I did not quite get it too
So Penelope ordered the now dead maid to poison the glass but so did Yvonne I'm guessing but for her to drink not penelope. So Penelope would get set up for trying to "kill" her and the maid would be the witness because Penelope did ask her to poison the glass. But Penelope still had the poison meaning she didn't give it at all or gave very little (I can't remember at this point) but I want to say she didn't, but she suspected that Yvonne did that's why she grabbed the cup.
But idk I have to reread, anybody correct me if I'm wrong.
Actually, Pen would die eventually as she would still drink the poison BUT NOT in front of everyone. As far as i remember, the Duke’s words before the birthday celebration touched her heart and she decided to change the time she die by the end of the party, when everyone finally had their fun and she’ll die in silence.
She lied and said that to Winter bc she doesn’t want him to get too close to her and drift far away from his “role” : Yvonne’s “protector”. Pen knows Yvonne did it but doesn’t want Winter to get involve and ended up like that knight of hers (i forgot his name) just bc she couldn’t return his feelings and start using him instead, so i think she misleading him in order to protect him
ohhhh tyty
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Someone commented later and said it's bad translation, and originally Pen told him to think about how Yvonne wasn't mourning the death of her personal maid,and that's suspicious
ohhh okay
wait can someone re-explain that chapter about how she was able to get him to realize that yvonne was suspicious? im confused how just bringing up the innocent maid's death was enough to get him thinking