I can't say this enough, but I think that given the circumstances, neither choice—lying or telling the truth—was a "right" choice.
Let’s imagine for a moment that Marinette had chosen to tell the truth to Adrien and the entire world; it is easier than one might think to envision the consequences—different, certainly, but which, as Bunnix confirmed, would have entailed their own share of ups and downs.
If the burden of the lie is taking a toll on Marinette's mental health during Season 6, we can surely all agree that the truth would have equally damaged Adrien's mental health for a time. He would have had to come to terms with the fact that he had been living under the same roof as Monarch all along—that he had used his Cataclysm on his own father, and that his father’s goal was to bring back the wife whose life had been lost precisely because she had given birth to Adrien using the broken Peacock Miraculous.
Add to that the compounded guilt of not having assisted Ladybug in the confrontation against his father—knowing she had faced him alone, that he had managed to seize her Miraculous, and that had she not managed to awaken the last traces of humanity in his heart, he would have sacrificed Ladybug’s life to bring his wife back.
We all saw how easily things escalated for Marinette in Revelator, for simply being the girlfriend of someone as famous as Adrien—combined with a random person badmouthing her on social media—which was enough for her to face near-harassment from Parisians with negative IQs. Do we really think Adrien would have been spared the Parisians's resentment, given the reputation of his criminal father hanging over his head ?
Would Kagami and Felix have been spared, too? One for being the daughter of Monarch’s accomplice, and the other for being Monarch’s nephew ?
Who knows if Marinette wouldn't have faced scorn from Parisians upon seeing her date the "son of Monarch"? Such circumstances might have led Adrien to want to break up with her to spare her trouble—much like how Marinette is currently considering breaking up with him because she feels she cannot offer him the sincerity he deserves.
Who knows if Adrien would have met his grandparents under the same circumstances as in canon and forged family ties with them ? Gabrielle and Johnny would have known their son had become a monster, while Millie and Emile would have discovered that their daughter's husband—whom they never approved of in the first place—turned out to be a criminal.
Before Lady Chaos, Adrien at least had the opportunity to explore his own identity without his father's shadow looming over him.
Not to mention that without Nathalie acting as his guardian, who knows if Adrien could have even stayed in Paris before his aunt decided to move there.
Given all these circumstances, it is entirely possible that Adrien might have even temporarily given up his Miraculous. And as Chrysalis herself pointed out in "Mister Agreste," Ladybug is vulnerable without her partner.
Not to mention that the Kingdom seemed caught off guard at the end of "El Toro de Piedra" by the fact that Ladybug had lied about Gabriel's true nature. Perhaps they had hoped Noé could reclaim the Agreste brand more easily with Gabriel's reputatuon in shamble. It is also quite possible that they would have tried to ruin Ladybug and Cat Noir's reputations anyway, even in this alternate reality. Because While it is easy to convince people that Gabriel Agreste and Monarch died because one sacrificed his life to eliminate the other, would Ladybug have found it just as easy to get them to accept the truth—that Monarch ultimately chose to abandon his original goal and sacrifice his life to save his dying partner ?
Who knows if the Kingdom wouldn't have tried to convince Parisians that Ladybug had killed the supervillain Gabriel Agreste with her own hands ? And some Parisians might not have praised her for it, given that Season 5—specifically the episode "Reunion"—showed us that Monarch had sympathizers. Who knows if some wouldn't have empathized with Gabriel Agreste's desire to bring his wife back to life, remaining indifferent to the fact that the price for doing so would have been the death of an innocent person?
Admittedly, the lie isn't a more enviable option; when the truth eventually comes to light, Ladybug risks losing her allies's trust and seeing all of Paris turn against her… yet the existence of Fury proves that a superhero can act in the shadows for the sake of good and justice, even while bearing a tarnished reputation and questionable methods
To preserve her team's cohesion and avoid the infamous "Civil War" fans seem to be anticipating, I think it would suffice for Ladybug to hand over leadership to Rena Rouge and Cat Noir. This would help soothe tensions among her teammates; most of them would likely understand her decision to shield Adrien Agreste and Kagami Tsurugi from the stigma of being the children of criminals—a situation that could have forced the pair to leave Paris for London, which would have devastated their friends.
While the eventual exposure of the lie will inevitably spark conflict, it won't necessarily spell the end for the heroes.
Of course, the lie does have a negative impact on Adrien, who struggles to come to terms with an abusive father whom the public hails as a hero.
He would have found it just as difficult to grieve even if he had known the truth—though he would have managed it with time. But will Adrien be able to go through a second grieving process once he realizes his initial mourning was based on a lie? I believe he will.
Things will have to get worse before they get better.
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