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Chapter 799 The Queen Of The South Kingdom (Part One)
Fred had created so much noise inside the Imperial Palace of the South Kingdom that it drew theattention of many people. Even the queen of the South Kingdom, who was leading her life in seclusion,had also come out of her palace. Her appearance out of her palace after so many years had takeneveryone by surprise.
"Your Majesty!" everyone called out in disbelief.
Harper followed the direction of the crowd's gaze until her eyes met a dignified woman dressed in awhite robe. The woman walked towards them slowly and gracefully. She had a forgiving look on herface. She looked at Catherine and asked, "Catherine, what are you doing?"
"Mo... mother..." Catherine called out, shocked to see her mother outside after so many years. Thequeen of the South Kingdom had not come out of her palace for many years. The last time she wasseen outside her palace was when Catherine had become the Holy Maiden. Since Catherine lived inthe Starry Palace, the empress had closed the doors of her palace to the rest of the world.
The queen came forward and looked at Fred who seemed to be on a rampage to kill everyone whocame in his way. A frown appeared on her calm and placid forehead as she said, "Sir, please stop."
However, Fred turned a deaf ear to her. The queen then turned to the woman who was drinking teacalmly, but she could not see her face properly as someone stood in front of her. Yet, she addressedher and requested politely, "Can you ask your man to stop, please?"
"Stop it, Fred," Harper ordered in a lazy tone. "If you don't stop right away, you will face severeconsequences."
Fred put his sword down but he was still seething in rage and fighting his impulse to hurl the sword athis enemies. The queen heaved a sigh of relief to see Fred stop the killing. Then she looked atCatherine and asked tenderly, "Catherine, when did you come back?"
Catherine opened her mouth to say something but could not utter a word. She remained tongue-tied.The sudden appearance of her mother who was still untouched by the muck of conspiracy thatCatherine had dived so deep in, made it very difficult for her to reply to even the most simple questionasked by her mother. Catherine just lowered her head in silence.
The queen looked around and asked, "I don't see Diana here. Where is she?"
Catherine's face changed a bit. She finally managed to reply, "She hasn't come back yet."
"Oh, I see. She must have gone out to have fun again. Catherine, you are the elder sister. You have alot of responsibilities and must be working very hard," the queen said and smiled lovingly at her elderdaughter. Her smile exuded the confidence that her daughter had grown up to be a responsiblemember of the royal family and must be guiding the people of the kingdom in the capacity of the HolyMaiden. At the same time, she must be looking after her father and younger sister. Then, the queenturned to Harper and said courteously, "It's so nice to have a guest in our palace today. Where do youcome from, if I may ask? And also, why did you instigate your man to do mass killing inside ourpalace?"
Harper signaled Zorro to move to the side so that she could come face to face with the queen. Then,with her chin resting on one of her hands, she replied with a fake smile, "Well, I'm afraid you have toask your daughter about that. Please ask what she had done to me and your husband. Oh, for yourinformation, your husband is bedridden after being infected by some life-threatening venomous insectpoison. He can't even move his limbs."
The complacent look on the face of the queen seemed to be disappearing. She turned to look atCatherine with a frown. Catherine felt guilty and lowered her head to avoid eye contact with her mother.Catherine's silence was self-explanatory. The queen did not doubt that Harper was telling the truth. Shedid not probe Catherine any further. Instead, she walked to Harper and said, "Lady..."
But as soon as the queen got a clear view of Harper's face, she got startled. She froze on the spot as ifshe was struck by lightning. She stood there staring at Harper's face. She was unable to move, and hereyes were full of shock, excitement, and incredulity.
"Mother, are you all right?" Catherine was baffled by such an unusual reaction of her mother.
After a few moments, without removing her eyes from Harper, the queen said in a trembling voice,"Catherine, order all the people here to leave."novelbin
"No, Mother, I can't leave you alone with this woman. She is up to no good..." Catherine protested.
"I order you to get everyone out of here!" the queen shouted. It was the first time she had spoken toCatherine in such a serious tone. Although Catherine hated Lance and Diana, she was still veryrespectful to her mother. Therefore, she waved her hand and beckoned everyone to leave.
Harper also motioned her men to leave. Fred, on the other hand, stood behind her looking at everyonewith a ferocious look in his eyes. At the moment, he was like an angry lion ready to pounce on themonce he was set free.
"Who are you? Can... can you tell me your mother's name?" The queen spoke in a very gentle andwarm manner as if she was a next-door neighbor.
"My mother's last name is Qin," Harper replied politely.
"Her last name is Qin!" the queen repeated after she raised her eyebrows. Seemingly, she tried tosuppress her excitement. Harper's mother's last name was Qin, which meant that Harper was adescendant of the Qin Clan!
"Judging from your dressing style, you seem to be married. Whose is your husband?" the queenprobed in a soft voice as if she wanted to know everything of Harper.
"His last name is Jun," Harper replied to her.
"Oh, you are married to the royal family of the Bright Dynasty?" the queen asked. She raised hereyebrows once again and added, "Who is it, if I may know?"
"Prince Matthew," Harper replied in a flat tone. "What? Haven't the Holy Maiden told you everything? Ithought she must have updated you about all this."
"I haven't been out of my palace for ten years. I know very little about what is going on outside mypalace. Catherine is the Holy Maiden and she seldom comes back from the Starry Palace. My husbandand Diana often come to see me, but they never mention anything that's going on outside. So, myknowledge about the recent happenings in the South Kingdom is very limited, leave aside people whocome from outside," the queen confessed candidly. Then she walked close to Harper and asked with abig smile, "Would you like to have a cup of tea with me?"
"Yeah. But I am afraid that the Holy Maiden will be unhappy about it," Harper teased as she looked atCatherine's twisted face from the corner of her eye. "After all, the Holy Maiden of the South Kingdommay have other plans. Your husband is bedridden at the moment, and the other princess of the SouthKingdom has also been forced to hide from being murdered. This is not a good time for tea."
"Well, can I invite you to have tea with me after three days?" the queen proposed again. She did notwant to give up so easily. If not today, then three days later. At least, in this way, she would get anopportunity to talk to Harper.