The Empress had a son and a daughter; the elder son, Lin Zio Slan, was the Crown Prince destined to inherit the great enterprise, while the younger daughter, Lin Ziyu Slan, was the Princess of the current regime.
Apart from the inexplicable faction members who took it upon themselves to interject, the relationship between these royal siblings wasn't as bad as the outside world assumed—rather, it was quite good.
As soon as Princess Lin Ziyu returned to court, her elder brother, the Crown Prince, personally greeted her at the gates of the Imperial City.
Of course, the uninvited members of the Crown Prince's Faction continued to grumble in the shadows and even exchanged insults with those of the Princess Faction, with the most marginal figures shoving each other like mice squabbling over crumbs.
Dirty politics, dirty politicians—both Chen Fei's derision and Princess Lin Ziyu's concurrence were undoubtedly spot on.