Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Four hours passed-no more, no less. Outside, night had long fallen. The cold was even harsher.

The accountant with the long beard came in to make a report.

"Grand Princess Eleanor, the accounts have been thoroughly reviewed. There are no discrepancies with the numbers compared to the ones Lady Carissa has shown us."

"That's outrageous!" Eleanor smashed another cup, which crashed loudly.

The sound startled Helen awake. she looked at Eleanor with sleep-laden eyes, bewildered by the fury radiating from the latter.

Eleanor's voice was filled with rage as she declared, "How dare that vile servant falsify accounts and embezzle Helen and Jessica's money? I will make sure he is severely punished!"

Carissa released Helen and said, "It's enough that we've settled the accounts. Since Eric is the one at Court to fault, there's no need for you to get involved, Aunt Eleanor. I'll have him sent to the Supreme recover all the embezzled funds."

"Carissa!" Eleanor's tone softened considerably as she sighed. "Jessica is at fault as well, for failing to supervise and not realizing so much money was embezzled. Since Eric is a servant from Ironridge Estate, making this a public scandal would be detrimental to both the Marquis of Ironridge's family and your cousin-in-law.

"How about this? Hand him over to me, and I'll make sure he returns the money. If he fails to do so, your cousin's share of the 30% percent will be forfeited, and The entire Gilded Tower will be yours. You're already aware of the profits The Gilded Tower has made over the years. It will continue to be profitable. You won't be losing out if you control the entire business, right?"

Carissa smiled. "However, families shouldn't bicker. I can't let my cousin-in-law suffer alone. Since Jessica manages The Gilded Tower,

is also unnecessary. After such an incident, it's

together to avoid tearing apart relationships and harming both families. So, we plan to

took out the

amount of our investment. However, since the shop is profitable, our share should naturally increase. But as I mentioned earlier, since we are relatives, there's no need to be so calculative. We'll just take back our investment and the

the total on the paper. It was over 260,000

better if Carissa had

disagree!" Jessica's face turned ashen. "Since it's a partnership, neither party can decide who

Carissa pushed the account books aside, and looked up. "We'll sell the shop. Starting tomorrow, we'll post notices about the sale. But before we do that, we need to settle

Sell the shop?

Jessica had been hoping for that. The Gilded Tower had a bad reputation. Selling would

it,"

smiled. "It's settled, then. As for the distribution of profits, would you prefer to have Eric sent to

you

advance this amount?"