@littlegrey nope id digress. sure empress is using this situation for her own good, but it was BECAUSE of the crown prince that this situation happened in the first place.
first of all as a royal you know what it means to be alone with an opposite gender in a isolated place. rumoes could be easily spread, and you do realize the prince could have easily said "shuli pushed me down the ladder" in an isolated place with no witnesses to bring her down. dont say it aint possible because prince likes shuli bc prince is clearly willing to do anything, even hurt shuli through the distress of losing her sons hand, to claim her.
im not sure how far the crown prince exactly planned, but i do not doubt for a second his malicious intentions against anybody getting in his way of "claiming" shuli.
u can tell the crown prince had been eyeing shuli, just from his dialogue and what he did to
. prince could have easily just said it was a kid quarrel, or a little fight and calmed it down. do you really think planning of cutting off a kids hand would aid the empress so much to get involved? either way it doesnt change the fact that the crown prince started shit and if it werent for his claim (remember how shuli looked at the prince hoping hed say no it wasnt assault or anything) none of this woulda happened. also, from the dialogue during jeremys cell time, prince CLEARLY SAYS HIS INTENTIONS ARE TO COURT SHULI 😭😭
@Just_trash_okay well, u have to realize that crown prince doesnt "like" shuli. he isnt wishijg for her happiness, her wellbeing, or any of that- its more so how he can own shuli and that can be through putting her through distress and aiding her to regain her trust or etc.
OR like
@littlegrey said, still "aiding" and defending shuli in court when he started this shit to seem like a savior or be on the good side