Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 1045

Chapter 1045

Although the authorities hadn't been alerted, the truth had already been uncovered through Rowan’s

investigation and Giles‘ admission. The only remaining question was whether the Marquis of Ironridge and

Margaret had known about Emma’s actions and chosen to cover for her.

The entire schhad indeed been orchestrated by Emma, with Giles and several of her trusted maids tasked

with carrying it out.

The reason behind it was simple-Emma knew her twas running out.

Around this stime, Leopold had told her he planned to take another secondary wife to manage the

household. He had already chosen the candidate: Flora, who had recently entered the household as a concubine.

In other words, Leopold had intended to marry her as his secondary wife from the start. While secondary wives

were technically concubines, they held a higher status than common concubines as they were still rightful wives.

When Leopold spoke of Flora, he had admiration in his eyes. He mentioned that her father was a scholar and that

she was a well-mannered, cultured woman who would be perfect to manage the household.

After inquiring more about Flora, Emma learned that she was young and beautiful. She had once been engaged,

but her fiancé had died, leaving her unmarried well into her twenties.

Emma was deeply familiar with Leopold, so she immediately declared that Flora was unlucky and couldn't bear

the title of secondary wife. If he truly liked her, he should just take her as a concubine, not a rightful wife.

Leopold was well aware of the objections raised by Emma, and he understood that her words were her way of

blocking Flora’s entry as a secondary wife. Yet, despite this opposition, Leopold couldn't deny his feelings. After

much consideration, he ultimately decided to marry Flora anyway.

The night Flora entered the household, Emma’s condition worsened. She felt a deep sense of despair, realizing

that after so many years of marriage, there was no longer any affection between her and Leopold. Naturally, she

began to plot for the future of her own children.

After Flora entered the household, Leopold stayed in her room nearly every night. It wasn’t long before she

becpregnant.

Emma had been managing the household for years, so she had deep connections both inside and outside the

estate. Because she had experienced a miscarriage before, she was well-acquainted with the physician who

dealt with gynecological issues. After a bribe of five hundred silver coins, the pregnancy supplement was quietly

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Restorative.

Due to Flora’s discomfort during her pregnancy, her mom, Barbara, was called to stay with her. Meanwhile,

Emma asked Serena to assist, taking responsibility for brewing the medicine.

The medicine was provided by the physician, and the kitchen staff was watching when it was brewed. After

taking the medicine, Flora didn’t feel any significant discomfort. The physician visited daily and confirmed that

the pregnancy was stable, so neither Flora nor Barbara had any reason to suspect anything.

At first, Jessica wasn’t involved in the whole schat all. However, after a few arguments between her and

Barbara, Jessica instructed Serena to secretly administer a dose of laxatives to Barbara.

Such a golden opportunity was not one Emma would let slip by.

Serena was in charge of administering and changing the medication. The dosage, carefully decided by the

physician, was enough to cause Flora to miscarry and damage her health permanently. (1

Since Jessica becinvolved in this, Emma knew the only way to eliminate any future complications was to

have her removed from the household. But Margaret was kind- hearted. When Flora miscarried, Jessica was not

divorced or cast out.

Then cthe incident of Serena being pushed into the lake. With both events happening together, Emma cried

in front of Margaret. She said that her life was coming to an end and complained that Jessica, the primary wife,

was ruthless and cruel. Now, she had even harmed Flora’s unborn child and a concubine. When Emma died,

wouldn't Jessica become

even more vicious?

She wept bitterly, begging Margaret to let her children be sent away to the countryside to avoid Jessica

mistreating them. She wanted them to grow up there, marry there, and never return to Ironridge Estate.

Margaret couldn’t bear to part with her grandchildren, but at that moment, news broke about Jessica being

involved in usury. In a fit of anger, she finally decided to cast her daughter-in-law out, citing her lack of children

as the reason.

However, Emma and Serena never imagined that, cornered and with nowhere else to go, Jessica would seek

refuge at Skye Embroidery. At first, the workshop refused to take her in,

even having a scandal over it. That made Emma breathe a sigh of relief.

But that relief was short-lived. She soon learned that Hannah eventually decided to let Jessica stay at the

workshop. That forced her to resort to any means necessary to ruin the workshop’s reputation and get Jessica

kicked out.

Unfortunately, Emma passed away before her plan could succeed.