Female Novel
Chapter 677 Suffer From Your Own Action (Part Two)
"Try not to worry yourself too much. Rolando may be a cold man, but he is by no means a viciousman," Harper said slowly. "There is a saying that all emperors are unfaithful and fickle, but they arealso affectionate."
A wry smile crept onto Lucas' face. What Harper said sounded contradictory and ironic. Emperors werefickle because they would soon abandon a woman they had just doted on; emperors were affectionatebecause they would fall in love with multiple women at the same time but such affections didn't lastlong.
"I'll be taking my leave now, Aunt Harper."
The receding back of Lucas seemed so lonely. Seeing that, Harper helplessly shook her head andblurted out, "He is another hair-splitter."
"Your Highness, why did you say that?"novelbin
"I guess he must have been irritated by Prince Francis. As a result, he has no clue what he's supposedto do for the time being. And the younger sister who has grown up by his side is going to marrysomeone far away from him for political reasons, so he feels restless and cannot keep his cool." Harperhad not expected that Lucas could actually be so warm-hearted and that he had been watching overthe younger sister who had grown up together with him.
"Prince Lucas is also very affectionate, Your Highness."
"What do you mean?"
"He goes whoring almost every day. In fact, his lovers are available in almost every major brothel in theimperial capital. I even heard that when the courtiers go whoring, they would ask first if the prostitute
they liked is Prince Lucas' lover, fearing that the prince would make trouble for them if the one theychose was really his lover," Nina blurted out. It was clear as day that she didn't think highly of Lucas.
Hearing that, Harper burst out laughing. "Have you forgotten that the largest brothel of a country is anemperor's harem?!"
"Please don't say that, Your Highness!" Nina reminded her at once, looking around quickly to makesure that no outsider was there to hear it. Then, keeping a low voice, she said, "Your Highness, ifanybody else heard what you said just now, you would be accused of showing great disrespect to HisMajesty."
"Don't you think so? The Imperial Palace is the largest brothel, and an emperor is like the most popularprostitute. Today, he curries favor with the empress; tomorrow, he will curry favor with a noble consort;the day after tomorrow, he will curry favor with a lady; and so on and so forth. There are so manywomen he can take for himself," Harper added, shaking her head in disappointment. "So, Nina, nevermarry a man who wants to have many concubines. After you marry Barry, if he ever dares to take anyconcubine, I will allow you to castrate him."
At the same time, Matthew had just returned and was walking toward Harper with Barry. Overhearingwhat Harper had just said, he could not help looking at Barry, only to find that the color of his face hadbeen changing bit by bit. In the end, Barry's face turned red all over.
Seeing this, Matthew couldn't hold back his laughter. As a result, Barry's face grew even darker. Heglanced at Matthew, wondering if Harper would castrate Matthew one day as well if she becameunhappy, since she could incite Nina to castrate him just like that.
"What will you do if His Highness takes a concubine, Your Highness?" the maids asked Harpersimultaneously. "Are you going to castrate His Highness as well?"
Hearing that, Matthew instantly took back his foot, which was just about to step into the yard. Hewanted to know what Harper would do.
"I will give him a divorce agreement and break up with him for good. Then, we won't ever have anythingto do with each other anymore," Harper said in a cold voice. Although she made it sound like a joke,nobody dared to take it that way.
Seeing the maids all dumbstruck, Harper couldn't help but laugh. "I'm just kidding. You are all sogullible! I have a sense of clear distinction between love and hatred. If I love him, I'll love him with allmy heart. If I don't love him any longer, I'll break up with him peacefully. There won't be any lookingback, which can only hurt both sides."
Nina desperately winked at Harper, trying to give her a sign that Matthew had returned and was rightbehind her. And he seemed to be fuming with anger.
Noticing that Nina kept blinking her eyes, Harper asked innocently, "Nina, what's the matter? Is theresomething in your eye? Listen, you must remember what I said. If Barry dares to take a concubine, youhave to castrate him, understand? If you can't do it, just tell me and I'll have someone do that for you."
Hearing this loud and clear, Barry cast Harper a cold glare. 'You will suffer from your own words. You'resowing discord between me and Nina. Just wait and see. Very soon, His Highness is going to punishyou!' he thought to himself.
Forsythia forced a cough to let Harper know that Matthew was right behind her.
However, Harper shifted her gaze toward Forsythia and asked, "Forsythia, do you have a sore throat?Have you caught a cold? Let me check your pulse. I'm sure I can cure you with just one set ofmedicines."
At this point, Forsythia couldn't take it anymore. She said, "Your Highness, I'm all right. I don't need totake any medicine. But judging from the look on His Highness's face, I guess he would not be cured byonly one set of medicines. I wish you luck."
As soon as she said those words, Forsythia quickly slipped away like a loach. Nina and Anabel ranaway too, leaving Harper by herself. After blinking her eyes, Harper hastily poured a cup of tea, turnedaround, and handed it over to Matthew with both hands. "Welcome back, darling. Are you thirsty? Here,have some tea."
But Matthew didn't accept the cup of tea. Instead, he asked in a menacing tone, "Are you going to giveme a divorce agreement?"
"Your Highness, are you going to take a concubine?" Harper curiously asked.
"I said I would never take any concubine!"
"Have you fallen in love with another woman?"
"I am a devoted husband!"
"That's it. You haven't fallen in love with any other woman, nor are you going to take any concubine.With that, how could I give you a divorce agreement? Of course I will live happily with you as always!"Harper placed the cup of tea by his mouth. "Have some tea, darling. You must have had a hard time inthe imperial court session. I have asked the chef to prepare your favorite dishes as a reward for you."
In just the blink of an eye, the darkness on Matthew's face disappeared completely. Seeing that, Barryhelplessly covered his face with his hands, thinking that there was no cure for what Prince Matthewhad.