Okay so it's all just a pretext for her to be able to live out her fetishes undisturbed. Cool.
I'm reminded of Johanna (Mea Culpa) from Sweeney Todd, where Judge Turpin lashes himself on the back for having sinful thoughts about his adopted daughter, but ends up deciding to make her his bride anyway.
So much sin and lust wrapped up in the trappings of justice and nobility.