Chapter 656 The Sleeping Beauty (Part One)


    After looking after Francis for an entire day, Harper started feeling a bit sleepy. She ended up falling


    asleep by the bed. A few minutes after Harper dozed off, Francis woke up and opened his eyes. It


    seemed that he knew Harper by his side all the time, but he gently turned to her and watched her


    sleeping. All of a sudden, he hit her sleeping acupoint.


    "Only when you''re asleep, will you let your guard down," he whispered under his breath. He then sat up


    and looked at Harper''s sleeping face. Even he himself had no idea why he would do something like


    this.


    A gentle smile crept onto Francis'' pale face as he stared at Harper''s pretty face. Unable to resist the


    urge, he gently caressed her face, then moved her into the bed. As he held her in his arms, he felt a


    sense of contentment and fell asleep again.


    Fred had been waiting outside the whole time. Now that it was already gettingte, he thought that it


    was about time for him to escort Harper back to Prince Matthew''s mansion. After all, she could just


    come to visit Francis again tomorrow. However, he never would have expected that he would be


    attacked in Prince Francis'' mansion. Someone released a poisonous gas. It was so sudden that he


    didn''t even have much time to react. At that moment, he wanted to set off a re to send out a


    message asking for help, but someone seemed to have guessed what he was nning to do and


    managed to quickly stop him. In the end, Fred lost consciousness and fell to the ground without being


    able to do anything.


    Checking on Fred who had lost consciousness, Owen wiped off the beads of cold sweat on his


    forehead. If Fred had managed to set off the re sessfully, Francis would definitely punish him for


    screwing up his n. With that, he immediately ordered someone to carry Fred away. He sighed, "I


    can''t allow you to ruin my master''s n."


    Matthew was currently in the army, busy dealing with the military affairs. There were fierce fights taking


    ce in the Great Jade Kingdom. In order to prevent another country from swooping in while they were


    fighting, the Great Jade Kingdom had deployed troops to the border in case of an external enemy


    invasion. But as far as Matthew was concerned, Rndo should have already taken control of the


    whole situation in his country by now, so sending out troops to the border might be for apletely


    different matter.


    "Your Highness, it''s gettingte. Would you like to rest in the military camp?" Barry politely asked.


    "What time is it now?"


    "Your Highness, it''s about one fifteen. It''s alreadyte. Lady Harper must have gone to bed by now."


    Taking a look at the processed military file, Barry thought that Matthew still had a lot of work to do.


    Some of them probably had something to do with the Great Jade Kingdom. Otherwise, Matthew


    wouldn''t have been working so hard.


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    "Must have?"


    "Yes, she should have gone to bed by now."


    "Should have?" Matthew asked, with his eyebrows deeply knit. Looking at Barry, he then went on and


    added, "What do you mean by ''should have''?"


    "We can''t really say for sure because no one sent any messages from the mansion today. However,


    Lord Zack''s manservant has sent a message to us during the daytime. It was said that His Majesty


    summoned him to the pce to discuss something. If he couldn''t make it back in time to pick up Lady


    Harper, Your Highness might have to pick her up yourself. But no one sent any messages after that.


    For that reason, I assumed that Lady Harper might have gone back by herself."


    Matthew''s guts were telling him that something was quite amiss, so he asked, "You mean, you don''t


    know whether Harper has made it back or not?"


    "I''m afraid, I do not know."


    Upon hearing Barry''s response, Matthew immediately stood up and walked out of the camp. Seeing


    this, Barry hurriedly went after him.


    Matthew went straight to the Phoenix House to look for Harper as soon as he got back to the mansion,


    only to find that she wasn''t home yet. Feeling so furious, he sneered, "How dare you, Francis! You''re


    trying to take Harper away like this!"


    Francis awoke from a sound sleep all of a sudden. Then, he opened his eyes and looked at the woman


    lying next to him. Harper seemed to be fast asleep, so he didn''t want to disturb her, but he had to.


    Carrying her in his arms, he put her down by the bed, trying to make it look like she just fell asleep.


    After that, he immediatelyy down on the bed and continued feigning his illness.


    Just then, Matthew broke straight into Francis'' mansion, disturbing Owen along with some other secret


    guards. Seeing the murderous look on Matthew''s face, Owen asked in surprise, "Your Highness, is


    there something wrong?"


    "Where is my wife?" Matthew asked in a cold tone.


    "Prince Francis'' condition is very severe, so Lady Harper hase to take care of him. It''s alreadyte.


    I''m afraid that she might be asleep," Owen politely replied.'' "Shall I go ahead and wake Lady Harper up


    now?" Owen suggested cautiously.


    "No need. I''ll do it myself," Matthew tly said.


    That wasn''t the first time he had been to Francis'' mansion, so he knew where Francis lived. Noticing


    that someone wasing, Francis quickly hit and released Harper''s acupuncture points.


    Bang! The door was swung open. The loud noise was enough to wake Harper up, and her eyes were


    half open. Upon seeing him, she felt so relieved and said, "Matthew, are you here to pick me up?"


    Matthew was fuming with rage when he got there, but as soon as he heard Harper''s gentle voice, he


    tried his best to hold back and simply replied, "Yes, I''m here to pick you up."


    Still half asleep, Harperzily stretched her neck, unwilling to move. Then, she reached out her hands


    and said, "Hug me."


    Seeing this, Matthew couldn''t helpughing. Then, he walked closer toward Harper and carried her into


    his arms. Completely disregarding everyone else, he walked out of the room with his wife quickly. It all


    happened so fast that none of them was able to see how they actually got out of the room.


    They seemed to have vanished without a trace. Looking at Francis who was lying on the bed, Owen


    said, "Your Highness..."


    "You may take your leave."


    "Yes, Your Highness."


    Caressing the spot where Harper hadin down, Francis felt that it was still warm. A lovely scent was


    left on the pillow. It had the smell of lotus. He had always thought that Harper had a sweet smell. Now,


    he finally came to know what she smelled like. The smell of lotus was so fresh and


    elegant.