The Beast Swallowed by the Flower (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 111

Today, the day before the party, Marchioness Erns hosted an intimate tea party at an upscale salon for noble ladies, but Lisi was not invited.

Although Marchioness Erns had attended the wedding and even prepared an extravagant wedding gift, she had clearly grown deeply displeased due to the Forest Spa business venture.

“Honestly, I can’t fathom what Duchess Green is thinking. To launch such a business… I wonder if Duke Green and Duchess Green—the old Duke and Duchess—know what their daughter-in-law has been up to?”

“They probably don’t. Since retiring, they’ve been living in the countryside, so they must receive news rather late.”

“How unfortunate for them. They’ve certainly earned the right to a daughter-in-law befitting the Green family.”

“Exactly. I suppose they assumed it wouldn’t be a major issue, considering she’s from the Wittelo ducal family. Who could have foreseen that House Wittelo would collapse like that? Even if their influence wasn’t what it once was, they were still a ducal house…”

Even months later, the downfall of House Wittelo remained a delightful topic of gossip.

“Don’t you think Duchess Green is rather heartless? No matter what her parents or elder sister did, to cast them aside so coldly… I could never do something like that.”

“She must have been anxious. Had she hesitated, she might have been lumped together with them and treated the same way, so she likely cut ties ruthlessly to protect herself.”

“But blood is blood—where could it possibly go? Lately, her actions make her seem no different from a nouveau riche.”

“Indeed. It’s disheartening to see the once-prestigious House Green reduced to a merchant family.”

“Oh, come to think of it… Wasn’t Countess Nellanikus Janel close to Miss Jereshien Green?”

At Marchioness Erns’s remark, the noble ladies turned their eyes toward Nella.

Nella gave an elegant smile and nodded.

“Yes, we’re quite close.”

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