The involvement of her brother in the plot against her was not really surprising to Azusa. The first prince had been going against her for a very very long time and so what had happened here were all within her expectations.
This was not even the first time when something like this had happened. People related to this brother of hers had tried to kill her many times in the past. But all of those attempts had failed before her strength.
The Otrefiona Emperor allowed competition among his children. He allowed everything, from brute force to the use of schemes. So these competitions were quite brutal.
It was also not limited to the position of first prince and the first princess. Even the lower ranking and unranked offsprings of the emperor needed to compete continuously against one another for opportunities, money, positions and more.
