The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 27: The fate of childless royal wives.

Sigrid and everyone turned to look at the shop keeper she was talking about. He was an average man, shorter than the others he had come with, even though he was not so old, he was losing his hair already, he also had two missing teeth so at times, people called him milk teeth, joking that his teeth were so weak that they fell out easily.

Everyone had the same thought, to pair Mirena’s daughter with him was equal to pairing a frog with a swan. Even though they had never seen Mirena’s daughter, judging from her mother’s good looks, it was highly probable that she was a good looking woman.

When he was mentioned, Mr. Bumblebert laughed nervously, he even waved like a dignitary, soliciting laughter from some of those looking at him.

"Tsk tsk, and she said that she is in VA." Cosmos muttered.

It was a puzzle to everyone why Sigrid had picked him, some of the younger men had all but been ready to recommend themselves. They could only back off to avoid angering the crown princess.

Sigrid did not disappoint the curious crowd, she went ahead to explain another reason as to why she had picked Mr. Bumblebert.

"He earns a good income, he has no main wife or secondary wife so she can comfortably enjoy that position."

In the back of her mind, Sigrid was thinking, he has a vicious mother that makes her daughters-in-law work like horses, controls the family finances thinks all women are out to steal her son’s love from her so she sows discord between Bumblebert and any woman he is involved with.

"Crown princess, I am willing." Mr. Bumblebert volunteered himself eagerly.

Just like everyone else, he also thought Mirena’s daughter was bound to be a beauty because her mother was one.

"Crown princes..." Mirena cried out in a panicked voice.

"Alright, it’s settled then, we should hurry and pronounce the engagement before she comes of age in a few months and is forced by the office of marriage to wed another. Who knows what kind of man they will pick for her, he will no doubt be worse than Mr. Bumblebert."

She looked at the list, ignoring the unwilling look on Mirena’s face, after all she had accomplished her goal. "Mirena’s matter is settled, butler settle her wages and escort her to pack her belongings. Give her a carriage, a driver and one of my knights, the journey to Duchester takes five days, they should make sure that she is protected well."

Her grandmother had decided to send Mirena out of the capital.

"Next, Elenor Bass, fifty gold coins, Janet Assami, sixty gold coins." Iryne announced, calling out names one by one.

With the amount of gold being distributed by John, nobody cared about Mirena’s affairs, the murmurs of dissatisfaction were already going around. The people planted among the servants were already questioning why Mirena was favored more than other servants.

There was a very big gap between fifty gold and one thousand gold, thanks to them, some of the servants glared at Mirena as they walked by her. She was still dragging her feet, acting very unwilling to leave.

One of the unhappy servants was the cook who was one time Mirena’s greatest advocate and she made her dissatisfaction known by bumping into Mirena’s shoulder deliberately.

"What are you pretending for? You got one thousand gold and a house while the rest of us have got a piteous pay out. The duchess even raised your daughter for you, what kind of magic did you feed her to make her favor you so much?"

"Do you think that by acting sad you will extort more from the duchess?" Another mumbled.

"Not only did the duchess take care of her bastard daughter but the girl almost became a lady in waiting and had the privilege of her marriage being arranged by the crown princess to one of the shopkeepers. Why are we not appreciated like that, we have worked as equally hard for the duchy?" Another person said.

The feelings of resentment they felt towards Mirena were the exact response Sigrid had wished to elicit and so far she was succeeding.

Within less than an hour, Mirena was driven out of the Thorin estate and the task of sending away disloyal servants was finished successfully.

Sigrid, Iryne and duchess Mila gathered in the parlor, lunch was served and the ladies sat down. This would be Sigrid’s first full meal since the day of her wedding.

She dug into the food in a very unladylike like manner, eating with gusto.

"Leave us," duchess Mila instructed the maids.

As soon as the doors closed, the duchess put down the fork in her hands and stared pointedly at Sigrid.

"Was your marriage consummated?"

Sigrid narrowly escaped choking on the mashed potatoes which she thought tasted a little too bland. She pushed her hair back behind her right ear and nodded.

"Oh my God you did not do it." Iryne put down her fork and shot Sigrid the same pointed look as the duchess.

"I did." Sigrid lied.

"You just pushed your hair back, I know that move I have known it since you were a little girl, it is something that you do when you are being cagey and deceitful. Sigrid, do you have any idea how important your bedroom affairs are not just to the royal family but to you?" Iryne quizzed.

"My husband was called away on our wedding night to defend the country mother, I could not hold him back and force him to do it when the peace of Eldoria is at stake. I reckon that would make me more of a sinner than not bearing royal heirs." Sigrid answered nonchalantly.

Iryne was not convinced, "Sigrid where in the history of our kingdom have you ever seen any thriving lady of the royal family that failed to bear heirs? If their husband dies, they are buried with him to prevent then remarrying or bearing children for another man or they are passed onto one of his brothers that has an open position of main wife or secondary consort.

It gets even worse because if Roland loses his seat as the crown prince...."

"That will not happen on my watch." Sigrid cut in with strength in her voice.

Iryne shook her head, "There is no such thing as safe tides in the royal family, not even when a king takes the throne. When it comes to relationships its even worse, things change in a heartbeat and only by having a royal heir will your position be safe.

One day the king and queen were getting along famously well and the next he brought secondary consort Rina into the palace and the queen has been living like a ghost...."

"I would rather divorce than live like the queen." Sigrid said.

Her mother and grandmother gasped. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Sigrid went on as if she had not heard the gasps or noticed the looks of horror on their faces. "Better still yet, I would kick the king aside and become queen regent, after the successful expansion of Eldoria I would be empress with or without the emperor."