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Chapter 813 A Successful And Safe Child Birth (Part One)
In the middle of the dinner, the atmosphere suddenly became more tensed. Lucas moved his chaircloser to Zack and asked, "Zack, did I say something wrong?"
"Your Majesty, aren't you hungry?" Zack asked while he stretched out his hand, picked up a chickenleg, and forcibly placed it into Lucas' mouth. After that, he continued, "Eat more and talk less. Or, doyou want to go back to the Imperial Palace to have dinner?"
Desperately shaking his head, Lucas felt quite confused. He didn't think that there was anything wrongwith his question, so he wondered why everyone else was reacting as if he said somethingunforgivable.
"We won't stay in the imperial capital for long. We might actually go to the Wonder Kingdom. Aftermaking a diagnosis and possibly curing Wendy, we'll probably go," Matthew slowly said after beingsilent for quite a while.
"You're going to leave again?" Zack asked, very much surprised to hear this news. He always felt likeas time went by, Harper went farther and farther away from him. It felt as if they were no longer in thesame world. Even though she was sitting right in front of him at that moment, he still felt like she was athousand worlds away.
Raising her head to look at Zack, Harper said, "We have to take a trip to the Wonder Kingdom becausethere's something that I have to do there. But we won't leave before we have settled everything in theimperial capital."
Despite what she said, it still made Zack's heart jump for a second. According to what she said, it couldmean that she was going to leave the Bright Dynasty, not for a short period of time, but for long, orperhaps, she would never come back.
"Will you come back?" Zack couldn't help but ask while staring at Harper with subtle intensity. He knewthat he was just a feeble scholar who couldn't be around her all the time. But he was willing to stay inthe Bright Dynasty's imperial capital just to wait for her, if she were to come back.
"Yes, I will. I just have a lot of things to do. But my home is still here, so of course I'll come back,"Harper firmly said.
Upon hearing that, Zack heaved a sigh of relief. He was glad to hear how much the Bright Dynastymeant to her and more importantly, that he could see her again. Although he didn't know what she wasgoing to do outside of the Bright Dynasty, he thought that it was enough to know that eventually, shewas going back to the imperial capital.
"Young master!" All of a sudden, the door was pushed open and a young man rushed in. "Youngmaster, something happened! Lady Caroline is about to give birth to her baby. The Lord and Lady areon the way to the Kong Clan's mansion. They told me here to inform you of this news."
"Caroline is about to give birth?" Zack asked for confirmation, a little baffled about the sudden news. Atthe same time, he stood up, prepared to leave at any second. Following him, Harper stood up as well."I'll go with you," she said.
"Okay."
The two of them quickly left, while Matthew and Lucas remained to their seats, without moving. Neitherof them said a word. Lucas didn't know what to say, while Matthew didn't even consider whether or nothe should speak at all.
It was not until all the dishes became cold that Lucas asked in a low voice, "Uncle Matthew, are youreally going to leave the Bright Dynasty?"
"Probably," Matthew plainly replied.
"Where are you going?" Lucas didn't know why but he felt somewhat alarmed when he heard Matthewsay that he would leave the Bright Dynasty as soon as he arrived. Matthew was the protector for theBright Dynasty, as his Black Flag Army was invincible. If he left, the military power of the Bright Dynastywould be greatly decreased.
"I don't know yet," Matthew replied while he looked away in the distance.
"Does that mean you won't leave in the near future, Uncle Matthew?" Lucas asked, breathing a sigh ofrelief. He had just ascended the throne, becoming the emperor of the Bright Dynasty. So his positionwas not yet stable. If Matthew left the Bright Dynasty during this time, Lucas would encounter a lot ofproblems moving forward.
"Yes." Matthew placed down his chopsticks since he had lost his appetite. Earlier, he had thought ofgoing with Harper and Zack, but he had given up on the idea. That was because it was improper forhim, an outsider and a male, to be present when a woman was in labor.
Lucas put down his chopsticks as well. He asked, "Will Aunt Harper leave with you?"
"Of course. But before we leave, I will help you clear every obstacle that you currently have or mighthave. In exchange, you have to protect Harper's brother and sister all the time," Matthew answeredwhile playing the ring around his thumb.
"Alexander and Gianna?" Lucas asked in surprise. With Allen's protection, Gianna was certainly safeand in good hands. Alexander was the sworn son of Pearce who cherished his child very much. Itseemed like Harper had made arrangements for her brother and sister a long time ago. Lucas thenwondered if Harper had been planning on leaving since then.
"It's about the Qin Clan!" Lucas immediately uttered his realization. "Have you found out anything aboutthem?"
"Harper and I will probably have to go back to where the Qin Clan started. Anyway, it's getting late. Youshould go back to the Imperial Palace. Some immediate matters require your attention. For example,you don't have an empress yet. All the courtiers must have been thinking about that position. If you'reinterested in someone, you should marry her as soon as possible," Matthew said, changing the topic ofconversation.
Lucas blinked a few times. "Uncle Matthew, I..."
"As an emperor, you have great responsibilities to take care of. I'm sure you understand that eventhough the crown is on your head right now, the imperial harem involves a lot of politics. But if you'recapable enough to impress all the courtiers, the vacancy of the imperial harem will not matter.However, you don't have such capabilities and status yet." He didn't mean to deliberately offend Lucas.On the contrary, he was simply telling him a fact that it wouldn't be easy for him to abolish the imperialharem.
"Uncle Matthew, I won't give up. I don't want the woman I love to live every single day of her life underso many conflicts and conspiracies. I want to be like you, Uncle Matthew. I want to find someone who Ican truly love and spend the rest of my life with," Lucas sincerely stated.
For the first time, Matthew looked at Lucas with eyes full of admiration. "You have a good principle."novelbin
"That's all because you set a good example for me, Uncle Matthew. Speaking of which, I've beenmeaning to ask you. How did you acquire such wisdom and intellect?" Lucas said while raising hiseyebrows.