Now, how would winning a duel disprove the claim that you're cheating? Author just making npcs to progress the plot

Thunder Yang Kai looks so good though. Maybe even cooler than usual Yang Kai.

Am I the only one who thinks these past few chapters are awkward and forced? These thugs are literal npcs

That's what I'm thinking. Like this hasn't gone on long enough. I hope Sovieshu would take care of the kid properly even if the mother is gone. 

Imagine being shot down for the whole empire to see. Sucks to be her. 

My god, this guy is simping for Rashta of all people. Ig the Rashta he knew is different from current Rashta.

You guys hating on her but remember Duke Kaufman was the one who told her to go to that room. It wasn't her idea to drug him. Still, she shouldn't be there at the palace at this point. 

Shit, she didn't go home. I thought they only cut her tongue..🥹

Why are you guys mad at him? At least he's man enough to give up on her. Honestly, it feels like Sovieshu is just written badly for the plot. Because it's made clear that he never loves Rashta and just wanted to her to make a heir. But, the way he's written up until now just makes it seem like he sees Navier as jealous and abusive Empress who wanted to attack his lover. His character is so inconsistent and you'd be more likely to notice it too if you binge read this like me.

Can't believe author kept Kaufman around just for this.

The funny thing about Rashta is sometimes I have no idea if she's being tactless on purpose or she is just that fucking dumb. On a side note, Krista would look better if artist just decides to wipe that bead of sweat off her face. Why is she so hung up with politics still at this point? About time she stepped down here. Why even wrestle for control and influence? You're never gonna be an Empress anyway.

Delice really didn't deserve that. Then again, we knew this was bound to happen. It's just worse than expected. 

Ayo he can read minds??? No wonder he's so frustrated being around her back then.

Fuck this crap. Everything's going her way after she drops her tears. Why the fuck are these guys being fooled? Not like they don't know she's an opportunistic greedy bitch. Put her in her place already.

These fools are digging into their own graves and so is Krista. She's a complete pushover if she goes along with anything these morons say.

I usually skip this part.

Jokes aside, she has to make her his lady in waiting. That would be a power move. Just someone that can stand there menacingly intimidating everyone. 

Honestly, I have no idea what this emperor is trying to do in the first place. His motives and actions doesn't quite match.
I get that he's trying to make himself a heir because he thinks that Navier is infertile. But why was there a need to indulge Rashta to this point. He even found out about her secret and should have known that she's a lying bitch but still takes her word seriously. 

What is this? It's like Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Record but with OP protagonist and less technical

I guess it's also for her family. It's like she thinks she's responsible for the things that's happening to her family.

Ok. So the Emperor is not stupid as we might believe from the start. He was also just using Rashta to make Navier jealous. He doesn't really care about her origin even though he knew about it all along. I'm guessing he's trying to break down her pride which is really manipulative. He wasn't even jealous when Duke Ergy was following Rashta around. 
A shame really. This all could have been avoided if he was just being sincere with her from the start.