As the hostility between the two princes escalated, a series of dramatic events continued to unfold.
The various voices within the Empire that had previously been suppressed were now all focused on the matters between these two princes. They began to slander each other, using public opinion attacks with great proficiency.
However, during the process of exposing each other's shortcomings, the reputations of both princes also suffered.
The reason being that both of them had committed many foolish and bad deeds in the past, which had usually been kept secret.
Now, in order to attack each other, they were revealing these matters. Perhaps the nobles didn't find these things too serious, but for the common people and the soldiers, it was too much to bear.
After all, many of these soldiers came from commoner backgrounds.
When they heard about the things the princes had done, they became reluctant to exert themselves on their behalf.
