I really dislike her brother and the ML ( I really hope he isn't her love interest).
And in the end her mother was actually right in telling her to keep her distance from him, even if her reason was shitty.
I mean he decides that she will be a bad ruler on no information at all. What would he do if he actually know her and had his suspicion confirmed. She would haven been in a vulnerable position.
Btw, that ML can lie for shit for all that street smart he is so proud of.
The more he talks, the more I dislike him.