[Quite the understatement. She gives herself a moment before she looks down at her hands as she speaks.]
.... I found out perhaps no more than a few months ago that I am not the blood relative of the king. For a time, I was stripped of my right to succession and was labeled a traitor to my country, blamed for a disaster that sparked a war.
[ . . . . . She closes her eyes as she admits:] I was to drink poison under his orders.
[Then in a tenuous attempt to keep Yang from reacting strongly, she speaks quickly and follows with that sentence.] I am fine now, naturally. Everything has since been smoothed over but I.... [She turns to Yang and attempts a smile.] I'm fine.
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.... I found out perhaps no more than a few months ago that I am not the blood relative of the king. For a time, I was stripped of my right to succession and was labeled a traitor to my country, blamed for a disaster that sparked a war.
[ . . . . . She closes her eyes as she admits:] I was to drink poison under his orders.
[Then in a tenuous attempt to keep Yang from reacting strongly, she speaks quickly and follows with that sentence.] I am fine now, naturally. Everything has since been smoothed over but I.... [She turns to Yang and attempts a smile.] I'm fine.