But Zed's mom didn't die of childbirth. I remember when flashback, she asked Zed's dad to let her go. Since she already gave him an heir. And she caught Zed was eavesdropping.
I always hate the cringe sentence "were you worried". The fuсk do you think when you see someone stayed beside you when you were unconscious for 10 dаmn days. Jеsus
The author really wanna make a final confrontation between estelle and zed vs final boss temir. But sadly with a poor narrative. It doesn't make sense those 2 knights guarding the door suddenly disappear and he can leave the room freely after аssasinating the emperor.
So Zed wants Luci to act like a doll. A pretty princess waiting at the window on a safe space far far away, while her knight does all the dirty works. It doesn't work that way with Estelle.
I have a feeling she will be kidnapped by her ex-comrades soon, and only after that she will come clean tomzed that she is in fact estelle. It's a red flag saying let's get married when it's all over.
Estelle was the easiest bunch to be manipulated. She spent her entire childhood hating the corrupt noble. And suddenly a "good" king acknowledge her talent and even making her a knight commander, something a woman has never achieved before, of course she became his mad dog. Did Khalid ever talk to her about this and she ignored him? If not, then it is not justified for him to kill her, otherwise Khalid wasn't in the wrong. A stubborn dog is even worst than her evil master.