Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Eleanor smiled slowly, thinking it was time to extract some money from this money

tree.

Inside Evergreen Palace, Helen sneezed repeatedly. As she was preparing for a nap at noon, she was informed that Eleanor and Jessica had arrived.

Gillian furrowed her brow. When the two of them came together, it was usually for a specific reason.

A few years ago, Jessica and Dakota opened a makeup shop and made some money. Helen, who hated being outdone by others, heard about their success and thought about starting a shop herself. However, she didn't plan to team up with Jessica. She actually wanted to partner with her maternal nephew.

However, Jessica approached Helen with a proposition. She claimed she had a unique formula that produced makeup as good as the ones used in the palace. She asked Helen for three thousand silver coins to start the business, suggesting they could open a makeup shop together.

Helen was skeptical of Jessica, so Eleanor intervened. Eleanor made sarcastic comments, suggesting that Helen was worried about being tricked out of her money and didn't trust them. Helen was already intimidated by Eleanor and Jessica's presence. So after seeing Eleanor's grim face, Helen ended up handing over the

money.

Over the years, the makeup shop had never made a profit and had instead consistently suffered losses. Periodically, Helen was asked for more funds to keep the business afloat. Despite her private complaints, she felt compelled to comply to avoid being accused of poverty or stinginess.

these years, Jessica had extracted nearly ten thousand silver coins from her for the makeup shop that had

again to ask for more money. Lady

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into the water, it would

it would be embarrassing. The makeup shop owned by Jessica and Dakota continued to make a

a matter of

listened to their reasons, she couldn't help but complain, "Why is it that your shop with Dakota makes a profit every year, while our shop, which is larger than your other shop, suffers losses every

her explanation, a story she had repeated countless times. It went something like this-a business needed time to establish itself and gain a reputation, so initial losses were inevitable. Once

was not easily swayed by such reassurances. Her primary concern was not to make a

calmly, "What's the matter? Are you unable to come up with the money? If you really can't

Helen ignored Gillian's frantic head shaking and signals. She instructed someone to fetch

silver coins were quickly produced, and