The first prince had the largest number of nobles supporting him and the third prince had the support of a powerful duke who was also the maternal grandfather of the third prince.
So with them teaming up, it was extremely easy for them to find an excuse to blame the Triston family and brand them as the enemy of the crown.
Not just that but there were even people in the second prince's faction who were also unhappy with the rising momentum of the Triston family. So they also secretly helped out the two other princes from the shadows.
This way, the Triston family was surrounded by enemies from all sides and the enemies were also overwhelmingly powerful.
So even though the mighty Triston family had some hidden strength and were stronger than what the world knew about, they were still ubable to survive this calamity.
