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.

suffered losses. Periodically, Helen was asked for more funds to

extracted nearly ten thousand silver coins from her for the makeup

about the expenditure. She suggested, “It seems they are here again to ask for more money. Lady

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if that amount of silver were thrown into the water,

also felt that the makeup shop had indeed been a failure, but she was reluctant to close it. She felt it would be 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

a matter

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 unique formula you

went something like this–a business needed time to establish itself and gain a reputation, so initial losses were inevitable. Once the reputation was built, the money would start

was not easily swayed by such reassurances. Her primary concern was not to make a large

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

frantic head shaking and

produced, and Eleanor

expression, “Lady Helen, this can’t go on! The makeup shop is a bottomless pit that no matter how much you pour in, it won’t be filled. It might be better

distressed over the loss of money. Sitting in her chair with a dark expression, she said, “How is it that Dakota’s shop is making

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