Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 723 Suitable For Marriage (Part One)

Harper was puzzled for a moment seeing Becky Liu, the chief guard of the Secret Pavilion on themission. 'Why would the woman guarding the Secret Pavilion come with us?' she wondered.

She gave a glance at Matthew that seemed to ask why Becky Liu would come with them to the SouthKingdom.

Matthew glanced at Becky Liu for a second, and then said in a low voice, "She was afraid thatsomething might be wrong with the thing you took away. So, in order to monitor you, she will follow youwherever you go."

"Did Lucas agree to this?" What an excuse! Even if Becky Liu were to follow her everywhere, Harperwas confident that she wouldn't be able to take the tripod back.

"He was too tired of her badgering that he agreed." Matthew put down the curtain of the carriage andheld Harper in his arms. "It's a long way to the South Kingdom. You'd better get some rest at thebeginning of our trip when the road is smooth. The road will be bumpy later on. It would be difficult foryou to sleep then, even if you want to."novelbin

Resting her head on Matthew's lap, Harper gazed at his face. He was reading a book on strategy. Shefelt he looked even more handsome while they were alone and he didn't put on the poker face. Shewas absorbed in looking at his angular face and could not help laughing.

Hearing her giggle, he looked down and asked, "What's so funny?"

"People always say that you're as hard as the ice on a snowy mountain peak, too difficult to melt evenafter thousands of years. But I don't think so. I think you are so good-looking that I feel fascinated byyou. I'm so glad that I have such a man as my husband," Harper said with a smile.

With a glimmer of mischief flashing in Matthew's eyes, he pinched her face and said, "You're so good atflattering me. But it's weird that every time you flatter me, I feel that you want something from me."

Harper widened her eyes, "Nonsense! I don't know what you are talking about."

"Think about it. You have commended me a few times earlier and every time you did that, you wantedsomething. Don't you remember?" Matthew asked slowly.

It seemed that Matthew was telling the truth. She had always flaunted Matthew on purpose every timeshe wanted something from him.

"Today it's not the same!" Harper said. "I might have done something like that in the past, but I don'thave any intention this time. I praised you sincerely out of my heart."

"Really?" Hearing that, Matthew raised his eyebrows. "So does that mean that you have never praisedme sincerely?" he asked.

The expression on Harper's face changed suddenly. She felt as if she had dug a hole and buriedherself in it. So she just yawned and said, "I'm tired. Let me have some rest."

Matthew pinched her chin and said, "No way! If you don't make it clear now, I will…"

"What would you do?" Harper opened her eyes and asked. She didn't know what Matthew intended todo, but she wasn't afraid of it either. She knew that Matthew wouldn't do anything that would hurt her.The most likely thing he would do was to scold her a bit, and it wasn't a big deal for her.

With a slight smile on his face, he responded, "I haven't decided what to do. It will take us about twentydays to reach the South Kingdom. Well, should I do you a favor so that you can have a good rest, andwouldn't even need to show up in front of other people for the forthcoming days?"

Harper went blank and asked, "What do you mean?"

Putting down the book in his hands, he undressed himself. Harper was stunned to see this. She quicklyheld his hand, and asked again, "What are you doing?"

"I will punish you," he said and continued to unknot his waistband.

"Stop!" Matthew's action scared her a bit. She knew what he meant and what he intended to do. Butthey were in a carriage, and there were soldiers and officials around. Although she didn't worry muchabout her reputation, she didn't want others to portray her as a dissolute woman either. "Matthew, allthe compliments I said before are truly from my heart. However, it just happened that I needed somefavors as well. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry," Harper said in a serious tone, holding his hand.

"So you admit the fact that the reason you complimented me is that you wanted something from me?"Looking at the worried look on Harper's face, Matthew was delighted. But still, he maintained a straightface, and said, "In that case, I still need to punish you."

"Okay, okay. I have made some mistakes, and I'm sorry for it. Are you still not willing to forgive me?"She enjoyed spending time with Matthew in the carriage, but didn't want to have sex with him in it,especially in the daytime. There were people around the carriage, and she was sure that they couldsense what was happening inside. No matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't let that happen.

"Fine. You should keep telling me something nice. If I'm satisfied with it, I'll forgive you," he said in aserious tone, leaning against the carriage and looking at his wife.

Harper rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you mean it? Will you really forgive me as long as I saysomething nice?"

"Yes."

"As long as you forgive me, I will say something nice to you every day."

"Say it and then we'll see." Matthew was wild with joy deep inside, but he didn't ease up on his sternlook. He thought about the sweet words Harper would say to make him happy.

Kneeling on the seat, Harper leaned toward him slightly. Then, she looked at him affectionately with asmile. Her red lips slightly opened, and each word seemed to have lingered over the tip of her tonguebefore she said it. The first sentence, however, almost made Matthew lose control of himself.