Looks like there's a few changes from the 1090 chapter WN version on NovelUpdates, which isn't a bad thing. The manhua cut out an apparently under-utilized genderbender element which would complicate the worldbuilding if it replaced or preceded Pelo and her family, so the manhua is at least streamlined of some repetitive narration insisting it's masculine.
While the romance
might go beyond a crush and subtext eventually it seems like it's so minor an element it's barely worth mentioning unless the manhua changes that too. Pelo and Queen Victoria are very cute as sisters in a mei/jie relationship, and I don't see the MC maturing fast enough to make something more romantic out of her attraction unless there's a timeskip. No romance with any other girls yet.
The pace is fairly fast, and it's well-planned, but the twists aren't very surprising and it's not as introspective about monstrosity nor critical of authority as it pretends to be. It's an okay action story other than some of the rare fanservice being pointless, and how hypocritical the story comes off about mass murder. MC is set up to suffer a lot, hopefully she stays a good person and Victoria survives too.