The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 376: My mother once said.

Back in the sonar, Galen was going over his own memories of his mother’s coldness. But unlike Roland who did it silently, Galen was mentioning his grievances loudly over a hefty dinner and more wine.

"Do you know that she never carried my children in her arms even once?" He waved a fork that had some lettuce in Roland’s direction.

Roland sent a spoonful of garlic butter rice in his mouth. The rich, savory flavor almost made him moan in pleasure. He sliced a piece of chicken and to follow the rice, all the while nodding along to Galen’s words.

The fact the their mother had never carried Galen’s children in her arms was not an earth shattering surprise as he had no memories of her carrying either of them. It was always the nursery maids.

"She did not even know their names." Galen tapped the fork against a crystal glass, calling for Roland’s attention. "Scratch that, she did not even know that I had more one child because she always rejected every invitation I sent to her to my home. She almost had my children thrown out at royal banquet. When she found out that they were mine, she just ignored them like they were no better than the servants."

"That’s Maurelia De-Kensington for you." Roland sighed.

"Do you know what she said at my first wedding?" He asked.

Roland shook his head.

As he swirled the wine in his glass, Galen let out an empty laugh and said, "She said to me that she was happy I finally had someone in my life that could love and stand me."

Roland laughed. He did not mean to but he did and Galen did not blame him.

"She was my mother and she had just admitted to not loving me or wanting to be around me." Galen leaned forward on the table with a glint of humor in his eyes and he said, "It gets better because at my second wedding she made it worse."

raised his

brother, "She said she never expected me to amount to much but I kept surprising her with how much of a disappointment I had grown into. She said

Roland coughed.

with our father and decided on who I should marry. I just

their lips or brows. Some just sharpened their ears because these were real stories about the queen which

refilled his wine glass. "Do you know what

He had not been there and they had never discussed their mother like this so

"She told me that when I will wield the sword, other

on wine but Roland was not

later to give her an unsolicited report. She told him not to bother and they might as well give me a sword

he slapped the table. "I have a better

"Amaze me." Roland replied.

"I was not good with the sword like you

"Oh-Oh." Roland muttered.

be rolled up and flung in the sea. Then she asked her maids to burn the painting and told me to stop

to give a speech before courtiers for our father’s birthday. I wrote it out first and asked my royal governess for

me that she did not know whether I would be applauded

stammering and sweating when

hoping that she would care for me like I had seen Consort Rina caring for Benjamin. So, I hugged her and she told me that if I snuggled any closer to her, the red knights would mistake it for a hostage situation and shoot me with arrows. I was