The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 89: Did you like me?

"I apologize, I seem to have aroused your anger. It was not my intention, I simply want you to see a few things from your father’s side and work on your relationship with him." she explained.

Benjamin was closer to the king than Roland, it was good because they were father and son but when all variables were brought together, it was not good for Roland.

It was like an aging bridge, with its rusted supports and growing cracks, standing as a silent threat. It would take one heavy load to trigger a catastrophic collapse. Benjamin was the male lead, the ideal king. In the end, burdened by all the blood that had been shed he gave up the throne to his younger brother, another of Rina’s sons.

To Sigrid, that made no difference, he was still named the emperor, even if it was just for a few days while he put things in order.

The only way to put Roland on the throne was to destroy Emmah and rebuild the aging bridge with new materials so that it would survive the catastrophe.

"You do not understand the relationship between my parents, you are an outsider which is why you judge and make presumptions like everyone else." he said harshly.

Sigrid laughed silently, if she was in love with Roland, being called an outsider would hurt, but she was not in love. She just wanted to survive death.

She raised her eyes to his face, it was a storm his brows were knitted together tightly. His eyes were blazing with an intense, unyielding fire. Sigrid was just as unyielding however, if he wanted to take the hard road, she would follow him down and pull him up.

"Enlighten this outsider then, how is the marriage between your parents any different from ours? You did not marry me because you liked me, you married me because my family is noble and powerful."

into a thin line, he wanted to remind her that he did not want to marry her at all in the first place,

on his, she had moved

wrong, did you like me?"

hand away.

was calm. His words had not affected her in the slightest, and it made him uncomfortable. It reminded him a lot of his mother’s behavior, the coldness in her eyes when she watched his

wished, to drag the king away by force. As a boy,

learn how to use the sword from teachers and knights, Benjamin had learned from their

was the crown prince from childhood and yet he would have given it up in a heartbeat for a few

is the point I am making." Sigrid’s voice broke into his thoughts. "Your father did not like your mother and she didn’t like him either or maybe she did and she just hid it well. They could have tried to work on their marriage but the queen’s relatives

the throne. When you were born, I heard that

voice. "I am not saying that the king was right to give the queen a cold shoulder and indulge Rina. What I am saying is that they both could have handled things differently, they could have talked and worked together as a couple rather than

You need the guidance of your father, his knowledge and better memories than those you have of him. From where he is sitting, he is on the outside with you because you

no such thing as eternal enmity between a parent and their child, it just takes one party to bend and extend a branch. I had breakfast with him, it was not so bad,

massage, be his advisor on some political matters disturbing him. Do not leave a big

breath and lifted the top of the table that had been built into the carriage. There was a

him, "Did you have breakfast or did you rush here after hearing that I