The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 368: What choice would she make?

Lady Florentine stood up as sitting was no longer serving her. "He brought it on himself. If Raff had married my daughter early or treated her...."

"Stop." Sigrid raised her hand because she did not want to hear it. "This man was betrothed to your daughter but never looked her way. He never called on her or courted her. He flirted with other women and engaged in love affairs with mistresses that he kept in every city in this empire.

This should have been the very first sign that you needed to terminate the betrothal. Even before he married the queen, he was humiliating her. We can both be honest, the queen is a beautiful woman. She developed an ugly heart over the years but she remains a beauty. She could have had her pick of men.

The king only came to marry your daughter when he wanted your help in helping him sit permanently on the throne. You all knew what he was after.

You and your husband and your entire family, you were greedy for the throne. You sold your daughter for the pride that comes attached to the title of queen."

"Like your family sold you." Lady Florentine hit the floor with her cane.

Sigrid sneered, "I was not sold. My grandfather turned the king down at least three times when he tried to marry me to the crown prince. It was not until the King threatened to marry me to the nasty Viscount Durin that I chose to marry Roland." She pointed to her chest. "I chose to marry, my parents did not decide for me, I decided for myself.

If I had said no, my grandfather would have been very willing to uproot the entire Thorin family and move us to Medoris. That or rebel. As long as it guaranteed that I would be happy, he would have done anything. My parents and brothers too, they were ready to do whatever it took to protect me. What did you do to protect your daughter?"

answer because she had not done a damn thing when the decisions were being made. Her voice had not been heard and neither

marry. She had always been proud to be betrothed to the Crown prince and she desired to be his wife. What had been wrong

to leave this room alive. For as long as your daughter lives, you will continue to be stuck here. And if she dies before you, you will die along with her because news of your sickness was spread all through the empire.

was accompanied by slumped shoulders and a resigned shake of the head. This was not the outcome she

Sigrid made no response. Instead, she continued to expand on the

Roland and I, we will give you both a grand funeral." She turned her head and looked at the bed where the queen was being held down by maids because she was fighting to stand up. "But, I doubt that the queen is ready to die

Florentine’s lips formed a half-smile. "And my

have more than one."

both knew that she was not

continue to stand by and watch as his mother suffers and perishes?"

bothered to enter this bedroom or ask the maids to bring her out so that he can look or talk to

her son all through his life and only used him to advance her plots and those of her family

not cultivate an affectionate relationship with him then and now it is too late. After her death, he will give her

Sigrid turned to leave.