Chapter 613 The Confrontation Between Father And Son (Part One)


    When Francis and Owen reached the gate of the Imperial Pce, Andy stopped them.


    With a big smile blooming like a flower, Andy greeted Francis, "Your Highness."


    "Lord Andy, are you going out of the pce now, or are you waiting for someone here?" Francis asked


    gently.


    After Andy heard that, his smile grew even brighter. "I''ve been waiting for you here, Your Highness. I


    wanted to look around for you, but I was afraid our paths would not cross, so I decided to wait for you


    at this gate," he answered.


    "Does Father want to see me?" Francis asked, his voice still mild and gentle.


    "Yes, His Majesty is waiting for you in the Imperial Study," Andy said, gesturing with his arm to invite


    Francis to the Imperial Study.


    "Okay, I''lle with you."


    In the Imperial Study, the emperor was reviewing some official reports from his ministers, and his poker


    face revealed no hint of what he was thinking. When Andy led Francis in, the emperor didn''t even put


    down the ink brush in his hand.


    "Father, greetings."


    "I heard that you exposed yourself in the rain for two hours at Matthew''s mansion," the emperor said,


    but without any trace of emotion in his voice.


    After a few moments of silence, Francis replied, "Yes, that''s true."


    "Don''t you care about your own health?" the emperor asked calmly, raising his head and looking at his


    son.


    Francis smiled bitterly and said, "Father, I have already been in poor health for a long time. Although I


    have been feeling better recently, the foundations of my health are irreparably harmed. My slight


    convalescence will only give me a few more years of life at the most. I don''t want to die with any


    regret."


    "Regret?"


    "Yes, regret," Francis said, raising his head. "Father, my illness has been unrelenting. The reason why I


    went to Uncle Matthew''s mansion that day was only because I wanted to request that he let me visit


    the military camp of the ck g Army. After all, I have never been to a military camp before, and I''m


    curious about what an army is like. However, he refused me in the end."


    After the emperor heard that, his eyes twinkled with interest. Besides his son, he himself was curious


    about Matthew''s ck g Army. However, no one could approach near to the ck g Army


    except Matthew himself. It would have been an excellent day''s work to gain entrance to the military


    camp of the ck g Army merely in exchange for a good soak in the rain.


    "You just wanted to visit the military camp of the ck g Army?"


    "Yes," Francis answered, nodding his head. "I have been badly ill and I will die soon..."


    "Don''t talk nonsense. You''ll be fine," the emperor interrupted Francis. "You''ll make a full recovery


    someday. Don''t think about such nonsense. The ck g Army belongs to your uncle Matthew


    himself, and even I can do nothing about it. If you want to see a military camp, you can go to the


    barracks of the pce guards."


    "Thank you, Father. I have always been so weak, but all the men in the army are strong. That''s why I


    want to visit their camp. I am only curious to see what they do every day. But I''m not really that


    interested in going there," Francis said, with his always gentle and innocent look. "Father, you seem


    quite happy. There must be some good news, right?"


    "Yes, good fortune gives us high spirits, after all. There has been some excellent news, and I feel it has


    given me renewed health and strength," the emperor said with a smile while stroking his beard. "The


    Longevity Pills have a great effect. Since I began to take them, I have been feeling remarkably healthy."


    "Of course the Longevity Pills must have some wonderful potency," Francis said tentatively. "Father, I


    have been in poor health and I often fall ill. As a result, I have a lot of unfinished business and I cannot


    share your burdens. I always feel ill at ease when I think of that. Felix has had plenty of time to ponder


    over his misdeeds. How about forgiving him, Father?"


    The emperor''s eyes twinkled. "I have my own idea about that. You don''t need to worry about it. Just


    take good care of yourself and focus on your health. That''s the only way can you share my burden."


    "Yes, Father."


    "You must care about your own health," the emperor stressed. Looking at Francis, a fragile boy who


    seemed so weak that he would topple down from a gust of wind, he felt sorry. But the tenderness in his


    eyes was short-lived. "In your spare time, you can have a talk with your brother Lucas and advise him


    to change. He is getting more and more unruly these days. He often goes whoring."


    "Father, you know what kind of person Lucas is. He has always been like that. How can I persuade


    him? He won''t pay attention to me." Francis had no idea what to do with Lucas. Thetter had been


    notorious as a yboy in the imperial capital for a long time. Even the emperor, their father, could do


    nothing about him, let alone Francis, his elder brother.


    "You''re right. That boy wouldn''t be himself if he concentrated on more serious things," the emperor said


    with a calm smile. "Now, Lilian has also reached a marriageable age. Which n do you think has a


    son that would be suitable for her?"


    Francis smiled at the question. He said, "Father, Lilian is always on good terms with Lucas, and she is


    just as unruly as Lucas is. Everyone knows that she is madly in love with Master Chodak. If you marry


    her to any other man at the moment, she would probably overturn the roof of her pce."


    "But Chodak is a monk."


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    "Father, I think you might have forgotten who Chodak was before he became a monk," Francis said


    with a glimmer in his eyes. "He was Rndo, once the crown prince of the Great Jade Kingdom."


    The emperor''s pupils shrank slightly when he heard that. Of course, he knew about Chodak''s previous


    identity. His reason for appointing Chodak as the imperial monk was because it was a convenient way


    to keep a watch on him in the imperial capital. However, Chodak did nothing but chant sutras every


    day. He seemed to be a very dedicated monk.


    "He has already be a monk," the emperor sighed. "Before he became a monk, he was on


    Matthew''s level of power and poprity. The emperor of the Great Jade Kingdom was stupid to expel


    such an outstanding son."


    Hearing that, Francis lowered his head to conceal the ridicule in his eyes. He didn''t think his father, the


    emperor of the Bright Dynasty was any more clever than the emperor of the Great Jade Kingdom. After


    all, none of his sons couldpare with Chodak. By fault of the emperor himself, his sons were mostly


    dead, injured, or disabled. As a result, the Bright Dynasty was on the brink of downfall, vulnerable at


    any moment to a catalyst that would send the regime crumbling down. Francis was just waiting to see


    that happen. He wanted to witness how Matthew would usurp the emperor''s throne when he could no


    longer tolerate the emperor''s hubris.