So from past stories I've read, once another son is born, the two sons are now in competition with eachother over the crown. The Queen or concubine that gives birth to the 2nd son will most likely constantly attack the 1st son to either kill him or make him unable to take the crown. So her son will take the crown prince title and she will have more power over the kingdom.
mmm yess yes, but who are we talking about getting the competition? the ml? or the mc? because isnt mc lower in power/royalty than the ml because hes the actual prince/future emperor?
prince(ML) is related to Jenine family, his mother is the Empress from the same family
knight (MC) is illegitimate son of one of masters of Kaisel family (mc's father is most prob sibling or cousin of current most favored concubine, who is now pregnant)
mc will be in trouble warned in earlier chapters is bc he just wants to live quietly but he's put at the center of trouble (by unfairly being put to knight to protect the prince(from jenine family); by maybe being accused of conspiring with kaisel family who is selfish and wants to gain further influence and power in royal family, just because he's a son of a kaisel; he's put in a place where he can't even side with any of the two because it guarantees trouble for him. he's in a bad place with nowhere to go. he will be troubled by kaisel concubine pregnancy bc if kaisel house gains more power and maybe the right to the throne in the future, he will be used by kaisel family more and other stuff like that. he will never be free and will just be exposed to more politics and risks and sht. this is how i understand it. the more power kaisel family gains the less free he will be. wc is what he doesn't want.
MC being a direct son of one of the masters of Kaisel house has impactful power and influence even if he doesn't want to use it, moreso now that Kaisel house is favored by the emperor. from what i understand, kaisel and jenine houses are equally powerful wc is why they are rivals.
concubine kaisel being pregnant is trouble for ML because this baby will be future competitor to throne.
ngl i dont really understand some of the politics in the story lmaoo like i read really carefully but im still confused over why hed be in trouble if his aunt gave birth to a son. or wait is his "aunt" his step mom..? and why would the prince (ml) be in trouble too like arent they the emperors in the country or whatever? or does mc also come from a family of the same level of royalty? hopefully i get it as i go