Chapter 33: A dog with a bone.

The brief moment of silence that the king had managed to attain was broken by Sigrid once again, she riled up the lords and the arguments for or against the proposed changes to marriage laws was restarted.

For a long while, in the midst of the noise, king Raff kept his eyes on Sigrid, pondering on what was going through her mind. She appeared to be helping but at the same time, there was something amiss about her motives and the way she was going about it.

Was there a hidden agenda behind her proposals? He questioned himself but his mind was incapable of answering the question.

His spies that had been keeping an eye on her had not seen her don anything worthy of note, with the exception of the businesses she started. Although, why she was doing business was a puzzle to him.

She was smart, she had registered the businesses using hers and Roland’s names to keep other greedy businessmen at bay. He shook his head and returned to the matter on ground, why was Sigrid pushing so much for these changes?

"Silence." he roared. "We can have a mature debate without throwing around insults like commoners? Now if someone has something to say, they should raise their hand..."

Sigrid’s hand shot up like an arrow before king Raff could complete his words, he groaned softly, she was like a dog with a bone, not knowing when to let go.

"Crown princess, you are quite passionate about this field, it seems you came prepared." king Raff commented.

Sigrid read between the lines, he was telling her to tone it down but she was unprepared to do so, if she lost today, Emmah would take the win.

and turned side ways to a part of the lords in the court. "We are mainly debating the laws of marriage concerning women, there are only three women in

it will be a disservice to all those women if we or I fold my

lords that participated in the foul activity every year. Her eyes were so sharp

"Victims." the king repeated.

I do believe that they are victims. Young girls that would have married good men, had children and lived responsible lives are married by lecherous old men for a year and then divorced

widows for the rest of their lives or marry men with nothing to offer because the responsible ones do not want them anymore. Their lives are ruined in different ways so if they are not victims, what are they? I beg you to end this gross injustice

himself to be patient and appear concerned. It was not as if he was not aware of this so called spring cleaning season, he

participated in spring cleaning. In the

are willing to marry titled men at all costs, if they are abandoned later on, it is their fault for failing to keep their husbands interested. Why then, should the blame fall on

words were directly aimed at the queen after all. She had failed to keep the king interested and if it was not for politics and peace, he would have

it is surprising to hear

has built tailoring schools for women in the empire, she even built two nursing schools and enabled girls to learn medicine. She can be looked up to because she has set an example and done her

of Eldoria apart from looking on them with contempt?

so that those inside could not even hear their neighbors breathing. The lords had no idea what to

beheaded. The queen held her head high with pride,

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