It's probably one of those situations where a civil war could be started because the nobility would pick sides. Some would back the first prince and others would back the second.
Yea might be, but I'm still really annoyed by it. It's situations like this, where people basically try to cover up bad stuff that happened for fear of the repercussions, that results in corruption. Which eventually becomes a vicious cycle.
I wonder if the second prince even wants to be the king? Cuz if so that solves the current kings problem. Just knock the first prince down a peg for being an idiot and let the more responsible second prince lead.
But if not it could lead to the second prince being forced into a situation that they would rather not be in.
The first prince showed blatant disregard for his position by ignoring proper etiquette and deciding on his own who the saintess was based on his own feelings, ignoring the other woman completely. So what if his image is worsened by separating him and the other girl? It's his own fault for thinking with his private parts rather than with his head. And because of that he possibly angered the real saintess and is causing trouble for everyone around him. If anything, he deserves his standing to be lowered.
Not that Sei will do anything because she's angry of course, if she's still angry at all. I've read enough of these stories to know by now that she'll just be all like "it's fine" and "it's not your fault" and all that. I wish she did get angry though... They deserve it for how they treated her right after the summoning.