The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 123: I have cousins too.

Roland was confident that Sigrid was wrong, there was no way his mother’s family could possibly be wedging their way into Benjamin’s marriage. Especially not by trying to marry off one of his cousins to his brother!

"You don’t believe me." Sigrid stated, it was clear in his eyes that he doubted what she had just told him.

Of course, these marriage plans were not cemented, they were plans that had been made but unfulfilled.

She put a hand on his shoulder and looked at him with earnestness. "Roland, the De-Kensington’s want to keep a firm grip on power. In case you don’t become king and Benjamin does, they want to secure the position of queen. When politics enters the room, family ties tend to be kicked out of the window."

"Hmph." he responded.

His body tensed, anger unexpectedly filled his body. He had been so good to the De-Kensington family, twenty percent of the income from his horse races went to them. He had ensured that at least five of them got seats in the royal court. Whenever his cousins, uncles or grandparents needed money for anything and came to him, her gave without thinking twice. It seemed, he was the only one that considered family as the most important thing above politics.

Sigrid wanted to comfort him so she got on her knees and hugged him.

"Don’t worry, we will not die and we will be king and queen. Emperor and Empress, as for your brothers marriage, I too have beautiful cousins that can be persuaded to marry him."

"Benjamin is not the type of man that can be pushed into marrying a woman he doesn’t want. Trust me, my father tried and failed, even his own mother tried to match him with titled young women and failed. I am not very confident as you are about pushing him down the aisle with some helpless female he doesn’t want." He felt the urge to remind his wife.

Sigrid thought about the cons of the male lead, he was not perfect. "He has at least six bastards, if it was not for his nobility and status as a prince, not many women would be lining up to marry him."

"They are not his." he moved out of the embrace but kept his hold on her hands.

were aware of, the bastards that were attributed to him were not actually his. One or two perhaps but not more

the knowledge she had and his words

in the widows of all his closest friends and knights that die in battle. Those that cannot protect themselves to be specific, he takes

birth, he provides a small nest egg for the child and visits regularly. He

a rumor was sprouted that all those children were his bastards and for reasons beyond my comprehension, he did not bother to correct

"Wow."

know, right? It is

royalty and one must not confuse royal blood. Having a bunch of children out there believing that they are of royal blood is how

to do, playing daddy to those fatherless children but the truth must not be distorted.

the children need to know. They need to

on the positions their father’s once held when they were old enough. If that was not

as Benjamin’s bastards were pointed at by others, mocked and called strays in secret, children the royal family did not

why they say the road to hell is

Roland bent his

will see to it that neither his main wife

you be going through the princess of fairy land?"

her beneath

are heavy."

you wound me, I feel attacked." he pushed his entire weight

up in an attempt

"Get off." she groaned.