It's been a while so idk the full details but I think Elkin might not have had any idea. In the spoilers i read it was always adamant that it was MC's mom (the dancer who was carrying the alcohol) who was at fault and chose to drug him. She wanted to sleep with him.
Spoiler!
if u see me reading the most obscene bl... no u didn't <3
@hyacinthx I was asking the question since I was reacting to the chapter. I don't actually want the spoiler. Though, if I run out of patience, then I can look at it. The novel is kinda long, but the manhwa usually shortens things, so hopefully it'll be answered sooner rather than later.
@hyacinthx in the novel states that it was the empress brother who provided the drug and the fls mom was blackmailed by the empress brother since the empress brother was jealous of the shi*** duke