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.

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

should have done this

take on this mess. She genuinely felt sorry for Carissa, but her husband, Benjamin, had said

surrender, and

marriage edict, so the king hadn’t made other arrangements. With the king focusing on promoting young military talent, adding Aurora

to the court. Carissa’s family’s military merits were unmatched, with the only exception being if Salvador’s brother, the Hell Monarch,

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balance for Valor Estate. The annual rents and land

nine hundred silver coins. in the accounts is

back? But that would leave the accounts

members pitch in to help, we’ll get through the tough times. Plus, with Father, Benjamin, and Barrett’s monthly salaries, we’ll get by if everyone

this broke?”

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 them to

sure,” Carissa replied, though she knew the reasons all too

her constant need for expensive treatments and rare medicines, Rebecca’s chronic illness had drained the family’s

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