The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 383: Threats were made.

King Raff’s eyes narrowed angrily and he picked up an apple and threw it at her. Sigrid caught it with ease and destroyed it with magic. She burned it and the ashes vanished in the air.

The King took it as a threat and he refused to marvel at the sight of an apple being burned to nothing. "This is why you are not a good match for my son. You are headstrong, you shadow him. I think you intimidate him."

King Raff believed that only the King should have absolute power over everything and everyone in the kingdom.

Sigrid sneered. "The Crown Prince has fought wars in other lands, conquered territories and ventured into parts of the Mystwood Grove that only few dare to enter. But, you want me to believe that he is intimidated by me. If he is such a weak cowardly man then he is not deserving of his position. He should give up the throne and take up knitting."

King Raff heaved and started coughing even more. Sigrid did not attempt to comfort him in any way. Since they were not playing nice, she would not be nice as well.

Silence between then hung thicker than velvet.

"I will not allow you to destabilize this kingdom. Only a king should have an army or distribute one. I have never seen sense in nobles raising private armies. I have seen the ambition in your eyes Sigrid and I know people like you. First, you make one move and then you make more." He said, glaring at her fiercely. "I should have listened to Lord Benwick when he said you were uncontrollable and dangerous. If I had known, I would have gotten rid of you like Romilda wanted to do."

Sigrid gently tapped her fingers over her lips, like she was yawning. "First of all, Eldoria is no longer a kingdom, it is an Empire. Roland and I led a team of soldiers and mages into war and we were victorious.

Secondly, the matters concerning the neutral army are not yours to decide. Roland and Lord Alexander signed an agreement. If you single handedly decide to rip it up, which king or emperor will trust us ever again? People will say that we do not keep our word and we are not truthful.

Thirdly, I also think nobles should not raise armies. With such power, they are and will always be a threat to whoever sits on the throne.

Lastly, Lord Benwick was a man with his hands in many pots. He told the De-Kensington’s not to support your cause back then. He warned them that their house would fall in your hands."

King Raff grimaced.

Sigrid smiled. "And he was right, after you took power, you did all you could to reduce their power. It is time for you to finish what you started."

She stood up, took a silk scroll from her pocket and unrolled it. "We agreed to send help to Lord Alexander. I think the remaining De-Kensington army should go. I also plan to send eighty percent of the army under the Valerius family."

King Raff was shaken. "You cannot touch the Valerius house, they are loyal to me."

"They are ambitious." Sigrid raised her voice. "Keeley Valerius was sent to Roland, to seduce him and bear him a son. What do you think that means? You are always using your brain to weaken the noble houses that criticize you while empowering those that support you.

You have ignored the fact that everything must be balanced in life. After you get rid of the ones that criticize you, among those that support you some will turn around and criticize as long as their goals are not met."

"You dare to raise your voice at me!" The king exclaimed.

"I dare." Sigrid replied strongly. "And I dare to do so much more than just raising my voice at you. You have aged, your body is weak and sick. Now is the time for you to step back and let another lead the Empire forward."

"You jest." King Raff coughed.

"No, I don’t." Sigrid answered confidently. "Your highness, you stopped seeing things clearly a long time ago. Even your courtiers stopped trusting you because you once based most of your decisions on consort Rina’s moods.

While you were sleeping, the Empire has been thriving and developing smoothly. Go out in the streets and you will see smiling faces and happy citizens, both commoners and nobles. Roland and I have found a way to balance power in the Empire.

When you were in charge, I had to beg and plead with you to make changes to the laws so that the people could benefit from them. Every single time, I had to coax, cajole and sweeten the pot for you by giving you benefits. What kind of king does that?"

King Raff continued to cough, covering his mouth with a tissue while pointing at Sigrid and wheezing.

She slapped the finger away. "The Lord mage already said it, that your body is not going to recover to what it used to be. If you push it, you will die early. Take my advise and retire quickly. Queen Elarin is pregnant, you have a child on the way. Just raise your child and give attention to the younger ones that you have not ruined yet.

Think about it, Roland and Galen can barely tolerate you. Benjamin left you to die. The others are young but if you remain the ass you are, they will soon resent you too."

She grabbed his hand and used one of his thumbs to wipe away the blood on the corner of his lips. Then she used it to stamp the silk scroll. Then she let his hand go at once and he fell back on the bed.

"I will..." King Raff started.

Sigrid cut in. "Before you begin straining and saying things like you will make Roland divorce me I advise you to give up. You were not a good father in the past and you are have barely been a good one in the last few months.

My husband is not a toddler that needs your attention anymore so he will not leave me just to make you happy. He is a grown man that has already flown away from your irresponsible clutches."

She leaned down on the bed and whispered, "You and Maurelia, you are two peas in a pod. If you don’t want to die like her better behave yourself. Step down from your position and become a good father. Only then can I guarantee you a long life which will come with a natural death."

King Raff felt cold and very afraid suddenly.

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