User blog comment:-Mr·Bubbles/Earth & Water recap/@comment-25136505-20130827024127/@comment-14830104-20130827164235

If she was going to execute him at all, she'd have already done it. Probably right after she tortured him for information she probably could have gotten with just a hug. Also, it wouldn't be execution, it'd be assassination, since he's the ruler of another kingdom.