Her Graceful War Song novel Chapter 1299

Before dawn, the carriages from Redstone Manor set off.

The manor's guards saw Oliver off, as he had previously insisted on personally escorting Celeste and their young son.

The procession slowly began to move forward.

Originally, there were only five carriages. But after leaving the manor, several more joined them. These were arranged by Carl ahead of time. Now, Carl and his men rode ahead on their warhorses, clearing the path.

It didn't matter if they were spotted—Oliver and his men were just seeing them off and would return afterward.

But when night fell and Oliver had still not returned, the manor's guards began to grow anxious. They hurried to find Louis and Timothy.

However, the manor's guards couldn't find them. Louis and Timothy had left the manor not long after the dinner last night, only to begin feeling dizzy and vomiting soon after. As they didn't share the same room, the guards attending them assumed it was simply the result of drinking too much, so they had the kitchen prepare some hangover soup.

After drinking the soup, they continued to vomit. Once they were done, they felt a little better and fell asleep.

By afternoon, they had still not woken, and the guards began to realize something was wrong. When they inquired further, they discovered that all those who had dined at the manor the previous evening had similar symptoms. They immediately called for the physician.

The military physician, Brandon, examined them and was stunned. "They've been poisoned by toxic mushrooms."

At once, Stuart, Louis' subordinate, was sent to Redstone Manor for an investigation. If they had been poisoned, there was a good chance that Oliver had been poisoned as well.

This was serious—how could they go to war with both the marshal and the generals incapacitated?

At the manor, they were told that Oliver had left to escort his wife back to the capital, and that he had not returned since.

Stuart felt uneasy, but he never imagined that Oliver had fled. He simply assumed that the commander had fallen ill along the way, causing a delay in his return.

The priority was to investigate the poisoning—whether it had been an accident or a deliberate act.

The manor's cooks explained that the mushroom soup had been made with ingredients sent by Zoey, the Earl of Silverstone's wife, and they assured Stuart that it couldn't possibly be poisonous.