Cynthia Xiao couldn't help but frown upon hearing his words. First of all, it was kind of weird for Francis to find out about the situation in Matthew's mansion so soon. Was he actually having his men spy on Matthew's mansion? Besides, if it were true that he was worried that no one would entertain her in Matthew's mansion, he should have just let Harper leave the Imperial Palace and come back. But now, this man was inviting her into the Imperial Palace instead. Was this an order from Harper or from Francis?
"Who is the one inviting into the Imperial Palace? Lady Harper or Prince Francis?" she asked.
"It doesn't matter anyway," Ken flatly replied, his voice calm and sensible. "Lady Cynthia, this way please."
"Lady Cynthia..." Amy was about to rejected Ken.
"Amy, don't be rude," Cynthia Xiao stopped Amy from saying anything else. Then, she turned to Ken and said, "Very well. Please lead the way."
"Yes. Forgive me, Lady Cynthia. I'm only following orders," Ken apologized. With that, he asked the guards to surround the carriage from the front to the back. It might appear that he was protecting the carriage, but he was actually just escorting them into the Imperial Palace.
Standing by the window and looking at the person being taken away, Rufus squinted his eyes. "Mister Rufus, Lady Cynthia is being taken into the Imperial Palace. Is she going to be all right?" asked Rufus' manservant.
"What could possibly happen to her?" Rufus answered in a rather indifferent tone. "What? Do you think Francis would be so lecherous that he'd actually do something to her? I'm afraid the people in the Swan Castle only wish that Francis would actually make a move on her."
had been noticing that his young master was becoming more and more displeased with the people in the Swan Castle. Rufus had only been back to the imperial capital for a few days, and now Cynthia had arrived afterwards. Now, she even went directly to Matthew's mansion to pay a visit, only to be turned down and even forcibly escorted into the Imperial Palace. These developments were very
we're just going to leave Lady Cynthia like this?" asked the
Palace tonight," Rufus said in a cold tone. Thinking of the thing he was holding in his hand, he would naturally find a way to give it to Harper. Cynthia Xiao being brought into the Imperial Palace had just given him a perfect excuse
in. At that time, he was sitting nearby, carefully
visiting the Imperial Palace at night!"
Francis and eventually got himself killed in the
the Imperial Palace. So, I, at least, have an excuse to go there. But what about you? Do you have any excuse?" Rufus asked angrily as he stood with arms akimbo. As soon as he came back to the imperial capital, Howard had been following him wherever he went. If it were not for the fact
answered, "My sister is in
Rufus chided. But after a while, he realized that Harper was indeed Howard's sister, to
now glistening with cold light. As he waved his sword, he pointed it straight toward Rufus. And then, his sword stopped in
his stomach even ached because of anger. 'What?
"Isn't that what your clan is like? Your family is no different from mine when it comes to this
thought, he realized that Howard was merely telling the truth. If brothers and sisters were not from the same mother, the fights among them would probably be even fiercer. Although he rarely came back to the Swan Castle, he
scheming against them." Rufus made it
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