Hmm, we can start off with perhaps the General and Princess coming back from a journey where they'd met with allies or council or something, and the General's daughter having been left at home for the trip. That coming back can be when the Princess tries to get closer to the General. I would guess that the General being as close an adviser as he is to the Princess that he and his family, meaning his daughter would live within the palace walls or on the grounds. Whether he's got a wing dedicated to his family's living space or a cottage on castle grounds, he's sure to have a couple, if not some servants. After leaving the Princess to her rooms on their return, maybe they got back a day early which the Princess had hoped to have stayed to take advantage of, the General can return to his wing or cottage where he wasn't expected by the daughter.<br/><br/>The General might notice the 'daughter' being grown and beautiful due to her wearing only her shift in the study or something since there were no other men moving about the wing or cottage at that time of night so she'd seen no need for her heavy robes. A shift back then would probably be like a nightie in today's standard. So perhaps he's let in by the guards that stay by the door of his place and told by some servant girl that his daughter is awake and in the library so he goes there to see her. Something like that, maybe? The daughter isn't supposed to notice her father right away right? It's the father that notices her first and the Princess the one that notices the General first, yes?