Chapter 646 The Return of Prince Jason (Part One)
"Bring me the pills, Andy," the emperor ordered. Since he could not get any useful information from
Harper, he was left with no other choice but to give up trying. After all, he had something much more
important for her to take care of.
When Andy handed over a box to the emperor, Harper nced at it and thought that it seemed familiar.
That was the box for the Longevity Pills which Felix had given the emperor during his birthday banquet.
"Let Harper have a look at the pills."
"Yes, Your Majesty." With that, Andy quickly handed the box of Longevity Pills over to Harper. Taking
out the pill, she ced it on the palm of her hand.
"Your Majesty, do you want me to examine the pills?"
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"Yes," the emperor tly replied, nodding his head in response. "Felix and his mother poisoned me with
the intention of murdering me. These Longevity Pills were given to me by Felix. I''m afraid that these
pills actually contain poison, so I would like you to check on them for me. After all, I know that you have
excellent medical skills."
Hearing this, Harper could not help but sneer at him deep inside. She had never really thought that the
emperor trusted in her medical skills that much before, nor had he been so amiable toward her.
Whenever the two of them met in the past, the emperor had a look in his eyes as though he wanted to
rip her into shreds.
After carefully examining the pill, Harper reassured him, "Don''t worry, Your Majesty. You can keep
taking the pills, and they will actually be good for your recovery. But it seems that there are not many
left. If you don''t mind, is it okay if I take a pill back for research and see if I can reproduce this
Longevity Pill?"
"That''s fine. Go ahead and take one with you. Are you one hundred percent certain that there''s nothing
wrong with the pills?" The emperor couldn''t help feeling worried. Only when people grew older would
they be more afraid of dying. In particr, the emperor had been at death''s door this time. As a
result, he was much more afraid of death and came to hate Felix and the empress more.
"There is nothing wrong with them."
"That''s good to hear," the emperor remarked, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. "I''ve made up my
mind to strip Gloria of her title as the empress. But, considering that she is my wife, in order to help her
save face, I''ve decided to order her to take her own life."
"She deserves it," Matthew eximed in a rather cold tone. He hadn''t held the empress ountable
for her attempt to plot against Harper. Now that the emperor had decided to force her tomit
suicide, she would finally get her just deserts.
With a glimmer in his otherwise dull eyes, the emperor said, "I heard that you are expecting. Now..."
"Your Majesty, that was merely a false positive diagnosis," Harper cut him off before he could continue.
"I have already checked my own pulse. I''m not pregnant. It might only look that way because I ate
something weird."
"You''re not pregnant?" the emperor asked in surprise. Then, he nced at Matthew. For some reason
or other, he suddenly burst outughing. "Matthew, it seems that you haven''t worked hard enough. You
have already been married for one year, but you still don''t have a child. People will grow suspicious,
you know? You aren''t getting any younger. Maybe it''s time for you to get several more women."
"I appreciate your concern, Your Majesty. But I n to only have one wife in my lifetime, and that is
Harper. As for children, it doesn''t matter whether or not I will have any," Matthew lightly said, sounding
as if he really couldn''t care less about having children.
However, Harper felt that something seemed to be quite amiss. From the moment she was falsely
diagnosed to be pregnant due to the effect of the Terminalia Cheb, Matthew had been acting weird.
Later when he found out that she wasn''t really pregnant, he turned out be quite relieved, as if it was a
good thing that she didn''t get pregnant. With these thoughts running through her head, Harper began
feeling a little uneasy.
"Nonsense! You are a prince of the royal family and you are not allowed to give up having
descendants. Harper, you have to understand that you will be considered as an unqualified wife if you
can''t bear a son for Matthew. Matthew is almost thirty years old, but he has yet to have a child. You
should be considerate to him," the emperor slowly said, shifting his gaze toward Harper.
"I agree with you on that matter, Your Majesty," Harper smiled. ''If His Highness still doesn''t have a son
when he is thirty years old, I''m going to have to persuade him to take concubines. Please do not worry
about that, Your Majesty."
"I know that you are a virtuousdy," the emperor remarked as he nced at Matthew, who looked so
down in the dumps at that moment. Seeing that, he became a little less depressed. After all, he
believed that he wouldn''t have gotten in danger this time if it weren''t for Matthew.
"I will never allow any other woman to enter my mansion." As soon as he said those words, Matthew
turned around and left straight away. Harper then immediately curtsied to the emperor before leaving to
catch up to Matthew.
As he watched the receding figures of the couple, Andy was somewhat confused. "Your Majesty..."
"Bring the pills and let me take one," the emperor ordered. He wasn''t willing to risk taking it until he was
sure that there wasn''t anything wrong with it. "Has that bitch been sent to the penitentiary ce?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, she has been sent there already, but the Huang n..."
"The Huang n is obviously quite ambitious. I must get rid of them sooner orter!" the emperor
eximed in intense hatred. After giving it much thought, he ordered, "Guards!"
"Your Majesty."
"Gather your men and rummage the Huang n mansion for evidence of their treason. Leave no stone
unturned. Tell Ken to lead the pce guards and besiege the n''s mansion at once. Once all the
shreds of evidence are found, arrest every single one of them and throw them into prison!"
"As you wish, Your Majesty."
Felix and Gloria had been stripped of their respective titles as crown prince and empress. As a result,
all of the courtiers were on edge. They werepletely clueless as to why the emperor would abandon
the empress and the crown prince from the moment he woke up. In particr, the Huang n, the
empress''s parents'' n, had also been implicated. All the courtiers were worried that they might be the
next one to get caught up in this mess.
Fortunately for them, the second imperial edict was issued right away, stating the charges against the
crown prince and the empress. All the courtiers were astounded upon hearing that. It was only then
that they came to realize that the crown prince and the empress had been working together to get rid of
the emperor. It should hardly be surprising that they had been stripped of their titles.
"Now, the position of the crown prince is vacant. Prince Francis has been in poor health; Prince Lucas
is interested only in pleasure seeking; Prince Wale is still a child. Which prince can take the great
responsibility of being the crown prince?" The courtiers gathered together in groups, discussing which
son of the emperor was worthy of being the new crown prince.