Chapter 571 Request For Pill (Part One)


    The wet nurse was uneasy and full of doubts. Chloe stood up, took the child from the wet nurse''s arms,


    and walked slowly towards the empress.


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    Wale was so pretty with his fair skin. His big eyes twinkled like stars. However, as soon as he saw the


    empress, he burst into tears, crying out at the top of his loud baby''s voice. Chloe tried to coax him to


    lighten the awkward atmosphere. However, no matter what she did, Wale just kept crying, as if the


    thought of being hugged by the empress terrified him. With no other choice, Chloe looked at the


    empress with apologetic eyes.


    "Well, never mind. He is probably just hungry now. You can take him away and go back first," the


    empress said gently, as she stretched out her hand and pinched Wale''s cute little face. "You have such


    a strong cry. It means you will have a promising future."


    "Yes. Please excuse me," Chloe said as she held Wale, who was crying so hard that he was almost out


    of breath, in her arms, and went out quickly with the wet nurse. The empress''s gloomy eyes lingered on


    Chloe''s back as she went out. It was obvious that this scene had triggered her displeasure. Even a little


    baby responded to her as if she were a devil from hell! How could she endure that? Nheless, she


    repressed her temper until there was no more sign of it on her face. To be morose over such a trivial


    thing would reflect badly upon her as an empress.


    Seeing this, Sherry also excused herself and left the room. Her motivation for maintaining a peaceful


    facade with the empress was that Francis hadn''t fully recovered, and Felix, meanwhile, still had a lot of


    power. Her priority was to stay out of all troubles in the Imperial Pce. Thus, she would avoid


    unnecessary conflicts with the empress.


    Despite the empress''s annoyance about the incident that day, she quickly let it go without taking it


    seriously. From that moment, she only had thoughts for the birthday gift she would prepare for the


    emperor. Everyone else was busying preparing gifts. Those gifts would be delivered to the Imperial


    Pce within a few days. It was by no means a simple matter to prepare a gift that would truly make


    Felix stand out and the emperor happy.


    Inside Matthew''s mansion, Harper studied the imperial edict in her hands, and a mysterious smile


    appeared on her face. "Honey, the emperor has asked you to take charge of security at the birthday


    banquet. Isn''t he afraid that he is going to die fast enough?" Harper joked.


    Matthew raised his eyebrows and looked at her. "I will carry it out without leaving a trace of evidence


    against me in public."


    "You have already left a lot of such evidence for others to discover, honey," she said. "I''m just a bit


    puzzled by this. The emperor should be on guard against you, but now he is actually entrusting you


    with security at his birthday banquet. Don''t you find that hard to ount for?"


    Matthew pondered this question carefully, but he wasn''t sure how to ount for the emperor''s


    decision. Now that Harper had raised this doubt, he agreed that there must be something fishy going


    on. It was almost certainly part of a plot the emperor was hatching.


    "Come what may, I fear nothing," Matthew said in a t tone, and it was true that he had no fear at all.


    "There''s nothing else we can do. At the birthday banquet, there will be many guests. It will be very


    lively, and the situation will beplex. Moreover, all those vassal states, those countries under the


    rule of the Bright Dynasty, will alsoe to the celebration. In this environment, security will be a


    serious issue, and the emperor has entrusted you with it... I''m afraid the situation is more treacherous


    than it looks. Will the emperor exploit this opportunity tounch an attack against you?" Harper


    suggested a possibility. This was the only possibility that came to her mind.


    Her suggestion raised another possibility in Matthew''s mind. He looked at her with narrowed eyes. "I


    suspect he''s not aiming at me, but you," he said, with furrowed eyebrows.


    "At me?" Harper asked, feeling puzzled. How could she be endangered when Matthew took charge of


    security during the birthday banquet?


    "Since I am responsible for safety at the birthday banquet, I will definitely not be at your side at that


    time. This will give others an opportunity to hurt you," Matthew said, with a deadly gleam shing in his


    eyes. He would teach the emperor a hard lesson if thetter dared to make a move against her.


    "Well, now I''m quite intrigued by this situation," Harper said as she tossed the imperial edict away. "I do


    wonder what they would try to do to me."


    Because of what had befallen Howard, Walden was starting to be more active recently after his long


    disappearance from the public eye. But this time, he did not make his presence felt at court. He had


    other business to deal with instead.


    With the emperor''s birthday approaching, like all the other princes, he had to prepare a birthday gift.


    However, as a supporter of Felix, he also needed to help him prepare a gift. In recent days there were


    many rumors about the Longevity Pill. Felix had ordered him to obtain it at all costs.


    Walden and his men stayed outside the legendary physician''s house for a long time. It was proverbial


    that people with extraordinary abilities had strange personalities, and the brilliant old physician was a


    case like that. His mansion was built on the hillside of a mountain. Walden and his guards had suffered


    a lot to locate him.


    "Your Highness, shall we stay here continuously?" asked one of the guards. In the midst of the


    mountain, it was bone-chillingly cold. Their first thought had been to enter the physician''s mansion.


    However, a servant of the old physician shut the door against them without hesitation.


    "Yes, until he sessfully makes the Longevity Pill," Walden said. He had an iron-bound resolution to


    obtain the Longevity Pill. He had bungled the job involving Howard before. As a result, Felix had


    be implicated and fell under the emperor''s suspicion. He was still repentant for that. This time, he


    would spare no expense to aplish the mission Felix assigned to him, and thereby make amends.


    "Yes, Your Highness." The guard was shivering with cold, but he dared notin. He took out a


    strong liquor and gulped it. He soon felt warm all over thanks to the wine.


    Walden had been raised in afortable environment. Then, right after the New Year, he had left the


    imperial capital and undertook a long journey to reach this ce, in order to acquire the pill. However,


    this old physician was very stubborn. Just as if the rumors about him were true, hemanded his


    servant to drive his men out directly, and he lied that he didn''t have the pill they wanted.


    It was said that several groups of people hade to beg the physician for the pill, and they too were


    all shut outside the door. However, there were also people who hade to request other medicines,


    and their requests were granted.