Female Novel
Chapter 860 He Loves Someone Else (Part Two)
"Aunt," Lilian mumbled, feeling a little embarrassed. "His Majesty doesn't like to be disturbed when heis dealing with business."
"Alright, alright. I'm just kidding. Don't worry. It was just a group of rabbles. Your man is safe andsound."
Hearing that, Lilian looked less worried. "Didn't you say you just wanted to have a walk around thepalace today? Why did you two go out?"
"I don't know, either. Rolando told me that he didn't want to show me around the palace because Icould do that on my own, so he wanted to take me to walk around the capital. He even didn't take aguard! We were targeted and ambushed as soon as we went out of the palace." While Harper wasspeaking, it suddenly occurred to her that Rolando had done all this on purpose. The reason why hehad taken herself out of the palace for fun was because he wanted to lure the assassins to show up."Your man was really using me to his heart's desire, huh," she said, sounding annoyed.
Lilian was struck dumb by Harper's sudden change in tone. But then she figured it out very soon.Rolando had gone out of the palace with Harper in an attempt to bait his enemies so that he could getrid of them all in one net. She knew that Rolando must be dealing with the follow-up matter at themoment.
With this, the load on Lilian's mind vanished in an instant. She had thought that Rolando treated Harpertoo specially, but now she knew that he was just doing that as a tactic to get rid of threats against him."Don't be angry, Aunt. For His Majesty to have done that, he must have been sure of your safety. Hewon't put you in danger."
"I'm not angry because he used me to lure his enemies out. I'm angry only because it seemed like hedidn't care about his own life. What if I knew nothing about martial arts and became a burden? Whatwould he do?" Harper said angrily.
"Aunt, how could you be a burden to His Majesty? He must have been familiar with the full extent ofyour skills," Lilian said, holding Harper's hand. "By the way, when will Uncle Matthew arrive?"
Harper thought for a while. "Now that you mentioned, I feel like something strange is going on with him.He left the imperial capital of the Bright Dynasty several days earlier than me, but he's still not here.Even though I took a shortcut, I shouldn't have arrived so much earlier than him. I wonder if somethinghas happened to him on the way." Harper was worried about Matthew. Also, Patrick was with Diana.She forgot to take it with her because she had been too hasty to come to the palace.
"Don't worry, Aunt. Uncle is an extremely capable man. Only a very select few people in the world canhurt him. He must have been delayed because of something else. I'm sure he'll arrive very soon," Liliansaid without hesitation. "Besides, the day of my coronation ceremony is only a few days away. I'm sureUncle is working to arrive here before that."
"You're going to be granted the title of empress of the Great Jade Kingdom. Rolando even sent aspecial invitation letter to the Bright Dynasty about that. His Majesty really cares about this event verymuch, so don't worry. He hasn't forgotten about you," Harper said in a soft tone. "I know Rolando isvery outstanding, but you're not inferior to him. After becoming the empress, don't worry about yourselftoo much. You should be confident and own the role of being the hostess of the palace. You used to befree and easy when you were in the Bright Dynasty, but now I think you are restraining yourself toohard."
Lilian slightly frowned at Harper's words. The fact was not that she restrained herself too much—it wasthat she hadn't had a chance to be domineering here. Rolando was very considerate, and there was noother lady in the palace, and all the maids and eunuchs were very obedient. The only thing that madeher dissatisfied was that Rolando had never stayed for the night in her palace.
"Aunt, I think His Majesty loves someone else." Lilian finally expressed her main concern. "Although hetreats me very well, I don't think I will ever own his heart. Someone else already has that honor."
"Silly girl, whether Rolando loves someone else or not, you are the empress of the Great JadeKingdom and no one else. Besides, you are about to give birth to his first child! Rolando is not aheartless and unfaithful man. Otherwise, you would not have pursued him for five years and refused togive up on him, right?" Now, it was Harper's turn to hold Lilian's hands. "You have to strive for yourhappiness yourself. You shouldn't rely on Rolando solely for it," she said.
"I... Can I do that?" Lilian asked, fear becoming apparent in her voice.
"You have gone this far. Why don't you think you can make it?" Harper asked, finding Lilian's statementabsurd. "You once so stubbornly insisted on following your heart. Have you forgotten that? When youheard that Rolando was once again living a secular life and became the emperor of the Great JadeKingdom, you pursued him here without any hesitation. Aren't your courage and sincerity enough tomake him treat you well?"
Lilian didn't respond. What she wanted was not Rolando's good treatment but his love in return. Butshe just couldn't say it out loud. Besides, Rolando was so perfect that she couldn't find any flaw in him.He was gentle and considerate, and he granted her whatever she required. Her palace was equippedwith all the best suppliers and the most careful staff. Even though she was a princess from a foreigncountry who married Rolando for the purpose of fostering peace between her place of origin andRolando's country, nobody dared look down on her.
Even so, however, she still felt that there was a great gap between her and Rolando. She felt like shecould never touch him. Worse was that she didn't know what Rolando wanted or what he was thinking.The only thing she could do was to be obedient and not to cause him any trouble.
"Aunt, can an emperor really love someone sincerely?"novelbin
"Yes!" Harper answered firmly. "Everyone can love sincerely, and emperors are no exception to that."
"But Father couldn't!" Lilian said with a bitter smile. "The person he loved the most in his lifetime washimself. Not everyone can be sincere in terms of love."
"You are wrong. Your father also had the capacity to treat someone sincerely. It all went to his favoriteson, unfortunately," Harper said slowly. The former emperor of the Bright Dynasty was neither a goodemperor nor a good father, but he had indeed fulfilled his responsibilities as the father of Lucas. Inorder to protect Lucas, he had used all his other sons as shields and disguised Lucas as a playboy. Inactuality, he had secretly cultivated and trained him as the heir to the throne. No matter how cold-blooded a person was, he or she could be sincere. The only difference lied in whom he or she treatedsincerely.