Chapter 897 Harmony Pce Is On Fire (Part One)


    As night fell, the guards in the Harmony Pce were doubled. After she took a quick nce at the


    increasing guards, Harper''s attention was caught by something in the yard. Forsythia followed suit but


    had no idea what Harper was looking at. Somehow, it bothered her that Harper''s demeanor was still so


    calm amid everything that was happening. ''Is she... interested in bing Rndo''s empress?'' she


    thought, scandalized.


    "Your Highness, I think we have to try and escape," Forsythia whispered, her spirit not waning despite


    the urgent situation. "If we don''t leave now, tomorrow you''ll..."


    "Forsythia, you have said that a million times," Harper said emotionlessly without even raising her


    head. "If you really believe that you can go out of there and leave unscathed, then you can have a try."


    "But Your Highness, I don''t think it''s a good idea if we just stay here and do nothing! We have to try and


    do something!" Forsythia was slowly bing manic as Matthew still hadn''t shown up yet. If Harper


    attended tomorrow''s ceremony and truly became Rndo''s empress, things would definitely be


    bad and out of control!


    Suddenly, Harper pped her hands, a look of satisfaction donning on her face. "Well, it''s done," she


    said, breathing deeply.


    "What do you mean by that, Your Highness?" Forsythia asked curiously.


    "The array has been set, my dear Forsythia," Harper answered, her eyes glittering. "Matthew should be


    here now. Let''s get in."


    This statement did not make any sense to Forsythia. She felt lost andpletely confused, but


    somehow, the statement calmed her nerves. Her master''s ways of dealing things were a mystery, but


    she trusted in them.


    "Your Highness, is His Highness already in the pce?" she asked.


    Harper smiled mysteriously. "The array outside can probably stop the secret guards for four hours.


    Rndo, on the other hand, can only be stopped for about an hour. I wonder if one hour is enough for


    us to go out of this ce."


    "Enough!" A disembodied voice abruptly rang out inside the room. Both of the two women turned their


    heads and saw a hole slowly emerging on the ground. Soon, they saw Matthew staring at Harper from


    the entrance of the said hole, his eyes deep and knowing.


    Harper sat still and simply looked at her husband with a profound smile on her lips. He finally stopped


    pretending that he wasn''t there.


    "Well? What are you waiting for? Come over now. Are you waiting for Rndo to stop you?" Matthew


    coughed, pretending to be angry.


    Harper still didn''t move. Instead, she continued to look at him and said with a smile, "I thought you


    wanted to pretend that you were not here? You even changed my clothes and the quilt to make me feel


    that you were not here before. What are you doing here?"


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    Matthew choked and quickly jumped out of the hole. Standing in front of Harper in a condescending


    manner, he asked, "Are you sure you want to argue that with me right now?"


    "Am I the one who''s messing around?" Harper pointedly asked, pulling a long face. ''Rndo had saved


    my life. What he asked me to do was not too much. I should return the favor as a friend. Do you want to


    be married to such an ungrateful person?'' she thought, actually mad.


    Matthew felt that the situation Harper was presenting him was a little bit tricky. Despite that, he still


    said, "The most important thing right now is for us to be able to leave this ce. As for other things,


    can we talk about them after we''ve escaped? Is that okay?"


    "Well, you can leave now, but I won''t!" Harper said stubbornly. There was no way she was letting go of


    the whole matter that easily.


    "All right, Harp, I''m sorry. I know it''s not your fault. If Rndo plots against someone purposely, he can


    be deceived, even if he is extremely cautious. I''m just angry with myself. I have known that Rndo''s


    target was you—it has always been you—and I shouldn''t have let you go to the Great Jade Kingdom


    alone. I am very sorry." Matthew let out a deep sigh. "Now, can you stop being angry with me? We


    have a lot to do."


    "Then why did you ask me if I cared about your feelings?"


    "I..." Matthew''s voice became hoarse. The truth was that he was in a very bad mood because he was


    jealous. In his life, he had done such a stupid thing: Although he had escaped, he still went back to


    battle with Rndo. Yet, his self-esteem didn''t allow him to tell her that.


    "What? You don''t believe me! It''s so obvious!"


    "No, I didn''t..." Matthew staggered. "I''m... I''m not confident in myself, Harper."


    "Have you been bewitched by one of Rndo''s magic potions or what? When Rndo saved me, you


    were angry. When he caught me, you were still angry. Does that mean you''d be angry with everything


    that rtes to Rndo? Then, let me ask you one question: do you love him, or me? Because it


    seemed like you''re in love with him! You two—" Before she could say what she wanted to say, however,


    her lips were already sealed shut by Matthew''s lips.


    After they shared a deeply passionate kiss, Matthew released Harper and said in a threatening voice,


    "Continue saying that, and that''s how you''ll end up!"


    Harper rolled her eyes and snorted, "You always showed that you two love and hate each other so


    much that it makes me think I''m the third wheel."


    Matthew was at a loss for words. Why did his wife think that he and Rndo were in love? There was


    only anger between them and there was no space for love, or any kind of feeling of that sort, to flourish.


    Sometimes, he really wanted to pierce into his wife''s head and check what was inside it. Such peculiar


    thoughts this woman had!


    "Can we just get a move on, please? I am sure that once Rndo finishes taking care of whatever he''s


    taking care of, he will surelye here and guard you. If that happened, our slim chances of escaping


    this ce would be even slimmer!" Matthew wrapped his arm around Harper''s waist and was


    about to take her away when she suddenly said,


    "Wait!" Harper tapped Matthew''s hand as a signal to him to let her go. After he did, she went ahead


    and hung up an oilmp using a thread. She then tied the other end of the thread to a chair. The


    process continued with her lighting a candle which was about four centimeters higher than a certain


    point along the thread. Matthew looked on curiously, but then he immediately understood what she was


    doing: The moment candle reached the thread, it would burn it, effectively cutting it, causing the oil


    lamp to fall to the ground. Once that happened, it would ignite the curtain in the room, burning


    everything down.