The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 36: A collaboration between Sigrid and the queen.

Queen Maurelia stepped away from Sigrid, she raised her hand as if she was going to slap her and then she stopped herself.

"Presumptuous," she said sternly.

That word, along with her tough attitude would have sent people crawling on their knees and apologizing in tears but Sigrid did not quake. The relationship between her and the queen was not close, it was one of mutual benefit.

It had been no mistake that the original Sigrid had found Roland and peeked at him when he was bathing during the royal hunt. It was the queen that had her people leak the his location to Sigrid because she knew the woman was obsessed with her son.

Her plan had been to alert some people and create a scandal around the two, forcing them to marry which would bring the power of the Thorin’s to Roland.

When that did not work, she mentioned it to the king and warned him of what would happen if the duke found out his precious granddaughter had been together with a half naked Roland.

The king that had always wanted to control the Thorin’s military power saw an opportunity to do so immediately. It was safe to say that everyone in the royal family was a schemer.

"Do my words displease you, your highness?" Sigrid asked slowly. "I sure do hope not because you should be aware of the precarious situation that we all find ourselves in. If Rina does not lose the king’s affection and ear, sooner or later one of her sons will take Roland’s place and the throne. What do you think will happen to you, me and the rest of your children?"

Queen Maurelia sneered. "Do you think that I am unaware of this? I have been married into the royal family far longer than you have been?"

"And yet Rina is still here, she gave the king three children on your watch, three sons." Sigrid hissed.

She lowered her voice and looked around, took a deep breath and calmed herself. It would be useless to get riled up over the matter, not unless the queen planned to continue sitting on her hands.

"You must think that its easy to get rid of Rina, trust me, I have tried my best." The queen ground out. "If I make one wrong move, the consequences fall on my children and the Kensington family. Do you think that I have not tried going down that path of parading fresh young women before the king? It doesn’t work, he is blind to all women and devoted only to her. I don’t know what magic potion she fed him but it has clearly worked for her."

For once, Sigrid saw her losing her cool composure that she maintained whenever they met. She was looking at the queen with an unreadable expression on her face, the queen was looking back at her with an angry one.

Queen Maurelia couldn’t tell it Sigrid was simply impudent or just plain arrogant that she had no knowledge to hold back her mouth depending on who she was addressing. She had been that way at the court and she was just the same now.

Sigrid moved closer to the queen and whispered, "No offense your highness but your brought forks to a sword fight, you paraded titled young women form noble families, that are shy and reserved. They are calm and act aloof and dignified just like you so when the king sees them, all he sees is you. Rina is the opposite of a titled young woman, she is a well trained whore. If you want to defeat her, you must fight fire with fire."

Queen Maurelia gritted her teeth, it was not enough that she had to share a husband with one whore but now Sigrid was suggesting that she add another to the mix. It was one thing to share the king with a secondary wife from respectable roots that knew a balance in the marriage led to a happy family and another to share him with a whore from a brothel that cared nothing for such values.

"Wait, how do you know that Rina was a whore?"

"Nothing can be hidden in the dark forever." Sigrid shrugged , before turning away from the queen and looking up at the very dark sky. "Do you see that sky, no matter how dark it gets at night, in the morning it must wake way for the day and let in the light.

The king killed almost everyone that knows about Rina’s background but he forgot her father, the old man ended up at the Eastern boarder and he had a few claims to make, one was that he was the kings father-in-law.

I have lived at the Eastern boarder almost all of my life, I lived among the commoners, treated their ailments, parched up wounded soldiers and so much more. There was nothing there that escaped my ears."

The queen’s face lit up suddenly her mind traveled miles and miles, arriving at the Eastern boarder despite her body being at the royal castle. She figured that if she could find Rina’s real father and expose her identity then she would be dethroned and discarded.

It was a crime to marry into the royal family using a false identity, the king would not admit that he had actively participated in the crime. With his character, he would find a hole and escape quickly.

"Exposing Rina will not be enough, if you are thinking of going in that direction your highness. The king’s spies, Rina’s or those that work for any of her sons, one of these people will likely get rid of the old man before you get your wish.

It will also leave the position of secondary consort open making it possible for a second Rina to come in and start from where the first stopped.

In my opinion, it is better for us to fill the position with someone we can control, one from a shameful background just like Rina. If the king marries a secondary wife from a powerful titled family it will be even more dangerous because should she have a son..." Sigrid broke off and looked at the queen with an expression which said ’you understand where I am heading.’

Queen Maurelia parted her lips slightly in understanding, Rina’s sons did have strong backing because they had a mother from a weak background.

If she was from a powerful noble family like the Thorin’s there would be no telling who would have been the crown prince currently.

"I see." The queen said softly. "I haven’t been seeing the broader picture." She took one deep breath, "I will leave this to you but I kept to be kept in the know of everything you do. From now on, we can be considered to be partners."

She smiled warmly and honestly at Sigrid for the first time, after all, their interests were aligned.

"Tell me what you need and I will support you." The queen turned to leave and then she paused and turned back, giving Sigrid a cautionary gaze. "Should this plan fail, I was not aware, you fall on the sword alone."

"I understand." Sigrid bowed her head.