The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 125: Thick skin.

"You don’t need to scare your maids, they didn’t share this information with me. You have cultivated them to

glue their mouths shut under the most intense questioning." Roland glanced at Sigrid’s maids.

A few times, he had tried to pry their mouths open about Sigrid’s private matters but they did not sweat under

his intense gaze. They were as loyal as his white knights.

"I found out from my solicitor, someone from the office of trade and commerce informed him about all the new

businesses | was opening up. They were curious to know if | was abandoning the horse racing business and

wanted to acquire my horses. Imagine my surprise when | learned that | was a partner in my wife's business and

she never thought it important to tell me." His hands found the jasmines and he pulled out a few of the white

flowers. He handed them to Sigrid with a smile.

She took them with an eye roll, "It's a lovely gesture but these are my flowers Roland, there would be more

meaning to it if you actually broughta bouquet from a flower shop."

"We own a garden of flowers at the Vale. | do not think purchasing them from someone else is a good use of my

money but if it is your wish, flowers will be delivered daily to you. You like roses, right?"

She nodded. "Red, white or pink preferably." She handed the flowers he had pulled out of a vase to Lanai.

Miss May handed them both menus listing foods that were being sold and prices. Roland was of course curious

about the menu before looking at the food. It was a paper menu but the quality was high, the kind used in the

royal castle and the Vale.

It had a magical glow and the the edges were embedded with sparkling magic gemstones. Shimmering gold ink

had been used and it danced across the page. The pictures of the foods appeared to be moving and a faint

aroma was produced when touched.

"This is ingenious and lovely." Roland mumbled, he raised the menu to his nose and sniffed the mystical

mushroom crostini.

It sounded fancy but it was just toasted baguette slices with enchanted mushrooms that changed color with each

bite. The mushrooms were sof the most common foods sold by the mage estate as grew overnight and

could be harvested daily.

He looked at the price and cackled. "Five gold coins for an appetizer!!!!"

Sigrid shrugged, Eldoria was not short of wealthy nobles or merchants willing to eat good food. Ever since the

opening of Little Thorin, she made no less than two hundred gold coins daily.

He continued to peruse the menu, guffawing at the prices and shaking his head. Roland decided then that his

wife had to have a thick skin to charge such ridiculous prices without shame.

"Our private boxes are fully booked everyday and shave been reserved for the entire year. Snobles

cwith their families everyday. If they cannot make it in person, they send servants to take the food away. It's

a service we call take away.

For now, anyone that wants that service has to cwith their own dishes. When Elowin is finished researching

durable take away boxes that can contain the magical taste of the food, | plan to expand into the food delivery

business." She explained.

Roland heard her but he was still stuck on the prices. Even though half the menu was magic related foods, these

were still a sky high prices. "I cannot believe that people are willing to pay for this much for food here but when

they are called upon to donate money to the effort of rebuilding of the city after the rebellion they claimed to be

experiencing financial hardships."

Miss May and the waitresses returned, placed appetizers on the table and left to work on the main course.

The appetizers worth five gold coins were not even enough for two bites. He was flabbergasted, completely

speechless.

"I would say you have no shbut as a partner..."

"We are not partners, | borrowed your name. Borrowed. As my husband you should be willing to lendyour

non occasion so that | can maneuver this complicated life of ours easily."

Lanai whispered something to Sigrid and she scoffed.

She looked at Roland and said, "Guess who is here?"

"From the displeased look on your face | take it that it is none other than miss Emmah."

Sigrid sneered, "Yup, her and your sister princess Thalassa and Benjamin and Lysander. Of all the restaurants in

the kingdom, they chose mine. | bet they have a hidden motive."

Roland was already eating the toasted baguette and the taste, he found, was worth the money. But just as he

thought, it was all gone within two bites and his eyes lingered on Sigrid’s plate.

She sighed and pushed it his way. Apparently, food was more important to him than listening to another of her

rants about the irreconcilable enmity between the people that had cto dine in her restaurant.

He took one and pushed the plate towards her. "I don’t want you claiming that | starved you later one. Your

grandmother the duchess might decide to send those dastardly peacocks after me."

Not a day went by without Roland speaking on the treachery and sneaky behavior of the peacocks. He was no

different from her speaking on Emmah with venom in her voice daily.

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"I own the restaurant, of course | have eaten this before." Sigrid took a small bite.

"I think the cooks at the Vale need a training course in good cooking. Why don’t we eat like this at home?" his

face soured a little.

Sigrid let out a little snort. "The last t| suggested changes to the menu butler Charles lost half of his hair. He

doesn’t like change, does he?"

Roland winced, that was true. His

hbutler preferred to follow the

royal ways in which he had beg

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Any addition of new ingredients or foods had to be vetted strictly and tested for at least two months before being

added to the menu lest the king or crown prince be poisoned.

Miss May returned with the main course; dragon flgrilled chicken with a side of ember roasted vegetables

and wild rice.

Wine was poured into the glasses

and then everyone gave the couple

sspace sodhaddtiey cbuld have

affittle privacy__, or what was

considered to be privacy because the

maids and knights were still present.

As Roland cut into the chicken, he decided to ask a question that had been dancing on his mind.

"Does this qualify as a date?"

"No."