Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 177

Chapter 177

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Helen lay on her chaise longue, her heart burning with resentment towards Carissa.

Her attendant, Gillian, stood beside her, trying to offer comfort.

“There’s no need to be so upset, Your Highness. Prince Rafael is a man with his own thoughts. He’s merely infatuated with Lady Sinclair’s beauty at the moment. I’ve heard she’s the most stunning woman in the capital.

“When Madam Sinclair first planned to marry her, many noble

families sought her hand. It’s a mystery why Madam Sinclair ended up marrying her to General Warren.”

As she dabbed Helen’s tears away with a handkerchief, she continued soothingly, “After all, she is merely a secondhand item. There’s no need for you to be so enraged. If Prince Rafael insists on marrying her, so be it. A beauty from afar is pleasing to the eye, but living with her every day can become tiresome.

“No matter how beautiful a woman is, if she becomes petty and jealous, which man wouldn’t grow weary of her? Prince Rafael will have many concubines. Once her fierce demeanor is revealed, she. may end up being disliked by the prince himself without you having to say a word.”

Helen seethed with anger. “That may be true, but how can a

prince marry a discarded woman–especially one cast out. by a decayed family? How can I hold my

always been strong–willed. In the late king’s entire harem, apart from her sister, she had looked down upon all the other concubines. Even the noble concubine, Dakota, she regarded

a niece

family, came from a prestigious background

daughter, Klera, was also in the midst

from the Quinton family. The sixth son was

a child of about seven. Fortunately, he married a kind–hearted woman. She accepted his ondition and treated him like the

the Quinton family wasn’t a scholar. He couldn’t even pass the state exams. His days were spent playing polo, flying kites, skating, and throwing

gardening as a hobby.

knowledgeable and respectable, not someone frivolous and inept like

once she was married to him, he could no longer hold a significant position in court. He could either find a minor official post or live out his days

this, indicating that he was satisfied with Quinton’s family’s sixth

to ally with the Quinton family, but she

both her children’s marriages proving unsatisfactory, how could

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ordered, “Summon Carissa to the palace tomorrow! I want to see what kind of enchanting

hoped Carissa would retreat upon realizing the difficulty of her situation. Carissa shouldn’t assume that a few

it had been in the past, Helen might have supported this marriage. Back then, Hector was still alive, and his family