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Branch Title: "Host a State Dinner"
Description: Rumour has it the Captivating Princess is in Port Carnelian for the season. She would not refuse an invitation from the Governor.
Requirements: Successful Terms as Governor - at least 5, [Branch hidden if failed] Imperial Legitimacy at least 1, [Branch hidden if failed] Time Passing in Office exactly 12, [Branch hidden if failed] Banished from the Court - at least 1

Event: "A sympathetic ear"
Heartscross House gleams in red candlelight. The table groans with tureens of Mandrake soup, plates of the plumpest Blue Prophets, and bouquets of piquant fungi. Sapphire-hued wines sparkle in the mellow light. The Princess is late. 

The piping tureens cool on the table. Your servants fidget. Polite conversation dries up. And then, she arrives. A young gentleman accompanying her is introduced and instantly forgotten. Tonight, she only has eyes for you. Her conversation shines brighter than the rubies in her hair; her observations merciless and her witticisms eruptive.

She joins you on the terrace as the dinner things are cleared away. "Tell me everything, Governor." She even laughs.

The next day, a hamper of wine has been delivered to your residence. There is no note, but an Imperial Pardon is pinned to the underside.

[You may now return to Court. Look for a story titled 'Restored to Her Enduring Majesty's Court' in the Shuttered Palace.]
Effects: [Banished from the Court - (set to 0), Restored to the Court of Her Enduring Majesty - (set to 1), Time Passing in Office (set to 0), +1 x Successful Terms as Governor -, +1 x Favour in High Places, +1 x Cellar of Wine, Silver Horseheads (set to 0), Striped Delights (set to 0)]
Linked event: "The Start of a New Term" (Id 194400)