Chapter 673 A Time For Mourning (Part Two)


    Francis stared at Lucas who was crying so much and sighed. "Go back to the pce right now. You''re


    the only one missing. Father loved you the most when he was alive. You should go and see him for the


    last time."


    During the entire journey to the pce, Lucas was crying helplessly. Unconcerned about his image and


    composure, he wiped his tears with his clothes. When Francis noticed this, he looked at his younger


    brother with a frown. Lucas had always been profligate. Who would have thought that he would be so


    shattered about the death of the emperor? In fact, he must be the only one who was genuinely


    disheartened about it!


    Lucas blew his nose with a handkerchief and continued crying. He then said, "Francis, how did our


    father pass away? He was fine yesterday. If I had known that this would happen, I wouldn''t have been


    mad at him and run to the brothel. Even if Father wanted to kill me, I would have shamelessly stayed in


    the Tranquil Hall."


    In an ambiguous tone, Francis responded, "Don''t worry; you''re not alone in your sentiments. I''m also


    surprised. Who would have thought that Felix hated our father so much since he was deprived of his


    title as the crown prince? With deep hatred, he sneaked into the pce to assassinate our father.


    When I arrived, our father was already dead and Felix was about to flee so I killed him on the spot. I


    didn''t have a choice."


    Lucas was so stunned so he asked, "How could that be possible? How could Felix do that?"


    "I can''t believe it either. Our father had been so merciful to him. He didn''t even punish Felix with a


    death sentence after he tried to murder him. But still, without an ounce of guilt or shame in his body,


    Felix took our father''s life. If I had known that he would do that, I shouldn''t have interfered and pleaded


    our father''s forgiveness for him." Tears fell from the corner of Francis'' eyes. He wiped them off his face


    and turned away from Lucas. It was like he didn''t want anyone to see him in a sorrowful and regretful


    state.


    Lucas was rendered speechless and silently burst into another set of tears. Inside the pce, the body


    of the emperor was ced in the Immortal Hall. Princes and princesses were kneeling down in a


    respectful manner. Lucas changed into a mourning garment and was silently crying in front of the


    emperor.


    When Lilian saw that Lucas hade back, she looked at him with so much worry. She wanted to say


    something, but in the end, stopped herself from doing so. The entire Immortal Hall was filled with sobs


    and silent cries.


    Meanwhile, Harper was sitting nearby in silence. She was only the sister-inw of the emperor, so she


    wasn''t obliged to kneel down and mourn for him. Wale, the youngest prince, was also present. He was


    in the arms of his nanny. He didn''t cry or make any noise at all. The emperor had a lot of sons, but after


    all sorts of political struggle, there were only a few left. At that moment, the royals looked like a small


    family.


    When Francis came in, he knelt down immediately. Even though he looked steady while on his knees,


    his face was filled with the sorrow of losing a beloved one. Meanwhile, Sherry and Monica were crying


    so hard that they passed out and were sent to their respective residences.


    On one side of the hall, Jason had been kneeling for a long time that there was now extreme pain in his


    knees. So, he moved a little to ease the pain. When he caught a glimpse of Harper, he winked at her


    without any hint of sadness in his face. Harper thought that he looked the same as usual. However,


    when she noticed that he was gritting his teeth, she knew that he was having difficulties because he


    had never knelt for such a long time.


    "Someone,e here," Harper stated, not too loud and not too soft. Jason saw that she uttered


    something so he was wondering what Harper wanted to do.


    "Your Highness," a servant responded.


    "Teach Jason how to kneel properly," Harper said indifferently while she continued to drink her tea. In


    fact, Jason''s body was slightly skewed. Then, the expression on his face froze since everyone was


    watching him. Immediately, he knelt with a perfect posture like Francis. Meanwhile, he sent daggers


    with his eyes at Harper''s direction and thought, ''You ruthless little woman. How could you trick me!''


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    Francis turned to look at Jason. Thetter was almost bursting into tears, but he didn''t dare to offend


    Harper. After all, now that the emperor had gone, it would be quite disadvantageous to the prince if he


    offended Matthew since he had over three hundred thousand soldiers under hismand. The spit of


    those soldiers was enough to drown him.


    The littlemotion which Jason created had attracted a lot of people''s attention. However, Lucas


    didn''t see a bit of what had happened. With a nk expression on his face, he was staring at the


    emperor''s coffin. His back was hunched, like a wounded wolf silently licking his wound.


    When Francis looked away, he paused for a moment once he caught sight of Lucas. But then he


    immediately turned his back. It was very unusual for everyone to see the usual frivolous Lucas kneeling


    there. He wasn''t doing any pranks or causing trouble. The poor prince was just silently mourning.


    Lilian sympathetically looked at Lucas. Among all the princes, Lucas was the apple of the emperor''s


    eye. Now that their father had died, Lucas must be devastated. Moreover, Lilian would soon leave for


    the Great Jade Kingdom because of her marriage. By then, Lucas would be very lonely in the imperial


    capital.


    Lilian thought for a while before kneeling beside him. She tried tofort him. "Lucas, don''t be too


    upset. Father loved you very much. He would be sad if he saw you like this."


    Lucas'' mind was racing very fast while his eyes narrowed. His father might not have been a perfect


    emperor, a perfect husband, or a perfect father. His brothers and sisters could me their father for a


    lot of things, but Lucas just couldn''t. He had been doted on by his father since he was a child. In order


    to protect him, his father deliberately raised him as an idle prince. But he also privately sent someone


    to teach him the emperor''s political techniques and the art of ruling an empire. In front of others, his


    father had been a stern and cruel emperor. But in front of him, his father had always been a kind and


    loving person.


    With these thoughts in mind, Lucas whimpered, "Father, why did you leave like this? If I were to do


    something wrong in the future, no one would take the responsibility for me. I''m sorry. I shouldn''t have


    provoked you. Father, I''m so sorry."