Chapter 711 No One Shall Be Allowed To Leave (Part One)


    "The imperial jade seal in your hands is a fake one, isn''t it?" Francis asked in a cold tone as he peered


    at the imperial jade seal Lucas was holding in his hands.


    Lucas then began tossing the imperial jade seal between his hands. "What do you think?" he tly


    asked.


    Francis screwed his eyes slightly. His intuition was telling him that something seemed quite amiss. Yet,


    as the arrow was on the bow and poised to strike, he didn''t have the time to think too much about it.


    For as long as Lucas was dead and he himself became the new emperor, Matthew wouldn''t be able to


    do anything to him.


    "Lucas, are you aware that you havemitted one more crime—forging the imperial jade seal?!"


    Francis used him, waving his hand and gesturing for all of the guards to attack Lucas together. At


    that point, he believed that it wouldn''t make a difference even if Lucas was still alive. By doing this,


    Lucas could be killed and his blood could be used to pay respect to the g, because it would be


    a good omen for his enthronement.


    The Regal Guards moved one after another and stood with the pce guards. The head as well as the


    deputy head of the pce guards respectively stood on one side of Francis, awaiting his orders.


    Putting her hands against the tower wall, Harper leaned forward slightly, trying to take a good look at


    everything with such interest in her eyes. "I''ve heard before that a throne is always built on a pile of


    bones. But it is not until I see it with my own eyes today that I believe it''s true. It could even be


    considered humiliating for one to take the throne without stepping on bones."


    "As the saying goes, a general achieves renown over the dead bodies of ten thousand soldiers, let


    alone an emperor," Matthew said, pulling Harper into his arms. "I''m beginning to get bored just


    watching from here. What do you say we do something to take part in it too?"


    "Feel free to make this farce end sooner," Harper replied, looking at the difited Francis. He had


    always appeared so gentle and civilized before, but right now, he looked extremely disheveled. That


    being said, it didn''t really do anything to his charming appearance whatsoever. It was a bit unfair. A


    handsome man, no matter how disheveled, would still be handsome.


    Casting Harper a nce, Matthew suddenly snapped his fingers. No one else knew what it meant. But


    it seemed as though his fingers had magic power, stopping everyone in an instant, because Francis


    had been captured!


    Harper was left utterly dumbfounded when she saw Ken, the head of the pce guards, put his sword


    on Francis'' neck. "Stop, all of the pce guards."


    All the pce guards immediately obeyed Ken''s order. Now that Ken himself had told them to stop,


    they all stopped whatever it was that they were dong. Seeing that, the Regal Guards stopped as well,


    as if they had been extremely frightened by the unexpected scene.


    "Ken works for you?" asked Harper in surprise.


    Matthew answered gently, "You have only met three of my four strongest guards before. Ken is the


    fourth one."


    As it turned out, the head of the pce guards was actually one of the four strongest guards under


    Matthew''smand. If thete emperor were to find out about this, he would jump out of the imperial


    tomb because of anger, and he would curse Matthew for going too far, as he had trusted Ken till the


    end of his life.


    "You have so many talented followers around you, darling!" Harper said, giving him a thumbs up. No


    wonder many people feared Matthew so much. After all, people whom they thought they were familiar


    with might turn out to be their enemies in the blink of an eye.


    "I have a lot of capable men around me. I will introduce them to you one by one some other day.


    Joshua Qi, the general of the ck g Army, is an extremely capable man as well."


    Harper couldn''t help but chuckle upon hearing that. Of course, she knew that the general who was able


    tomand the entire ck g Army would by no means be a simple man. Even if she wanted to,


    she couldn''t pretend not to know. "Let''s get downstairs. The situation is already under control. It''s time


    for us to go down," she insisted.


    "Okay,"


    Matthew replied. Wrapping his arm around Harper''s waist, he leaped off from the gate tower and


    landed on the ground in front of Francis. Francis'' face had beenpletely devoid of color. "I didn''t


    expect that the head of the pce guards would be your man, Uncle Matthew."


    "There''s a lot of things you do not know," Matthew replied indifferently. "Over the years, you''ve worked


    hard in the dark, using your poor health as an excuse. You incited the other princes to fight against one


    another and you even managed to keep your father from finding out. You''re the most patient prince I''ve


    ever seen."


    "You must be kidding me, Uncle Matthew. As for patience, I believe Lucas is the most patient one. As


    the true heir to the throne, he pretended to be a yboy for years, discreetly wandering among various


    powers. Even the courtiers were fooled into thinking that he was actually a yboy. I honestly feel


    ashamed of my inferiority to him in terms of patience," Francis said, shifting his gaze toward Lucas.


    Lucas had been on good terms with Matthew for many years. Nobody had ever given it much thought,


    because he had always pretended to be a yboy without showing any interest in national affairs. It


    was not until that point that Francis realized that maybe Lucas had made up his mind to ride on the


    coattails of Matthew since the day he became friendly with him. Even though thete emperor had


    been very afraid of the great power Matthew possessed, Lucas had never changed his stance.


    "Thank you for your praise, Francis. I also admire you. Despite your poor health, you have stirred up


    quite a bit of trouble in the Bright Dynasty. If it weren''t for your evil intention on Aunt Harper, it would


    probably still be unknown who the throne will go to," Lucas said with a smile. Truth be told, Harper was


    Matthew''s taboo. Lucas had figured it out from the moment Harper became the hostess of Matthew''s


    mansion. However, Francis never really understood it. That was the reason why he lost the game.


    "Do you think you have won?" Francis sneered. "Uncle Matthew, whose life do you think is more


    important, mine or Harper''s?"


    "Your life is worthless!" Matthew stated in a cold and ruthless voice. In his eyes, Francis'' life was as


    worthless as weeds!


    Francis didn''t get upset with his answer. Instead, he simply smiled and said, "Uncle Matthew, in that


    case, you can''t kill me then. After all, no one other than me has the antidote to the poison in her body."


    "Poison?" Matthew asked, squinting his eyes and turning his head to look at Harper.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.