Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1035

Violet couldn't help but think that Jessica truly was something else-bad, without a doubt, but also truly foolish.

She probably inherited her foolishness, which Eleanor must have already accepted and moved on. Otherwise, why would Eleanor have kept everything from her daughter after all those years of planning? With that thought, Violet couldn't resist asking, "How much do you know about your mom's situation?"

"What's it to you?" Jessica instantly tensed, eyeing her warily. "Don't try to frame me. I don't know anything!"

Seeing how defensive she was, Violet decided not to push further, instead asking about the maids in her former household. She seemed to think they were trustworthy and loyal to her.

"Even after I was divorced, I didn't take them with me. They won't be mistreated in Ironridge Estate, and Madam Margaret is lenient. There's no reason for them to suffer with me," said Jessica.

Carissa raised an eyebrow. "You've never considered that Serena might try to harm you? How did the medicine end up switched so carelessly?"

"She wouldn't dare," Jessica responded firmly. "Since she entered the house, she's relied on me for everything. Why would she try to harm me?"

that, but didn't she sell you

find out, so she sold me out. She only added laxatives to the

sarcasm loud and clear, Jessica turned her face

pressed on, asking, "But this concerns the family's

Jessica sneered bitterly. "Madam

sick, and so

marquis sent a housekeeper to investigate, and after Serena ratted me out, I just admitted it. Since confessed,

she used or how much she put in. You look down on her, yet you trust her so much. Do you really think she won't cause any trouble? Let

felt no surprise at all over the kind of schemes they were capable of. She believed that Serena

it that way. While it was clear that Jessica had ordered Serena to administer the laxative and

your husband didn't divorce you then. Were you only divorced and cast out after you pushed Serena into the lake and they found out

right," Jessica admitted bitterly. "But they had already been planning to cast me out before that. It was just that they decided to pile my offenses together to make it seem more

In the end, they didn't cast you out over trying to harm the heir or the concubine.

Jessica seemed to recall something and began crying again. After her sobs subsided, she blinked her swollen eyes open, barely able