
Karhan confesses and also says that he wants to prove himself and wants to go to the conflict zone to resolve the duchy issues and also recruit some of the elders to support him as the heir. They decide to get engaged before his departure. The blodens their an awesome and intimate party so that the duchess doesn’t hound them about money. Despite him agreeing to go the conflict zone, the duke doesn’t provide any additional support.

She does after blair kills the duke because he decides to make karhan the heir based on his achievements. Now she is terrified of her son and tests him about the flowers he used leave by her door only to find out that it’s karhan who had been doing it… she now thinks back and reexamines all her memories and realises Blair had been conning her. She supports karhan as the heir during the elder meeting which is held after the duke dies suddenly. She doesn’t expect karhan to forgive her and he already said that he doesn’t need her love anymore. After blair has been found guilty of his father’s murder and is sentenced to Hard labour and life prison. She goes to rural country to live seclusion .
is there anyone who knows why his family suddenly treated him badly like that? is it because someone's doing? i think i never saw someone mention it