Spending time with the unconscious man who loves Alexandra so much makes her feelings quite improved. In fact, it was better than him spending time with Shamus. It's so bad.
The surrounding conversation was just about Shamus who would become the next emperor, or the relationship between the two of them looked extraordinarily good. The two hit it off and so on,
She knew enough that Cedric loved Alexandra. It can be clearly seen from Cedric's expression and his way of speaking when discussing Alexandra.
"She was a noble woman."
"Never look down on her. Now you know how she deals with this all."
All those words were once spoken by Cedric with unfriendly, sharp eyes. He was very serious, and somehow, according to Cecile. Alexandra's and Cedric's relationship doesn't look good.
[Did the two of them have an unknown fight? Or did this man turn out to have done something brazen to the duchess?]