Basically, the third book in the Hunter Healer King series has a lot of stuff going on, including the election of a new Emperor (if you’ve never heard of this being a thing, look up the Hapsburgs and how they originally became Emperors of central Europe). Flavia was one of the candidates, but after her husband and political ally is injured, she withdraws. Her brother, Prince Bertram os Carlhart, convokes a sort of informal council of himself, Flavia, series protagonists Maxim and Chloe, Maxim’s cousin Victor, and friendly rival candidate Father Feuerbach to decide what to do next. They meet in the room shown below.