Female Novel
Chapter 712 No One Shall Be Allowed To Leave (Part Two)
With an innocent smile on her face, Harper said, "I've been poisoned? When did it happen? I didn'teven realize it."
"I smeared poison on the empress' robe I gave you yesterday," Francis said as he looked at Harper,feeling quite sorry for her in his heart. "I knew Uncle Matthew would surely show up today, so I came upwith such a plan just in case."
Matthew didn't utter a single word and simply stared at Harper. Harper then took a step toward Francisand asked him, "What do you want?"
"I want you to leave with me," Francis said, still not willing to give up. A sensible person should knowclearly how to make a decision between dying or leaving with him. "Let Uncle Matthew become thenew emperor. To tell you the truth, the throne isn't really what I've always wanted."
"He has no interest in the throne," Harper stated, slowly walking toward Francis. Seeing this, Kenfrowned slightly and held the sword tighter, as if he was unsure whether he should put it away orcontinue pointing it at Francis' neck.
Gently pushing Ken's sword away, Harper said, "General Ken, the sword is too sharp. You should becareful. You might injure me."
Before making a decision, Ken looked at Matthew. Seeing that Matthew didn't say anything or showany sign of being against it, he immediately drew back his sword and took a step back.novelbin
"Uncle Matthew, do you really have no interest in the throne?" Francis asked in curiosity. When he sawHarper stand in front of him, he instantly understood what her decision was going to be. Matthew didn'tdare to stop her, because he didn't want to risk her life. However, there was no way he was going togive up so easily. "Lucas is inferior to you in terms of both prestige and ability. If you ascend the throne
and become the emperor, the Bright Dynasty would be capable of competing against the Great JadeKingdom. On the other hand, if Lucas ascends the throne..."
When Lucas heard that, his face became overcast. He knew that he would be no match for Rolando atall. Rolando was another rare genius in the world, a match for Matthew. What Francis said did makeperfect sense. If Matthew became the emperor of the Bright Dynasty, no one would dare to invade theBright Dynasty. That was because Matthew was different from all of the previous emperors in thehistory of the Bright Dynasty, for he was a man who didn't know how to give in. He would not attackanybody who was friendly to him, but he would always retaliate at any cost when he was attacked.
"I told you that I have no interest in the throne. Hand over the antidote," Matthew ordered, his faceturning dark. Malicious killing intent flashed across his eyes.
As a smile crept onto his face, Francis calmly said, "Uncle Matthew, if I give you the antidote right now,how are you going to let me go? I know your abilities quite well. It wouldn't be difficult for you to kill meunless I have some bargain chips in my hands."
"It's good that you are aware of my abilities. Before I want to cut you into pieces, hand over theantidote!"
Stretching out his hand, Francis grabbed Harper's arm and took her to step backward. "Once I'm surethat I'm safe, I'll give you the antidote..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the clear sound of a sharp blade piercing into the flesh suddenlycame through. Then, Francis lowered his head to have a look in utter disbelief. With a faint smile on herface, Harper looked at the grief-stricken Francis. Without so much as a hint of mercy, she pushed thedagger deeper into his body.
"Has anyone ever told you that I am a woman who will seek revenge for the smallest grievance?"Harper whispered right into Francis' ear. "I've told you before. If you dare to lay a finger on my man, I
will never let you go so easily."
Francis opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. At first, he had thought that the reason whyHarper stabbed him was because he had poisoned her. However, she had made it very clear that herreason was because he had taken action against Matthew. Now, Matthew was here safe and sound,but she still didn't hesitate to kill him at all.
"You... Don't you want to get the antidote?" Francis asked. At that moment, it was too painful tobreathe. The one person he had loved so deeply gave him a fatal blow right when he was caught up inthe most difficult situation.
At that moment, Harper wore such a bright and lovely smile, which made her look like a beautifulflower. But in Francis' eyes, she seemed so cold that he felt as though his blood could freeze due to thecoldness.
"I guess you weren't aware that I'm immune to all kinds of poisons," Harper explained, still wearing thevibrant smile on her face. "Up to now, no poison has been able to poison me. At least I have yet to findone."
After saying that, Harper suddenly pulled out the dagger, leaving the blood to splash all over her, butshe didn't seem to care at all. It was only then that Francis released his grip on Harper's hand andstumbled back, looking extremely heartbroken. He had thought that Harper at least liked him a little.Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have tried her best to cure him.
"Harper, don't you like me even just a little?" Francis asked, clearly in so much pain while covering hiswound with his hands. In his mind, he couldn't help wondering how Harper could bear stabbing him ifshe liked him even just a little.
"No, not at all!" Harper said in a rather cold tone, her eyes devoid of any affection for him whatsoever. "Ihave wanted to kill you ever since you applied Terminalia Chebula to me."
Francis staggered backwards in astonishment, as if he couldn't believe that Harper had been wantingto kill him from such a long time ago. Despite her killing intent, she had remained composed and hadn'tshown any sign of her real intention in front of him. In fact, the only time she had expressed her angerwas when he said he wanted to make her his empress.
"You are so good at acting!"
"Compared to you, I actually am ashamed of my inferiority to you when it comes to acting."
"Francis!" Jason broke free from Fred's clutches and ran to Francis immediately to support him. As heglared at Harper, he wanted to give her a talking-to so bad, but he couldn't say a word. After all, Harpersimply did what she wanted to do. Since Francis and he had framed her up over and over again, howcould he blame her for wanting to exact revenge on them? "Let's go!" he said.
"No one shall be allowed to leave. Leave Jason who's already at his dying breath and kill all therest."