
Honestly even if the whole premise was MC liking the cold archduke of the north I think she has much more chemistry with the emperor.
When I first read this I was for sure going to eat the whole "divorce the shtty husband and marry the archduke" up, however when the emperor was introduced, he actually had personality and was hella funny. I ended up siding with him more than the archduke.
Yes hes cute and has angst but hes a bit bland in comparison with the emperor who actually manages to match our MCs freak (the whole island fiasco)