Giannino needs to stand up for her. He's in the room while she's been harassed and interrogated and threatened by grown a*s men and he's only really lifting a finger when it won't cause conflict. He's gotta do more than calm her down and make her a sandwich. He were in the room when they tried to force her to be engaged to someone who literally had her publicly executed and he couldn't even say "that's my fiance" or something. And if he can't say anything, then it needs to be made more clear that he's politically over a barrel and can't try to help her without losing what little authority he has to actually do anything for her. Right now he's just kind of also there.
Did he know she was being interrogated repeatedly? Did he worry about her at all? Did he actually try and push back against that plan and just got beaten into submission before she was summoned? A couple chapters ago he was swearing that he'd never let her be hurt again. If he's also struggling and he wants to help, they need to show that. Right now he just looks like a coward who won't stick up for her when it actually counts.