The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 274: The letter with trouble.

Sigrid increased her steps after leaving the hall, moving so fast that the heels of her shoes were singing a uniform song with the marble floor. Her need for speed left her ladies-in-waiting puzzled.

Christie wanted to ask why Sigrid was in a rush but Mauve stopped her and advised calmly. "This is one of those times when you wait until she speaks."

Sigrid entered the nearest solar, on the ground floor and snatched a letter out of Brolin’s hands. She ripped it open and read.

[My dearest Sigrid

Or should I call you crown princess now? How have you been? Are you doing well in the capital? I know that life as the wife of the temperamental prince must not be easy for you.

Sometimes I wonder if you miss me at all. Sometimes I wonder if I should ride back to Eldoria and steal you away. It has been two years and eight months now since I last saw you and yet I have not forgotten you.

Your face haunts me in my sleep. My heart defiles the distance, racing back to your side with every beat. The road to the empire of Anquiri was long and harsh but it was not comparable to the pain of your absence from my side.

I hate the class system system that separated us. Our love would have lasted had you not been a noble and I a commoner--an ordinary knight. I often imagine what our life would be like if you had run away with me as I suggested. How many children would we have by now? Would I still be a knight and you a nurse?

Have you missed me at all? Do you still have any memories of the days were spent foraging for herbs in the mountains on the Eastern boarder? Have you forgotten me?

Perhaps you have but I have not. I see your face in every place I look. I have met many women from three lands now and I have searched for a beauty that might rival yours--but none exists. The sun, however golden dulls in your presence.

The moon, though luminous, pales in the terraces of your hair. The wind whispers, yet no song compares to the melody of your voice. I long for the days I sat with you beneath the stars and you talked about your dreams and I mine.

I long for you Sigrid..I love you. Should the day ever come that you wish to escape your marriage. Come to me in Anquiri and I will spend the rest of my life worshiping you and loving you as it should be.

Until that day, my heart is yours to keep.

Forever your devoted knight, Sir Jenson Kershaw. ]

Sigrid exhaled, trembling, she found a chair and sat down. "System, come out and explain this."

The letter fell from her hands and Mauve quickly picked it up. It was her duty to lighten the troubles of her crown princess and said crown princess looked worried.

"Burn it....burn it now." Sigrid ordered Mauve rashly.

Lady Iryne entered the solar just when Mauve was about to summon magic and set the letter on fire. "Burn what dear?" she asked.

"Nothing." Sigrid quickly answered.

"Yes, nothing." Mauve answered nervously. She had not seen much of the content but she had seen some of the first lines and the bottom ones, including the name of the sender.

"Is that a letter?" Lady Iryne asked. Her hands were very fast as she swiped it from Mauve. "Unbelievable, you won’t respond to my letters but you respond to other..." Her words broke off and her eyes widened. "Have you lost your senses? Please do not tell me that you have been in contact with another man." she snapped at Sigrid.

Sigrid marched to her mother, took back the letter and set it on fire using magic. If she had done so in the first place rather than handing it to Mauve to set it on fire her mother would not be hissing like a snake.

"You are the crown princess Sigrid, do you know this?" Lady Iryne took Sigrid by the shoulders and asked in voice that held desperation and some anger. "That knight...."

"Mother, you need to calm down." Sigrid urged her. "I have nothing to do with this. I don’t even know why the letter was sent in the first place or who delivered it." She looked at Brolin demanding with her eyes for an answer.

"Well...out with it." Lady Iryne urged him. "And he or she better be dead by now before this kind of nonsense reaches the wrong ears and creates trouble for my daughter."

Sigrid was also worried about that very trouble. her mother was thinking of. If a letter like this fell in Emmah’s hands, it would probably reach the Tv station or newspapers quickly. No...that probably would not work. It would be published on Mitter.

Brolin had no idea who had sent the letter but he knew who had delivered it. "It was delivered by Sir Sanders. He is one of he young red knights that was assigned to the crown princess after the attempted assassination of the king."

"Find him and question him about how the letter came into his possession. Get rid of everyone that so much as glimpsed at the letter." Lady Iryne ordered him.

Brolin looked at Sigrid. He wanted to hear what her instructions were. In truth, he liked Sir Sanders, the young man was about to wed his cousin. If he was killed for seeing something he should not have seen...his cousin would be heartbroken.

Sigrid had yet to respond and Christie was getting a whole new introduction to the world of royalty, the one where people were silenced for knowing too much. She could finally understand why Sigrid had required an oath of loyalty before taking her in.

Brolin got on one knee to plead for Sir Sanders. "Crown princess, I beg you to spare Sir Sanders. He is like family to me, next week he is to wed my cousin. They have been in love for two years and I have known him for fifteen. He can be of use to the organization. I would like to ask for permission to turn him and have him swear an oath of loyalty to you."

Brolin had served Sigrid well, his request was not impossible.

"Granted."

Brolin sighed in relief. "Thank you crown princess, thank you so much. I promise that tomorrow he will come to you and swear an oath."

"If he doesn’t do it then I will make you cut his head off personally." Lady Iryne promised Brolin. "Meanwhile, go and find out who brought that letter. For all we know, it is a trap for the crown princess. A single suspicion alone is enough for her to lose her position or her head. That knight has been gone for nearly three years. Why would he be writing to her now? Find me answers Brolin and fast or else....."