The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 43: Borrowing the art of war.

An already long day became even longer with the news Cosmos delivered. Immediately upon her return to the vale, Sigrid summoned her family, the immediate ones only.

While she was taking a bath, her grandparents, parents, brothers and Deanna arrived at the vale. They joined Sigrid for dinner and dismissed everyone with the exception of Cosmos and Lanai.

The doors leading into the dining room were heavily guarded by ten knights, allowing the family to discuss openly without holding back.

As soon as they started digging into their food, the questioning started.

"Why did you summon us?" her father, Paxton started.

"Is it related to you special abilities?" Duchess Mila followed up with a question of her own.

"Roland returns tomorrow." Sigrid said, she wanted to get straight to the point and move things along as quickly as possible.

Time had moved fast, it was already approaching eleven, and her body was weary.

Five seconds of silence passed and then conversation picked up but every face at the table was rather ashen, they knew what Roland’s return meant for their family. It spelled the beginning of their troubles.

"Is he bringing Emmah?" Nathaniel asked.

"Of course he is," Duke Thorin slammed a hand on the table. "I sent five of the retired soldiers to keep an eye on Roland, they did not make it to the land of mist, they found the knights and Roland’s army on its way back. They were victorious but Roland was injured by a Nemorian sword mage, a sword almost removed his arm but a woman appeared and threw herself on him and the sword cut her instead."

They all looked at Sigrid, she was their wise woman who had predicted all this.

"After saving his life, she treated his wounds but passed out because she herself lost a lot of blood. She has been traveling inside Roland’s carriage or riding his horse, getting princess treatment." he sneered.

duke had learned the

and saved you from widowhood and probably death but I hate her already."

saving grace, what was Emmah doing in the land of mist in the first place? Everybody knows that the territory is dangerous, on top of

young woman doing there on her own, even if she has magic, it’s too suspicious. Also, of all the soldiers that went

and not any other

hands was caressing her round stomach that

she deliberately saved the crown

started to share her belief as well, it was just too unbelievable to

indeed it was a plot and we can prove it, she

work." Sigrid

Thorin’s came down and they turned to Sigrid, waiting for

else, she took a sword for him and it almost penetrated her

men confirmed this."

will believe that she plotted to save him and voluntarily put herself in place to be stabbed near the heart almost losing her life in the process. Of course what they don’t know is that her body has

these these two emotions will bring out the urge in him to protect her. No matter what we say, all she has to do is cough a little blood and we

it all!" Elowin

we do, damned if we don’t." John

to veil their words, the situation made them all want to

and make sure that she coughs up blood more often. Sun Tzu said we should engage people with what they expect, it

will react as expected. The more she coughs up blood at every single slight, the more people will begin to predict it and use it to ridicule her. Eventually, it will become an annoyance even to

up as they

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