That Emperor is trash.
I can't see what he could do to make him deserving of the Empress.
The Empress needs to go to BirdmanQueen.
It is a weird story that makes you root for the ruling class over an escape slave doing her best to survive.
This idea that she should not aspire to more is a classist stay in your (lower) place and don't challenge the status quo piece of crap.
Instead of condemning her actions we should be questioning the system that made those her only options.
Yet a good story can have you rooting for the Devil.
So yeah, I'm rooting for the Empress and Birdman.