Female Novel
Chapter 737 Became The King's Son-in-law (Part One)
Harper had thought that the envoy team would take another couple of days to reach the capital of theSouth Kingdom. But to her surprise, the team arrived just one day later than she did. Moreover, afterthe team entered the capital, Becky immediately found her.
Becky stood face to face with her and gave her an angry stare. Looking at the angry face of thewoman, Harper said nothing. She was calm and collected and just stared back at Becky.
"Here you are! You are really something, Your Highness! You have made your arrival at the capital ofthe South Kingdom so early! I thought you would die of a poisonous insect or snake bite!" Becky was ina terrible mood. To catch up with Harper and Matthew, she pressurized the envoy team to hurry on withtheir journey overnight, so they could reach the capital sooner.
After taking a sip of tea leisurely, Harper broke her silence. "Sorry to disappoint you. Those poisonousinsects and snakes were afraid of me and didn't dare to attack me."
"Humph!" Becky snorted and ignored Harper as she found a place to sit down. As soon as she satdown, there was a noise from outside. However, she was still angry with Harper since the latter hadgotten rid of her, so she didn't pay attention to the noise.
On the other hand, Harper was just standing by the window, casually watching the ceremonialprocession passing by down the stairs. When the wind blew the curtain of the sedan chair, Harper sawthe people sitting inside—it was Francis, who had fled away from the imperial capital of the BrightDynasty.
"His Majesty's son-in-law looks so handsome." People downstairs kept talking amongst themselvesabout the person in the sedan chair.
Harper was shocked to hear their talks. If Francis had become Lance's son-in-law, then which princessdid he marry? Could it be Diana?
"Our princess is so beautiful, and her husband is so handsome. The two of them make a perfectcouple. Her Highness remained single for so many years, and now she finally chose a husband shetruly loves. That's something great."
Overhearing the people downstairs, Harper couldn't help but look at Francis with fresh eyes. When thesituation was not good for him, he would yield. Now, to get the support of the South Kingdom, he didn'thesitate to marry Diana.
"He is really something!" Harper said in an ironic tone. Becky, who had been sulking over alone, hadalso walked to the side of the window and cast her greedy eyes on the person in the sedan chair. Theaffection reflected in her eyes was completely caught by Harper.
Matthew made no comment on what Francis had done. Deep in his heart, he knew that Francis was afierce and powerful person. He was flexible, cunning and ruthless. When he fled away from the imperialcapital of the Bright Dynasty, not even once did he care about Sherry, his mother. Lucas had orderedSherry to commit suicide after he took the throne and became the new emperor.
Suddenly, the curtain of the sedan chair was opened. Francis looked out and his sight fell precisely onHarper. There was a stream of emotions flowing through his eyes, which Harper couldn't understand,and neither did she want to understand. She just looked at Francis coldly, as if they were strangers.There was no trace of affection in her eyes or on her face.novelbin
Contrarily, Becky blushed instantly at the sight of Francis' gaze. Seeing this, Harper smiled, knowingthat Becky was really in love with Francis. If it weren't for Becky's help, Francis wouldn't have possiblyescaped from the Imperial Palace in the first place. When she saw that the man she loved and whomshe had helped wholeheartedly had now turned out to be the husband of a princess of the SouthKingdom, she didn't look angry but grateful. Harper really couldn't understand what she was thinking.
"Hey, don't you think the princess' husband is quite charming?" Harper asked in a low voice.
As soon as she heard Harper's question, Becky suddenly came back to her senses. Shifting her gazeto Harper, she said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh dear, you really don't understand what I am talking about?" Harper asked with a forced smile."Who would have expected this? Prince Francis of the Bright Dynasty is now the husband of PrincessDiana of the South Kingdom. After all, Diana used to be Prince Hoffman's woman. Does it mean thatthe two brothers shared the same wife?"
"Shut up!" Becky angrily yelled at Harper. "Your Highness, you may be Prince Matthew's wife, but thatdoesn't mean that you can talk any nonsense!"
Harper snorted at her. "You know very well about this nonsense. Maybe the relationship between Dianaand Hoffman was unknown to many, but you were more than aware of it, right?"
Of course Becky knew it. All the records maintained in the Secret Pavilion were about secrets unknownto the public. So she was aware of the dubious relationship between Diana and Hoffman. Sheunderstood that Diana was not the best choice for Francis, and neither did she like Francis to beDiana's husband. But she thought it was okay as long as Francis liked Diana.
Since she didn't want to argue with Harper, Becky turned around and left. Now that she saw Franciswith her own eyes, she was finally relieved. That person was indeed telling the truth to her. Francis wasfine, though he didn't fit the identity of Diana's husband.
As soon as Becky left, Harper's face darkened. Looking at the receding procession, she said,"Something is wrong with Luther."
"Why do you say that?" Matthew asked in a flat tone. In fact, he too knew that Luther was questionable.That was the reason he had transferred Shawn to the south domain for help. He had done that as a
backup, but what totally surprised him was that all the three commanders of the Bright Dynasty in thesouth domain were disloyal to Lucas.
"Francis has become Lance's son-in-law now," Harper sneered. Luther had already met Francis, but hedidn't mention it to the couple that Francis had married a princess of the South Kingdom. But why didn'the reveal it to them? There could be just one reason for it and that was because he was helpingFrancis to hide the truth from the couple.
"This helps you in confirming that there's something wrong with Luther, right?" Matthew asked with asmile. "But I am sure that you must have suspected him much earlier."