Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Lulu scoffed. “Ten thousand silver coins worth of betrothal gifts? Do they think the Warren family is that rich? When you married into this family, your mother only asked for a few hundred silver coins. It was such a loss.”

Carissa sighed dramatically. “I agree. My mother settled for too little.”

Lulu laughed with her, but as she laughed, tears started to fall. Carissa had endured so much when she married into the Warren family. Back then, Carissa had believed Barrett’s grand promises he swore he’d never take a concubine.

In the end, it was all lies, and Carissa’s life was ruined.

Wiping her tears, Lulu went off to fetch the watercress soup and chicken soup, and she invited the other maids to share some too.

The king’s edict for an amicable divorce was still under wraps, but the people Carissa had brought from her family home were loyal and trustworthy. They knew what was going on, and it was necessary to prepare them anyway.

What worried Lulu was the possibility of the king not approving the divorce.

A divorce that was unilaterally decided by the husband and an amicable divorce based on mutual understanding were two very different things, with the main difference being that a woman divorced by her husband couldn’t reclaim her dowry.

the wedding to issue it? That would be pure torture.

should have

for Carissa, but her husband, Benjamin, had said that Aurora marrying into the Warren family would greatly benefit the

behind Westhaven’s surrender, and the Ministry of Defense

king focusing on promoting

of a marquis. Her family had made great contributions to the court. Carissa’s family’s military merits were unmatched, with the only exception being if Salvador’s brother, the Hell

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current balance for Valor Estate. The annual rents and land incomes

coins. in the accounts is what I lent to the family. I’m taking it back now.

back? But that would leave

Plus, with Father, Benjamin, and Barrett’s monthly salaries, we’ll get by if everyone tightens their belts

we be this broke?”

doubted Carissa. The household had already been struggling before she married into the family. They had laid off many servants, and it was Carissa’s dowry that had allowed

Carissa replied, though she knew the

for expensive treatments and rare