Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 224

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Eleanor smiled slowly, thinking it was time to extract some money from this money

tree.

Inside Evergreen Palace, Helen sneezed repeatedly. As she was preparing for a nap at noon, she was informed that Eleanor and Jessica had arrived.

Gillian furrowed her brow. When the two of them came together, it was usually for a specific reason.

A few years ago, Jessica and Dakota opened a makeup shop and made some money. Helen, who hated being outdone by others, heard about their success and thought about starting a shop herself. However, she didn’t plan to team up with Jessica. She actually wanted to partner with her maternal nephew.

However, Jessica approached Helen with a proposition. She claimed she had a unique formula that produced makeup as good as the ones used in the palace. She asked Helen for three thousand silver coins to start the business, suggesting they could open a makeup shop together.

Helen was skeptical of Jessica, so Eleanor intervened. Eleanor made sarcastic comments, suggesting that Helen was worried about being tricked out of her money and didn’t trust them. Helen was already intimidated by Eleanor and Jessica’s presence. So after seeing Eleanor’s grim face, Helen ended up handing over the

money.

years, the makeup shop had never made a profit and had instead consistently suffered losses. Periodically, Helen was asked for more funds to keep

years, Jessica had extracted nearly ten thousand silver coins from her for the makeup shop that had never even turned

about the expenditure. She suggested, “It seems they are here again to ask for more money. Lady Helen, the makeup shop isn’t making any money. Perhaps it would be

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thrown into the water, it would at least make a

embarrassing. The makeup shop owned by Jessica and Dakota continued to make a profit, while the shop owned by Helen and Jessica was perpetually in the red. She refused to believe it

a matter of

not to be defeated, Helen invited Eleanor and Jessica in. As she listened to their reasons, she couldn’t help but complain, “Why is it that your shop with Dakota makes a profit every year, while our shop, which is larger than your other shop, suffers losses every year? What happened to the

like this–a business needed time to establish itself and gain a reputation, so

by such reassurances. Her primary concern was not to make a large profit, but

come up with the money? If you really can’t manage, you might as well sell your share to

head shaking and signals. She instructed someone to fetch the

quickly produced, and Eleanor and Jessica left, visibly

makeup shop is a bottomless pit that no

loss of money. Sitting in her chair with a dark expression, she said, “How is it that Dakota’s shop is making money while mine is not? Mine is two stories high, much larger than hers, with a greater variety and better quality. It will make money

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