Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 875

Violet felt no sympathy for Barrett.

"I heard from Claire that Serena didn't return for the funeral, but Aurora left Blessed Haven to don mourning attire for that old hag," she said.

Ever since the assassination attempt, Aurora had rarely left Blessed Haven. She wouldn't even make an appearance when Rebecca was nearing death, so it was strange that she would come out now to mourn. If someone wanted to kill her again, infiltrating the household during the funeral wouldn't be too difficult.

But Aurora was probably smart enough. The treason case had just happened, and it wasn't resolved yet. Who would dare to act recklessly at this time?

"Who's helping to handle the funeral arrangements?" Carissa asked.

Viola had been in poor health since giving birth, so she couldn't manage it. Aurora likely wouldn't be taking charge either.

"Madam Charlotte," Violet replied. "After all, they're sisters-in-law. It's not like they have a lot of grievances against each other. Plus, the family hasn't truly split up, so she'll handle what needs to be done."

"Aunt Charlotte is quite loyal and principled," Carissa remarked. "That's rare."

between love and hate. While they admired her, they couldn't help but silently

had led him to marry

healed, though he still walked a bit awkwardly. The bump on his forehead had faded to

said that Rafael's forehead didn't look very auspicious and insisted that Dylan hold him down while he applied some powder to cover it up. Now, Rafael mostly stayed indoors unless he had

to keep Victoria company. Otherwise, she would have nagged

weather was cold, and Victoria had moved to the warm quarters of the palace. The concubines would come to pay their respects on the first and fifteenth days of the month, while Salvador visited every other day. No matter how diligent he

Helen had been living in the palace for a few

She remarked, "Well, she died at just the right

curiosity. "Who told you that? I've seen you holed up in here all day. Did someone in

didn't directly answer Helen's question, but tapped her on the forehead. "Don't be so closed-minded. You should keep yourself informed. Now that you're out of the palace and staying with Rafael, you ought to help a bit. Don't just focus on enjoying yourself." "If my son is doing well and my daughter-in-law is dutiful, shouldn't I be enjoying life?" Helen shot back. "After all the hard work raising my son, it's only natural to want to enjoy the fruits of my labor. Am I supposed to keep toiling away for

being unrestrained in her words. If she said something wrong, it was only

chuckled. "You're quite lazy, you know. You have no ambition at

fought through so much to get to where I

Fine-if Helen thought she got through it all on her

neat and tidy. "Why say that the year will be peaceful since that old woman is dead? Did she make you suffer while she