
Why doesn't she just tell her that they are cousins and that's why she wants to help? Won't it be worse if she finds out from someone else later?

She feels bad. She once said this or something I don't remember well: "to drove my own kin into despair". She realized it later that the current saintess, Abigail, is her cousin, shich makes her feels like a sinner. To escape from the pain, she drove her cousing into the mess. Which is why she didn't want to tell Abigail the truth. She want to repay her own sin quietly.

Why is it so bad that he wants to pursue his own music? His idol career "failed" but he seemed to be a skilled producer... Why force him to go back to being a failed idol? What a dumb system. Also what the hell is he getting penalized about with the "eye movement" thing? I know this is MTL, but I can't figure out what it's supposed to mean.

I feel like it's going to end with the male twin sacrificing himself for the female twin. I really can't see it going the other way. He's gonna be like "you were always my sun" because she's so bright and cheerful and free-spirited, while he was always so sickly and stuck inside in the dark. Then she is all upset but becomes more serious, taking on the burden of being a good ruler in place of her brother so that his sacrifice isn't in vain.
Ummm so how did the succession work? Did the princess have kids with Shou and pass the throne to them even though they don't have the emperor's bloodline? Or did Kansei have multiple wives and just pass it to one of his actual children? Surely that would've caused some political unrest?
the emperor can simply choose not to have children and the nephews can instead compete
i made this up idk china's monarchy