Chapter 627 Poisoned By The Terminalia Cheb (Part Two)


    Almost at the same time, Fred and Barry turned their heads away from what was now Jack''s corpse.


    They did not have the heart to see such a gruesome scene. Although Jack had betrayed Matthew, they


    didn''t want to see him die like that because they had been friends since they were very little. They


    practically grew up together. Despite their sentiments, they would not save him either. Since he


    committed a very serious crime by betraying Matthew, he deserved to die. The only thing that they


    could do was turning away so they wouldn''t be able to watch him die.


    Then, Harper released her grip on Jack and his dead body mmed onto the ground with a thud. She


    turned around and was about to leave. But suddenly, she noticed that there was something wrong with


    Jack''s face. After his neck was broken and he died within seconds, theplexion of his face did not


    change at all.


    Meanwhile, Matthew''s eyes had only been focused on Harper. At that time, he was still thinking about


    how to deal with the poison that was inside Harper''s body. He asked, "What is the Terminalia


    Cheb?"


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    Unintentionally ignoring Matthew''s question, Harper sat on the floor and closely examined Jack''s face.


    After a while, she still couldn''t find anything wrong. She then hesitated for a few seconds before taking


    out a silver needle. With one quick sweep over his face, she finally found something.


    "Matthew, this man is not the real Jack," Harper concluded decisively.


    Upon hearing that, the other three men were stunned. The first one to approach Harper was Fred. After


    checking on Jack''s body, he immediately found something wrong with Jack''s face. He then stretched


    out his hand and tore off ayer of mask that was securely stered atop his face.


    Everyone looked at the strange face in front of them and silence fell on the room. The dead man was


    certainly not Jack, even if he had been by their side for so long. The two most important questions by


    then were what happened to the real Jack and if he was still alive. Everyone was having the same


    doubts.


    At that point in time, the furious state that Matthew was in did not melt away. Instead, it became more


    and more intense. Fred and Barry immediately noticed this. Slowly but consistently, they moved away


    from Matthew in order to spare themselves. Before long, they had already run away, leaving Harper


    and Matthew alone in the remote small yard while they stared at each other in dismay.


    "Well... I''m sorry. Darling, I apologize but I''m not pregnant," Harper finally said. She couldn''t stand the


    silence anymore. Then, she carefully and passively moved to his side and pitifully held on to his sleeve.


    Matthew raised his head to look at her with a ghastly expression on his face. He even looked like he


    wanted to skin people alive. When Harper was in the Phoenix House, she was very cautious. He knew


    how high her defenses were towards other people. She was only able to calm down when he arranged


    the servants to prepare food for her. Now, it was not her fault at all. But she still apologized when she


    noticed that he was mad. The truth, however, was that Matthew was not upset at her for not being


    pregnant. He was angry with himself for giving the fake Jack the opportunity to hurt her. He felt guilty.


    Although a part of him was certainly a bit disappointed about not having a baby yet, another part of him


    actually felt a bit relieved with this news.


    He sighed before reaching out to pull Harper into his arms. "I''m sorry. It''s all my fault," he whispered


    into her ear.


    Harper breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. As long as he wasn''t mad because she wasn''t


    pregnant, Harper was at ease. She knew how happy he was when he found out that he was going to


    be a father. But now, he had been informed that she had only been poisoned by Terminalia Cheb


    and wasn''t carrying a baby. Harper thought that he would be very disappointed. After all, they just took


    a piece of heaven away from him.


    "I didn''t protect you well. I was so stupid. I didn''t notice that it wasn''t Jack but an impostor!" Matthew


    lamented. He was extremely annoyed by his own foolishness. But, as luck would have it, Harper was


    not pregnant so he didn''t have to fall into a dilemma.


    "To be honest, I''m very curious about who is actually capable of recing your bodyguard without your


    noticing," Harper said. She couldn''t think of a person who would be able to do that. No matter how


    much she tried to search in every corner of her brain for a suspect, she couldn''t think of anyone.


    "I''m curious about it too." Clenching his jaw, Matthew thought about the matter thoroughly. The entire


    situation was a huge p in his face. Someone had been able to rece his bodyguard, poisoned his


    wife, and even delivered news about him to others. The worse thing was that it wasn''t even him who


    found out about the discrepancies. If it weren''t for Harper and Fred, he was afraid that he wouldn''t have


    known that there was an intruder around him.


    Harper then slowly added, "Speaking of which, there is one thing that''s still very strange to me. Francis


    hadpletely healed from the poison in his body. He also knew that it was the emperor who had


    been poisoning him. Why then did he allow them to continue poisoning him? At this point, he had


    already consumed a lot of poison. The person who was behind this clearly wants to kill him in a short


    period of time."


    "What did he say?" Matthew asked with his eyebrows furrowed.


    "He said that he was just having a cup of tea in the Imperial Study and then ended up like that. I always


    felt like the whole thing was weird. The emperor wanted to make it up to Francis so he had been


    protecting him with the utmost effort. So why did he suddenly drug him heavily? A dosage like that


    would have certainly killed him!"


    "I don''t think it was the emperor behind all of this. For all we know, it might be Francis who did it to


    himself in order to trick everyone," Matthew said before taking Harper in his arms and walking towards


    to door.


    "What? Is he mad? His body has been damaged for so long. He needs so much time and care to


    recuperate. Injecting his own body with poison as lethal as that will definitely end his life!" Harper


    eximed. It was hard for her to believe that Francis would do something like that. Even if he didn''t


    want to live anymore, he didn''t need to torture himself like that.


    ncing at Harper, Matthew had the urge to throw her out when he realized that she still cared about


    Francis so much. But he didn''t do it, because he knew that it would only bring him pain if Harper was


    hurt. Therefore, he lightly pinched Harper around the wrist to make her understand the displeasure that


    he was feeling. Of course, it was only natural for him to feel disappointed when Harper cared for


    another man.


    "Yes, he''s insane!" Matthew agreed.


    "You''re right. The person who would do such a thing to harm himself is indeed insane," Harper said in


    agreement. In fact, she doubted that Francis would be so stupid to do such a cruel thing to himself. And


    for what? She could not figure out any reasonable exnation if Francis really did it to himself.


    "What are you thinking about?" Matthew asked. He could tell just by looking at her that she was in deep


    thought.


    "I''m just thinking about it more thoroughly. The emperor is not young anymore. He has been enjoying


    his sexual life, day and night. Thus, his body is getting weaker. Moreover, his condition has not been


    good recently. I''m wondering when he will be in trouble due to that," Harper remarked with a smile on


    her face. She didn''t want to tell Matthew about her doubts about the possibility that Francis poisoned


    himself.


    "What do you mean by that? What kind of trouble would the emperor run into?" asked Matthew.


    The smile on Harper''s face even reached her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but


    ultimately chose to do otherwise. Matthew immediately understood what she meant. In an instant, a


    gloomy expression appeared on his face. But it was very brief and he soon returned to normal. Then,


    he said slowly, "Well, you don''t have to worry about anything like that with me. I''m in good health. I will


    never find myself in that kind of trouble!"


    Chocked by his words, Harper coughed to clear her throat. She asked, "What are you talking about?"


    "Well, I think you know exactly what I mean. Anyway, why don''t we test it now? I will show you that my


    body is still very strong," Matthew said with a smirk on his face.


    "Matthew, I''m sorry, but I had never doubted your abilities when ites to that!" Harper tried to plead,


    although it was obviously toote for her to do so. If she was going to spend the night with him, Harper


    could already foresee that she would not be able to get up in the morning the next day.