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Chapter 960 The Invitation From The Qin Clan (Part One)
"Harp, someone from the Qin Clan has just arrived. He claimed that the Qin Clan wants to make peacewith you and that he has a letter for you." Seeing how busy Harper was reading a book, Matthewimmediately snatched the volume off her hand, even giving her a look of disagreement. "Harp, youhave to stop doing this. You're a pregnant woman! You shouldn't overwork yourself!" he saidexasperatedly.
"What? I'm just reading a book!" Harper was a bit speechless in front of the protective husband, whoseemed to make a fuss about anything that might cost her time and energy.
"Harp, come on. You know you'll get tired after reading for some time. The balance between work andrest is very important, especially for someone expecting." Aside from strictly monitoring his pregnantwife's daily activities, Matthew made sure that he had prepared every food that was good for pregnantwomen, as per their physician. He even cooked the chicken soup himself! "You know what? Eating isbetter than reading. Come and have a taste of this chicken soup I made."
"Okay, didn't you just say that someone from the Qin Clan arrived? Then now isn't the time for chickensoup!" Harper said confused to high heavens. Matthew didn't react whatsoever, and so Harper justgave up, taking the bowl of soup from his hand. As she stirred it to cool it off, she said, "Let him in."
"What's with the rush?" asked Matthew immediately, "Drink the chicken soup first. There is plenty oftime." With that, instead of going ahead and calling the visitor in, he just sat by Harper's side, makingsure she ate her food.
Harper knew that there was no way she would be able to convince Matthew any further, and so sheresigned herself to finishing the chicken soup. Matthew's eyes lit up with happiness when he saw thatHarper was drinking more than he had expected. After Harper emptied the bowl, he filled another oneat once.
"One more, Harp," Matthew cheerfully urged.
"Matthew, your chicken soup is honestly one of the best chicken soups I have tasted, but having toomuch of it will make me sick. Why don't you try it?" Before Matthew could respond, Harper quickly tookthe bowl from his hand, scooped a spoonful of soup, and basically forced it to him. Though surprised,Matthew grinned widely, opened his mouth like a spoiled child, and closed his eyes as he gulped theliquid down. The look on his face, however, suddenly changed.
"Bitter? Why does it taste like drug!" he grumbled, tears almost forming in his eyes.
"Bitter?" Harper asked, an amused smile on her face. "No, it's not. You worked so hard on it. So, drink itall!"
Seeing that Harper was in such high spirits, Matthew dared not reject her. 'It is just a bowl of chickensoup. Even though it tastes like bitter medicine, it's not a big deal,' he thought. He would lap the soupall up in tears if need be. After all, he himself had cooked it, and he could blame no one else.
After finishing his bowl of the soup he concocted, Matthew was in no mood to speak anymore. Harper,now free and unbothered by Matthew, then asked one of her servants to usher Qin Clan's messengerin.
"Good day, Your Highness," greeted the man, who looked gentle and amiable. He turned out to be thenew steward of the Qin Clan.
"I believe you bring news from the Qin Clan?" asked Harper a bit drily. She had already made a cleanbreak with the Qin Clan. It wasn't that hard for her, as Felton was the only one she truly cared about.
"Lady Victoria wants you to go back to the Qin Clan. She wanted to discuss something important—thewhole clan's inheritance." The steward didn't know how Harper would react to the invitation, and so hetried to take a look of her face. Since he didn't want her to decline the invitation, he was trying to be ascordial as humanly possible.
After a few moments of silence, Harper finally spoke. "Oh, I thought it would be something important. Itturns out that it's only about the inheritance. Please tell Lady Victoria that as a granddaughter marriedinto another family, I'm not interested in the inheritance of the clan at all. And besides, their inheritanceonly gets passed down to the sons of the clan. It isn't my place to take any of it, so I'd better not meddlein things I'm not a part of," refused Harper rather indifferently.
Hearing this, the steward became anxious. "Your Highness, it's not like what you said. You are amember of the Qin Clan and also the direct line of descent. I mean, if you are not qualified, who elsedeserves it? Lady Victoria even noted that you are the most eligible person to inherit everything theclan has."
"I said I'm not interested," Harper reiterated in a tone a bit more hostile. She had no time to care aboutthe Qin Clan. Currently, her top priority was Derrick and how to effectively deal with him. He had provento be incredibly cunning and ruthless that he would even use his own son and daughter to get what hewanted. As he was clearly desperate, he would do and use anything to his advantage.
The steward felt more anxious than ever before, but he made sure he didn't show it on his face. "Iunderstand. Lady Victoria also asked me to give this to you. She instructed me to tell you to read thatfirst so that you'd understand her better."
Harper narrowed her eyes, but she didn't take the letter over. Seeing that, Matthew gestured to themaid, and the girl went to take the letter over at once. After a careful check, she handed it to Harperfinally.
Harper knew that Victoria wanted to get the Qin Clan's inheritance all the time, and she would nevergive up before she got what she craved for. For this, Harper was expecting that there would merely besome fancy words in the letter, which aimed at luring her to give a hand. But she was wrong. Yet, whatwas written in the letter was beyond her imagination!
"What's wrong?" Seeing that the expression on Harper's face changed, Matthew leaned forward andasked worriedly.
Harper didn't answer him. She instead raised her head and looked at the steward, "Go back and reportto Lady Victoria that I'll pay a visit as she wishes, in three days."
"Yes, Your Highness." The steward then left cheerfully. As soon as the man had left, the letter washanded to Matthew. After reading it, he smiled.
"I have been wondering why the old lady has the courage to go against us. It turns out that she hascolluded with Derrick for quite a long time."novelbin
"You see, Matthew, what the old lady says is that she has the lord of the Phoenix City in her hand andasks us to discuss how to deal with him. Besides, Daphne is also in her control. Now it could be saidthat she has the bargaining chips, so she wants to negotiate with us, forcing me to go there this time,"Harper analyzed indifferently. In fact, she didn't care if the old fox Derrick was caught by the Qin Clan,but the problem was, Daphne had also fallen into their clutches!
"But Derrick is definitely a sly old fox, how come he would make the mistake and fall into the hands ofVictoria? Unless this old fox surrendered to her voluntarily." Matthew had seen the matter more clearlythan Harper. "Derrick has built his authority through years of scheming and calculating, while the oldlady has been hiding in the deep mountain for many years. No matter how clever she might be, the QinClan can't catch Derrick this easily. Derrick might only be a bait. I'm afraid they are inviting you to adinner full of conspiracies," Matthew reminded.