Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 182

Carissa looked up, her expression solemn. "Thank you for your leniency, Your Highness. As for my status and whether I am worthy of the marshal, that is for him to decide. Either way, since he proposed, I will marry him."

"He's simply momentarily confused! He will come to his senses eventually. You're a woman who was discarded by the Warren family. He's only intrigued by you for now, but he will abandon your once the novelty wears off. In the end, you will be the one who suffers. I'm looking out for you. Why are you so ungrateful?" Helen argued furiously.

divorced Barrett. I'm not a discarded woman-I requested the divorce edict. If anyone was discarded, it was him. The Warren family had no say in it. Nevertheless, I appreciate your concern," Carissa replied. Still angry, Helen retorted, "Regardless of who left whom, you're still a woman who has married once. A virtuous woman does not remarry. Since you chose to divorce, you should stay at home and not aim for higher status. What you're doing now is tarnishing the reputation of women."

"Men can divorce and remarry, even take multiple wives and concubines. Why can't women remarry? As for tarnishing the reputation of women, many women see me as a role model. Even the king said at the celebration feast that women of the realm should emulate me," Carissa said calmly, maintaining her composure.

Helen scoffed. "You're sharp-tongued and argumentative. If all women were like you, the world would be in chaos. Women should adhere to their expected roles and behavior-obedience to their father before marriage, obedience to their husband after marriage,

and obedience to their son after the husband's death. They should. also have proper virtue, speech, appearance, and skills.

"And you? You think that just because you have some military achievements, you're a role model for women? What about those who can't go to the battlefield? Are they supposed to be doomed?" That argument sounded familiar to Carissa. She remembered asking Aurora a similar question.

the battlefield. The king's praise was not just for my military accomplishments, but

her father at home, her husband after marriage, and her son if widowed. In

you criticize the late king?" Helen slammed her hand on the armrest, her voice filled with

to the late king. He was a

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in decline. And you, an orphaned girl and a discarded woman, are the only one left. You aim

you even want to use the status of a princess consort to take

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reach her eyes. "Your Highness, you're overthinking this. If I wanted revenge,

earlier and hesitated. The stubborn girl was indeed

dragging her out. and punishing her was out of the question. The intended slap was merely meant to establish authority, to make her

ahead and