The strength to maintain love is INDEED a hard thing to do.
Sometimes, you get tired of loving someone that you wanna give it up.
But if Rai/Isana/this emperor could do it till the day he passes away, then I will be very much in awe of his persistence.
AAAANYWAYS, FINALLY! The long arch of going with the mercenaries is over! Those guy's love side stories were getting too much lol.