Ch.39: Is "his" majesty in her period? You know the "stomachache" thing, so the scenario will be now that she will jump into the water to rescue her wife and get wet so the blood will be obvious or something like that and the empress will notice etc etc
Ch. 40: I WAS RIGHT!! LET'S GOOOO!!
Also, dang yeah, you totally called it. Completely missed it myself, she's just having a bad day all around: assassination attempt, secrets being revealed, cramps... really can't get worse (I hope)
Tried my best hehehe. It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright... (I hope too)
oh wow, very keen of you.. damn you called it
I've used 200% of my brain but it was worth it