The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 24: King Raff’s weakness

King Raff got out of the water, completely naked and untroubled, his butler brought a robe and draped it over his body.

He stood still for a moment and pondered on Sigrid’s message with cold eyes and half of a smile that was blood chilling. King Raff was unhappy because he felt like Sigrid had cornered him by forcing him to choose between his knights and his consort.

He was not a love sick fool as some people liked to think, on the contrary, most of his decisions were always made after careful calculations. If he was not a calculating man, he would not have taken the throne, evading all the traps set out for him by his brothers. He certainly wouldn’t have held on to it through all the challenges that Eldoria had faced over the years.

The smart move was to protect the red knights, they were more valuable than Rina’s reputation. As long as there was no irrefutable evidence for the claims Sigrid was making, the matter could be swept under the rug.

His problem was duke Thorin, if he heard the news then that old man would not sit back and allow the matter to die, he would demand that Rina be punished heavily. The queen’s family and other nobles loyal to them would not sit back either, they would see it as an opportunity to have Rina removed from her position and executed.

Consort Rina always knew when the king was calculating something, his fingers would be on the move as if he was counting numbers. There were two options he had, one was to question and punish her for sending assassins to the vale to murder his precious son and the other was to kill all those that went to the vale and bury the matter. Rina knew that she would be safe if the matter was buried.

She rushed out of the water and embraced him from behind. "I didn’t, your highness, I did not send red knights to murder the crown prince, I sent them to escort her back to the castle safely so that she could learn the rules. I am your wife, Roland’s step mother, I am allowed to teach his wife the rules. I really didn’t send the red knights to kill her, I love you so much why would I want to kill your son?"

She run her hands across his chest and cried pitifully.

When he heard Rina’s sobs, his heart softened, what were two red knights in comparison to his precious Rina? They could be replaced, she could not.

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"Kill them all, every one that went to the vale and put a ban on the events that preceded, if one servant talks, take their heads." he ordered.

He turned around and lifted Rina off her feet, taking her back into the water. While he entangled with her intimately, he did not see the clenched fists or displeased looks in the eyes of the other red knights that were guarding them.

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In the queen’s quarters, a young page was reporting to her all that had transpired, not just in the vale but secondary consort’s wing as well.

He even told her about the conversation between the king and Rina and the king’s final decision.

After hearing everything, the queen, Maurelia De Kensington smashed an empty cup of tea on the ground, angry to the extremes.

"Nothing, he plans to do nothing!" she shrieked. "My family helped him take the throne, I have given him everything and yet he cannot stick his tongue out from between the thighs of that whore long enough to make a rational decision. Doesn’t he see that she is overreaching her status?"

She composed herself and took a deep breath, it was not new for the king to make stupid decisions when it came to Rina, however this matter concerned Roland and Sigrid. How could red knights break into their bedroom at will? Even if they had had not gone to assassinate them, it was still disrespectful behavior.

The queen was sitting in her high chair, her governess and three ladies in waiting were sitting in chairs below, ready to give her advise.

"I suggest that we spread the word, he cannot protect her if people know what she has done. Insulting a crown princess is equal to insulting the crown prince." One suggested.

She was lady Elvira, the queen’s cousin.

Lady Nalini disagreed, "If the king finds out that the leak came from here, he will be displeased with the queen even more. My queen, your relationship is already tumultuous enough as it is, we should not be adding more flames to the fire."

"I do not think Rina will let governess Lim’s death go easily, I am afraid the crown princess is in for some trouble, we have to do something. Ideally, you would call in Rina and punish her but the king will not stand for it. I don’t think we have many choices here." Lady Gina said.

All three ladies sighed, there was no winning in this situation, even if they took down Rina, the king would find a way to protect her all they would manage to do was dent her reputation a little while worsening his relationship with the king.

Into the queen’s parlor strode Lord Benwick, her royal advisor that had guided the queen Maurelia right from the day she became crown princess until currently.

He was wearing his horse riding clothes, meaning that he had rushed over and not bothered with a carriage, it seemed the news had already reached his ears.

"Tell me what I should do Benwick." the queen sought his advise.

"You trouble yourself over small issues my queen," he answered as he stood before her. "The crown princess can handle herself, this much is obvious. Rina sent her governess over looking to see if the marriage had been consummated and it has, I received word from Olivier about this last night. When Roland returns, I doubt that he will be happy to find out about Rina has done."

He shuffled slowly from side to side. "You also forget that the crown princess is a Thorin, all she has to do is share this with the duke and there will be a storm in the king’s court. Even her father and brothers, one of whom is a sword mage will not stand for what Rina has done, they are going to retaliate.

You do not need to involve yourself in the matter, you can just summon the girl and comfort her, give her some shiny gems and pat her hands.

As for Rina, she does not realize that she has done us a big favor, how long do you think the red knights will continue to be loyal to the king if he treats them no better than he treats his horses?

He just ordered for the death of two of their brothers to hide the crime his consort committed, there are those that are bound to be resentful.

By marrying Sigrid, Roland has the support of the Thorin knights and soldiers in addition to his white knights. If he can win the loyalty of the red knights then he will have the loyalty of the royal army and every soldier of Eldoria and that is what we need."

The queen smiled, the pressure on chest eased and she sighed, feeling better already.

"But, isn’t the crown princess a little too vicious and presumptuous, how could she kill two red knights without fear for any consequences?" Lady Nalini asked.