I don't get why all y'all are getting riled up about the 2nd prince after this chapter, it's pretty in-line with his previous actions. He doesn't really want to take down his brother for the throne, but he knows that if Linden is crowned, then Mil's mom and uncle and god knows how many other people will die. And also presumably Mil himself. I get the feeling that if Linden's planned revenge was exile and not execution, then Mil would be "yeah that's fair bro". Like, obviously Mil's mom and uncle are shitheads for falsifying evidence to imprison Linden's mom, but how were they supposed to know she'd jump off the tower with her daughter? They deserve to be punished, sure, but do they deserve to die as well? Should Mil just stand back and watch as Linden kills them?
And as for using the king's poisoning for his own gain...he was angry af when he thought the uncle did it, and he was conflicted when deciding whether to go along with the plan taking advantage of the situation. And again, multiple lives are on the line, and spreading gossip isn't gonna hurt the king anymore than he already is
I want the mom, uncle, and accomplice nobles to all be punished, but Linden's plan of "kill them all" is a little much, esp when in the first timeline "all" apparently included not just Mil, but also Yulian. Like, what did she do wrong??? Did he just kill her because she was the uncle's daughter??? If Linden does kill the mom, uncle, and accomplice nobles, I won't be sad, but I don't think it's the right kind of revenge to take as an emperor
If he was on a self-destructive revenge quest as crown prince to kill all the people involved with his mom's imprisonment, ending with Linden killing the emperor and then getting arrested, then sure kill the assholes. But if he's gonna be the emperor, executing so many people is gonna destabilize the kingdom. If he's gonna favor his personal agenda over the stability of the kingdom, then he shouldn't??? become??? the emperor????
tldr; it's weird how some of you are so pissed about Mil putting his agenda first when that's the exact same thing Linden's planning on doing