You Never Asked Who I Was - Episódio 9

The King confronts Princess Zora and her maid Cleo, accusing Cleo of treason for secretly helping the enemy. Zora gives her maid a carrier pigeon with instructions to send it north if she is harmed. When Cleo is caught and faces execution, Zora attempts to take the blame to save her, but Cleo insists on confessing to protect her mistress. The King's advisor intervenes, warning that executing Zora would look like fratricide. Instead, he suggests a political marriage, proposing Zora be sent away to marry the unmarried Imperial Regent, a move framed as mercy to neutralize her as a threat.