Upon hearing Vi''s heartfelt deration, Barrett felt no joy whatsoever. It seemed he had never truly understood her.


    Initially, when the Farrell family allowed her to return to the estate without the obligation of remaining a widow, he had assumed it was due to her gentle nature. Now, he found himself perplexed.


    The steward did not return, nor did the guards who had apanied him. The person who had been attacked refused any resolution, demanding that his assants be severely punished. The steward eventually confessed, admitting it was his order. His action spared Vi.


    The Royal Citadel detained all of them. While the criminal aspect was dealt with, the man who had his limbs broken could still impensation for medical expenses.


    Vi was eager to resolve the issue swiftly, hoping to prevent furtherplications. To that end, she sent a thousand silver coins to the injured man.


    Upon learning of this, Reba reprimanded, "Is it true that his limbs were broken? Why haven''t you sent someone to check? For all we know, it could be a scam. Is there even a reason for him to throw dung at the gate of our residence?


    "Besides, broken limbs can be treated. It''s not as if his limbs have been severed. Even if bones are broken, treatment wouldn''t cost more than a hundred silver coins. Yet, you gave him a thousand silver coins -such a profitable scam! Won''t this only encourage more extortionists in the future?"


    "Mother, please don''t be angry. No one wille to extort us again. That person was definitely sent by Carissa. And once Aurora apologizes, this matter will be resolved," Vi replied.


    "What?" Reba''s brows knitted in shock and anger. "The person who threw dung every day was sent by Carissa?"


    Once Vi recounted seeing Carissa at the estate gate that day, Reba''s fury erupted.


    "She... she is already a princess consort. Why can''t she let go of us? It''s as if she wishes for everyone in our house to bepletely wiped out."


    Seeing her mother-inw denounce Carissa with such fury, Vi felt a mixture of relief and satisfaction.


    "With such a wicked heart, she will surely face retribution," Vi dered.


    However, there was an underlying worry in her heart. Since taking over the management of the household, her mother-inw and sister-inw had frequently expressed their dissatisfaction with her. Though her husband never voiced his concerns, his asional contemtive silence left her with a cold and distant feeling.


    The servants in the household, including the steward, had never spoken a word against Carissa. Even when Vi attempted to guide the conversation, they seemed oblivious, consistently praising Carissa as a good and kind mistress.


    Charlotte, the olddy from the second branch of the family, was even more direct. She praised how well the household had functioned under Carissa. Even Vi''s eldest sister-inw, Amelia, echoed those sentiments.


    Before marrying into the Warren family, Vi had expected that everyone would despise Carissa. Given Carissa''s narrow-minded and jealous nature, Vi thought she would have been harsh toward the servants, who would then speak ill of her.


    Yet, it was only her critical mother-inw and youngest sister-inw who harbored such intense hatred towards Carissa.


    Vi''s anxiety stemmed from the


    feeling that she seemed to


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    understand everything while grasping nothing fully. She vowed to surpass Carissa and to be more amodating. She especially wanted to prove to the world that even as a woman who had remarried, she could handle the household better and manage the Warren family with exceptional skill.


    She also intended to mend her rtionship with Aurora. Since Aurora was also a rightful wife,This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.


    by the king, Vi believed that


    long as she was sufficiently lenient towards the other woman, Aurora would be eternally grateful. After all, she had once been rejected by Carissa.


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    But Vi had miscalcted even that.


    Aurora showed no appreciation for her kindness, only a cold indifference that was infuriating. Their disagreements often escted. Despite Vi''s attempts to resolve conflicts, Aurora seemed determined to argue about every little thing, unwilling to settle unless right and wrong were established.


    To Aurora, everything she did was right, while everything Vi did was wrong.


    That distortion of right and wrong was truly maddening.


    Life after marrying into the Warren family had been a mess,pletely different from what Vi had previously imagined. Aside from her husband''s rtively good treatment, nothing else was going as she had hoped.