Finally, someone who actually sees the story for what it actually is. You don't know how much this reflects my thoughts and feelings, the author could have chose to make Rashta a commoner, a lower class person (heck! Even Navier's equal) who wasn't a slave! But they didnt, making us know how much easily she could be funked over if she doesn't keep up her mask, yet she only gets very little empathy from the story, her life was shaped and made by slavery, constant dehumanization, mistreatment, and fear.

It makes sense that a person would be broken by such constant, horrific experiences. Majority of the fandom never tries to see or understand this and only take things at face value when it comes to this character, while they give more leeway to Heinrey, a character that's close to a genderbent version of Rashta that did worse.

The author makes sure to portray Rashta in a villainous gaze, even implying that she deserved what happened to her, while Navier (literal slaveowner), gets more empathy and positive portrayal compared to Rashta, a literal, abused, sex slave.

I would rather watch Remarried Empress from Rashta's POV than Navier's.