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Chapter 824 Betrothal Presents (Part Two)
Harper took a glance at the female matchmaker behind Barry and said with a smile, "The betrothalpresents are ready?"
"Yes. Your Highness, please have a look," Barry said while he handed a box that he had been holdingto Harper. She stretched out her hands to take it. To her surprise, the box was so heavy that she almostdropped it.
"It seems like you came from a very wealthy family," Harper teased him. She opened the box and sawseveral deeds for different lands, some banknotes, a few pieces of jewelry, and some gold and silveringots. She figured that Barry must have kept all the rewards that Matthew gave him.
Barry's face looked a little bit red. "Your Highness, will these be enough?" he nervously asked.
With the box in her hands, Harper walked towards her house and called out, "Anabel!"
"Your Highness, I'm here."
"Go and ask Nina to come here."
"Yes, Your Highness," Anabel answered while she immediately left with so much excitement to look forNina. For quite a while, Barry had been standing at the gate of the Phoenix House with a matchmakerby his side. So everyone knew that he was there to give the betrothal presents.
When the matchmaker entered the receiving room, she began her job. She smiled brightly and said toHarper, "Your Highness, Guard Barry is a handsome man, and Miss Nina is very beautiful. They're aperfect couple made by God. Guard Barry said that in his lifetime, he wouldn't want to marry anybodyelse unless it's Nina, so I hope you can fulfill their wish and allow them to get married."
With a calm smile, Harper knocked on the box with her fingers. For a while, she didn't utter a singleword. Upon seeing that, the matchmaker couldn't tell what decision Harper would make, so shenovelbin
couldn't do anything but awkwardly smile and stand aside. She thought to herself, 'Lady Harper is atough nut to crack. It seems like things won't go that smoothly today.'
When Nina finally came into the room, she briefly glanced at Barry before bowing to Harper. She thengreeted her, "Your Highness."
"Nina, Barry is here to give you his betrothal presents. He says that he wants to marry you. He hasquite a lot of wealth, including a house in the imperial capital, several country houses, and a number ofbanknotes. Although there are only a few pieces of jewelry, it doesn't matter that much. I called youhere today because I want to ask for your opinion. Do you love him?" Harper asked Nina seriouslywhile her eyes were fixed on her.
Nina immediately blushed so she lowered her head. In fact, she didn't know how to answer thequestion.
"Nina, please answer Her Highness," Barry encouraged her despite his anxiety. He was afraid thatHarper wouldn't agree to their marriage if Nina were to say that she didn't love him.
Finally, Nina raised her head to take a look at Barry before she shifted her eyes to Harper. Then shenodded her head firmly and stated with determination, "Your Highness, yes, I do love him."
"So, are you willing to marry him, live the rest of your life with him, share the joys and sorrows witheach other, and never give up on each other, no matter what will happen?" Harper asked in a verygentle voice, devoid of any judgment. But everyone who heard her couldn't help but feel a littleintimidated.
"Yes, I am willing to do all of that with Barry."
"That's great," Harper remarked. Then she shifted her eyes back to Barry and asked, "Barry, if Idemand that once you marry Nina, you can never have a concubine in this lifetime and you can't
divorce her unless she made a huge mistake, will you still choose to marry her?"
"Yes!" Barry immediately answered without the least bit of hesitation. He then added, "Nina's place inmy heart is too big to accommodate any other woman. Please believe me when I say that I don't reallywant to marry anyone else."
"If someone forces you to have a concubine, what will you do?"
"I will never concede!"
"You will never concede even if it's Prince Matthew who will force you to do so?" Harper asked withutmost seriousness while staring at him intently. She wanted to know if Barry had the ability to resistpeople with power.
"His Highness is my master. I wouldn't dare to disobey his orders. But I won't let Nina down either. Insuch a case, I wouldn't be able to do anything but take my own life to show both my loyalty to HisHighness and faithfulness to Nina," Barry responded with determination after thinking about it for awhile.
With a smile that almost reached her ears, Harper said, "Go and ask the steward to come here."
Noah came in a hurry. "What can I do for you, Your Highness?" he asked.
"Barry doesn't have any family member. I guess nobody is taking care of his own house outside of themansion. You can select some people to go to his house and help him clean and decorate his house.And choose a lucky day for the two of them so they can get married as soon as possible."
"Barry is going to get married. Congratulations!" Noah said while his eyes narrowed to form a smile. Hethen turned to Harper and asked, "Your Highness, I have just read the almanac earlier. Tomorrow isactually an auspicious day. How about they get married tomorrow?"
For a while, it looked like Harper was thinking very deeply. Tomorrow, there would be a ceremony in theKong Clan mansion to celebrate the birth of Jabari, which she had to attend. However, the ceremonywouldn't take place until noon, so there wouldn't be a conflict in time. With such thoughts in mind, shesaid, "That's great. Get everything ready as soon as possible. Make sure that it will be a perfectwedding ceremony."
"Yes, Your Highness. I will prepare for everything right away." Noah then left in a hurry, just like he hadcome right then. Meanwhile, Barry felt a little dizzy. The wedding was going to be held much soonerthan he had expected, so it all felt surreal to him.
"Your Highness, I haven't prepared the wedding dress for the bride yet—"
"Don't worry. I have already prepared it beforehand. You don't have to worry about it. Just take care ofyourself and prepare to be the bridegroom," Harper said to Barry with a smile.
"Thank you very much, Your Highness. Please allow me to leave."
"Go ahead."
After Barry left, Harper held Nina's hands in hers and said, "I hope you can consider your own familyafter you get married. I have confidence in Barry. He's kind and reliable."
"Yes, Your Highness."
While she was fixing Nina's hair, Harper said, "I have prepared dowries for all of you. Now that you'regoing to be married, it will be their turn in the following days to get married. Later, I'll have someonebring the wedding dress in here for you to try on. You don't need to work today. You just have to wait tobe married."