The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 75: We sink together.

Chapter 75: We sink together.

There was only one young woman in the capital city of Eldoria or the kingdom as a whole that was even more arrogant than Sigrid and it was princess Livia Silberuss of Drachwald, granddaughter of Archduke Karlton Silberuss and daughter of general Douglas Silberuss.

Their family was related to the royal family hence, the noble title. Given that the royal family actually had around two thousand members spread through Eldoria and Sigrid had not seen most of them, not even at the wedding she did not think that she would bump into someone whose reputation in the city rivaled hers.

Mauve’s lunch banquet was not the kind of event royalty flocked to, it was not important.

"Isn’t she a canon fodder?" She asked the system while she gave Livia the most uninterested look she had ever given anyone.

Livia Silberuss was one of the many poor people that Emmah stepped on to elevate to glory. She was a princess that should have married one of the princes but she had her eyes set on Roland and Benjamin, just like Emmah. In the end, her family was accused of treason, which was true because they were selling out military information of Eldoria to Medoris.

All members of the Silberuss family were wiped out, not even new born babies were spared.

Livia took Sigrid’s silence as proof of weakness and she was encouraged to taunt her even more.

"I heard that my cousin was forced to marry you and he was so against the union that he did nothing but drink and brawl for two whole days before the wedding. I don’t blame him, apart from your looks..."

"Who are you?" Sigrid cut him and asked.

Sigrid’s maids and some people chuckled, they found the response both funny and insulting at the same time, after all who did know princess Livia?

Livia frowned intensely and then sneered, "Sigrid Thorin..." she started in a voice that was on the edge of rising the more she talked and Sigrid cut in again very quickly.

"Crown princess Sigrid Maximus, I took my husband’s name when we were wed, you were not at the wedding, I would probably remember if you had. I guess you are not relevant enough to attend royal functions." She tilted her head to the right and smiled, "Some people really overestimate their importance."

Livia wanted to explode, she bit her lip and stomped her foot. From childhood to her current age, nobody had dared to talk back to her in the kingdom. She was the one that bullied others, not the one that got bullied.

"Have you lost your mind? How dare you talk back to me you countryside bumpkin?"

Sigrid pointed to herself, "Me!!" she exclaimed. Her eyes were wide with shock, she did not know why or how she qualified to be a countryside bumpkin.

As for the guests that were watching them, mostly young women from noble families that amounted to fifty three, they were all silent. Everybody could feel the tension in the air, they just didn’t know how to react after all, one was the dominant spoiled princess that called the king uncle and the other was the dominant crown princess that called him father-in-law.

In terms of power, Sigrid was at the top of the hierarchy but when it came to blood, Livia was on top.

"Yes, you." Livia pointed at Sigrid and responded loudly for everyone to hear, "You were raised at the Eastern boarder with commoners and barbarians, the only talent you have is fighting which is unladylike. No wonder your husband run off on your wedding night."

Gasps went around, among the ladies, the rumor that Roland had chosen to venture into the land of the mist voluntarily to avoid the wife that was forced on him had been slowly making the rounds among the nobles. It was spoken about in whispers and nobody dared to say it openly, that was until Livia.

Sigrid laughed dryly, and she sighed out loud. "Princess Livia, it seems you need to learn a lesson today. I am very keen on ladies of the royal family keeping to laws of our family. Right here in public, you are talking about bedroom affairs, it is very unbecoming of a young unmarried woman. On behalf of the queen, I will make an example out of you."

She raised her hand and waved it, gesturing for Lanai and Lama to step forward.

As they did, so did Brolin and knights, they held back Livia’s maids and two knights that were just as eager to defend her as Sigrid’s knights were to keep them at bay.

The entire situation made everyone uncomfortable, they knew the arch duke would not sit still after hearing that someone had touched his granddaughter. Sigrid knew this as well which is why she looked around at the daughters of other nobles with a wicked smile.

"You, lady Zolar, come here and slap her." She called forward the daughter of a marquess.

Cosmos stepped out and pulled the scared woman out from the crowd of other wary women. He made her stand in front of the restrained princess and gestured for her to slap Livia.

"You slap or you get slapped, these are the rules." Sigrid announced dominantly.

Lady Zolar shook her head, "I..."

Princess Livia laughed, "You see, nobody can dare to move against me. So what if you are the crown princess, I am the granddaughter of the arch duke, the king is my uncle. If anybody dares to lay a hand on me there will be consequences."

Cosmos glared down at her with a scary glint in his eyes and a raised hand. Lady Zolar’s eyes widened, she raised her hand and slapped Livia without a second thought.

As soon as her hand touched Zolar’s cheek, she pulled it back and gasped. She was as surprised as everyone else that she had actually done it. However, if she had to choose between slapping and being slapped, she would rather do the slapping.

At the end of the day, it was the crown princess that had made the order.

"Next." Sigrid signaled at another young lady.

The process continued until Livia received ten slaps, each from a young lady of an outstanding family.

"This is enough..." Sigrid started.

"Wait, crown princess I haven’t got my turn." Mauve’s voice came from a small distance away. She was running towards them as if a dog was chasing her.

It took her fifteen seconds to reach and when she did, before Sigrid or Lady Rosewood could stop her, Mauve slapped Livia twice.

Lady Rosewood whined and threw her head back, her maid had to catch her to stop her from falling.

Mauve in the meantime had a proud smile on her face, she approached Sigrid and slid her arm in hers. "I am your lady-in-waiting, we sink or swim together and I have always wanted to do that so thank you for the opportunity."