The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 296 The Atmosphere at the Palace Gate

Esme breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both relieved and pleased as she watched Isolde.

Isolde’s temper had improved significantly.

Aveline led Isolde to greet each of the noblewomen one by one.

“This is the Queen’s mother, Mrs. Morris.”

“It’s my honor to meet you, Mrs. Morris,” Isolde curtsied.

“Greetings, Princess Langley,” Lady Yuan returned the gesture with a kind and gentle smile, clearly impressed.

“This is Consort Cora’s mother, Lady Wondery, honored by the King.”

“Hello, Lady Wondery!”

“Greetings, Princess Langley.”

After this round of introductions, Isolde received generally positive feedback.

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The main reason for this was that despite her status as a princess and the King’s appointed General, Isolde remained humble and respectful, neither overbearing nor submissive.

Secondly, she had earned the favor of Aveline, who was known to be Queen Dowager’s adopted daughter and part of the inner circle of the royal family.

This inner circle included Aveline, Rosemary, and Elisa, the wife of Graeme–all close confidantes of Queen Dowager who could enter the palace without a formal summons.

While many sought to curry favor with this elite group, few succeeded, so most chose to keep their distance and avoid offending them.

After the introductions, the palace gates opened.

The procession began to move slowly and silently inside.

It was the fifth watch of the night, and the sky was still dark. As they entered the palace, they walked through a long palace corridor illuminated by bonfires on either side. The high walls of the palace isolated it from the outside world, and almost no sound from beyond could be heard.

from a distant, nameless tree, a flock of birds

began to

painted the sky in shades of black and blue, and a thin mist hung in the air,

ladies who had been chattering outside now

front of the procession was a chamberlain

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had grown kind and approachable over the years, enjoying interactions with others. Thus, after Queen Sophia issued an edict allowing the families of palace concubines to visit once a month, Queen Catherine

an imperial decree. Upon entering the palace, they first went to Queen Catherine’s palace to pay their respects before visiting

received visitors, and one could only

a glimpse of Queen Dowager. They had brought generous gifts, using the opportunity

well aware that seeing Queen Dowager would be difficult, so they planned to entrust their gifts to

the palace had to be women and were required to strictly adhere to etiquette. They could only meet in the main halls and were not allowed to enter the private chambers for

silks. They dared not bring anything too valuable, let alone silver. The gifts for Queen Mother were particularly lavish, so they couldn’t be presented in the

only once or twice a year instead of monthly. For

daughter had been demoted to a lower rank. She wanted to

the chamberlain was leading

her curiosity, Alice asked, “Lord

“Ladies and young misses, Grand Queen Mother is unwell. Queen Grandmother stayed overnight at Mystic Palace to accompany her. Thus, I am leading you all to Mystic Palace to

Everyone was instantly excited.

Alice, who said, “We

of footsteps, even breathing seemed to be held in

smoothing their clothes and fixing their hair, afraid of

in silence,

going to receive so many people, she certainly couldn’t ask her questions in front of everyone. She wasn’t sure if Queen Mother would allow her to

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Queen Catherine was present, how could she bring up such

if she didn’t ask today, she would