
Riftan is so refreshing. He’s rough and loving, crass but does his best to be kind to his wife. I can’t get enough of him!
Are there any other ML that are like him?? I’m not talking about “the jerk that becomes nice eventually” I’m talking a rough nice guy like this. Who’s always been kind to his wife/Flbut rough in general and stays that way. It’s hard to explain since it feels nuanced but I hope you feel me.

I really like the concubines. They all seem like really cool and chill ladies. I blame the men that are forcing them to get pregnant to become empress. In another life, I think all of them could have been great friends and that makes me sad.

that's not right. one died from child birth (she gave birth to a princess and even at death her mother said she was useless for giving birth to a daughter instead of a son. stfu lady, your own baby died and you say that? fuck you.) another one got divorced because her faction poisoned the other concubines slowly including her and another one got her marriage annulled because of the treason committed by her own faction (but she was given a job and was given a title making her the second woman to receive a noble title. she helped uncover the plot against the emperor and all the wrongdoings of the elders)
Overall, all the concubines are pretty cool and they treat Poliana like a friend.

Alan created (not passed on) a curse to make Douglas slowly weaken to death. Then they threw him on the streets to die.
Douglas frees himself from the curse so it returns to its original owner.
And now they’re blaming Douglas for having the gall to not want to die. “You have no empathy!” Shit man you were the ones who created the curse in the first place out of jealousy.
Fuck those guys.
What is this manga even