All true but i think it was prince plan all along. He is snake.
hmmm... i think this is more like the prince pushing shulli to come to him for help. like making her indebted to him by reducing the sentence or something.
I agree with all except one point, the prince is probably behind it so 4 doesn't stand
I don't think it was the Crown Prince or the Queen. Yes, the Queen hates Shuri because she looks like the Crown Prince's mother. But I think the Cardinal is more suspicious:
1. A priest was conveniently there to show Jeremy the way.
2. The Crown Prince mentioned to the Cardinal that he was planning to take Shuri to the royal library
3. He looked way too happy with the news that Jeremy was in jail and that he would get the chance to make Shuri's life harder.
If Jeremy's hand was cut
1- the Neuwanstein family will lose it place in nobel society and will be disgraced
2- it will lose the next leader of the family
3- the Neuwansteins especially Jeremy will bear a great hatred towards the empress and the prince
4- the prince will feel the great guilt of not been able to do anything and will not have the courage to pursue his love.
5- the empress don't like suri since she resembles the emperor loved women and don't want the prince to be with her .
with this it will be the empress win
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