FL is the epitome of beauty, brains, and elegance. She's an Empress through and through. The emperor, however, is a walking, breathing t r a s h who cares more about his d*ck and ego than the reputation of his kingdom or his very capable wife.

So far, the plot is mostly: FL fights with thot, emperor defends thot, FL defeats thot (or both of them) with wit and grace. Rinse and repeat. It was fun to read at first, but 48 chapters later ain't nothing had changed so I noped the f*ck out🏃

I'll pick this up again when the manhwa gets to 100 chapters or something.


P.S. The translators' top tier memes helped keep my blood pressure from exploding. Bless them.

... Last updated on January 18th, 2021, 5:44am

The story is so very great, The art and flow is just masterfully done. One warning though, if you don't want to be completely frustrated by her staying married to the dumb emperor, wait until chapter 83 is out.

there are some infuriating characters in this doing hilariously dumb things and it's pretty good escapism as long as you don't think too hard about power dynamics (particularly where rashta is concerned). mostly you keep reading in the hopes that you'll see sovieshu get absolutely f*ing owned, and the author does a fine job of playing that drama out.

... Last updated on August 9th, 2021, 6:47pm

Starting with a flash-forward can be a very powerful tool if used correctly. In this story, however, it feels more like a carrot getting dangled in front of a horse - an empty promise to readers that it will eventually get better. But I shouldn't need a promise like that to read a story. And as it is now (~45 chapters in) she is still dealing with pretty much the same stuff as in the first few chapters and her divorce is not in sight. A couple of chapters of suffering to built sympathy with the MC are fine, more if the genre is Psychological but I don't need 50 chapters of pity porn.
The memes of the translators make this worth reading though, and I will continue sticking with it because I do want to see the MC get the happiness she deserves, so I guess the carrot is doing its job after all.

I dislike Rashta; I understand where she's coming from but also am on Navier's side. The empress tried to respect her and it just wasn't nice seeing Rashta's actions to undermine her or at least respectfully keep a distance, she just kept trying to insult Navier once she realized they weren't going to be 'friends.' Still reading and waiting for season 2, I like it so far

It’s not perfect, but the heroine is refreshing and not annoying. The villainess is definitely very hatable and I am enjoying the ride to her inevitable downfall. It moves slowly but I am enjoying it.

read the first few chapters and it's achingly good. There is a major THOT but other than that, gotta love our MC empress

about this manhwa, i really wanted to like it, but somehow the main character just doesn't do it for me. i've read till around chapter 52, and she's never done anything that makes me actively root for her.

Everything she's done all along was just 'reasonable'. She's cute when the story and surroundings call for it, but not really much else –– the only adjectives that come to mind are 'capable' and 'reasonable'. Of course, you want to root for her, but that's because she's suffered numerous injustices, and the other characters apart from the male lead and potential love rival or whatever are made out to be insufferable and unlikeable. That being said, they're still more interesting to read about because they all have some form of a driving force ( for instance, Rashta wants power to protect herself and become independent, aside from wanting the emperor's affection, which still gives us more of an idea about her character than anything we've gotten from Navier).

Navier, our titular empress, has done nothing for me to like her. She seeks justice for herself, she fights back when Rashta tries pulling off things above her pay grade, she helps her friends and acquaintances who have been wronged. In theory, these are all good traits and should be enough for anyone to like her, but she's so cold and emotionless during the ordeals– we don't see her displaying much emotion or thinking to herself about these things, it's just so cold and you don't look forward to her scenes at all. She has a past of loving the emperor, which could have been explored more and played with but no, she quickly moves past that and does not let it show nor does she communicate directly with the emperor (again, reasonable given her position, but for god's sake do something interesting for once)

The male lead falls for her at the drop of a hat, which is fine, shoujo love interests have fallen for less, but that just makes it all the more boring because all the empress does is smartly subtly turn him down (again, reasonable). If she had fallen first, that could have made for an interesting story where she has an internal conflict (but she's just too capable for that isn't she). For the record, he's a ridiculously boring overused character archetype as well.

At the beginning of the story, we're given a scene showing us that the emperor demands a divorce, in response to which the empress agrees on the condition that she is allowed to remarry. It's been made clear that this entire story will probably consist of the incidents that led up to this point. The title implies that the story would be about an already remarried empress, or perhaps on the route of remarriage. In truth, she's far from a divorce, after which her immediate remarriage will probably be the end of the story. I feel more cheated than she lets on.

... Last updated on March 5th, 2021, 4:50pm

This is an angsty melodramatic historical fantasy with laughably awful side characters that are clearly created to be hated. It makes for a great hate read. The frustration and anger you will feel will keep you clicking "next." The art is also pretty good.

But, if you get into the plot, you realize logic flies out the window in this series. Character motivations are not consistent. World building and politics are childishly over-simplistic. Plot holes are casually glossed over.

If you think about this story even more, you realize that this story is villainizes the oppressed and glorifies people in power. It condones and glorifies slavery. It shows little to no sympathy to female characters other than the FL. This story honestly doesn't deserve the mainstream popularity it has.

But I will say, it is very fun to watch the ex-husband grovel.

... Last updated on October 3rd, 2023, 6:40pm

Got boring and stale after some time. Art is fine, but no one of the characters piqued my interest nor sympathy. Maybe Rashta a little. Also, the advertising of this series and fandom behind it are mostly horrifying.