Balthazar could not help but feel his pulse race.  It was a foolish thing to let her arouse him so, but at the same time he could not resist the attraction he had for her.<br/><br/>"Yes.  We must begin to work on the rest of the court.  It is tedious buisness I'm afraid, but we need to determine where your father's advisors stand.  Which support his desire to elevate your brother, and which of them do so in the hopes of gaining power under a regent.  And of course, who thinks they might be the one to rule as regent.  We also need to learn which oppose you on the grounds of you being a woman and which simply see your displacement as being more suitable for their own ends."<br/><br/>"And we need to find those who do favor you and see that they have reason to continue to feel that way."