SPOILER
The mother tried to perform a ritual to curse the empress and wanted to kill children as a sacrifice. The emperor exiled her after that.
Lawrence was exiled as well after he got framed for killing the queen of another country. Tbh I didn't 100 % get it. Idk if he actually killed her cause I think it was Tia and he just accidentally got into a position where he seemed to be the culprit. The emperor was generally unhappy with him because he 1. Didn't support his mother when she was exiled 2. Couldn't hold up compared to Cedric and 3. Was unthankful. He got a last chance and then he was framed for murder so he had to go
Okay! If I’ve skipping around and I haven’t been following this but can someone tell me what happened to the brother and mother?