Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Luke immediately ordered two guards to take Eric to the local authorities.

Terrified, Eric cried out, "Your Highness, please spare me! It wasn't my idea. Lady Jessica instructed me to make these false accounts to deceive Lady Helen!" "What?" Helen was enraged, and smashed a cup. "Jessica used fake accounts to deceive me?"

Carissa pressed Helen's hand to calm her. "If the previous account books were false, then there must be genuine ones."

With the guards holding him, Eric's arms ached as if they might break. Fearing further punishment, he nodded vigorously. "Yes, of course! There are real ones."

Since Carissa was preparing to visit Northwatch Estate, she didn't want to waste more time arguing.

She called Luke in, and instructed, "Please take two people with you and return to The Gilded Tower. Retrieve all the account books from these years and have them verified one by one by the accountants. Confirm on-site whether they are genuine accounts. If they continue to falsify records, there is no need to report back. Send them directly to the Royal Citadel."

Luke responded, "Understood, Your Highness!"

He signaled for the guards to act swiftly. The carriage outside was already prepared, and they departed for The Gilded Tower immediately.

Eric had never faced such a situation before, and trembled in fear. He silently cursed Jessica.

And facing the Hell Monarch's princess consort was even

lucky

was fuming. "Jessica deceived me?

up the broken pieces of the cup, and sighed

who would be deceived? Besides, Helen always

please calm down. We can handle this. You had contracts in place, didn't you? When I return from my visit, we can go over them together. Getting angry won't solve anything," Carissa said. Helen felt tears welling up in her eyes, and was almost unable to hold them

inadequate in comparison

to deceive her. Jessica hadn't cheated Dakota, but had tricked her

hurt surged within her, and it took all her strength

her yesterday and retrieved the pearls. Now, Carissa wasn't distancing herself from this situation either. A small sense of reliance

so much money-how could they possibly recover it without a fight? There was a

of words, Carissa nodded respectfully before

he

prepare the gifts, Rafael insisted on handling them himself, loading the gifts onto the carriage

not take