Female Novel
Chapter 857 The Boat Trip (Part One)
At last, Harper picked a piece of interestingly-shaped jade pendant for Rolando. It had a string knot onit, and it looked very exquisite.
Rolando was satisfied with the one Harper chose and said, "It's unique. I really like it."
"I think this jade pendant suits your temperament very much. You must have seen a lot of jadependants with different qualities and styles throughout your lifetime. One would normally choose themost outstanding one for someone like you, but I think it is better to pick the one that is most suitablewith who you are as a person," Harper said with a smile.
Rolando then hung his new pendant on his waist and immediately felt extremely joyful. In fact, nomatter what style Harper chose for him, he would like it without a doubt. He didn't care about thependant at all, but he cared about the effort Harper put into finding what she thought was the best jadependant for him.
"Harper, let's take a boat trip!" Rolando exclaimed as he stared at Harper who was walking in front ofhim. "It's almost at noon now and it's getting unbearably hot. The Silver Moon Lake here is beautifulduring this time of day. I know that the lotus season in your country has already passed, but here, it'sjust getting started and the lotuses are blooming brightly. It's truly a marvelous scene and you mustn'tmiss it since you're here!"
"Yes, I've actually heard how magnificent the Silver Moon Lake here is. It was one of the places I reallywanted to go see, but I didn't expect to see it this soon!" Harper revealed, sounding giddy and excited.And even if she didn't really like Rolando's suggestion, she didn't have the heart to turn him down. Hehad made time just to hang out with her, so she was just reciprocating the thoughtfulness he hadshown her.
"Then let's go!" The two of them excitedly made their way to the Silver Moon Lake. The moment theyarrived, they immediately found a boat and boarded it. Only the two of them were in it, not counting thenovelbin
friendly boatman.
Their boatman skillfully navigated the boat and supported it as it slowly moved towards the center ofthe lake. Indeed, the lotuses were blooming everywhere. Harper became ecstatic just by seeing theview around the lake: the thick, rounded leaves of the lotuses covered much of the water like rounddiscs, on which were drops of water that dazzled like precious pearls in the bright sun.
Suddenly, Harper heard music that was lovely and moving. Her mind went blank for a moment due tohow soothing the music was, but as soon as she came to herself, she turned around and saw Rolandoskillfully playing a zither. His piece sounded gentle, slow, elegant, and melodious all at once. Harpersmiled widely and wondered about whether every woman who lived in the Great Jade Kingdom wantedto marry Rolando. Back home, Matthew was only the object of affection of many girls because of hiswealth—they wanted to marry into the prince's mansion. She highly doubted that someone would fallfor Matthew because he was cold and arrogant. Rolando, on the other hand, was such a gentle andhandsome man, not to mention being the emperor of this country. He was unparalleled when it came topower, appearance, and behavior. With that, Harper suddenly felt sad for Lilian as she knew that therewould be countless beauties in the imperial household who would desperately try to get their hands onRolando.
When Rolando finished playing, he asked with a smile, "Why are you smiling like that?"
"You make me smile. You are the emperor, the most powerful man in this kingdom, yet you still are thegentlest person I know. I am sure that every female, not only the noble ladies, living in this countrywants to be your wife. I'm afraid Lilian will have to deeply worry about that in the future." Harper let outa sigh laced with so much emotion, as if she had seen that Rolando was hugging two beautiful womenright in front of her.
Rolando chuckled a bit and asked reluctantly, "Am I that kind of fickle man in your eyes?"
To that, Harper replied, "It's not that you're a womanizer, Rolando, but you're an emperor now, and theofficials will definitely not allow you to have only one woman in the imperial household. Moreover,you're such a notable man that I am sure high-ranking officials would be incredibly disappointed if theycan't marry their daughters into the Imperial Pala—"
But before Harper was able to complete what she was going to say, Rolando had already cut her off,saying, "It's enough for me to have one wife. The Imperial Palace of the Great Jade Kingdom is big, butit can only accommodate one woman. Although I love the world and everyone in it, I can onlyaccommodate one person in my heart. I've met countless beauties in the world, but I don't necessarilybring every one of them into the palace. Actually, I don't care if someone is pleasing to the eye. As longas I love her, I'd marry her only, even if she is ugly." As he spoke, Rolando made sure that he kept hisgaze on Harper.
Harper, on the other hand, clapped her hands in admiration and said jokingly, "Well if that's the case,then every woman in the world will fight against each other for your hand in marriage!"
"Why?" Rolando was puzzled.
"Because you are only willing to marry one woman and you have Lilian! The women who want tobecome your wife must hate her so much right now that they'd be willing to fight her, and everyone elsetries to make you their husband! Isn't that crazy?" Harper said, giggling like a little girl. "It's said thatemperors are heartless. Are you going to be a dedicated emperor who loves his wife only, Rolando?"
"Why not?"
"Good! You impressed me!" Harper found it easy to compliment Rolando. "You are wiser than Matthewin this aspect. Trust me when I tell you that you are the first man I've encountered who told me thathe'd only marry one woman in his lifetime. Although Zack also said that he only wants one woman in
this life, it's basically because of the rules of his family. As an emperor, it's hard to have such arealization, and you being able to have that surprised me!"
"When Matthew refused to be the emperor of the Bright Dynasty, was he worried that as an emperor,he couldn't do anything as he wishes?" The smile on Rolando's face didn't change, which made it feellike it was such a casual topic to discuss.
"We are just lazy," Harper reasoned out. She was now looking at the swaying lotuses that filled thelake. "Being an emperor is too exhausting. I'm sure you know that. Since we really like to lead a morerelaxed life, he never dreamt of being an emperor at all."