Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 348

Carissa smiled, though she was nearly grinding her teeth.

Still, she maintained a gentle tone as she agreed with her mother-in-law.

"You're right, Mother. Business does have its ups and downs. Oh, by the way.... Do you and Grand Princess Eleanor split the profits of the jewelry shop evenly? Did you sign a contract? And since it opened, have you reviewed the account books?"

Helen puffed up with pride, like a peacock. "Of course we signed a contract! Do you take me for a fool? It's not an even split-I've taken seventy percent. Naturally, I've looked at the account books. They send them every season, and I've checked them thoroughly. We've indeed been running at a loss."

"Oh? So, you hold the majority share? That means when there's a loss, you have to contribute more money to cover it. How much money have you put in over the years? Have you been keeping track?" Carissa pressed.

"Of course I've kept track. Every time I put in money, I note it down," Helen said.

Good, that was a start.

Then, do you remember how much money you've given in total?"

It's probably in the tens

have you ever actually visited

your wedding, so I haven't had the time.

our faces in public? Anyway, I review the account books every season. I'm not worried about Eric

the capital owned businesses, but they didn't manage them personally. They left that to their managers. The managers would report back, and trusted servants

was unheard of for them to personally manage the

reasoning-except for her use of

could hardly

thousands of silver coins

gold jewelry shops in the capital with Jacob and Luke. The most successful was The Golden Tower, and while The Gilded Tower- Helen's -shop-wasn't doing badly, it was notorious for copying designs from

one thing,

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Gilded Tower managed to attract customers who were looking for cheaper alternatives to the Golden Tower's designs. As a result, the shop did decent business-enough to avoid losses, let alone require any

aware of this, though it was clear Helen wasn't. Now wasn't the time to inform her, though. The priority was to retrieve the

would head to the palace first. To prevent