The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 85: If only you were my son.

Chapter 85: If only you were my son.

Sigrid was tired, she had not had more than two hours of sleep before she was rudely awakened and informed that the king wanted to see her immediately. She was given a quick bath by her maids and then delivered to the royal castle.

Her original thought was that she would meet the king inside the castle but she was rather surprised when the herald led her to the glass pavilion beside the moat.

It was quiet inside the pavilion, the king was sitting alone at a table, reviewing documents slowly. His knights and other servants were inside, standing all around in precise positions.

"The crown princess has arrived." The herald announced.

King Raff looked up as Sigrid was led inside, behind her were two maids and knights that were carrying packages whose contents he could not see.

She approached the table and curtsied, "Good morning your highness."

"Sit down." he answered in a gruff voice.

The creases on his face held traces of what must have been a stressful night, it did not look like he had slept blissfully in Rina’s arms.

Before sitting down, Sigrid at the packages which were being put down on the floor, "I brought you some gifts, I hope that you will find them pleasing."

King Raff glanced at the packages, he gestured at his butler to unwrap the packages.

"My brother John returned from his trip two years ago with a recipe for something called ice cream and jello, I am planning to expand my business and open a shop that sells this product. Father-in-law, you will be the first person in the kingdom to taste my craft." Sigrid smiled so much that her eyes formed half crescents.

"Father-in-law." The king repeated slowly as if the words were new to him.

"I brought a rich brand of coffee which is not even sold in my coffee house, it comes from beans that are rare and few. I decided to name Royal Raff coffee, after you. If you like the taste, you can add it to list of items you give out as rewards to knights and nobles." She further suggested.

King Raff’s eyebrows had gone up when he heard the Royal Raff coffee and they stayed that way while he looked at the coffee powder which was stored in exquisite looking crystal jaws.

"I also brought..." she started but was cut off by the king’s raised hand.

"I get it, you brought gifts." The king said, amused. "Thank you, I don’t think any of my children has given me a gift except on the occasion of my birthday."

"The crown princess cares about your well being, you are the best father-in-law to her." The royal herald told the king.

It was also his job to give flattering opinions, that kept the king in a good mood.

King Raff smiled proudly while Sigrid faked the smile and almost gave herself away when she nearly burst into laughter. The herald was a professional ass kisser, apparently but it never hurt to kiss the ass of the most powerful man in the kingdom.

"The best," Sigrid squeezed her eyes and put up two thumbs. "I dreaded marrying into the royal family before because but with your patience, generosity and kindness I am finding my way. Father-in-law, I will give you a lot of gifts, wonderful ones. Should it be one gift every month and one father-in-law and daughter-in-law breakfast every month?"

"The crown princess is more filial than any of the daughters-in-law of the Emperor of Medoris." The herald bashfully said with a lot of joy in his voice.

Sigrid reached into the pocket of her cloak and retrieved a luminite magical stone, it was taking turns glowing and darkening, like a bright christmas light going on and off.

"Father-in-law, I got my hands on something special, something that will help us catch up quickly with Medoris, we can even surpass them turn our Eldoria into the technology hub of the continent."

She handed him the crystal while studying his face, he looked excited but at the same time confused, some of her words did not make sense to him. However, as long as it was something that would help him defeat the empire of Medoris, he was all for it.

"Did you all hear that?" he looked around at his servants and knights.

All of them reacted in a way that expected, with smiles of pride, the rule was simple; if the king smiled, you smiled. If he was happy, you were happy. It mattered not what pain you were suffering.

King Raff ordered loudly, "Bring us breakfast, I will eat with my daughter-in-law this morning, make sure that we are not disturbed by anyone, especially not the noble consort and princess."

He was fully aware of the tense relationship between the consort, the princess and Sigrid.

"Gifts aside, I invited you over this morning so that we can have a discussion about your Little Thorin restaurants. You are the crown princess of the kingdom, is there any specific reason why you opened these restaurants?"

He looked at her keenly, like a cop searching for lies on the face of a suspect.

"There is no special reason, I have money and the recipes my brother provides, to deny the people a taste of food from around the continent is a crime in my books." She answered without hesitation or fear. "Besides, I have some money that was sitting idly in the castle so I put it to work."

She waved her hands and shook her head, "I did not touch the crown prince’s money, not even one coin. As a matter of fact, every business I am engaged in has been funded by myself. I plan to use some of the profits to open more schools, hospitals, businesses, entertainment centers and empower the veterans association which I started.

My reasons for venturing into business are all honorable, you can investigate if you wish to prove my words."

King Raff smiled just a little bit and he nodded, as if in approval of her words. "You are enterprising and sensible, if only you were my son. Roland prefers to play with swords and horses, Galen is always finding opportunities to leave the city and waste away in Sheepfield.

Benjamin is good at getting along with others, he owns three taverns but they are all under hidden identities. We all know the De Kensingtons’s will not look on idly as he thrives in any field."

Sigrid twisted her lips, she did not know Benjamin was a businessman too. She also knew better than to believe that the king had let that information slip accidentally. He was probably testing her, waiting to see how she would use it. If she shared it with the queen, he would automatically put her on the side of those that opposed him.

"The fourth princess is too spoiled and her reputation is not the best, I worry that she will go all her life unmarried unless I force some poor titled lord to take her in."

"Poor financially or poor to mean you feel bad for him?" she asked.

"The latter." he answered and sighed before looking at her with a cunning gaze. "Perhaps you can come up with a way to fix my problem, you do have two unwed brothers after all."

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