Female Novel
Chapter 856 A Spectacular Fight Scene (Part Two)
Harper took Rolando's hand and carefully alighted from the carriage as she looked around the bustlingcity. Every capital that she had been in had always been full of life and devoid of fears of war. "Thereare so many people here," she sighed.
"This is the busiest street in here," Rolando said proudly. The two of them then walked side by side.Harper looked bright and lively in her blue-green dress while Rolando looked even more gentle anddashing in his creamy white get-up. The women and girls in the street all stood shocked andmotionless at the sight of Rolando as they fixed their eyes on him. Harper didn't care, however, as shewas busy looking at the stalls on both sides of the street.
"Madam, please take a look. These are not expensive but they are definitely delicate and beautifullymade," a vendor said to Harper excitedly as soon as she came upon his stall. He handed a butterfly-shaped hairpin to Harper and said, "This hairpin is perfect for your dress today."
Harper took over the hairpin from him and examined it closely. The more she looked at it, the more sherealized how much she liked it. Indeed, it was cheap but exquisitely made. It was too bad that shewasn't really big on showy accessories, so she put it down after looking at it for a while. Rolando,however, noticed this and walked toward the stall, picked up the hairpin, and put it on her bun. "Well, Ithink it really suits you quite well. I will take it."
"You have a good taste, Mister. Your wife looks so beautiful with it. And this hairpin is not expensive. Itonly costs one tael of silver," the vendor said.
Rolando handed a big silver ingot to the vendor and said, "Keep the change."
"Thank you, Mister. Thank you very much!" the vendor replied excitedly, ecstatic because of Rolando'sgenerosity.
Seeing that Rolando gave the vendor ten taels of silver, Harper said, "You're so generous! Hedemanded one tael of silver, but you paid ten! But then no matter how rich you are, you can't spendmoney like that!"
Upon hearing that, Rolando smiled softly. "If it's for something I like, money will never be an issue. I amwilling to spend more. After all, it's not easy to be in a good mood."
"Well, I guess you're right," Harper said as she smiled and nodded her head.novelbin
"Several days ago, I lost the jade pendant I always wore. I haven't found one that I like just as muchyet, so I'm thinking that since we're out and about, would you like to choose one for me?" Rolando saidsuddenly.
"Sure," Harper agreed even without thinking. "But I doubt you can wear any jade pendant from a placelike this. Obviously, the ones they're selling don't have very high quality."
"It's just a jade pendant. I will treasure it as long as it's chosen by you."
"You trust me too much sometimes," Harper responded, rolling her eyes. The two of them then walkedinto a jade store to search for a jade pendant that Rolando would like. Diana was in the vicinity, andshe was surprised when she caught sight of Harper from a certain distance. She was about to call herwhen her mouth was covered by an unknown hand and she was dragged into an alley.
"What are you doing? She is my master."
"I know. She is also our hostess!" Zorro sulkily said, his face full of anguish. He found it extremelyinsidious of Rolando to take Harper to his palace. Forsythia was the only one allowed to accompanyHarper, while the rest companions had been forbidden to enter the capital. They then decided to sneakin. Now that they finally made it, if Rolando found them, Zorro was sure that they would be unable tocontinue to stay because Rolando would definitely drive them out of the city.
"Then why didn't you let me meet my master?"
"Do you want to be thrown out of the capital by Rolando?" Zorro asked her in a low voice. "Don't forgetthat it was Rolando who stopped us from entering this wretched place."
Diana was not a fool. She knew what Rolando had done, but she just could not understand why he haddone that. "Why would Rolando do that? It doesn't make sense. Also, isn't he an emperor? How is heable to go shopping outside with my master?"
"Humph, when the weasel goes to pay his respects to the hen, he must have no good intention. I haveto send a message to Prince Matthew as soon as possible!" Zorro believed that Rolando was a badguy and wanted to take Harper away from their prince. Unfortunately, Harper was so naive and kindthat she still hadn't realized that Rolando was vicious and that he was only deceiving her.
If Diana knew what Zorro was thinking about, she would be laughing until her lungs caved in. In heropinion, Harper was by no means naive and kind. Maybe she was not a ruthless person, but she wasthe opposite of naive. After all, she knew how Harper had successfully framed people for numeroustimes.
"Does Rolando want to hold my master as a hostage? If so, should we rescue her?" After saying that,Diana felt that something was not adding up when it came to her assumption. "But then if Rolandowanted to take my master hostage, he wouldn't have taken her out to go shopping. Right?"
"Aren't you the one always boasting about how easily you can see through men? Can't you understandwhat is going on?" Zorro asked teasingly. He really wanted to knock Diana's head out to see if she hada functioning brain.
"You mean, Rolando... Rolando loves my master?" Diana exclaimed in a raised voice. Zorro hurriedlycovered her mouth and dragged her away. If Rolando's men found out where they were, things would
take a terrible turn for them.
"Can you please turn it down!" Zorro hissed. When he finally let go of her, he noted how Diana lookedso excited, like she was looking forward to watching a good play. He asked, "What's up with you?"
"I'm so excited at the thought of how spectacular the fighting scene between Prince Matthew andEmperor Rolando would be! Can you imagine them fighting to the death, just for my master?" Dianasaid, clapping her hands excitedly. "I wonder when Prince Matthew will arrive. If he knew that mymaster went shopping with Emperor Rolando happily, I am sure that he would slash Rolando's throatmercilessly!"
The corner of Zorro's mouth twitched violently. 'Is this woman taking pleasure in Prince Matthew'smisfortune?' he thought. Diana was indeed looking forward to seeing Matthew and Rolando have afierce fight. After thinking for a while, Zorro admitted that he, too, wanted to watch such a scene.However, he immediately realized that before those two powerful men fought against each other, heand other secret guards would be the ones who would suffer first.