Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Aurora's mocking voice drifted in.

"You've turned yourself into a joke!"

Viola clutched her chest. "How dare you! You're just a concubine! How dare you come here to ridicule me?"

"Hah! As a concubine, I've actually received quite a generous sum from this household," Aurora said with a laugh. "Since I entered the family, I've had the best of everything-no one dares to treat me poorly. And not a single penny of my own money has ever gone out."

With that, she left gracefully, leaving Viola gasping in frustration.

In the entire household, Aurora was the only one who could stand apart and enjoy the spectacle. If Serena dared to ask for anything, Aurora would slap Serena without hesitation. Only someone like Viola...

So despicable!

After Aurora finished mocking Viola, she returned to her room. She checked the defensive mechanisms, and then ordered her maid not to enter before changing and going to bed.

she had captured in Fawnrun City. Back then, Westhaven's spies had killed the Duke of Northwatch's entire family. Now, she had to be more cautious in case there were still Westhaven

wouldn't come to her room, which was irrelevant. Staying alive

situation at the Earl of

had been stripped of his title as heir and could no longer inherit the Earl of Gracehold's name. She had been causing

something only Samuel could inherit-weren't

disturbance any longer, Noah knelt down and pleaded with her, "Mom, he's given up everything for that lowly woman. Why are you still favoring him?

and struck him

to succeed, not fail! The king had acknowledged him as a top scholar and personally appointed him as an official! How can you allow others to slander him so freely? You didn't protect

several times with her cane. Though she wasn't very strong, the blows humiliated him as he was the head of

and said mournfully, "Mom, His Majesty already spoke to me. If this chaos

"What did you say? The

let go of the cane,

doesn't treat the duchess well, we'll lose our title. Regardless, His Majesty has already considered revoking the title. We can't make any more trouble. We can't let Samuel make any

by King Augustus himself. How can