they can't even do shit without having to sacrifice and use both daughters. like how do u fumble that BAD

Well, my take on it is this:

A lot of it is Nicola's fault. She opened her big mouth in Chariot and brought trouble and drama, which caused problems--not for Berry specifically, but for the Royal Family Fools, which by extension is causing Berry problems.

BUT....when it comes to their work and responsibilities, as we know, Lass used to do the work of the whole family, while they shimmied around to parties and such, and just lazed around, doing absolutely fuck-all. And when something went wrong politically and work related, who was to blame? Lass.

Now that Lass is gone and not coming back, plus Lass brought Chloe over and saved her from the life that she (Lass) had in the palace--stuck doing their work--the Royal Family Fools are now stuck with doing the work that was their's in the first place. But since they can't blame it on Lass, they blame it on the second weakest person (when Lass was there), who has now moved up to first place: Nicola.

Also, with a lot of it being Nicola's fault, I feel like Lass made it that way too, to get back at Nicola (and also the father and brother, but to mainly annoy them). She baited Nicola to spill the beans at that lunch/dinner sit-down and purposely told her brother and father during their visit. Lass baited Nicola a couple times so that the Emperor would find out. Bc of that, he threw her ass back to Berry, with a letter stating it was Nicola's fault that this, this, and the third happened.

So yeah, while a lot of it...well...I hate her, but I'll be fair and say while SOME of it is Nicola's fault, its also the father and brother's fault too, but the shitty thing is, is they can't even take responsibility for their parts in this shit show. And the mother? She's just....there. Lol. I feel like she's being lazier than what they were to begin with.