Y'all please remember this is a narrative from the onlookers perspective. If these comic tropes go as they normally do, the emperor is probs stuck in some form of conspiracy (and/or is being manipulated). If he's ML chances are he`s ruthless but not psycho.
Then again I could be wrong and he...
I did not come here for more pain. Jeez. Guess I'll pause this again until things stabilize. Hope it's not till the finale or something. I miss my cute princess antics. ;0;