The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 220: On Mauve’s love life.

It was a busy day at the Vale, a funny one too. But, by the time the stars came out, everyone at The Vale was enjoying a cup of hot chocolate as they tended to their duties. Even Cosmos abandoned his wine flask and enjoyed five cups of hot chocolate.

Sigrid and Roland enjoyed it while watching television, and again in the bedroom when he licked melted chocolate off her breasts. After enjoying the tasty dish that was his wife’s body with a chocolate topping, Roland declared that he had a new favorite dessert.

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Mauve’s mother came calling much sooner than Sigrid anticipated for she arrived at The Vale the very next morning. Sigrid had just finished breakfast and she was about to head out for road inspection when Lady Silver arrived.

Her arrival coincided with Roland’s exit. He was supposed to meet with other knights, to prepare for the war against Nemoris which they would soon fly off to. By soon, it was simply a day away.

"Good luck." Roland mouthed to her as he made a quick exit. He had a feeling that Lady Silver was about to grill his wife like a fish on a stick over a fire.

Sigrid was not worried, she invited Lady Silver to the living room and they exchanged polite greetings.

"What brings you by Lady Silver." Sigrid leaned back against the chair lazily. Her gloved hands embraced a vacuum cup of hot cocoa that she was planning to take with her on the road inspection.

Roland’s panther appeared out of nowhere and leaped into her lap. It closed its eyes and went to sleep with ease.

Lady Silver, while interested in the tiny black panther, did not make any attempts to coo or pat it. She was here about her daughter.

"My daughter Mauve." she said in a voice that was as polite as she could muster. She was struggling not to raise her voice and yell out loud the question, ’what were you thinking?’

"She is healthy and happy." Sigrid smiled. "That is the hope of every parent when it comes to their children. Is it not?"

Lady Silver read between the lines, Sigrid’s response made her feel even more upset than she already was. She had not handed over her daughter to the crown princess for her reputation to be ruined. The rumors were all over the city that she was consorting with Galen, a married man!!!.

"A mother also hopes that her daughter will not end up with a reputation that has been sullied to the point of no return. I hope you understand crown princess but this is not the bright future I saw for my daughter when I entrusted her to you." She looked around and hissed. "A mistress!!! They are calling her Galen’s mistress and others a courtesan."

"I will be the very first person to testify that this is false." Sigrid moved the panther from her lap to her shoulder, patting it as if she was putting an infant to sleep. She touched Void’s stomach and realized that it was soft. "Bring some milk in a baby bottle." She ordered Lanai.

The panther raised its head, suddenly alert. Milk from the cows raised on the mage estate was one of its favorite treats and on The Vale, they got a fresh delivery every morning.

Sigrid meanwhile turned back to Lady Silver and smiled apologetically. "She is not a happy cat when she is hungry, I apologize. But on the subject of Mauve and Galen, I have not been approached by any of them to explain what the status of their relationship is. I will not deny seeing them...mmmm...friendly in a way that could be seen as courtship."

"Courtship!!!" Lady Silver screamed.

"Prince Galen is divorced." Sigrid felt the need to point this out. "As soon as this news is made public all the people that are calling Mauve names will shut up."

Lady Silver’s lips parted with dismay. "A divorced man is not exactly a prize. He has three children!!" She raised her right hand to show Sigrid the number three as if Sigrid was blind. "One, two, three." She went ahead to count them off.

"I am aware." Sigrid responded. Galen was her brother-in-law, the three children were her nephews, of course she knew about them.

"Then you agree with me that it is not a good idea for them both to be involved. I am glad that we are on the same page." Lady Silver sighed.

Lanai brought the milk, Sigrid positioned Void like a baby and she started feeding the panther. Funnily, it also behaved like a baby, suckling loudly while playing with the bottle and Sigrid’s fingers.

Lady Silver nearly smiled and cooed but again, thoughts of her daughter’s future being doomed dominated her thoughts.

"I will have to trouble you to have a talk with Prince Galen and advice him to keep a distance from my Mauve, especially in public. The scandal will die down for sure and...."

Sigrid raised her head and asked, "Lady Silver, who exactly do you hope will end up marrying Mauve? Prince Galen is not your first choice, I understand why although I don’t agree. But, which men do you think are a good fit for your daughter?

You must keep in mind that Mauve is not like other young ladies. She will probably die an early death if she is forced to wed any of those Lords that expect her to bare children, knit children’s clothes, manage the house and throw balls for the rest of her life. She is a free soul, Mauve was born to run in the sun not be chained in the shade of a fancy house like a prisoner.

Singing, baking, playing in the lake with birds and lately, flying on that moth of hers are some of the things that make up who she is. She longs to travel to other kingdoms and empires, to taste their foods and pastries. Mauve is one day away from opening her own enchanted pastry shop.

She has dreams, the man that marries her needs to be one that will allow her to live her own life, accomplish her goals and dreams. He needs to be supportive and stand by her when others say she is not ladylike because she runs around without shoes, climbs trees or breaks into spontaneous dances or sings to birds. There are not many noble families that buy into her lifestyle.

They will try to change who she is, to break her until she fits their image of what a Lady should be. They will break...break...and break until nothing is left of the original Mauve and she is just another Lady Jane Fairfax. I can name other noble Ladies that were ruined by marriage because they chose the wrong men. Do you want to see your daughter married and thriving or just married?"