Her Graceful War Song novel Chapter 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 it'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 become wary 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."

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—some supported 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 ill, 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.