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

a decayed family?

had looked down upon all the other concubines. Even the noble concubine, Dakota, she

came from a prestigious background and held significant

own daughter, Klera, was also in the

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

the third branch, he had suffered a fall in his youth that left him with a damaged mind. Now, at forty. years old, he behaved like a child of about seven. Fortunately, he married a kind-hearted woman. She accepted his ondition and treated him like the child he

scholar. He couldn't even pass the state exams. His days were spent playing polo, flying kites, skating,

marry someone knowledgeable

because once she was married to him, he could no longer hold a significant position in court. He could either find a minor official post or live out his days in idle leisure, wasting his

sixth son. Even Kiera had stolen. glances at him, and

wanted to ally with the Quinton

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

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to see what kind of enchanting vixen she's become. Even as a discarded woman, she dares to

Carissa would retreat upon realizing the difficulty of her situation. Carissa

in the past, Helen might have supported this marriage. Back