The Mad Princess and the Dying Prince novel Chapter 96

Might as well let Lucia make a complete fool of herself when the time comes.

"Fine, I will go," Lucia agreed.

"Truly? That is wonderful. You can share my carriage when the day arrives," Aurelia said.

"However, I will only go if you hand over the remaining two hundred silver marks," Lucia countered, bringing the conversation right back to her demands.

"..."

Ultimately, Lady Beaumont gnashed her teeth and sent another two hundred marks to Lucia, her heart bleeding with every coin she parted with.

She was utterly suffocating with fury.

The moment Lord Alistair Beaumont returned that evening, she immediately began her complaints.

"That damned girl is incredibly shortsighted. The moment she returned, she couldn't wait to grab at our coin. She has the look of a beggar and the fate of one, too!"

Alistair had suffered another severe scolding from the Marquis of Greenfield today. The Marquis had even threatened that once the old king's funeral rites were concluded, he would definitely come to House Beaumont to demand justice.

He had already returned home nursing a stomach full of anger, and hearing this news turned his face a sickly shade of pale.

"If you gave it to her, then it is done! We let her hold it for now, but we will make her spit out every last penny when the time comes! With the way she behaves, do you honestly believe she would not dare ask Prince Jareth to bring this matter before the king? You have no idea—Prince Jareth was actually sitting during the mourning vigil!"

"What?" Lady Beaumont paused, stunned.

"Sitting! Even the king, the Crown Prince, and the other princes were on their knees, yet he had the audacity to stretch his legs out and sit comfortably on a cushion, leaning back against a pillar! It seems he cares nothing for the rules."

"Prince Jareth is truly like that? Did the king not reprimand him?" Lady Beaumont asked.

"The king said nothing."

Although the king might have simply been holding his tongue, whatever the reason, Prince Jareth was remarkably arrogant.

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