I agree that she was a bad mother up to this point and that shouldn’t be ignored. Neglecting a child who had no fault in your situation is messed up. No birthday presents, no conversations with her son, and leaving her son at home sick are all unacceptable. I’m honestly surprised he stayed married with her and treated her as nice as he did.
However, Harson is also in the wrong. In the few scenes I’ve seen her and Harson in they seem amiable. If this has been true for most of their marriage I’m surprised Harson never brought up the fact that she was a bad mom. If he had then he also could have gotten her help. Even if he didn’t do this he could have told her to step up. He let this happen for this long.
Now about the engagement, he should have at least told her about it. He seems to think that she doesn’t really love her son now and it’s just a Passing whim. Which is understandable she ignored the kid for years. So what’s the harm in telling her about the engagement? Worst case scenario she would have just said ok I don’t care. She’s never been outright malicious, like hitting or yelling, to Vicent so what’s the reason to not tell her.
Also I’m surprised Harson didn’t research the lady he was going to marry Vicent to. I would think that there would be other accounts of that lady being cunning. Why would you ever want THAT in your family. Those type of women could bring your house down. It just doesn’t seem like a solid choice for the future lady of the house. I’m sure there’s better options out there for a political marriage.
Okay last thing since this is already so long. Why did no one in her family ever try and hold her accountable for how horrible she treated her son. I understand some might not want to butt in on a family situation but c’mon.