@icekatze : That's probably him having internal debate whether it's really the 'right' thing to try and bring her back.
Yes there's honor, wealth, status, etc waiting for her in the capital unlike here where as he said earlier she's being treated really badly considering her status.
But she's also...happy here.
So he's probably debating whether to follow the prince's order and try to get her back to capital, or let her remain here because 'muh waifu's happiness'