They called her awful.
They called her horrible.
They called her stupid.
They called her ugly.
They called her ruthless.
They called her cruel.
They called her everything but what she wanted to hear. She mortified them, they hated her.
So she killed them.
She killed them because they hated her. She didn't want to be hated. She wanted them to like her, but instead when she attacked a city to gain control, they called her stupid.
Is that not what queens do?
Did they not understand?
Were they stupid?
…But no, she was the stupid one.
Mother dearest told her just because she was independent and did not have a king did not mean she could not expand the kingdom.
…Was that wrong?
Did they frown upon her for being without a king…?
So she insulted them back…
She called them hideous.
She called them unintelligent.
She called them worthless.
She called them peasants.
She called them a disgrace.
She called them a nuisance.
So she insulted them and then killed them, because that is not what they wanted.