God it has to be weird working closely with the empress you know is the cause of all of Astairs missery
Also the empress is low key cute during her matchmaking (even though she is clearly doing it for her own gain), but that won't change the fact that I hate her guts for messing up Astairs life
Honestly she even broke off her engagement with one of the most popular lords of the empire. Does the empress really think that she can marry fl off to some shady petty ugly man? LoL