Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1045

Although the authorities hadn't been alerted, the truth had already been uncovered through Rowan's investigation and Giles' admission. The only remaining question was whether the Marquis of Ironridge and Margaret had known about Emma's actions and chosen to cover for her. The entire scheme had indeed been orchestrated by Emma, with Giles and several of her trusted maids tasked with carrying it out.

The reason behind it was simple-Emma knew her time was running out.

Around this same time, Leopold had told her he planned to take another secondary wife to manage the household. He had already chosen the candidate: Flora, who had recently entered the household as a concubine.

In other words, Leopold had intended to marry her as his secondary wife from the start. While secondary wives were technically concubines, they held a higher status than common concubines as they were still rightful wives.

When Leopold spoke of Flora, he had admiration in his eyes. He mentioned that her father was a scholar and that she was a well-mannered, cultured woman who would be perfect to manage the household.

After inquiring more about Flora, Emma learned that she was young and beautiful. She had once been engaged, but her fiancé had died, leaving her unmarried well into her twenties.

Emma was deeply familiar with Leopold, so she immediately declared that Flora was unlucky and couldn't bear the title of secondary wife. If he truly liked her, he should just take her as a concubine, not a rightful wife. Leopold was well aware of the objections raised by Emma, and he understood that her words were her way of blocking Flora's entry as a secondary wife. Yet, despite this opposition, Leopold couldn't deny his feelings. After much consideration, he ultimately decided to marry Flora anyway.

after so many years of marriage, there was no longer any affection between her and Leopold. Naturally, she began to plot for the future of her own children. After Flora entered the household, Leopold stayed in her room nearly every night. It wasn't long before

deep connections both inside and outside the estate. Because she had experienced a miscarriage before, she was well-acquainted with the physician who dealt with gynecological issues. After a bribe of

pregnancy, her mom, Barbara, was called to stay with her. Meanwhile, Emma asked Serena to assist, taking responsibility

was provided

didn't feel any significant discomfort. The physician visited daily and confirmed that the pregnancy was stable, so neither Flora

any reason to suspect

at all. However, after a few arguments between her and Barbara, Jessica instructed Serena to

dosage, carefully decided by the physician, was enough

eliminate any future complications was to have her removed from the household. But Margaret was kind-hearted. When Flora miscarried, Jessica

came the incident of

into the lake. With both events Kappening together, Emma cried in front

that her

and complained that Jessica, the primary wife, was ruthless and cruel. Now, she had even

concubine. When Emma died,