while I really love Navier, I just don't like the fact that she lets the emperor and rashta to push her over and over again, for god's sake you're the empress! while I understand that the teaching you received from your predecessor is to step away from the concubine and the emperor's business, fight for fuck's sake especially when your honesty is being questioned, be harsh with the emperor he's your husband make him listen and see reason, even slap him for once. the only reason the novel took so long with all the unnecessary blaming and shaming is because she won't even speak out and fight for herself.
reading the novel gets tiring after some time because the blaming just wouldn't stop