. I actually feel lowkey bad but at the same time she pretty much deserved it in the end

That right there is what you call being a normal person with a right mind friend ! Revenge if you are a normal person isn't something that will be satisfactory, everyone has circonstances... That's life.
In my opinion, no she didn't "deserve" it per say.
She was just a random not so smart girl that happened to be picked up by an emperor and ended up being manipulated by everyone around her.
It's something you don't notice if you don't really pay attention but you never really see how intelligent the cast are compared to the norms of the time.
Next to your average joe, they're all hyper intelligent beings being nobility. Rashta was just a goldfish thrown into a pond filled with piranhas and got influenced into doing things to "survive".
I would've personally preferred her being executed to end her suffering right there and there, but she'll be forced into insanity and loneliness, which is a terrible end for a human being.

I understand why the author feels like that and i get that if i were to make my own and it got uploaded to illegal websites, I would feel the same way. But I think in my own opinion it's gone to far. Especially threating to dox people and putting a bounty on someone. This could've been handled in a better way instead of making this a whole mess. I also understand that they are trying to make money from it and like support themselves but I wouldn't be surprised if many people dropped the series after seeing how the author has delt with this situation.
I hope everything goes well with both sides and it gets sorted out in a better manner.