@Deana ok heres what I understood so far:
1. The "general" is actually the emperor
2. The real general is someone else and thus doesn't recognize her. 
3. The real general probably acts as a body double
4. The emperor can't get it up normally because he's always tired.

@deleted user you're not wrong...

@Dammnn why is she going through the trouble of buying when she could instead tear the place down with a single call?

@ibepoppinbottles tbf in the original book she apparently rescued him rather than enslaved him

@IGGERashi honestly that could be troublesome. The best option would be to break their limbs and then throw them onto some animal path. Some scavenger will come to finish them off, making it look like they were simply killed by a wild animal rather than pointing at his family.

@Stickfox get out

@Jkknow it's weird for small children to have an actual romance...

@Luv D I certainly agree that she should just talk to people unless she intends to pick up the guardian sword and cut down the emperor herself rather than just choose a cowardly middle path.

As for escra, I blame the fact that romance readers and authors have very low moral and intellectual standards where they believe that everything can be instantly forgiven as long as the one doing it is handsome. Kidnapping and torture is something they see as virtuous as long as the kidnapper is handsome.

@Anonymous I mean there are other girl characters. Sure they are all throwaway Villainesss like the former student council president and Elishas friends, but they exist... probably?

Yeah nobody ever claimed correctly that women writers are feminist.

@He** which manhwa?

@Yuri let's not forget that she abused her children

@He** ?

@Human who's Taylor? The Mc of the original story?

@Nameless it is. She has tried. Martha ignored her.

@Coconut both did, it was actually surprisingly common since the lances were specifically made of weaker wood to avoid serious injury. Better a bunch of small splinters barely going skin deep instead of a giant splinter impaling you.