Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 177

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Helen lay on her chaise longue, her heart burning with resentment towards Carissa.

Her attendant, Gillian, stood beside her, trying to offer comfort.

"There's no need to be so upset, Your Highness. Prince Rafael is a man with his own thoughts. He's merely infatuated with Lady Sinclair's beauty at the moment. I've heard she's the most stunning woman in the capital.

"When Madam Sinclair first planned to marry her, many noble

families sought her hand. It's a mystery why Madam Sinclair ended up marrying her to General Warren."

As she dabbed Helen's tears away with a handkerchief, she continued soothingly, "After all, she is merely a secondhand item. There's no need for you to be so enraged. If Prince Rafael insists on marrying her, so be it. A beauty from afar is pleasing to the eye, but living with her every day can become tiresome.

"No matter how beautiful a woman is, if she becomes petty and jealous, which man wouldn't grow weary of her? Prince Rafael will have many concubines. Once her fierce demeanor is revealed, she. may end up being disliked by the prince himself without you having to say a word."

Helen seethed with anger. "That may be true, but how can a

one cast out. by a decayed

In the late king's entire harem, apart from her sister, she had looked down upon all the other concubines. Even the noble concubine, Dakota, she regarded as insignificant. Dakota's son,

family, came from a

was also in

list of potential suitors included the sixth son from the Quinton family. The sixth son

with a damaged mind. Now, at forty. years old, he behaved like a child of about seven. Fortunately, he married a

Quinton family wasn't a scholar. He couldn't even pass the state exams. His days were spent playing polo, flying kites, skating, and throwing darts. Recently, he

upon him. She hoped Kiera would marry someone knowledgeable and respectable, not

Quinton family was willing to marry off their sixth son to Kiera because once she was married to him, he could no longer hold a significant position in court. He could either find a

Quinton's family's sixth son.

herself torn. She wanted to ally with the Quinton family, but she didn't want her daughter to

children's marriages proving unsatisfactory, how could a woman as strong-willed as her

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ordered, "Summon Carissa to the palace tomorrow! I want to see what kind of enchanting vixen she's become. Even as a discarded woman, she dares to aspire to enter

would retreat upon realizing the difficulty of her situation. Carissa shouldn't

had been in the past, Helen might have supported this marriage. Back then, Hector was still alive, and