Chapter 722 Changes In The South Domain (Part Two)


    Looking at how annoyed Harper was, Matthew felt helpless and said, "I just don''t want to risk your


    safety."


    "Do you really think there''s a safe ce anywhere in the world right now? If you go to the South


    Kingdom alone and leave me in the imperial capital by myself, do you think Francis wouldn''t do


    anything to hurt me? I''m afraid that he will sneak back to the imperial capital and seek revenge on me


    as soon as you leave. It doesn''t even have to be him. He could still have acquaintances here and could


    just ask them to do his dirty work for him. Or, don''t you believe in your capabilities to protect me if I go


    with you?" Harper reasoned with him.


    It was the first time for Matthew to see Harper being so eloquent. He didn''t know how to rebut her


    arguments because she did have a point. The safest way was to keep Harper by his side so that he


    could look after her by himself. After all, it was the only way for him to feel assured of her safety. There


    was nobody else that he could ask to protect Harper while he was away.


    "Your Highnesses, His Majesty is here," Noah reported while he came into the room. When he noticed


    the awkward atmosphere, Noah was confused so he asked, "Shall I invite His Majesty here?"


    Lucas was feeling aggrieved as an emperor. He thought that he must be the first emperor in history to


    have been denied ess to a mansion. But he was already used to being embarrassed. So he


    immediately climbed over the wall to enter Matthew''s mansion. Noah just turned a blind eye to such


    behavior, because Matthew only said that Lucas was not allowed to enter his mansion through the


    gate. Technically, he didn''t prohibit Lucas from entering his mansion by climbing over the wall.


    "Uncle Matthew, Aunt Harper," Lucas greeted the couple while he popped his head into the room with a


    ttering smile on his face. Upon entering the room, he straight on stated, "The general guarding the


    south domain sent me an emergency report. ording to his ounts, something unusual happened


    in the border of the South Kingdom."


    "The general guarding the south domain?" Harper asked when a name suddenly came to her mind. "Is


    it Luther Lu? He was the man that your father sent to take over the army in the south domain after


    Harrison was dismissed from his position."


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    Meanwhile, Matthew remembered Luther just then. The man was a former member of the military''s


    strategic n department. He had kept a low profile and hadn''t had much contact with the courtiers.


    When thete emperor promoted him, everyone else had been very surprised to hear the news. That


    was because Luther had been too inconspicuous. But if anyone were to carefully look into him, they


    would find out that his rank did not increase because of social connections but rather through his


    military merits.


    "I want detailed information about Luther," Matthew immediately said.


    Hearing that, Lucas ran into the room quickly. He handed a stack of documents to Matthew and said, "I


    knew you would be interested in Luther, Uncle Matthew. So I acquired his personal records and


    brought them here in a hurry. However, your guards didn''t let me in. I had no choice but to climb over


    the wall just to enter your mansion."


    Lucas threw himself into a chair as if he didn''t have a single bone in his body. Then, he picked up a cup


    and took a big sip of the tea. "There are a lot of poisonous miasmas and insects in the South Kingdom.


    Besides, the people in there are very skilled at using poison. In case we have to go to war against


    them, I''m afraid that we will be at a disadvantage."


    "But that is not what you should be worrying about. First of all, you have to figure out how many spies


    are there in the south domain''s army," Matthew said. After carefully looking through Luther''s personal


    records, he handed them to Harper. He couldn''t find anything wrong with the man. "I didn''t expect that


    he has obtained a lot of achievements in the military."


    "The reason that Father promoted him was precisely because of his capabilities. And at that time,


    Father was hoping that he could find a military general who would beparable to you..." Lucas


    stated, his voice dropping while he continued to speak. After all, thete emperor had been hostile to


    Matthew because he had always been threatened by him. Because of this, thete emperor had done


    a lot of things which would have been enough for Matthew to kill him a dozen times.


    Matthew didn''t respond to that and sipped his tea instead. At that moment, Harper was skimming over


    Luther''s personal records. All of a sudden, she asked, "How is Carlson in the north domain?"


    "That guy had a rather great experience in his time at the Northern Expeditionary Army. He is now a


    sub-third rank general. Previously, every time Uncle Allen heard what Carlson did, he would shake his


    head and helplessly sigh. However, things are different now. Whenever he hears that Carlson had


    earned excellent military achievements, he will grin from ear to ear. I thought he woulde back and


    quit the army within a month. But to my surprise, he has been promoted to the sub-third rank after


    serving in the army for only a year. I did underestimate him before. Also, Shawn really deserves to be


    the heir of his father''s position. He has beenmanding the army in perfect order," Lucas hastily


    answered.


    A glimmer of light shed in Harper''s eyes while she turned to look at Matthew. There were too many


    problems with the army guarding the south domain. Now that they were going there to eliminate the


    spies from the army, of course, they couldn''t trust or use anybody from the army guarding the south


    domain. Thus, they had to transfer people from another ce. However, the Northern Expeditionary


    Army was too far away, and they could not take the ck g Army to the south domain either.


    Otherwise, it would only make their enemies suspicious and take precautions in advance, which would


    incur a great loss on their part.


    When Lucas noticed that the couplemunicated with each other by eye contact instead of uttering a


    single word, he felt a little bored. He asked, "Uncle Matthew, should we send someone to the South


    Kingdom per their invitation? If not, I''ll have someone turn it down."


    "We should ept their offer; don''t you think so? Francis provided such an attractive bait in order to


    lure us there. If we don''t take it, he will be greatly disappointed," Matthew impassively replied.


    When he heard the name of his brother,plex emotions shed through Lucas'' eyes. He asked,


    "Uncle Matthew, are you going to kill Francis?"


    "It depends on whether or not he''s determined to dance with death. If he dares to create chaos within


    the army guarding the south domain and betray our Bright Dynasty by colluding with our enemies, I will


    never keep him alive," Matthew slowly said.


    When Lucas heard that, his eyelids began to twitch. No matter what happened, Francis was a prince of


    the Bright Dynasty. So Lucas didn''t want to believe that his brother could really betray his country.