Female Novel
Chapter 615 Showing His Identity (Part One)
When Lilian heard that Francis wanted to send someone with a congratulation present to Matthew'smansion, she immediately volunteered to be the bearer. Francis accepted her offer. He gave the giftdirectly to her and asked her to send it to Matthew's mansion.
In just a few days, the news of Harper's pregnancy had spread throughout the imperial capital. Somepeople were happy, some worried, and some disdainful. No matter what happened outside, it washarmonious inside Matthew's mansion.
"Your Highnesses, a visitor has come to see you," Noah reported when he came in. "He says that he isan old friend of yours. He wants to express his gratitude to you for the carriage that you once gavehim."novelbin
"The carriage?" Matthew repeated. He was puzzled by this, at first. But after a brief moment ofconsideration, he realized who was outside demanding to see him. Without raising his head or makingany hesitation, he answered, "I won't see him. Send him away."
"He said he would like to meet Lady Harper if you don't want to see him. He said that fate has broughthim here to meet her, and that Lady Harper might need his help." Noah delivered the messagecarefully. It seemed to him that the man outside might be difficult to get along with, despite a kinddemeanor.
Upon hearing this news, Matthew frowned a bit and seemed a bit displeased to hear Harper mentionedlike that. At that moment, Matthew was forcing Harper to eat some health food. As she was notenjoying it, she was wondering how to get out of there. Noah's report came at just the right time. Shemade an excuse and said at once, "We should be happy to welcome an old friend who travels to usfrom afar. Noah, please show him to the front hall."
"Yes, Your Highness,"
Noah replied at once. Seeing that Harper was about to welcome the guest, Noah left at once toprepare. Since Harper was pregnant, he knew that he had better obey her orders no matter what shesaid. Otherwise, she would be as likely to lose her temper with the servants as she would at Matthew.
"You've just met him once and he is still practically a stranger to you. I don't think there is any need foryou to meet him!" Matthew talked back at once, trying to stop his wife from seeing that man. He wouldalways grow unhappy whenever he remembered the time Harper gave the carriage to Felton. Now thatman was bold enough to come to their house. Such cheek!
"It doesn't matter. Let's see what he's up to," Harper said in a spoiled way as she took her husband'sarm. "Come on. Let's go. The imperial physician has advised us that pregnant women should takewalks. I should exercise for a bit. Don't you agree?"
"All right," Matthew said helplessly, finally surrendering. Although he didn't want Harper to meet Felton,he knew he was powerless to stop it. Matthew was well aware that Felton was a shrewd man. Even ifhe could stop them from meeting this time, it was very likely that Felton would try some other means tosee Harper. Thinking of this, he thought it would be better to let them meet with each otherstraightforwardly today.
When Felton looked at the calligraphy hanging in the front hall, a touch of appreciation flashed throughhis eyes. Every character and every stroke of the calligraphy were sharp and powerful as iron. It madepeople feel encouraged. With just a glance at it, people could feel a strong and deadly aura rushing totheir face from the calligraphy. It gave people the same feeling when they were face to face withMatthew. With that thought, Felton guessed that this calligraphy was written by Matthew. He had toadmit that Matthew was indeed an impressive man in every respect.
"Felton, I didn't expect to see you again so soon," Harper said as she and Matthew walked in arm inarm. Obviously, they were a happy couple. Harper had a radiant smile, while Matthew's facialexpression was cool. The two different auras, rather than conflicting, were actually in perfect harmony.
As Felton let his eyes settle upon Harper, he sighed, "We separated that day in such a hurry. As youseemed to be a proud and self-respecting person, I was amazed that you would stay with PrinceMatthew, who is a married man. I did not imagine that you were actually his wife until this moment."
Harper smiled gently and answered, "When I travel around, it can be inconvenient to wear women'sclothes. Since I and my husband are always travelling together, for our convenience, I have to wearmen's clothes."
"Prince Matthew, I think you two love each other very much," Felton said. Truth be told, his mellifluousvoice was quite pleasant to the ear.
Matthew and Harper sat down on the main seats, and they told the maid to prepare a seat for Felton.He did not refuse. He then said, "I'm here to thank you for your kindness that day. Your gift of thecarriage helped me very much, and I couldn't be more grateful for that. It is a pleasant surprise todiscover your true identity. Ha ha."
"Would Felton be your real name, if I may ask?" Harper inquired.
"Yes, of course. I never use any false name," Felton replied honestly. The smile on his face was aspure as the white snow of the mountains, an amiable quality which many people found soothing.
"Then, do you have any family in the imperial capital?" Harper asked again slowly, in a meaningfultone.
"Yes, I did." The smile on Felton's face didn't change. He was telling the truth: he had family here once.But it was all over. The fact was, all his family had been slaughtered. Properly speaking, there was onlyone relative of his in the imperial capital now.
Harper blinked her eyes, which were welling up with emotion. "Do you mean the Qin Clan which wasexterminated sixteen years ago?"
Felton had not anticipated such a forward question. Stunned for a moment, he then looked to Matthew.'The ones who murdered the Qin Clan were the secret guards of the royal family, and he is a memberof the royal family. Isn't he afraid of her finding out the truth?' he pondered inwardly, unsure of what wason Matthew's mind.
Shortly, he drew himself together and then looked straight at Harper.
"Yes," he answered. This single affirmation, sincere and unambiguous, made Harper know without adoubt that Felton was from the Qin Clan. This fact made him her family.
Taken aback by Harper's frankness, he had never intended to declare his identity so straightforwardly.At this point, Harper had no idea what to say next.
Seeing that Harper said nothing more, Matthew asked on her behalf, "There are still some people fromthe Qin Clan surviving, right?" He knew this was the thing she cared about most, for the time being.
"Not really. Actually, there is only one relative who still lives in the imperial capital," Felton replied slowlyas he shifted his eyes to Harper. "The rest of them are just side branches of the Qin Clan, and Harperis the only one left on the direct branch."
That was to say, the Qin Clan in the imperial capital had all been eliminated except for her. "What's thereal connection between the Heavenly Books and the Qin Clan?" Harper asked abruptly.
"Well, if you want to know, I'm afraid you may need to study the Qin Clan more deeply and find it at theclan's library. I have no idea about it, either." Although Felton did not look strong, no one who knew himwould regard him as a weak man. At that moment, Harper felt the forces inside her body fluctuatingmore and more violently, as if with some strange resonance.