
The Neurchwanstein household is one of the wealthiest, strongest, and most influential household in the empire (kingdom?) and is in a close relationship with the royal family due to the late marquis (shuri's late husband) and current emperor being friends. Then there is the church, which is also influential, has many believers, and has the backing of the the people, and is against the nobility and royalty. But, due to the Neurchwanstein playing a big part, they can't do much to topple the nobles and spark a civil war.
Now, this incident led to sparking a possible rift between the two families, giving way to the church to gain an advantage. But let's forget about that for now, what's important is JEREMY!
So, he punched THE crown prince and is in jail. Due to the overwhelming evidence, he could be punished, or worse, loose a hand. Therefore, to stop this from happening, Shuri, the marchioness and the current head of the Neurchwanstein family, plans to appeal a divorce to make Jeremy the head of the house, however, this would be difficult because of it needing a proper trial, WHICH, would come AFTER Jeremy's trial, so it won't do. She then thought of an emergency measure, she would make it so that she's unqualified to be a marchioness, this being that the couple (Shuri and the late marquis) did not plan and made no effort on having a proper family (a.k.a having kids). If this happens, there would be no choice but to make Jeremy the head of the house, exempting him from having his hands cut off. They can't have the head of the Neurchwanstein household to be a cripple!
Now, her words aren't enough to prove her claims that they didn't make an effort to have kids. This claim is ridiculous and demeaning for a lady in the first place, with her talking about her private life and all. So, she needs an evidence and witness. She found a private letter with the late marchioness' (the original wife) brother, so Jeremy's uncle on the mother side, which family is equal to Nora's in standing. She sent a request for audience but was denied so she swallowed her pride and came to Lucretia (late marquis' sister) which she literally threw out of her house before, for a favor. What that is, I don't know.
Am I getting it straight? Goodness, this whole politics thing is making me dizzy. ( ̄∇ ̄")
I like Iris more than Ashley right from the start. Ashley's like a innocent and fragile princess. She doesn't know how to clean, she doesn't know how to cook, she's clumsy and too demure. ¯_( ° ʖ ° )_/¯
I mean, sure it's not her fault and all that, but it's rubbing off me. Most importantly, her attitude and characteristics doesn't help them at all. She's even more likely to cause trouble. (٥↼_↼)
Iris on the other hand, is more real. She's aware of the value and importance of appearance, but she doesn't dwell on it. She pines for beauty sometimes, but most of the times, she's just being herself, not minding others or pretending to be something she's not. ᕙ(@°▽°@)ᕗ