Lock her up and send her to Skyhold

"Just in time", you say to the guards while standing over the naked body of Marjolaine.

"I've caught this thief on the palace grounds. Lock her up... my men will take care of the rest", you command.

A mustached man steps up to you, a big halberd in his hand and says, "and why should we listen you then aye?!".

The man had a point. After all, you were the guest here and this palace was under the Empress's jurisdiction. You were at a lost for words for just a moment. Had you overstepped your authority. Suddenly, a familiar voice rings out from behind the soldiers.

"Do as the Inquisitor asks captain". Empress Celene with her own bevy of guards had shown up as well it seems. The mustached man bowed deeply.

"As you command Empress", he replied. With a whistle, the gathers his men and takes the cum-covered bardess and her assassins away. It was going to be pretty interesting for them when they were going to wake up the next morning.

Empress Celene approaches you wearing full ball gown attire. Her velvety blue dress hugged her body tightly, the top of it revealing her shoulders and ample cleavage. She wore long blue gloves on each arm and a silvery mask adorned her face. A piece of gilded, frilled metal, like a collar was behind her back in a fanned out design that reached past her head like looking at the sun. Her silvery hair was slick back and neatly groomed.

"Inquisitor, I was wondering where you were. The ball has begun you know?", she informs you.

"My apologies Empress. I was busy with these thieves but I am of course, free now to dance the night away. Shall we Empress?", you ask her with your arm outreached.

The Empress smiled and took your outreached arm into hers. There was a ball to attend.