He totally ignored what you were saying like the first 10 chapters, when you were saying you wanted to go home and that you didn’t agree with the traditions….but okay gaslight your readers and yourself ??
I do like the characters- they are a lot different from the beginning of the story. However with out a moment with the Emperor realizing his behavior was just wrong, the writer opts for the FL was just stupid and wrong in her [fully reasonable] distrust,and his behavior in the beginning is just ignored.