said it once I’ll say it again, this man stays talking about scandal like he isn’t creating several by falling all over for rashta and breaking so many social rules to please and protect her when he should be holding a united front with the empress before his concubine. even if the empress were having an affair she’s obviously not being so blatant and messy about her feelings and actions as he is.
like some others i feel bad for rashta because no one deserves to be made a slave or have their child taken from them, but i still really dislike her. i understand she needed to find a way to survive and this concubine thing wouldn’t have even happened if the emperor wasn’t interested in women in the first place, but she was always majorly overstepping her bounds even before this viscount got involved. always whining and crying because she was upset the empress didn’t view them as equals... even if she had been a noble that would’ve simply been the truth. she lacked all the training required to be an empress and showed no interest in the work that comes with being empress, but wants to be treated like or better than one? bro, just stay out of her way! you’re already living 100x better than before, so at this point you’re being greedy. if you’re worried about being tossed out use your new connections to learn a trade as a hobby so you can work if it ever happens.