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Nope. It actually makes much more sense for Cora to genuinely *h-a-t-e* Eva so freaking much than just for a trip, and it's perfectly logical for spoiled Princess Eva to trip her up “again” (since she did that figuratively with Leopold). After all, Eva take a good look at Cora before tripping her up, and her lin “The peasent fell, as they do” can be interpreted as a cutting remark to Cora herself. I mean, you wouldn't go as far as swearing to ruin one's daugher's life and destroy their heritage (2x15) if you don't have a very serious reason to do so!

Also, years have passed since the Stable Boy flashbacks, and Leopold left Cora disgraced, so I doubt he would have expected to find her wedded into royalty. I think he had no clue that was the same Cora he broke up with a good couple of decades before, and given her pettiness I don't think Princess Eva would tell him about the gold-spinning episode at King Xavier's ball.

So, I think tonight's episode's flashback shed much more light on the events and put some awkward pieces back into place. The only thing they have possibly retconned is the assumption that Prince Henry could be going to marry Princess Eva, but that was never stated nor really implied within the show.