
She can't say no. It's an order from the queen. In a time when the royal family's power is absolute. The only way she could've said no would've been via the king.
A person could be imprisoned or shunned (which could ruin the social and economic situation of a family) or seen as suspicious and thus at threat of being accused of treason.
We literally all read that the mother of the ML, who was married, was forced to move into the palace and knowingly raped. She was married to a duke, one of the highest positions in the hierarchy and yet she couldn't escape. Nor could her husband escape basically being exiled.
Different times ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
I'm sorry but why doesn't she just say no?