Female Novel
Chapter 705 Need No Reason (Part One)
It was the evening before the new emperor's enthronement day. Francis brought the empress's robe toHarper in person, and demanded her to try it on.
Harper took a glance at the robe lazily, and said, "I don't need to try it."
"Well, how do you know if it will suit you if you don't try it?" Francis asked in a low and gentle voice."Try it, please. If it's not suiting you, we still have time to get it modified."
"Don't you know whether it is suitable or not?" Harper said as she leisurely placed the black and whitestones on the Go board. "It doesn't matter whether the robe is suitable or not, but what matters iswhether the person is suitable."
Francis sat down opposite to Harper and said, "You want to play Go now? Here, I will play with you."
"Don't move!" Harper exclaimed, pushing away his hand from the board. Then she continued to placethe black and white stones on the board in a seemingly irregular manner. However, Francis knew thatHarper differed greatly from ordinary women. Whatever she did, there would be an underlying purposein it.
Francis didn't get angry because of her attitude. He just sat there and watched her playing with thestones. Seeing the layout of the black and white stones on the board, he became very curious. "Whatsituation are you trying to create? It seems that there is no way out."
"Yes, you're right. There is no way out." Harper looked at the black and white stones that she hadplaced in their positions with her cold eyes. "Can you find a way out?"
Francis analyzed the situation carefully. He couldn't find a way out. It was a game of complete deadend.
"Harper, I see no way out."
Hearing that, she smiled, picked up a stone and placed it in a position. Immediately more than half ofthe stones on the board got killed and removed. Francis shook his head at her move. "You have thrownyourself into ruin by this move. More than half of your stones are killed."
Harper didn't respond, but continued with the game and placed one more stone on the board. As aresult, the situation on the board became instantly clear. The black stones, for which there had been noway out just now, suddenly faced an optimistic situation. However, this way of surviving succeeded atthe price of great losses, which was like the miserable and heavy loss of the wrist of a strong soldier.novelbin
"You left no room for maneuver or route for escape, so that you finally found a way out. But you have tosuffer great losses as the price. Don't you think it's not that worthy?" Francis picked up a white stoneand slowly put it down on the board, beginning to chase after the black stones. Soon, Harper placedone more black stone on the board. Surprisingly, the advantage of the white stones disappearedcompletely.
Francis was dumbfounded to see the sudden change in the situation. After all, the white stones hadbeen in obvious advantage just a moment before. But, as soon as the black stones took the risk andmade their next two moves, the white stones were put on the path to ruin. What a dramatic inversion!
"Sometimes, what you see with your eyes may not be true necessarily," Harper said, taking over theteacup from the maid and placing it in front of Francis. "Take this game of Go as an example. You feltthat it would be an easy win for you, but you lost miserably."
"Harper, are you implying something?" Francis asked with a gentle smile, concealing his surprise.
Harper really admired Francis' ability of self-deception. "Do you want to take a bet with me?" sheasked.
"So what are we going to bet on?" Francis asked curiously.
"That if I can overtly leave the Imperial Palace tomorrow," Harper said slowly. "Do you think I will beable to walk safely out of the Imperial Palace in Matthew's absence?"
With a tender smile, Francis said, "Yes, I believe that. If you wish to leave the Imperial Palace, just tellme. I am ready to go out with you."
Harper stood up and turned her back on Francis. "It's already too late. Francis, I think you should goback."
Francis remained unmoved, staring at the empress's robe. He had imagined for countless times howHarper would look when she wore such a beautiful wedding dress. The red robe for the new empresslooked gorgeous. Even though he could see her wearing it tomorrow, he couldn't wait any longer andwanted to see her wearing it now.
"You haven't tried on the empress's robe yet."
Harper glanced at the red robe on the table and didn't move. She never liked such an aggressive color,not even on her wedding day. She had worn such a red dress on her wedding day with Matthew. At thattime, she only thought that it was her opportunity to leave the Chu Clan for her own good. She didn'tdislike Matthew, even though the marriage had been granted by the late emperor. When she recallednow, she realized that she didn't observe carefully how she looked in her wedding dress.
Harper stretched out her hand and touched the red robe for the new empress. She said, "When Imarried Matthew, I thought finally I could leave the hell called Chu Clan and no longer had to stay witha group of hypocritical, ferocious and vicious family members. I was eager to marry Matthew and enterhis mansion as soon as possible. Even though I knew that I could only be a puppet, I was not hesitantat all."
Francis' eyes dimmed. "But you fell in love with him later."
Nodding her head, Harper said, "Yes, I am now used to his way of life and his care for me. Without himaround me, I always feel empty. When I married him, I had impure motives. I wonder if he'll feeldistressed once he knows that."
"Uncle Matthew is a proud man. He will certainly be mad if he knows that." Francis knew pretty wellabout Matthew. What Matthew hated the most was betrayal. The reason Harper had married him wasnot pure, which could be described as a betrayal. But technically, it wasn't a betrayal. After all, themarriage was granted by the late emperor.
"Forsythia, help me try the clothes on," Harper ordered. Finally, she agreed to try on the empress'srobe. During her marriage to Matthew, she had not paid attention to how she looked in her weddingdress. She thought, 'Matthew, where are you now? Why haven't you come back yet? I'll wear awedding dress for you once again, and this time I'll concentrate on you with no distractions. I'll only beyour wife in my lifetime.'