Chapter 608 The Estrangement Between Husband And Wife


    The emperor received the news straightaway. When he heard it, he was not displeased at all. Instead,


    he smiled in delight.


    Andy was unsure about the news. ''His Majesty is overjoyed that Lady Harper is pregnant. The sun


    rises in the east today. But why I felt something is really wrong?''


    "What good news!" The emperorughed loudly. ''A few days after the fake Harper was sent to


    Matthew''s mansion, the news that his wife was pregnant spread around quickly. It seemed that Felix


    and the empress had yed the imposter trick sessfully. Most likely, Matthew was mad with joy and


    had no idea that the baby was not his.''


    "Someone."


    "Your Majesty, I am here."


    "Go to Matthew''s mansion to deliver an imperial edict, and reward them with a pair of high-quality jade,


    ten pieces of brocade and one thousand taels of gold. Tell them that I hope that Harper can deliver a


    baby for Matthew soon." The emperor''s words were spoken with the utmost sarcasm.


    "Yes, Your Majesty."


    The empress hadn''t received the news yet. The Sleek Pce was deadly silent. The empress was


    brooding over the devastating blow to her pride that she had recently received: her own maidservant


    had seduced the emperor, and the emperor had given the maid the title of Attendant Cheryl. She hadn''t


    punished her yet. However, Cheryl secretly went back to the empress''s pce and was caught.


    "Attendant Cheryl."


    "Greetings, Your Majesty." Cheryl trembled in fear. She had been taken away from the Sleek Pce by


    the emperor, so she had to sneak back to get a special possession of hers at the risk of her life. She


    had hidden it in the empress''s pce. If she didn''t recover it, she would lose the emperor''s love.


    "You''ve done an excellent job of seducing His Majesty. He not only ignored my illness, but also gave


    you the title of Attendant Cheryl without asking for my opinion. You impressed me!" When the empress


    said this, her tone was calm, and her expression was gentle, but her anger was obvious to Cheryl.


    When the empress saw the clothes that Cheryl was wearing by virtue of her new rank as the attendant,


    the sight was very offensive to her eye.


    "Forgive me, Your Majesty. Please don''t be angry at me! I..."


    "You truly deserve to die!" the empress interrupted her. "Tell me. You have sneaked into my pce and


    want to steal something. What is it? You stole His Majestyst time. Do you want to steal my seal this


    time?"


    "I dare not!" Cheryl was so frightened that she fell to the ground, shivering. Stealing the empress''s seal


    was a capital felony. If the empress framed her for stealing her seal, even the emperor wouldn''t be able


    to save her.


    "Oh, really?" The empress snorted in contempt. "There''s nothing you dare not do. Nancy, search this


    bitch and find out what she has stolen."


    "Yes, Your Majesty." Nancy went to Cheryl immediately, but thetter was so scared that she wanted to


    get up and run away. Two nannies rushed over and held her down. "You little hussy, how dare you run


    away from me?"


    Nancy stared at Cheryl with an icy cold smile on her face. In front of everyone, she stripped Cheryl of


    all her clothes. Cheryl felt extremely ashamed, but now there was something much more terrible than


    that, because the voodoo doll hidden inside her clothes dropped out when her clothes came off.


    "What''s this?" Nancy picked up the voodoo doll and was utterly shocked. "You shameless wench! How


    dare you use such a filthy thing in this pce? You''re courting death!"


    As soon as the two nannies let go of Cheryl''s hands, she fell to the ground. In spite of her nakedness,


    she crawled to the empress''s feet and caught the corner of her clothes. "Your Majesty, please forgive


    me. It''s not a voodoo curse for hurting anyone. I intend no harm to anyone. It''s just a spell doll for


    gaining His Majesty''s favor."


    The empress narrowed her eyes. "You say you used this doll to win His Majesty''s affection?"


    "Yes. I didn''t believe in its power at first. But after I prayed sincerely to the spell doll that day, His


    Majesty stayed with me that night. I originally wanted to take the spell doll away with me, but His


    Majesty took me away directly at dawn, so I couldn''t. This is the reason why I sneaked back into the


    Sleek Pce to take it. Please spare my life, Your Majesty. I wouldn''t do this again."


    The empress looked at the spell doll in her hand, and then looked at Cheryl who was crying. Then she


    asked, "Is this really as effective as you imed?"


    "Your Majesty, what I said is true. His Majesty pampered me in every way possible..." After saying that,


    Cheryl lifted her eyes up to the empress. Seeing the terrible re on the empress''s face, she changed


    her words immediately. "Your Majesty, if you don''t believe it, you can have a try."


    "Your Majesty, His Majesty is visiting the Sleek Pce. He has already arrived at the gate." The


    empress wanted to take that opportunity to kill Cheryl, but as the emperor was already at the gate, she


    had no choice but to have her servants knock her out and hide her away. As for the spell doll, she


    couldn''t find a good ce to hide it right away, so she threw it under the bed.


    The emperor was in a jolly mood. He thought the pregnancy of Matthew''s wife was owing to the


    empress. When he thought back upon the time when he raped Harper and that the imposter of Harper


    whom Matthew loved deeply was pregnant, he was brimming with joy. Under the assumption that the


    empress had contributed to that, he wanted to express his gratitude.


    "Greetings, Your Majesty." The empress made a show of trying to arise from bed.


    "Don''t move. Lie down." The emperor waved his hand to stop the empress from getting up to salute


    him. "Don''t force yourself. You are in poor health."


    "I''m feeling much better now. Don''t worry," the empress said with a smile. "Your Majesty seems to be in


    a good mood now."


    The emperor smiled heartily. "I''m in an excellent mood, because Matthew''s wife is pregnant."


    The empress''s eyes glimmered. Then she realized how well Felix had performed the task of changing


    Matthew''s wife. He not only took Harper away, but even sent a pregnant imposter to Matthew''s


    mansion. Matthew always regarded himself as a wise man. But now his wife had disappeared and he


    had to raise someone else''s son. Every time this came to the emperor''s mind, he would break into


    laughter.


    "It''s a truly delightful event."


    "I agree with you." The emperor gave a loud bellyugh. Then he suddenly smelled a soothing aroma


    from the empress, which was very alluring to him. Looking at the empress''s middle-aged face, he still


    found it appealing. He swallowed, and his voice became slightly hoarse. "How long haven''t we been


    close to each other?"


    The empress was a little surprised and looked at the emperor. There was an interest in the emperor''s


    eyes which she had not seen for a long time. Then she replied, "I can''t remember. It has been a long


    time since Your Majesty stayed in my pcest time."


    "May I stay here with you tonight?" The emperor touched the face of his empress. His voice was low


    and husky, full of lust. If he weren''t concerned for her health, he would have leaned forward to kiss her.


    The empress thought for a moment and nodded. A satisfied smile appeared on the emperor''s wrinkled


    face. He climbed into the empress''s bed. Nancy, who guarded outside, felt relieved to see that the


    empress had finally regained the emperor''s favor and that the emperor still cared about the empress.


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    "Nanny Nancy, how should we deal with Cheryl?" the old nanny asked in a low voice. Cheryl had been


    knocked out and hidden in the closet like a useless rag-doll for the moment. If the emperor and the


    empress restored their rtionship, Cheryl would be history!


    "Wait for Her Majesty''s decision," Nancy said lightly. "Her Majesty is so angry with her. We have to let


    her vent her anger as she pleases."


    "Got it."


    Nancy asked the others to leave, and she stayed outside the empress''s pce. Listening to the sounds


    inside the pce, she smiled contentedly. Then she remembered the one in the Spring Pce and the


    weak Prince Francis, and she couldn''t help but sigh.


    ''This is an opportunity. If Their Majesties restore their close rtionship, then the crown prince will be


    released before long, '' Nancy thought to herself.


    The crown prince had beenmanded by the emperor to stay confined to his mansion and reflect on


    what happened. Felix was not allowed to go out. In addition, Matthew had prevented the news of his


    wife''s pregnancy from spreading everywhere, so the news hadn''t spread to the crown prince''s mansion


    yet. If Felix knew Lady Harper was pregnant, he would realize that their n had already failed.


    In the crown prince''s mansion, Felix was quite calm and absorbed in his study of statecraft. Since she


    came back from the emperor''s birthday banquet, Fiona said she was ufortable and didn''t want to


    share the same bed with Felix. Thetter noticed nothing unusual about her. After all, there were many


    concubines in his mansion, and he had never been very interested in his wife.


    Fiona locked herself up in the room. Even though she behaved normally, she woke up from her


    nightmares every night, dreaming of being pressed under the emperor and brutally tortured. What


    happened that day was a nightmare that she couldn''t shake off. It haunted her relentlessly.


    "Are you okay, Your Highness?" her maid asked gingerly. "Did you have a nightmare again?"


    Fiona was still in trepidation. She felt a little relieved as she found herself sleeping on her own bed in


    the crown prince''s mansion. Then she said hoarsely, "I''m fine. You don''t have to stay up with me at


    night. Go and sleep."


    "Yes, Your Highness."


    Fiona got dressed, poured a cup of cold tea and drank it all. The cold tea was the only thing that could


    calm her nerves. During these days, she was unwilling to see Felix, because his face resembled that of


    his father, and would remind her of the brutal treatment she had endured. As a royal daughter-inw,


    Felix''s wife, the wife of the future emperor, she should be a motherly role model for the whole country.


    However, the emperor, who was her father-inw, had raped her. If such a scandal were to spread, she


    would die without a burial ce. She didn''t dare to reveal the news to anyone. After all, this was the


    biggest scandal of the royal family for centuries!


    The royal family would need to cover up this scandal, so they wouldn''t uphold justice for her. To be


    more specific, no one was able to uphold justice for her. Even Felix certainly wouldn''t do it, either. If he


    knew what the emperor had done, he might simply wrap her up and send her to the emperor''s bed


    again. At the thought of this, Fiona felt extremely painful and her face turned pale. Was it possible that


    it was, in fact, Felix who had sent her to the emperor''s bed?


    This idea lingered in her mind and she was haunted by it. It was a usible idea, given the way Felix


    had always treated her indifferently!


    "Felix, you''re such a heartless man!" Fiona gnashed her teeth. "Since you''re heartless, you won''t be


    able to me me if I''m cruel to you. You and your father forced me to do it!"