The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 31: The king's misplaced priorities.

Sigrid reached the royal castle two minutes before the council assumed, it was a formal gathering where the

king, his advisors and chosen nobles ctogether to make decisions on important matters of governance

concerning the affairs of the kingdom and it citizens.

Sigrid had never attended the council before, in the past two months, she had visited the royal castle once and it

was at the request of the queen.

It had been a short visit, the queen had asked her if she was heavy with child, she said no, the queen’s mouth

tightened in a thin displeased line and she dismissed Sigrid. The entire meeting had been rather uncomfortable

for Sigrid, just as it was written in the , the queen only wanted Sigrid if she was useful.

It was because she had never been seen at a council gathering that all eyes moved to her when her arrival was

announced. Sigrid walked with her head held up, unbothered by the stares and whispers in the grand hall where

opulence and authority collided.

She made her way to the seat that was meant for her, next to that of the crown prince. The two seats were a

step below the king and queen’s thrones, facing the open floor and seats of other members of the council.

The moment she sat down, the herald announced the arrival of the king, queen and secondary consort. Everyone

that was sitting stood up including Sigrid, the doors were opened and king Raff walked in with his two wives. The

queen had one of her arms through his, symbolizing their joint partnership in ruling the kingdom.

Consort Rina trailed behind them with both of her arms folded together on her lower abdomen.

Where the queen was dressed regally, Rina was more toned down, where the queen’s crown was big, Rina’s

crown was smaller, even smaller than Sigrid’s.

Rina’s face was tight, obviously she was not very pleased by the clear difference in status between her and the

queen in front of all the nobles.

It was even worse when it cto seating because she did not sit up with the king and queen, her chair was

below Sigrid’s.

They took their seats, as did Sigrid and then the king called the court to order which was unnecessary because

nobody was making a sound.

"Greetings, your highness." The Court greeted together.

King Raff put his arm on the arm rest of his throne and leaned his head against his hand for support. The court

was barely in session and already he appeared to be bored and displeased that he had to spend his afternoon in

court rather than out on the picnic which Rina had planned.

"Can we start, who votes yes and who votes no?" he asked in a disinterested voice.

He did not respond to the greetings of the court, something that did not sit well with sof the noble lords.

They were men that wanted to be respected as much as they respected their king.

Lord Bailey from the office of marriages left his seat and moved to the open floor. Sigrid observed the man, she

had asked the system for information about his personality before arriving.

It had described him as gentle and caring, kind hearted by nature, he was also fair in making judgements and

willing to listen to those whose marriages were troubled.

Physically, he appeared to be somewhere in his fifties and had a kind face with the deepest honey brown eyes

that Sigrid had ever seen. His eyes radiated sincerity which made Sigrid wonder how he had managed to be

pulled into helping crooked Emmah.

One thing Sigrid respect the most about him was that he had just the one wife, no secondary wife and over the

years he had not traded in his wife for a new one. This was rare to find among nobles, especially for a titled man

like Count Finnian Bailey.

"System, how loyal is he to Emmah?"

Loyalty Test.

Subject: Finnian Bailey

Percentage: 50

Loyalty switch possibility: 90%

Sigrid put her hands together and smiled, the possibility of switching category was new, it made it clear if

someone's loyalty to Emmah could be switched and turned to her or not.

Those that could be switched, she intended to poach and keep around, the ones that could not, she would have

to dispose of using various methods.

"Your highness, | apologize for imposing on your personal tto propose this new urgent change in the law of

marital age restriction on the women of Eldoria. As | have explained...." Lord Bailey started, and it was clear he

was going into a long speech.

"Get to the point." The King said.

Lord Bailey nodded. "As you all are aware, in Eldoria unlike our neighboring empires and kingdoms, all the young

females that have cof age are required to be married off by five and twenty. If they are not, the office of

marriages sends soldiers to capture them, they are imprisoned and then marriages are assigned to them."

His explanation evoked swhispers in the court, all of them complaining about the fact that he was not

getting to the point as the king wanted.

There was no new information being disseminated in what Lord Bailey was sharing.

"Order." King Raff called.

Another hush fell over the court and all eyes returned to Lord Bailey once more.

"If you do not get to the point Lord Bailey | will end this court gathering immediately, it seems you have nothing

important to say."

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"The horny king is looking more and more impatient. He has a picnic planned with Rina and to him, its more

important than this." Cosmos’s voice cin Sigrid’s head.

"Change the weather and make it rain, or make the clouds dark, get your bank to do something to stop the

stupid picnic." Sigrid told Cosmos.

She stood up, turned around and faced the king. Just as Lord Bailey had his reasons for wanting the court to vote

yes, so did she.

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Your highness, it is not a good day

for a picnic, the clouds outside are

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Medoris is the biggest empire around and someday, Eldoria under your great rule will be even bigger. Shouldn't

we set the standards and let others learn from us?"