The subjunctive tangle were every English speaker seems to be swamped; a really hard nut to crack.
Emotion and subjunctive are not closely related, more related than emotion and indicative. The King's statement is just a proposition, then it contains the verb performing the actual action it is proposed: ¿Por qué no subes la calefacción? ¿Por qué mejor no salimos a bailar esta noche? ¿¡Por qué no te callas!? Exasperation is expressed here by tone.
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Si razona el caballo ¡se acabó la equitación! - césaR brutO
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