Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1281

Since it wasn't Wayne, Yuvan shifted his gaze to Harvey.

He was just about to defend himself when Yuvan shook his head. "It's not you, either."

Harvey was speechless. He wasn't even worth suspecting?

It was only natural that Yuvan didn't suspect Harvey. The latter had arrived in Valken with nothing to his name, and in all those years in the capital, he hadn't achieved anything noteworthy. He was far inferior to Eleanor.

When Harvey first came to Valken, the people addressed him politely to his face. But behind his back, they all looked down on him. He had no sway over someone like Craig.

Yuvan took a slow, measured breath, gradually regaining his composure as he sank into his seat. His gaze swept over both men.

"Tell me, is it Craig who's been bought off, or is someone plotting to take what is rightfully mine?" he asked.

Wayne was still kneeling on the ground. He pondered for a while before he said, "It's impossible for him to have been bought off. Only a few days have passed since you issued the proclamation. Our forces are scattered across five or six districts, and it took us over half a year to move them into place. The court has no way of uncovering that, let alone tracking down Craig to turn him."

to steal from me. Who is it?" Over the years, Yuvan had gathered a mix of followers, including members of the royal family. But among the princes, only he and Harvey held

mind but came up empty-handed. Among his followers, the royal relatives were the least competent and capable.

most suspicious person was still

plans and strategies had come from Wayne's counsel. Without him, Yuvan wouldn't have his current strength, as he wouldn't have managed to gather such

kneeling here now. The moment Yuvan issued the proclamation, he would have

and head there tonight. Wayne,

as a suspect and needed to keep

to take Sableton, Montfield, and Glenmoor

and nodded. "Understood.

turning to Wayne,

room, they exchanged glances without a

long before

shaken off the frenzied state from earlier and regained

all costs. Including the officials in the local authorities, how

which are trained soldiers," Saul replied. 4,500 men were a sizable force for Valken, but Yuvan shook his head. "Too few. The city gates must be

court dispatched troops to suppress him, 4,500 men wouldn't be enough to hold Valken. Fortunately, the court was still preoccupied with bandit suppression. So far, Yuvan's moves had gone according to plan. If they hadn't, his uprising would've been nothing