Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1299

Before dawn, the carriages from Redstone Manor set off.

The manor's guards saw Oliver off, as he had previously insisted on personally escorting Celeste and their young son.

The procession slowly began to move forward.

Originally, there were only five carriages. But after leaving the manor, several more joined them. These were arranged by Carl ahead of time. Now, Carl and his men rode ahead on their warhorses, clearing the path.

It didn't matter if they were spotted-Oliver and his men were just seeing them off and would return afterward.

But when night fell and Oliver had still not returned, the manor's guards began to grow anxious. They hurried to find Louis and Timothy.

However, the manor's guards couldn't find them. Louis and Timothy had left the manor not long after the dinner last night, only to begin feeling dizzy and vomiting soon after. As they didn't share the same room, the guards attending them assumed it was simply the result of drinking too much, so they had the kitchen prepare some hangover soup.

After drinking the soup, they continued to vomit. Once they were done, they felt a little better and fell asleep.

began to realize something was wrong. When they inquired further, they discovered that all those who had dined

physician, Brandon, examined them and was stunned.

an investigation. If they had been poisoned,

they go to war

manor, they were told that Oliver had left to escort his wife back to the capital, and

that Oliver had fled. He simply assumed that the commander had fallen ill along the way, causing a delay in

to investigate the poisoning-whether it had been an accident or a deliberate

had been made with ingredients sent by Zoey, the Earl of Silverstone's wife,

them out for Stuart to inspect. Not being familiar with identifying mushrooms, Stuart had them sent back to Brandon for further examination. After a thorough inspection,

from the previous night, and none of them had shown any signs of poisoning. This meant the issue lay with the specific bowls

they were deliberately poisoned. The person responsible knew exactly what they

a sudden realization

couldn't be-it was

a crime punishable by the beheading of an entire

thing... He must have lost