Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1282

That night, Yuvan didn't sleep at all.

This was never the plan he and Wayne had carefully devised.

Starting a rebellion in a remote province, with no allies in the capital and attempting to storm it head-on- how absurdly difficult would that be?

Their original plan had been far more calculated. The idea was to amass an army large enough to begin a slow, deliberate march toward the areas surrounding the capital. There, they would establish a foothold and wait for an opportune moment.

At that point, with Eleanor scheming inside the capital and securing support from several influential families, they would have allies to bolster their position. After all, they had placed many of Henry's daughters in noble households as concubines to curry favor.

Then, they would choose the perfect time, preferably when a war broke out. When the bandits and refugees caused havoc, Yuvan's forces would then converge just outside the capital before marching straight in and storming the palace.

But all of that had crumbled because of the incident at Stone Village.

Tiberius had been captured and the suicide soldiers were now in enemy hands, forcing Yuvan's hand far earlier than planned.

action. The odds of success were

and it sparked some discussion, many thought the so-called uprising and proclamation were

claim that Sandoria was attacking the Southern Frontier was dubious at best. Even if it were true, Sandoria's ambitions had been a

even been a battle yet, let alone a defeat. On what grounds could anyone claim

was part of Ebonflow, one of the most affluent regions in the realm. Life there was good. What grievances could possibly justify such drastic actions?

the people were waiting. Waiting to see when Yuvan would be

by death, and who knew how many people Yuvan had in his household? The crowds were eager for

who had driven the Sandorians back before. Could a few traitors like Yuvan truly pose

so, the common folk found themselves pondering an unexpected question: Why would Yuvan rebel? Sure, the desire to become king was understandable. Who wouldn't dream of ruling the kingdom? But the risks were staggering. Why abandon the wealth and stability of being a vassal prince, only to gamble the lives of his entire family on a near-impossible chance? Wasn't

for his mother, Ruth. But even that didn't

Ruth had been ill for several years, and Yuvan had returned to care for her during her final days. Victoria had even shown Ruth exceptional kindness during her lifetime. If

power had gone to

always been a man of low presence. Throughout his life, he had been overlooked, barely noticed

just the commoners scratching their heads-many officials were equally

his relative safety and privilege? If he truly intended to rebel, why not wait until the court was occupied with a foreign war? Rising up now, at such

Chester's troops would crush the rebellion long before that could happen. Life in the capital remained undisturbed,