Chapter 32 The Undercurrent (Part Two)


    "Congrattions!" Harper pped. But she thought that Hailey was such a fool. Katrina had always


    been favored by the emperor even if she was without a child. As it was, Hailey had always been the


    one who mainly tended to her. Now that Chloe requested a sudden change of physicians, she was up


    to something. Hailey was a fool to not have realized this.


    "Lady Chloe is pregnant. You must be careful," Charles warned. He had been in politics to know that


    something was up. "If you do have any problems, go ask Lady Katrina for help."


    "I know, Father."


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    "Or you could find another imperial physician to take care of Lady Chloe with you. This way, you''ll be


    more relieved by exhausting duties," Charles suggested. People in the Imperial Pce had been


    known to resort to ruthless means in murdering their enemies. Getting rid of an unborn baby would be


    a piece of cake. If Hailey walked into their traps, the Chu n would suffer great losses. It would be


    even harder for Katrina to stay in the pce alone.


    "Lady Katrina''s afraid of problemsing with Lady Chloe''s pregnancy, so she dares not send any


    other physician to Lady Chloe. After all, Lady Chloe specifically requested me to take care of her. But I


    am afraid of what other people would do to Lady Chloe." Hailey lowered her voice to a whisper. The


    emperor had always been greatly attached to the child ever since Chloe announced her pregnancy. If


    Chloe gave birth to the child, she''d be promoted to a higher position. If there was a mistake in the


    process of her pregnancy, it would be by the hands of the other concubines.


    "Be careful."


    "Yes, Father."


    Harper ate her food, pretending as if she hadn''t heard their conversations. Charles had always shown


    his favor towards Hailey and Felicia in front of her all these years, so she was used to it. Her old self


    would''ve felt bitter about it, but now, she felt detached by the matter.


    "By the way, how is Lady Katrina?" Charles asked. Suddenly it urred to him that Mavis asked


    Harper to go to the Imperial Pce.


    "Lady Katrina is doing great, but she misses Grandma and Father so much," Hailey smiled. "Lady


    Katrina even asked me to bring a piece of invaluable ginseng for Grandma."


    "That''s so kind of her." Mavis grinned. Though her daughter was an imperial concubine, she still cared


    for her health.


    "Does His Majesty often go to Lady Katrina''s ce?" Charles asked. The emperor always loved


    beautiful women.


    Hailey blushed and said, "Lady Chloe is now His Majesty''s favorite. Though he can''t be intimate with


    her because of her pregnancy, he will still often apany her. Lady Loren, who has just entered the


    Imperial Pce is also closely favored by him."


    Charles nodded thoughtfully and cast a nce at Harper. But she calmly ate her food, not noticing the


    way her father red at her.


    "Father, have you heard of Prince Matthew''s disability and hisst fiancee''s death?" Hailey suddenly


    asked.


    Charles snorted, "Who wouldn''t? His Highness has bad karma. He has brought it to the women around


    him! Look at it. They were just engaged and his fiancee was already dead."


    "His highness is disabled. Is that true?" Hailey asked softly. There was an unknown emotion threaded


    across her words that Harper couldn''t help but look up from her food.


    "Of course. His Majesty even sent an imperial physician to examine him. Aren''t you in the Imperial


    Academy of Medicine? Why do you still ask?" Charles asked casually, unaware of what his eldest


    daughter was up to. "His Highness is a powerful man, and His Majesty has always been very


    suspicious of him. Now he is in charge of the interdependent judicial departments—the Ministry of


    Punishments, the Council of Review, and the Department of Supervision. Though everyone thinks he


    lost his influence, his ck g Army is still as powerful as ever, so nobody dares to offend him."


    "Father, I''ve heard that the ck g Army is highly disciplined and powerful. Is it true?" Harper asked


    curiously.


    "It''s said to be, but I haven''t seen it. His Highness had brought with him one hundred soldiers of the


    ck g Army when he returned, which were stronger than any soldiers in the Imperial Pce."


    Charles remembered the murderous and domineering aura that emitted from every single one of the


    soldiers from the ck g Army. Though they had done nothing, Charles knew that he''d be dead if


    he dared n something against Matthew.


    "So the ck g Army is very powerful?" Harper prodded. "His Highness is disabled, so who''s the


    new leader of the ck g Army?"


    "A general named Lewis Huai. He has been working for His Highness in the army." The emperor was


    worried about the ck g Army the most. Lewis Huai was an orphan with nothing to lose, so the


    emperor had nothing to hold against him. When Matthew was disabled and Lewis Huai took over his


    position, the emperor was so angry that he smashed many valuable treasures in the Imperial Study!


    With a smile, Harper took a sip from her cup. "His Majesty must be worried about His Highness''s


    marriage. Since His Highness has bad karma, no one would be willing to give their daughter away."


    "Yes, His Majesty is indeed worried about His Highness''s marriage." A sly look shed in Charles''


    eyes. It wasmon that heroes were always attached to beauties. If Matthew were to get married


    with a woman he loved, he''d be distracted. As long as Matthew had a weakness, he''d no longer be


    invincible. But so far, Matthew''s every fiancee had died not long after their engagement had been


    announced.