<em>Meeting the council members, or at least those that have some chance of supporting you would be productive.  It will allow me to glimpse their minds if nothing else.  And as for the Baroness...  What power does she have to oppose you if she loses your father's favor?  I'm sure she is strong-willed and practical enough to avoid doing anything so foolish as having an affair on her own, so we will need to help her.  Once exposed, your father will be forced to at the least cast her out of the royal chambers.</em><br/><br/>In his own realm, as he conversed with his grand-daughter, he reached out to casually pet Sophie while she worked through her hysterics.