GoodNovelChapter 971
In the council hall of Hell Monarch Estate, Jacob laid out the profiles of the three female officials: Penny Durham,
Yuna Rutherford, and Yasmine Stein.
"These three are Grand Princess Lisandra's close confidants. In Westhaven, women rarely hold important
government positions. However, Ms. Durham was the first female official to rise to a fifth-rank position.
"Grand Princess Lisandra highly favors her. Next is Ms. Stein, the legitimate daughter of the head of Westhaven's
Stein family. Marshal Liam's wife is her aunt. Finally, there's Ms. Rutherford. She comes from a commoner
background and earned her place by topping the women's imperial exams. She's been working alongside Grand
Princess Lisandra on state affairs. All three have been with the grand princess since their late king's time, and
our investigation shows they are all highly loyal to her."
Rafael picked up the documents, carefully scanning the details-names, ages, personalities, backgrounds, family
information, when they started their careers, and what they had done. After reading through them, he turned his
attention to Penny's profile. "She's been with Grand Princess Lisandra the longest and has always been loyal, so
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtit's unlikely to be her," Jacob pointed out.
"She served as a female official by the late crown prince's side for two years?" Rafael asked, looking up.
Jacob nodded. "Yes. She was selected by Grand Princess Lisandra, and was sent to the late crown prince's side.
Much like us in Starhaven, a crown prince has his own smaller court to handle administrative affairs, which helps
him with the transition... oh!" His eyes widened in realization.
"She served by Prince Arthur's side for two years and was loyal to him. That means she's likely to support King
Edmund and Mr. Stellwyn! She's in the pro-war faction."
"Where's Travis?" Rafael said immediately. "Have him drop by Concord Lodge and inform Carissa and Violet
about this. Tell them to keep a close watch on Penny. Also, they should monitor Grand Princess Lisandra's
condition closely."
He couldn't go himself. As the lead negotiator, the Westhaven envoys would becwary if he appeared at
Concord Lodge in person.
Travis was stationed by the door of the council hall. Everett said he should be on stand-by there when he had no
pressing matters to attend to.
Upon hearing Rafael's instructions, Travis immediately said, "I'll go right away."
With that, he dashed off like the wind, disappearing in an instant.
Winona sighed. "The unfortunate part is that we can't send anyone to secretly monitor Concord Lodge."
"That wouldn't be a good idea," Everett said. "If you send someone to spy and eavesdrop during the negotiations
and they find out, they'll think we're trying to pry into their private discussions. That won't help the peace talks."
"Yes, sir," Winona replied.
Afterward, she excused herself to use the restroom and left.
Meanwhile, Travis had already saddled up and was galloping toward Concord Lodge.
At Concord Lodge, Carissa didn't take immediate action after she finished talking with Aria. Instead, she made
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmsure to find out who was opposed and who supported Lisandra's plans. Once she had the information, she told
Aria that if they needed to summon Sebastian once the discussion was over, they could send for him at once.
After returning to their quarters, Carissa and Violet immediately discussed the matter. Violet's expression
darkened as she listened. "What should we do? Could this be a trap?"
Carissa shared her concerns. Right now, the Westhaven envoys were divided-ssupported Lisandra, and
others opposed her. Without being sure whether Lisandra was in danger, they couldn't just force a physician
inside. If there was any conflict and Lisandra emerged unharmed, it would blow up into a huge issue.
Even if Lisandra was truly unconscious, it might still be a scheme. Someone could have poisoned her to make
her appear i waiting for the right moment to force out the opposition. Once they had the physician in place, they
could treat her and clear the poison, making it look like nothing
happened.
The situation was tricky.
Still, a decision had to be made no matter how difficult. If it turned out to be true and Lisandra was in danger of
dying here, the pro-war faction would seize the opportunity to take control of the negotiations. They would push
for one thing only-war.
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