@Ghost_Bear mhm!!!! If they need a person with boobs, the emperor can go for any of the princesses from the kingdoms he conquered. Paulina is too much for the empress position. Why is she too much? like the monster duchess, Paulina is a leader and has charisma. An empress does NOT have leadership. An empress is the "symbol" of the empire which means the purity and power of what the emperor got his hands at. It is not a real leadership because, in the end, she has to follow his orders or approval. Yes, there are empresses and queens that rule next to the king or very few were the leaders, and the kings/emperors were just the spouses but that was because those empresses/queens' families were from the royal family.
Paulina needs to lead and is a rough woman. She learned to be one since a child and never regretted it. It is not because she wants to be like a man. She knows her limits as a woman and respect that, but doesn't have the quality of an empress who needs to be delicate, dominant, and two-faces. I hate how authors always go for. the ML is the prince, king, emperor, and find a tomboy and needs to change for the ML. why? Make the ML change for the girl. Yes, they made the king looks to be a delicate man which is why it is fun to read but is not comparable to be in a relationship with him. They could but I see them staying together as BBFs and drifting apart as lovers. She has admiration and idolizes the emperor as a man with a vision, honest, responsible, and great soldier. Even in the bathroom, she sees him as part of her group of knights. There was never a hint of her liking more than that.
The monster duchess never changed and got married and even her husband loves that about her. They got kids and she enjoyed her motherhood but loved and missed going to the battle of just having the duty of protecting the kingdom. That is how I see Paulina. A charismatic person who takes actions and her best qualities are showed on the field. If Paulina were clumsy or more feminine and very little masculine and her qualities as a soldiers were bare minimum that shows that she only did it to survive, I will understand the reasoning behind wanting to make her an empress.
The only way around that I would see it acceptable if the emperor makes her warrior empress, his general. Then yes. If she has the military power of the empire and gets to take care of the soldiers, knights, tacticians, and the emperor take care of the diplomatic, and household aspects [there are head maids and butlers, right?] of the palace then maybe.....yet I think if she becomes the BBF of the emperor, things will end up way better. She and Ino could actually help him find the right girl for him. That would be more beneficial for everybody. I wouldn't even mind if she ends up with the young boy. Why? because they spend more time together and they are funny together.
and about the Bl, why not? introduce a Gl and will be happy :<. I wouldn't mind Paulina going for a girl. I consider Paulina a woman who is versatile on both genders xD