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Chapter 738 Became The King's Son-in-law (Part Two)
Harper smiled slightly and said, "Rumor has it that Luther seldom makes friends with courtiers. But theway he treated us seemed way too hospitable."
"This aroused your suspicion?"
"Wasn't it more than enough?" Harper raised her voice. "If this wasn't a sufficient reason, what elsecould be? Sending someone to keep a watch on us or deliberately trying to cast a bone between us?"
Her answer amused Matthew. With a smile, he held Harper into his arms and said, "I thought you hadno doubts on him. But now I am surprised to know that you began suspecting him right after our firstmeeting with him."
The moment Harper met Luther, she subconsciously felt that there was a huge gap between Luther'sperformance and the hearsay. He had been overenthusiastic in front of them. A man who had beenpromoted step by step based on his military merits would never have spent so much effort to pleasethem. He must have had some other intentions. Now it became evident to them that Luther was just asecret pawn of Francis.
"I have no choice but to admire Francis!" Harper said. "While in the imperial capital, he had pretendedto be ill to keep away from all sorts of attacks. But in the dark, he established his own power andplotted against his brothers one by one, including Lucas. Maybe if he hadn't been so ruthless, and withan additional stroke of luck, he would have become the emperor of the Bright Dynasty.
"He would never be the emperor of the Bright Dynasty!" Matthew declared firmly.
"Why?"
"Because I wouldn't allow that to happen. He stepped on my bottom line. How dare he attempt to takeyou away from me?! He should pay for what he had done to you. The moment he made use of you and
attacked you, he lost the throne of the Bright Dynasty forever." While he spoke, there was a murderousinstinct flashing across his eyes. If Francis only wanted the throne or if he wanted to eliminate all hisbrothers, Matthew wouldn't have cared much about it. But Francis went too far as to cast his greedyeyes on his woman.
Harper tilted her head and thought for a while. "Lucas had asked me to give a tight slap to Francis onhis behalf the moment I saw him. However, it wouldn't be that easy for me to slap the husband of theprincess of the South Kingdom."
"Go ahead! If you can't do it alone, I'll help you," Matthew said angrily. "If you think you'd be loweringyour dignity by slapping him, you can let Jack do it. I believe Jack wishes to skin him alive."
"One day Jack asked me for a poison that could make people beg for death. It seemed that he wants todeal with Francis desperately." Harper suddenly felt pity for Francis. She couldn't imagine the horrorsthat Francis would encounter if he fell prey to Jack. But she believed that she would be very muchimpressed by Jack's means of torturing Francis.
Matthew smiled as he knew very well that Jack's mind was drowned in grudge and revenge againstFrancis.
"But speaking of this, I haven't seen Jason around," Harper said as she suddenly remembered thisfellow disciple of hers. Right after he assisted Francis' escape, Jason too had disappeared just likethat. She asked, "Will he also be in the capital of the South Kingdom?"
"Not necessarily," Matthew answered after thinking for a while. "Although Jason had been on goodterms with Francis, he is unlikely to collude with the enemy and betray the Bright Dynasty. So my guessis that he has broken up with Francis. But I don't know where he is now. Maybe he too has come to thecapital of the South Kingdom, waiting to watch the Worship Ceremony."
"I heard that the Holy Maiden of the South Kingdom is a top beauty, and she is even more beautifulthan Princess Diana, the daughter of King Lance. It is said that she enjoys a higher position in theminds of common people. If Jason really likes beauties, perhaps there isn't any better place for him togo than the South Kingdom," Harper said with a smirk. "I wonder which one of them would be morecharming to Jason, the Holy Maiden of the South Kingdom or Francis? If the Holy Maiden is lesscharming than Francis, I'm afraid Jason would not pass his affection to somebody else."
All of a sudden, Matthew got reminded by Harper's words, and something clicked in his mind. "I heardthat when you were at the Imperial Palace earlier, you showed the largesse to draw the thirty-sixpeaches-sharing skills for Jason. According to what I heard, it looked erotic with complete postures,and maybe even comparable to porn drawings…"
A cold shiver ran down Harper's spine. Judging from Matthew's tone, she could tell that he was up tosomething. She anticipated some danger, so she denied without further thinking, "No, no, no. I didn't. Ijust thought about satirizing Jason through some drawings. I drew nothing that had sexual meanings."
"Really?"
"Trust me. I'm serious!" Harper almost vowed to Matthew. She was worried that if he found out aboutthe thirty-six peaches-sharing skills she had drawn were more pornographic than porn drawings, hewould punish her in a raptured manner.novelbin
Matthew seemed to believe what she said, which made Harper breathe a sigh of relief silently.However, before she could completely relax her vigil, she heard Matthew say, "Anyway, I've toldsomeone to grab the thirty-six peaches-sharing skills collection from Jason. In a few days, I will knowwhat you have drawn."
Hearing Matthew, Harper almost felt like her brain had burst out. Looking at him, she could do nothingbut giggle, "They are just a few drawings. You need not take them so seriously."
"That's because my wife has drawn none for me, but has drawn thirty-six of them for him. I don't haveany problem in admitting that I'm jealous of him. So, I have decided to snatch all of them and leavenone to him." Matthew sounded pretty serious.
"How about if I draw for you as many as you want?" Harper asked in an adulatory manner. She waswholeheartedly ready to satisfy him as long as he didn't mention about the thirty-six peaches-sharingskills.
"Okay, but I will still have a look at them."