"It's not a bad idea at all if you return it after they agree that you're obviously their daughter. Timing is key. When is your mother going to be home? Travel time to the capital and back, with a stop in the middle to ask the queen or somebody else for the flower story, should be a few days at most, but if your mom's coming back tonight that's not much help. You could probably get the story from just about anybody in the capital who was old enough at the time to remember it, but I don't know that for sure because the guy I happened to hear it from was one of the guards who helped bring back the flower, so he might have known some details the general public is missing. You can definitely get a good idea of how nice the king and queen are from just about anybody you pass in the street - ask ten people, maybe one of them has a problem, two if you're in a bad neighbourhood. In case that's also something you want to know."