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Chapter 657 The Sleeping Beauty (Part Two)
"So, how does it feel, lying in the bed with the pretty woman?" A voice came from out of the blue.
Sitting up, Francis asked instead, "How is it going?"
"Some of Felix's men have decided not to join us. But the rest are still thinking about it. I'm pretty surethat it's just a matter of time before they join us. On the other hand, I just don't understand why youacted so boldly today. You even got yourself sick just so you could be with that woman for a while,"Jason teased. "You even asked me to keep Zack from leaving the palace. Aren't you worried at all thatMatthew might get suspicious?"
"That man has never trusted me anyway," Francis replied slowly. "It won't make that much of adifference. He might just become more careful around me next time."
"Felix had an argument with his wife and the latter fell to the ground by accident. She ended up losingher baby," Jason said indifferently, taking a seat on the edge of the bed. "They are like enemies now.They'll quarrel and fight once seeing each other," he continued.
"We can't let them die so easily. Otherwise, we can't have more fun from their misery," Francisremarked. He coughed after saying that. It seemed that he was feeling under the weather.
"Please take good care of yourself. Stop treating yourself like this; do you understand?" Jason asked,his face turning into a frown.
With a bitter smile on his face, Francis said, "Jason, now that you have met her, what do you think?"
"Strange." Jason summarized his impression of her in one word. She felt like a total stranger to himnow, so much so that it was like he never even knew her at all. The feeling was much too different fromwhat it was in the past. "She looks like a totally different person to me," he added.
"What do you mean by that? Are you saying that she isn't the woman you knew before?"
"It was said that some people suspected her identity back when she was still living in the Chu Clan'smansion, but it had already been proven that she was indeed the real Harper. But I just don'tunderstand how a person could change so much." Jason was so confused. "And I have no idea whatshe's thinking at all. If possible, I think it would be better for you to stay away from her."
"I can't do that," Francis exclaimed at once.
"You have to try to stay away from her whether you like it or not. Rarely do I think that someone isdangerous, but I think she is. She gives me the same kind of feeling that Matthew does. Matthew iscold, while she is gentle. But neither of them will be at other's disposal. I can tell that Matthew loves herso much. I don't think she is just an ordinary woman. We don't really know her that well."
"That's your junior sister apprentice you're talking about. Aren't you getting chills from how cold you arebeing?"
"I'm the one who is actually chilled by her coldness. Okay?" Casting Francis a glance, Jason pointedout, "That woman doesn't seem to know me at all. She even told me that she has left all her pastmemories behind. Her new life began from the unfair execution. I don't even know what she meant bythat."
"The unfair execution?" Francis echoed. Francis understood right away. Harper had almost beenexecuted because of the death of Maxwell's only son. Our father wanted to kill her to quell Maxwell'sanger. In fact, they made a deal back then. Murdering Maxwell's only son was a perfect excuse forHarper's execution.
Everyone believed that was going to be the end of her. No one would have expected that she wouldask for Matthew's help. As the official in charge of the execution, Matthew showed a rare act ofkindness. But was it true that he helped Harper just out of the goodness of his heart? Or was it somekind of plot?
Francis couldn't help but frown as these thoughts ran through his mind. For years now, he had closelyfollowed and analyzed the political situation. On one hand, their father seemed to want to support Felix,while on the other hand, he had been offering opportunities for the princes to compete with him. Backthen, Francis was under the assumption that their father merely wanted to make Felix a better heir tothe throne through the challenges from the other princes.
But later on, he came to realize that their father's aim wasn't to mold Felix into a better successor.Instead, he was doing all of those things to suppress him. Their father didn't even give the militarypower to Felix. Even though he was the legal heir to the throne, it simply put him in a passive position.
"Jason, do you have any idea what our father is thinking?" Francis asked, feeling quite curious.
"Who knows what the old man is thinking? All I know is that the situation right now is definitely notgood!" Although Jason hadn't been in the imperial capital for years, he knew about their father's temperso well. "He is heartless and cruel. He would even kill a son without batting an eye to keep his throne,"Jason blurted out.
"He will never let the Bright Dynasty fall while it is under his rule," Francis added in a low voicemoments later. "No matter how heartless and stupid he may be, he will never allow the Bright Dynastyto be buried in history. However, I just don't know who he's going to choose to be the true heir."
"The heir?" Jason burst out laughing. "Felix is already screwed. Walden has been relegated to a civilianand he has banished to the borderland. Hoffman was relegated to a civilian and is being keptimprisoned in the Repenting Tower. As for Lucas, he has never really been taken seriously by ourfather. And Wale is still too young. Taking those things into consideration, who do you think is going toinherit this brilliant throne?"novelbin
"Jason, you seem to be forgetting someone." Francis stood up and walked up to the window. Lookingoutside, he said in a cold voice, "Matthew!"
"Out of everyone, the old bastard hates him the most, doesn't he? How could it be possible that hewould hand over the throne to him? He would rather destroy the throne than give it to him!" Jasonfirmly believed. "It's impossible for the old man to choose him to be the heir."
"That leaves just one other option. Lucas," Francis said. Although there was a gentle smile on Francis'face, he looked sinister and ruthless at that moment. Anyone who saw that smile would feel chills downtheir spines.