The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 99: Planning a ball.

Chapter 99: Planning a ball.

"Oh-oh!" Mauve exclaimed and closed her eyes for a moment, she had heard that tone and those words many times before. Rarely did a reminder from Mrs. Elsworth end in a hug and happy tears, for her it usually ended in a punishment like the confiscation of her cooking tools.

Mrs. Elsworth was direct, with her head held upright. "Crown princess you have been wed for three months and you have not thrown a ball. You and the crown prince are already whispered about as a couple with an uneasy relationship. You have not been seen together for more than an hour at a time in public.

The crown prince however has been seen in miss Emmah’s company, he has carried her...."

"She had fainted." Roland lashed out loudly in frustration, defending his actions.

Sigrid put her hand on his bicep, "Calm down, my love."

Roland’s knights and servants were expecting him to do something else, break the table at least but none of that happened. Instead, he took a deep breath and calmed down easily.

Mrs. Elsworth meanwhile was unperturbed by the outburst and she went on with her words, "he was seen draping his cloak over her, her gave her his gloves and touched her cheek."

Sigrid pulled her hand away and pinched him. "You touched her cheek!" she exclaimed.

She did not know about the public cheek touching, it was a rather unwelcome surprise. Even though she knew that it was the doing of the halo, she couldn’t help being angry with him in that moment.

"I was checking her temperature, she had just spit out blood and was shivering." he answered in the same frustrated voice. "I thought you understood me better than everyone else out there that is levying baseless accusations at me.’

"Haha, baseless!" she scoffed.

The air between the two fizzled with tension and the united front strategy started to crack.

Mrs. Elsworth clapped her hands thrice, "Let’s not get distracted, we have much to do. Like I was saying, you touched her cheek and while you may not have thought much of it, in the eyes of others, it was a loving gesture. Everything that you have done for miss Emmah has been misconstrued in one way or the other which is why my very first task was to get rid of her presence here."

"Wonderful." Sigrid praised.

Roland groaned, he could not help feeling like he was being vilified, he had bought a house and told Sigrid to send Emmah there, she was the one that said no.

"Why are you groaning, are you displeased my love?" she added sarcasm to the words, my love.

"No, on the contrary I am pleased, good job Mrs. Elsworth." He turned his head to the butler. "Charles, be sure to reward her with ten gold coins."

"Make it fifty." Sigrid ordered.

"One hundred." Roland said calmly.

"Two hundred.’ Sigrid challenged.

The couple looked at each other competitively, sparks flew and they were both taken back to the memory of their first fight. It had been undecided who the clear winner was, they were both hellbent on coming out on top.

Mauve was confused, Mrs. Elsworth was the same way, she did not understand why she was being rewarded or why the reward kept increasing.

She clapped her hands three times, "Keep your money both of you, it will do more good as a donation for food for the people in the North that have been suffering from a long drought. In the meantime, we need to work on reversing the wrong image that people have of your relationship. Crown princess, you need to throw a ball and invite as many nobles as you can."

Sigrid winced, "Yeah....not many nobles like me, I am not sure that they would attend my ball."

"You are throwing the ball as the crown prince and princess, you are royalty, trust me they will come." Mrs. Elsworth assured her. "Ideally, this ball would be lavish, something that everyone would talk about for an entire year and all the other balls for they year would pale in comparison but it cannot be the case."

"Let me guess, the long drought in the North." Sigrid said.

Mrs. Elsworth nodded. "You two are the crown prince and princess, you must show empathy for the common people. If you throw a lavish ball when a section of the kingdom is nearly starving, you will be seen in a negative light."

"But they are royalty, if they throw a ball that is anything less than lavish people will talk." Mauve said, worry in her voice. "The Windrider’s have a ball planned in the next month and I can assure you that the rich prime minister is not going to tamper things down. Their balls and parties are always the most talked about, from the decorations, to the food, and music, they choose only the best things."

"Lady Mauve, even in competition sometimes one must know when to take a step back in order to take two steps forward." Mrs. Elsworth educated Mauve with a patient tone. "When people start making comparisons later, we can simply share the truth about why our ball was not lavish."

Sigrid rubbed her hands together and said thoughtfully, "In war, sometimes the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak."

"Huh!" Roland jaw dropped open.

He could not believe that he was hearing about a war strategy from his wife.He was about to ask himself what she knew about war when it came to him that she was the daughter of a military family. She had grown up on the Eastern boarder during a time of war. Sigrid herself had stepped on the battlefield with the medical teams.

The more he thought about these things, the more he realized that his wife was actually very impressive. The rumors about her in the capital could have been exaggerated. True, she was not a good person but she was also not such a villain.

If Cosmos could see or hear what Roland was thinking and his conclusion, the immortal banking agent would laugh his head off.

"Err..I don’t fully understand what you mean crown princess but if its in line with what I am saying then I support it." Lady Elsworth said. "So, a frugal ball..."

Sigrid raised her hand and cut off Mrs. Elsworth. "I do not like losing, if I am throwing a ball it needs to be incomparable." She saw the look of disapproval on Mrs. Elsworth’s face and ignored it, she had yet to share her plan after all. "There are ways to throw a party that will be talked about for years to come without the lavish food and drinks or decorations.

I am going to throw a ball that is a bachelor’s auction...." she turned her head and looked at the knights around them, "to be precise, single noble lords and knights auction charity ball. Ladies will bid on them, the highest bidder gets to go on a date with that man here at my lake house. All the money that is collected will be used to buy grain and other supplies for the people in the cities in the North."

She finished explaining her plan proudly but those that were listening were more than astounded, they looked terrified.

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