Chapter 869 Being Poisoned (Part One)


    Rndo, who at that point was only pretending to be calm, walked as quickly as possible out of


    anxiety. "Sonia, howe Harper fainted?"


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    "I have no idea," Sonia replied, looking shocked and stressed. "Earlier this morning, Lady Lilian came


    to visit her and invited her to go to the garden. Lady Harper didn''t refuse, and so they went out


    together. After some time, Lady Harper came back and I didn''t notice anything wrong with her—she


    has always wanted to be alone, and so I didn''t disturb her when she went into her room to read some


    books. Then, all of a sudden, I heard something breaking! I quickly rushed in to see what was


    happening and that was when I found her lying on the ground, losing consciousness!"


    "Did you send for the imperial physician?" Rndo asked calmly. Although the imperial physician might


    not be helpful at all in this situation, he knew that it would be better than nothing. But something about


    this whole thing wasn''t sitting right with him: as a physician with superb medical skills, it was incredibly


    strange that Harper would just faint like that out of the blue.


    "I have already sent someone to call the imperial physician," Sonia replied. She knew very well that the


    lady of the Harmony Pce was much, much more valuable than thedy of the Bliss Pce. Because


    of that, she understood that if anything happened to Harper during the time she served her, Rndo


    would immediately order her execution!


    With everything that was happening inside the imperial pce recently, Rndo couldn''t help but be


    extremely worried. They still had that criminal on the loose, and now, something bad happened to


    Harper. Was it done by the same culprit? A murderous look appeared in Rndo''s eyes. ''Whoever that


    person was, I would never let him or her go!'' he thought.


    "Your Majesty."


    Rndo opened the door and walked in, not even bothering to look at the person kneeling on the


    ground. The imperial physician hadn''t arrived yet, and so he immediately sat beside Harper''s bed in


    order to feel her pulse. He was expecting it to be faint and erratic, but he discovered otherwise:


    Harper''s pulse was smooth and powerful. With his basic medical knowledge, he was able toe to a


    conclusion that whatever happened to Harper wasn''t something one should be worried about. "Where


    is the imperial physician? Why hasn''t he arrived yet?" Rndo asked in an annoyed tone.


    "I will go check on where he is," Sonia immediately said. She then closed the door and left the room.


    Rndo frowned again. He turned to Harper and said in a soft voice, "Harper, please wake up."


    Harper felt like her head was being split open. Thest thing she remembered was that she started


    reading a book and that she fell asleep soon after that. The next thing she knew, she was lying on a


    soft bed, opening her eyes next to a handsome man softly calling her name. Somehow, that filled her


    with so much joy that she immediately put her arms around that man''s waist. Rndo was so taken


    aback by Harper''s sudden action that he did not know whether he should feel happy or shocked that


    she was already conscious. Either way, he didn''t know how to appropriately react.


    "You... you finally understand..."


    "Matthew, you finally came!" Harper''s cheerful voice shattered every bit of happiness and hope residing


    inside Rndo''s body. Harper didn''t understand anything—she just thought he was Matthew.


    He could feel a bitter feeling taking over his heart. "Harper, I am not..."


    Before Rndo could finish his sentence, however, Harper''s soft lips were already on his. Rndo


    shuddered and felt his blood boiling. His mind was telling him that he must push Harper away, but his


    body wanted more. However, just as he leaned in for a more passionate kiss, Harper let go of him. Her


    arms stayed around his neck as she talked to him in a coquettish tone.


    "Matthew, howe you arrived just now? You departed way earlier than I did, but why did you arrive


    wayter than me? Did anything happen to you on the way?" The expression on her face made her


    extremely charming, while her wide, bright eyes and luscious red lips added to her allure.


    Rndo waspletely smitten by her that his breath began to be bated. Slowly, he opened his


    mouth and asked in a hoarse voice, "Do... do you know who I am?"


    Harper rolled her eyes at Rndo as if she was asked the dumbest question she had ever head and


    said, "Wow. You think your wife will just forget you like that, Matthew? We just haven''t seen each other


    in half a month!"


    Harper''s flirty tone made Rndo feel even more tortured. Unfortunately for him, it was just the


    beginning. Suddenly, Harper then pulled on her cor and said, "I''m so hot. Do you feel hot?"


    "Hot?" Rndo felt hotter than hot. The fire inside his body was so strong that it was burning through


    his reason in record time. But then it was at that moment that Rndo regained his sanity and realized


    that Harper had fallen victim to something!


    Quick thinking led him to look around the things inside the room. Harper was smart and well trained in


    medicine and so it was not easy to plot against her. ''So what is it? What is the thing in this room that is


    making Harper act the way she is now? What is making her not distinguish the person in front of her?''


    he thought.


    "I''m so hot, Matthew." Harper directly put her hands into Rndo''s clothes. Rndo gasped and


    grabbed her hands immediately.


    "Harper, don''t challenge my limits. I''m a man!" Sonia arrived with the imperial physician just in time to


    see Harper sensually resting her hand on Rndo''s body as Rndo breathed heavily. When she tried


    to push open the door and enter the room, however, a gust of strong wind blew, causing the door to


    m shut in front of them before they were even able to step in.


    "Nobody is allowed toe in!" Rndo shouted, his voice sounding heavy and restrained. The


    imperial physician, who was a learned and experienced man, immediately understood what was


    happening. How could he not know? Despite that, he didn''t dare to leave in case Rndo had any


    orders for him. He just took a few steps away from the door and stood quietly.


    All of a sudden, cold air poured into the room. Rndo''s eyes then fell on the censer in the corner of


    the room. ''There seemed to be smokeing from it!'' he thought. Then, he smelled the fragrance of


    osmanthus.


    "It''sing from the incense!" Rndo hissed, and finally understood what was happening. He wanted


    to get up and extinguish it, but before he could act on it, Harper was already pinning him on the bed.


    This shocked him because he didn''t know what Harper might do, but surprisingly, she justy in his


    arms as she hugged him tight.