This chapter would be a lot cooler if it could stand in contrast to her highness do some half decent leading/being a good person. Right now she's done nothing policy wise, and the one nice thing was because she had a crush on the guy.
Hearing this backstory made me feel that the royal family are bastarda and this crown prince most of all but at the same time I pity them for losing their humanity just to survive and to gain power.
I hope that Hong Lyon would never lose that part that trusts and cares for the people who treat her with sincerity the way baek used to do to the crown prince.
It's terribly lonely to live a life not having one person you can trust to care for your weak self.