Chapter 565 A Bullied Young Wife (Part One)
What? A look of bemusement appeared on Harper''s face. She had no idea what Zack could have
meant.
Gritting her teeth, Caroline told her in detail what Zack had found. "Before you left the imperial capital,
Zack received some news from Joy City. He sent his men there to investigate, but only to find that all
the inhabitants were dead and... a waist token from Prince Matthew''s mansion was left there."
Harper frowned and nodded. "Thank you for the news, Caroline. Now that I know about it, I''ll look into
it."
"I don''t believe Prince Matthew would do any such thing, but it was a fact that a waist token from his
mansion was found there. Although Zack worries about your safety in Prince Matthew''s mansion, he
has no doubt about the deep affection between you and Prince Matthew. Therefore, he only wanted me
to tell you about this." Caroline feared that Harper would think she and Zack were attempting to ruin
their rtionship intentionally.
"I know you both mean well. And I will certainly look into this matter. I thank you and Zack both," Harper
said, patting Caroline on the shoulder tofort her. She intended to find out the truth about the
matter.
"I''m d that you don''t me us. Zack has been hesitating for such a long time. He didn''t know
whether to tell you. He might have discovered more information but hasn''t told me yet. If you have time,
you can talk to him about it. Perhaps you can learn something more." Caroline was being prudent. The
reason why her capabilities were so little recognized by others was because she was in the shadow of
Zack, who was so outstanding, and the Bu n had always spoiled her. Now that she had be
Mrs. Kong, George''s Wife, she still had her girlish liveliness, but in fact she was also quite mature and
astute.
"Okay, I will find an opportunity to have a word with Zack."
Harper didn''t go back home until she finished lunch together with Caroline at her mansion. That was
because Matthew had told her that Felix would pay a visit to Matthew''s mansion today and she had no
wish to encounter Felix. However, as soon as she came back home, she found that the atmosphere
was tense and strange. When she walked in, she saw Matthew ying with the ck dog. The big
pearl on the ck dog''s neck looked very dazzling.
At that moment, Felix sat on one side of Matthew while Francis sat on the other side. Francis, however,
seemed as dejected as a doormat.
When Francis saw Harpere in, he stood up immediately as if she were his savior. However, as
Matthew red at him, he sat down right away and looked at Harper, silently beseeching her with his
eyes.
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"Felix, Francis," Harper greeted the two princes calmly. "Have you had lunch?"
Francis shook his head. He had been sitting there since his arrival that morning. Matthew entertained
him with nothing but tea. Francis was very starving, but nobody had said a word about lunch. They just
sat here.
"And have you had lunch, darling?" Harper asked Matthew since no one responded to her previous
question.
"Not yet," Matthew said. That was his first time to open his mouth since the brothers came that
morning.
"Tell the kitchen to cook lunch and send it here," Harper ordered the servants. "I don''t suppose Felix
and Francis have had lunch yet either. How about joining us?"
"No, they won''t stay here for lunch," Matthew dered.
"Since Aunt Harper has already invited me to stay for lunch, I won''t turn it down," Felix said. When he
looked at the huge pearl hanging on the ck dog''s neck, his eyes were bleak with disappointment. He
had taken the pearl from his wife and given it to Harper as a gesture of goodwill, but his gift turned out
merely to be jewelry for a dog. Felix''s wife had been angry at him for taking that pearl. Nheless, he
managed to hold back his anger when he remembered his aim.
"I''ll stay for lunch too," Francis said in a low voice.
"Francis, don''t you think Father will feel sorry for you when he learns that you came to Uncle Matthew''s
mansion despite your injury? You must remember that you almost died of the injury, yet you still run
around and make everybody else worry about you," Felix satirized Francis. Thetter always pretended
to have no interest in power, and yet he visited Matthew as soon as the couple came back to the
imperial capital. It seemed obvious to Felix that his brother was also ambitious.
Francis nced at Felix. Then he lowered his head in moody silence, just looking at the cup and
allowing Felix to taunt him freely.
Francis'' silence was provoking to Felix. "I heard that you have a close rtionship with Zack Bu.
Everybody knows that Zack will inherit his father Franklin''s position. Your friendship with him will get
you twice the result with half the effort when you begin working at the court."
"Politics bores me. I have no interest in it," Francis finally replied. "Zack only came to relieve my
boredom once in a while. He assumed my life was very dull."
Felix snorted coldly and said, "Even if you have no feeling for politics, Father wants you to take part in
it. Do you really think you can refuse him?"
Francispsed again into silence. Obviously, he was in no position to go against the emperor''s
decision. After all, apart from Matthew, who dared not to cooperate with the emperor? Francis shifted
his eyes to Harper as he thought about that. He thought Harper was the only other person who dared
to resist his father.
"Your silence speaks volumes. So, in fact, you still intend to get involved in politics." Felix sneered at
his pretense of innocence. "Actually, among all our brothers, you are the most loved by Father. Even
Lucas cannotpete with you in that respect."
Francis remained silent. In fact, he envied Lucas the most. Although Lucas was indifferent to politics,
he got along well with courtiers of all the factions. As arrogant and domineering as Matthew was, he
had never shown any hostility or unkindness to Lucas. Furthermore, Lucas was the only person who
didn''t cause distress to their father by being friendly with Matthew and Harper.