
This story is so inspired by real life , the political struggle , the diffrences in social class , the completely ignorant rich female character , and the completely impoverished male character going through exploitation and brutalised since he was young .
All of it are really good representations.
But of cource there is the ignorant readers who cant get past the idea that their female character is hurt and maturing , because of cource she has to stay a beautiful idiot pampered by the male character.
Honestly if you cant see the real life resemblance in this story you shouldn't read it you are wasting it

I really agree with this. As much as heiner is an asshole of a husband, the story depicts how ignorant the nobles lived. It was shitty of everyone to blame her dad's wrongdoings on Annette, but Annette was a naive and ignorant little girl that was raised in flowery gardens while ppl working under her father who were the same age as her lost their lives and sanity. I honestly do get why people hated her even tho she definitely did not deserve it

I cant take sides in this story , they both went through horrible circumstances and they were shaped by it .
This really isnt one of these stories where the female is just a victim and everyone is bad , the male lead is also a victim in this , you cant expect him to act like a normal man and deal with his feelings normally , what both of them need is just time to heal and to accept the ugly reality .
So to all the feminists readers who are trashing the ML just because he is a man , GROW UP or dont read complex reality based stories because I assure you both of these characters exist in real life .
I cant believe she said they sacrificed themselves for this country with an open smile like that , I honestly now understand why he hates her , he is right to hate her (I know I would) but I am mad at him that he put her on a pedestal , what did you expect from her really ? She is a noble pimpo head no more no less , she didnt bother to know anything about her father trash world and even if she knew she will probably do nothing because she wasnt really brought up to know anything , she was just brought up to be married to someone that will strengthen her father position even more and that person happened to be you my man .
You could have seen her as just an ordinary wife but I guess the glorification of her personality in his own head played a role in both hating and loving her .
Honestly this story is so real that it is painful