Well well well... it seems I underestimated the "young meat".
That is on me admittedly, but in retrospect... it was a 50-50 if Jusui was really so innocent as she acted.
And with a little more retrospect, if her lineage has such "pedigree", it isn't exactly strange she may know a few tricks most people have forgotten or even know exist.
One way or another, things took a turn again, now Kai knows about the impending war in Hunag Lia, and with this revelation about Jusui means that the sides of this succession become a little more complicated because it means the mother empress may not be as in control as I thought.
And obviously... there is this maid that so "conveniently" helped Sakura and had such martial abilities, but I presume I should chalk that up to everyone in these eastern countries knowing martial arts(< this is sarcasm).
There is very little chance that Huang Lia won't be the center of a new war.
The equilibrium may already be too nudged to the start of this war, there would need to be a very big "weight" to discourage the other sides from starting this conflict, and just putting one of the kids on the throne will not be enough.
Doronea looks so cute on the cover of volume 18, she wears the heck of those overalls... and fills it to capacity too.