The first step the prince had to do was consolidate the eviction with the treasurer and the right-hand man.
As expected, the right-hand man, who was actually someone sent by the Emperor to watch the Prince closely, was rebelling hard. The agents had to tie him because the other option was to forcefully put him to sleep. We brought the Prince to the meeting room and left the wife and the son behind in the reception room. As for the daughter, I had Heraz question her more since she seemed to be capable of honesty.
Thanks to that, we also found out that the treasurer was actually a competent man that the Empire had thrown over to the Principality because he was too...honest? Apparently, the treasurer's boss didn't like how straight and stoic the man was, but since the man's teacher was a great scholar, they couldn't just 'exile' him to some obscured region.