the webtoon's backstory seems misleading novel has a much better explanation. basically current emperor had a lover who is said to be killed along with her family by the previous emperor (fl's grandfather). it is said in the novel that they were killed for treason, and after that the current emperor met the previous princess (fl's mother) with the help of his sister and then seduced her he didn't tell her that paris is his own child. the previous princess fell in love with him and brought him to imperial palace and said paris is her own child with him and took good care of paris as well the previous emperor accepted them although he was naturally wary of people without imperial blood so he didn't ever plan to make paris the heir as he atleast knew Paris didn't have imperial blood. and since fl's mother didn't want the throne he was training fl to be his heir. the current emperor or fl's father realised that and decided to kill them all.
now the main plot points that are missing or misplaced are:- 1. the previous emperor didn't kill the current emperor's lover or her family because his daughter wanted the man.
2. the previous princess first met the current emperor a little after his lover and her family were punished for treason and that too through his and his sister's plan.
3. he told her that paris was just some random kid he adopted and wanted to take care of and she accepted that.
which concludes as
the previous emperor and the previous princess didn't know that the current emperor ever had a child with his lover
although the previous emperor might have known of his relationship with the traitors but let him go unpunished as one can't be punished for someone else's crime on the basis of a unofficial fleeting romantic relationship with one of the members of traitor family
or the previous emperor didn't know of his relationship with the traitors
the previous princess seemed to have known of his lover's name but didn't seem to know the depth of it
though in the process of seducing the previous princess he must have claimed that he didn't know of their (his lover's or her family's) betrayal towards the continent and they deserved that for treason regardless of his personal feelings
it is also very much possible that she didn't know of his previous relationship beforehand as she was away from politics and he only told her of the fact after making her fall head over heels for him
and also the previous princess was shown as rather naive , kind and smitten with the current emperor so i believe even if she had come to know later that paris was his kid with his criminal lover she would have thought of him as an innocent who got caught up in his lover and her family's crime and hence wouldn't have doubted him.
it would have been plausible to say that the imperial family didn't know of his past relationship with traitors and let him in if the previous princess wasn't shown to have recognized his lover's name while being poisoned
in all cases his previous relationship was a secret one
he killed the previous emperor and the previous princess took over the empire with the help of his sister and his family. paris his son with his lover is the crown prince and he wants to simply make good use of fl( his kid with the previous princess) by marrying her off to another country' prince but fl has set her eyes on the throne as the previous emperor wished but pretends to be a naive fool.
the webtoon's backstory seems misleading novel has a much better explanation. basically current emperor had a lover who is said to be killed along with her family by the previous emperor (fl's grandfather). it is said in the novel that they were killed for treason, and after that the current emperor met the previous princess (fl's mother) with the help of his sister and then seduced her he didn't tell her that paris is his own child. the previous princess fell in love with him and brought him to imperial palace and said paris is her own child with him and took good care of paris as well the previous emperor accepted them although he was naturally wary of people without imperial blood so he didn't ever plan to make paris the heir as he atleast knew Paris didn't have imperial blood. and since fl's mother didn't want the throne he was training fl to be his heir. the current emperor or fl's father realised that and decided to kill them all.
now the main plot points that are missing or misplaced are:-
1. the previous emperor didn't kill the current emperor's lover or her family because his daughter wanted the man.
2. the previous princess first met the current emperor a little after his lover and her family were punished for treason and that too through his and his sister's plan.
3. he told her that paris was just some random kid he adopted and wanted to take care of and she accepted that.
which concludes as
the previous emperor and the previous princess didn't know that the current emperor ever had a child with his lover
although the previous emperor might have known of his relationship with the traitors but let him go unpunished as one can't be punished for someone else's crime on the basis of a unofficial fleeting romantic relationship with one of the members of traitor family
or the previous emperor didn't know of his relationship with the traitors
the previous princess seemed to have known of his lover's name but didn't seem to know the depth of it
though in the process of seducing the previous princess he must have claimed that he didn't know of their (his lover's or her family's) betrayal towards the continent and they deserved that for treason regardless of his personal feelings
it is also very much possible that she didn't know of his previous relationship beforehand as she was away from politics and he only told her of the fact after making her fall head over heels for him
and also the previous princess was shown as rather naive , kind and smitten with the current emperor so i believe even if she had come to know later that paris was his kid with his criminal lover she would have thought of him as an innocent who got caught up in his lover and her family's crime and hence wouldn't have doubted him.
it would have been plausible to say that the imperial family didn't know of his past relationship with traitors and let him in if the previous princess wasn't shown to have recognized his lover's name while being poisoned
in all cases his previous relationship was a secret one
he killed the previous emperor and the previous princess took over the empire with the help of his sister and his family. paris his son with his lover is the crown prince and he wants to simply make good use of fl( his kid with the previous princess) by marrying her off to another country' prince but fl has set her eyes on the throne as the previous emperor wished but pretends to be a naive fool.