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Chapter 891 A Ruthless Emperor (Part One)
As ominous light filled the Harmony Palace, the secret guards stationed in the immediate vicinityquickly gathered to report the abnormal phenomenon to Rolando. Rolando was at first alarmed andconfused by this development, but he quickly came to the realization that it must have been Harperwho caused this. 'She must have already obtained the last Heavenly Book and is now unveiling itsdeepest secrets. That might be the reason for the appearance of such light!' he thought. And he wasright—Harper was the only key that would be able to decode the secrets embedded in the HeavenlyBooks.
"To the Harmony Palace now," he announced at once. He was craving to know more.
Meanwhile, in the Harmony Palace, Harper was already under a magical state of consciousness. Everycharacter that could be found in the Heavenly Book had turned into what seemed like small people,and they flew and danced joyously in the air before they rushed into her body. Soon, she began theritual—she closed her eyes and chanted as her hand performed the chant's accompanyingchoreography. Unfortunately, it turned out that the Heavenly Books of the Qin Clan did not record anymethod that one could do to achieve immortally—they merely recorded the cultivation methods of theQin Clan.
When Rolando arrived, he found himself unable to enter Harper's room no matter what he did. It wasas if there was an invisible wall along its perimeters, preventing any outsider from entering.
"What's going on?" Rolando asked in a panicked tone as he stretched his hands out to feel what washindering him from even touching the door. When he felt and confirmed that indeed, there was aninvisible barrier that was surrounding the room where Harper was, he began to strike it, hoping to breakit down. His first strike, however, made it clear that it would be impossible for him to do that: his knucklejust bounced off of the unseen force field. 'Is this because of the Heavenly Books? What kind ofpowerful secret was it keeping hidden?' he thought.
"Your Majesty, I don't think we would be able to enter Princess Harper's room no matter what we do,"Fernando said helplessly.
"Ah!" A pained scream suddenly came from inside the room. The moment Rolando heard it, his facebecame drained of blood. "Harper! Harper! What is happening in there? Are you all right? Harper!" hescreamed at the top of his lungs as he continued to strike the invisible barrier, hoping to break it.
Inside, Harper was experiencing something she had never experienced before. As the incredibly potentand powerful energy came into her body, she felt as if all her bones were about to break. The pure,untethered power of the Qin Clan was so formidable that even though the strength of her willpower wasabove average, she was only barely able to handle it. Soon enough, she found herself spitting outblood as the damage on her body worsened. Spiritual power laid heavily on her that she felt like a knifewas being wedged inside her, slowly cutting her body in half.novelbin
Her agonized screams came one after another, making the people who were helplessly waiting outsidebecome filled with anxiety and dread.
Patrick, upon seeing Harper rolling on the ground screaming in pain, immediately rushed over to helpher. Before it could even get remotely close to where she was, however, a powerful force had it flying tothe invisible barrier, and soon, it dropped on the ground, which looked rather hilarious.
At that very moment, Rolando suddenly felt a profound feeling of weakness that even supporting hisown weight seemed impossible. His hands found his chest and clung to it as if they were trying toprevent it from falling apart. Cold sweat began to trickle down his forehead. "Your Majesty, what'shappening to you? Are you hurt?" Fernando asked in an alarmed tone when he saw what washappening.
As much as Rolando wanted to explain to him what he was going through, he couldn't. He felt as if hisheart was being crushed into a million tiny pieces, and his body was being weighed down by something
unseen. The pain was so unbearable that he felt like it was killing him. At that same time, Harper'sscreams were becoming weaker and weaker, as if she was close to perishing.
"Harper..." Rolando muttered as sweat continued to drip down his face. He looked so weak and frailthat one would think he might fall down and lose consciousness at any minute. Fernando immediatelytried to take him away to have him attended to, but he refused to leave.
"Call the imperial physicians! Call the imperial physicians!" Fernando called loudly at once.
Rolando weakly shook his head. While he didn't fully know or understand what was happening insideHarper's room, he was well aware that the imperial physicians wouldn't be much of a help to him. Theonly one who could treat and save him was Harper, but she was locked inside the room, experiencingsomething horrible! She was in grave danger and she badly needed help!
As the Harmony Palace became engulfed with fear and uncertainty, the situation at the Bliss Palacedidn't look any better. Miguel's efforts to seek help for Lilian proved to be fruitless as when he finallyarrived with the medicine Harper gave him, Lilian already had a miscarriage. With pools of bloodaround her, her servants and maids could not do anything but look on and tremble with fear. Theimperial physician tending to her looked lost and defeated as he wasn't able to save the baby.
Miguel stood still at the doorway of Lilian's room for a minute, stunned by what he was seeing. Quickly,however, he collected himself, helped Lilian sit up, and fed her the medicine. While sad because thebaby had died, he could not afford to let Lilian suffer the same fate.
Lilian felt cold to the touch, and so Miguel began transforming his internal force to share it with her. Ashe did that, he ordered the servants to clean up the mess. The imperial physician stood aside, notknowing what to do.
After a while, Lilian began to look like she was feeling much better. She dozed off for a bit, and whenshe woke up, the first thing she saw was Miguel. Deep inside, she felt a sense of disappointment—shewas expecting someone else to be by her side, a different man to save her. "My baby. How is mybaby?" she asked, her voice still crackly.
Miguel didn't answer and just averted his gaze so that it wouldn't meet Lilian's. Sensing that somethingwas gravely wrong, she looked down on her belly to touch it, only to find that her previously bulgingbelly was already flat. It only meant one thing—her baby was gone. With wide and teary eyes, sheshrieked, "My baby! Where is my baby?!"
"I'm sorry, Lady Lilian. We were not able to save your baby," Miguel responded, sounding devastated.He knew that it would be difficult for her to accept this cruel fact. "There was nothing we could do. I amso sorry."
"My baby! My baby! What did you do with my baby!" Lilian hysterically cried out. "I want my baby back!Without it, His Majesty would stop caring about me! Give my baby back to me!"
"He won't stop caring about you! Trust me on this, Lady Lilian!" Miguel said in a firm tone in an effort tocomfort the despairing woman. He sympathized with what Lilian was feeling, but he knew that sheshould not let it control her. "Please, you must rest now. It wouldn't be good for you if you continue tostress out yourself like this."