Queen (but not Queenie >:( ): "speak"
pft-
?: "Well, there have been rumors that the kingdom is close to destitute. If we were to join our two houses in marriage...I feel the gentry would be reassured that the kingdom is stable once again."
The thing is, this rumor was actually true-and the queen had a feeling her manservant and resident bootlicker-who stood right behind her throne-was the one who had spilled.