his behaviour, the jealosly fits he throws when another man gets close to the empress and the ocasional flashbacks to the past when they were kids makes me believe that he loves the ''past'' version of the empress, but since they both growed up and changed and since she wasnt allowed to be that expressful, he misses that, thats why hes so obsessed with Trashta, coz she embodies the qualities he misses on his wife. sadly hes so selfabsorved that he doesnt realize he still loves his wife, and that by indulging in Trashta hes just absolutely destroying any ember of romance left...truly a whole dumbass
just atheory doe, but i definitely think he still has feelings for the empress, its just that hes so fucking stupid...