The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 120: Nobody slaps me.

Chapter 120: Nobody slaps me.

Not surprising, in the night after the party was broken up and everyone gone, Sigrid was summoned by the queen to her chambers. When she arrived, she was led into the queen’s bedroom directly.

The queen was sitting on a chair in front of a vanity mirror, one of her maids was drying her hair and two were massaging her arms. Another was massaging her feet, giving her the standard treatment that she always enjoyed before going to sleep.

When Sigrid’s arrival was announced, she sent away the maids and in the bedroom, only two people remained, a queen and a princess.

"Good evening your highness." Sigrid curtsied.

The queen had no smile for Sigrid, only cold eyes which conveyed the anger that she had been holding inside all night. She stood up and slowly walked towards Sigrid, stopping when she was only a small distance between them.

Sigrid’s nose twitched as the faint smell of lavender from the queen’s body hit her nostrils. Inside, she nearly laughed. The queen was now using the same oil or perfume Rina used to use. Was it something she had done deliberately?

"How dare you?" the queen straightened her shoulders as she questioned Sigrid. "How dare you bring another whore into my castle without my permission?"

Sigrid was somewhat confused, the queen had been onboard with the plan of getting Rina out of the way and giving the king a new secondary consort.

"Watch out!" Cosmos’s voice sounded in her head.

Sigrid’s reflexes were fast, she raised her hand in time to catch that of the queen. Again, confusion warped through her body as she wondered why the queen would go so far as to slap her.

She squeezed the queen’s wrist with strength and her lips curled upwards in a cold smile. A smile which made the queen uncomfortable and caused her to shiver.

"Let go of my hand." the queen ordered in a nervous voice.

Sigrid roughly let go of the hand and she shoved the queen back. Queen Maurelia stumbled and steadied herself by grabbing the bedpost.

"You pushed me!" She exclaimed in surprise, her eyes wide in shock.

"I did and I would do it again if you ever dare to slap me again." Sigrid replied. She wagged her finger from side to side. "Nobody slaps me, not you not the king and not even my own parents." She sighed and warned the queen in frigid tone, "Let this be the very last time that you attempt such foolishness or next time I will take your hand. You know that I am not afraid to amputate those that crosses me."

The queen would normally scream for someone to drag someone like Sigrid away and lock her up in a dungeon but Sigrid was different. She was the crown princess, she could not touch her easily.

"You have guts." she laughed instead, "You are a mere crown princess, I am a queen, how dare you threaten a queen?"

"You are really funny, you attacked me first and you are asking me why I dare to threaten you. I think you already know the answer to your question. It seems our business tonight is ugly so why don’t you tell me why you summoned me here tonight?" Sigrid spread her arms out. "What is it that you are accusing me of?"

Queen Maurelia laughed, the sound was harsh. "You are the one that is responsible for that new whore, aren’t you?"

Sigrid raised her eyebrows. "What whore?"

"That bitchy fake princess of a made up land." Maurelia growled out. "My prayers have been answered, Rina the whore is dead. The king can finally belong to me, we can be a loving couple and I can run this castle and have a say in the matters of this kingdom. I could have earned my respect back and stopped being seen as the royal clown that everyone pities."

Sigrid scoffed, in the back of her mind she laughed. What prayers!! she was the one that killed Rina, it had nothing to do with Maurelia’s prayers.

Suddenly it dawned on her that the queen was much more naive than she appeared to be. Did she really think that she would gain the king’s heart just because Rina was out of the picture?

"You failed to get his love before Rina entered into the picture, what made you think that you would get it after her death?"

The queen put her hand on her head and she screamed, loudly. "It could have worked, if only you had not interfered. You were supposed to tell me beforehand before bringing another woman into my home."

"I am not responsible for the princess." Sigrid lied.

Queen Maurelia laughed, doubt filled every cackle that escaped her mouth. "If not you then who else could it have been?"

Sigrid shrugged, "I don’t know, you prayed and Rina died so maybe someone else prayed and the princess of fairy land came to your castle. Perhaps it was the king that prayed or maybe Rina is working magic from beyond the grave, who knows?

All I know is that its not me, the girl I had prepared is still in the brothel undergoing training. Rina was trained for two years before she was presented to the king. I had a one year plan in motion. How could I present someone so perfect for the king with such a big background within weeks?

Do you think that I am so foolish as to fake a royal background for someone? I would be beheaded if it was discovered that I brought a brothel girl turned fake princess to seduce the king. I like my head right where it is, thank you very much."

She lied through her teeth with confidence because the queen was not loyal to her. Queen Maurelia was loyal to her De-Kensington family first and then her sons. For all her claims of wanting to be a loving couple with the king, she did not seem to love him that much.

The queen had told her once that she would not be involved if the matter of replacing Rina with a new woman came to life, as far as Sigrid was concerned, she was fulfilling the queen’s wishes.

"I don’t believe you." The queen whispered roughly.

Sigrid shrugged. "That is your choice, all I know is that it is not me. Go ahead and dig into princess fairy land’s background of you wish. Question her if you must and you will discover that I am not involved in her presence here.

In case it slipped your eyes, the prime minister brought his daughter that also bears a resemblance to Rina and two other nobles somehow gave birth to such daughters that were present tonight. From what I can tell, a lot of people were prepared for this day." She turned around to leave but stopped as she had something to say.

"If I were you, I would stop thinking about useless things and concentrate on what matters most like my children and all the children of Eldoria. Instead of fighting for a man who will never love you no matter what you do, fight to be remembered as a queen that loved and worked for the people. Do not let your history be written on a single page describing you as bitter queen who could not get her husband’s love and died of hatred."