I don't get it, what is she going to do? Cause mayhem in a court of law in the middle of a trial? Where is the author taking this? All she needs to do is sit still while the princess incriminates herself...?
Who's bright idea was it to has people who are so untrustworthy they remain cursed by the spirits even after hundreds of years? Like they can't even use magic so there's nothing really stopping people from deposing them except them keeping the nobles "in line".