Her Majestic Battle Cry

Chapter 1251

Even after Carissa left, Kylie couldn’t calm down from her anger.

She sat in silence, watching darkly as Gerald took his medicine. After that, the royal physician performed needle treatment on him. Gerald also took the pills Sebastian had left for him.

Within two hours, his complexion gradually improved.

The royal physician confirmed that Gerald’s spirits had lifted, and there was hope for his

recovery.

The Quinton family was delighted, but Kylie was utterly disappointed. Her face was as pale as it had been the day Gerald had gone to the gentlemen’s retreat.

She knew she had taken a gamble, and that her actions would alienate her maternal family and anger the king. Yet, Carissa posed a monumental threat. Only when her name was fully tarnished could Kylie’s title as queen be solidified

Kylie could do everything Carissa had done–reopening the women’s academy, recruiting noblewomen and officials‘ daughters to attend, and consolidating the power of the noble families to strengthen Connor’s position.

Things she once refused to do, Kylie now considered. She had seen through her dad’s indecisiveness. He had placed all his hopes on the Quinton family, but if anything went wrong, it would all collapse.

Jeremiah entered to visit Gerald, patting him on the shoulder. “Old friend, take care of yourself. Watch how these young ones stir things up. As long as they’re causing a ruckus, the world will stay lively.”

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He had expected Jeremiah to look down on him, but his attitude remained unchanged, just like it had always

but Ruth didn’t. In early February, the news of her death was officially announced, and

day. He wept loudly in his estate, then began making preparations. He wasn’t getting ready to return to the capital. Instead, he had prepared a storyteller in

of Yuvan’s mom, portraying her as a victim of the royal family’s cruelty

began hearing praises from the common people for the current queen dowager. They spoke of how

also invited Sebastian to the palace to treat Ruth

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generosity–granting Yuvan leave to return to the capital to care for his ailing

his plans thwarted before they

the past, he would endure everything quietly. Now, with his body disabled, he was more anxious than ever. Despite the public’s praise, he still sent his

the people. His words hardly made it beyond Valken

drop of water falling into the ocean made only

else struck him as strange. It seemed that his

was how it

local officials, but his orders were often delayed or met with excuses. When they did come,

he couldn’t

perhaps the officials had grown complacent after he had spent too

in time,”

Yuvan’s mind. Even more troubling was the news coming from the capital. It was said that spies from Sandoria had infiltrated the gentlemen’s retreats in the capital, and that they had been brought in by Eleanor all