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 king planning to wait until after the wedding to issue it? That would be pure torture. She didn’t want to stay here even a

go over the accounts. They should have done this

felt sorry for Carissa, but her husband, Benjamin, had said that Aurora

surrender, and the Ministry of Defense hadn’t

other arrangements. With the king focusing

marquis. Her family had made great contributions to the court. Carissa’s family’s military

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account books. “Here’s the current balance for Valor Estate. The annual

has been completely spent, and the remaining nine hundred silver coins. in the accounts is what I lent to the family. I’m

would leave the accounts completely empty!” Amelia

the other family 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 tightens their belts a bit, Carissa replied

can we be this broke?” Amelia

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

replied, though she knew

and rare medicines, Rebecca’s chronic illness had