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Let's talk about Rashta's actions. She knowingly approached Navier, fully aware that she was Sovieshu's wife and the Empress, and shamelessly asked her to treat her like a sister while being involved with her husband. She even set her sights on Heinrey, despite knowing about his connection with Navier. She stole their private letters, pretended to be his pen pal and tried to make him believe she was the woman he had been writing to. Even after becoming the Emperor's mistress and securing a position for herself, she still tried to seduce another man and pursue someone else's affection. Apparently, having power and status wasn't enough for her. Her hunger for power went even further. She tried to have her own biological father murdered to hide her slave past. She manipulated the Isqua couple, who had been posing as her noble parents, into arranging an accident to kill their own biological daughter, Evalie, because she feared she might become Sovieshu's second concubine. She also tried to have Navier's parents assassinated and attempted to have Evely, the court mage's assistant, killed. And that's far from everything. She ordered Delise's tongue to be cut out, tried to have Lebetti kidnapped and murdered, arranged for her first child, Ian, to be kidnapped to prevent him from exposing her past, framed Navier for abusing a bird after plucking its feathers herself, and spread false accusations about Navier's infertility. She slandered Nian, falsely accused Koshar of pushing her, repeatedly copied Navier's appearance and behavior, and manipulated people to protect her position. She conspired with Alan and Roteschu to pass Alan's son off as an imperial heir, misused Navier's promissory notes and even transferred imperial land to a foreign duke without authorization. I understand that Rashta suffered terribly in the past, but no one is defending Navier, Heinrey or Sovieshu here. Having been a slave doesn't give her a free pass for every terrible thing she does afterward. Her past explains the suffering she went through, but it doesn't excuse the suffering she inflicted on others. At this point, Rashta has become just like the people she once resented, willing to do absolutely anything, no matter how cruel, to protect her power and position. Having suffered injustice doesn't give you the right to inflict it on others. Your past may explain who you were, but it doesn't justify who you choose to become. So please take a moment to realize what exactly you're defending. I understand feeling empathy for someone because of her past, but you're going beyond that. You're trying to justify every terrible thing she has done simply because of what she went through. Do you even realize what you're defending? #TheRemarriedEmpress