Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 160

Chapter 160

Frederick, having managed the outer household for many years and being well–acquainted with the intricacies of court life, quickly

assessed the situation.

“My lady, one thing is certain: the king likely does

actually want

you to enter the palace. Otherwise, he could have simply issued an edict making you a concubine. You wouldn’t have had any choice but to comply.”

“I know that,” Carissa replied, a hint of frustration lacing her voice.” But he’s given me three months to find a suitor, almost as if he’s pressuring me into marriage. What does my single status have to do with him? I’ve reviewed the royal edict concerning my father’s

posthumous title multiple times. While other details are

insignificant, what stands out is that if I marry, my husband could inherit a title. Does he want someone to inherit my father’s title through marriage?”

of selecting suitable relatives from collateral branches to be trained, with the potential for them to inherit titles

have a specific candidate in mind? If he expects

string of rosary beads her

is correct, then the king must have a designated candidate

feeling the situation was increasingly frustrating. It felt

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managing

the person have to marry into the family? And the children. should take the Sinclair family name, right? Men can be unreliable, and if he gains a title and takes concubines, there’s a risk that he might favor those children

man who would take

bringing a single individual into the family, that would be manageable. After all, a man who married into his wife’s

for the issue of concubines, the reason Melanie had chosen Barrett in the past was precisely because he had

among the prominent families, which man didn’t take concubines? Even ordinary people, who lacked

her mother’s dying wish for her to marry,

mentioned that her mother didn’t want her

fiery dreams, and pursuits–but now, she had none. Life felt as stagnant as still water, and it didn’t bother

for her role in recapturing the Southern Frontier, that joy was no longer

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edict, she would have selected someone from her clan, trained them