The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 403: King Raff’s countermeasures.

Benjamin was glad to receive word from his father. No matter what he said, the agony of waiting was going to come to an end.

"I have tried to understand you, truly I have. And I have convinced myself that you lost your mind for a moment. I too have lost my mind for a woman and made mistakes a time or two.

But, no matter how much I try, I cannot bring myself to forget the look in your eyes when you turned away from me and decided that I should die while your lover lived.

You are the son that I have raised in my arms and cherished from the day you were born. Everyone knows that you are my favorite and I cannot deny it because it is true. So, I cannot bring myself to see your life end because of the choice you made.

This is why I am giving you a chance to live. Run son, run. Go somewhere far from here and start over. I have a house in Middleren city. Go there and take as much money as you think you will need. Take some servants too and a few knights. Move to Solandor. With your sister there, I believe that you will be protected. DO NOT RETURN.

This is the last protection I can offer as your father. I am sorry that I could not give you what you truly longed for."

Benjamin sunk into a chair, laughing like a crazy man. He had been hoping for forgiveness. If he was truly his father’s favorite child then he should have been forgiven. He would be punished but he would be forgiven. In the end, his father was asking him to leave, the same as his brother.

The letter dropped out of Benjamin’s hand and fell to the floor. A maid picked it up and quickly tossed a paper into the fire.

King Raff’s secret guard was keeping a close eye on her, ensuring that she was not trying to smuggle it out. Confident that it had been burned to ashes, he turned to Benjamin. "Your highness, the king says that you must leave tonight. I will escort you until you reach Middleren safely. We must leave now."

Benjamin reached for a bottle of wine instead. He was determined not to be run out of Eldoria. If his father did not intend to punish him, why send him away? This was his home too.

He was the son of the king and he had made many achievements in the military. He was just as eligible to be the new Emperor as Roland was. What he wanted was not an apology from his father, it was a chance to compete fairly.

The secret knight saw the resistance on the face of the prince. He decided to follow the instructions that the king had given him. He knocked Benjamin out and carried him out of the house to a carriage that was waiting outside.

The carriage was guarded by more knights that protected king Raff. It sped out of the city that night.

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While Sigrid was dressing up the following morning, the letter that King Raff had sent Benjamin arrived. She sat down before the dressing mirror and read it, with a smug smile on her face. It was not surprising that he had chosen to protect his favorite son in the end.

Brolin was the one updating her on Benjamin’s situation. "The secret knights took him out of the city last night when everyone was celebrating the coronation and birthday of the Emperor. They traveled all the way to Starfell and abandoned the horse carriages and switched to flying horses."

Sigrid could already guess what he was going to say next. "Let me guess, they also abandoned the flying horses when they reached another city and switched to another mode of transport."

Brolin nodded. "They disguised themselves and got on a Shadowmere ship that is taking them Middleren, if I have to guess. However according to to the information they filled in, they are heading to Chiefbern city in the South.

That is not the only counter measure that has been taken. Five other men that have close appearances with Prince Benjamin left the city last night and they are heading to different places.

One took a train, two are on ships, one is in a carriage that is traveling with a trading caravan and the last is still traveling by flying horse. All of them are guarded by knights and accompanied by servants."

Sigrid laughed. "Another counter measure. King Raff is going to great lengths to keep his son from my reach. Does he really think that he will be successful?"

Brolin was not finished. "One more thing, your highness. Sir Veylin sent a message. He said that two mages are secretly following the prince, it looks like they are there for his protection. They met up with the secret knights in Starfell and then separated. They are all behaving like unrelated strangers."

Sigrid even more. Secret knights, secret mages!! king Raff was using everything in his arsenal to protect his most beloved son. "It looks like I will have to wait until he leaves Middleren to act." She muttered.

A kitchen maid came into the bedroom, bringing her cup of usual lemon balm tea that she drunk every morning. Mrs. Elsworth brewed it personally.

As she pondered on how she would handle Benjamin’s situation she reached for the cream that she used on her face. Before she used it, she sniffed it first. She did so all the time because she had watched a few palace dramas and seen how concubines and empresses had their faces ruined due to jealousy.

The cream smelled the same but it did not look the same. There was some yellowing which only a keen person would notice.

Sigrid placed the cream down and raised her head, looking at her maids.

"I would not drink the tea too if I were you." Cosmos’s voice came into her ears. "The cream alone is harmless but when combined with the extra ingredients added to your tea this morning, it turns into poison. The kind of poison that will make your face rot and fester. Within a week, royal doctors will be scraping maggots from your face." noveldrama

Sigrid stretched her hand out and her fan flew into her fans. It had been a while since these people had seen some blood. They seemed to have forgotten her ruthlessness and they needed a reminder.

"Brolin, round up all the servants that knights that have been in and out of this castle since last night."