Chapter 631 Volunteer To Pray (Part Two)
"Uncle Matthew, Grand Secretary Franklin and others have arrived," he told him.
"I see," Matthew replied nonchntly inside the carriage. After that, everyone heard him waking up
Harper. A few momentster, Harper got off the carriage and seemed to be just half awake.
"Aunt Harper," Felix said.
"Your Highness," Harper politely replied, nodding her head. "Your Highness, would you please choose
several officials to enter with me? Although the officials have the right to know about His Majesty''s
condition, His Majesty needs a peaceful environment right now. So please select a small number of
representatives. Otherwise, we may risk irritating him if too many peoplee inside at once."
"Okay," Felix quickly replied. Then, he proceeded to call out the names of a few officials.
"Uncle Allen, Grand Secretary Franklin, General Maxwell, and Marquis Travis, pleasee inside with
us."
"Yes, Your Highness," all of them replied at once.
Harper and Matthew were walking in front of everyone. No one made anyment regarding this and
they all just quietly followed them inside. The empress was sitting at the bedside. Seeing the people
coming in, she immediately tried to wipe her tears dry. That being said, no one could actually tell
whether there were any real tears or not.
"Harper, hurry up and check on His Majesty. He has been unconscious the entire time. I''m worried
about him," the empress cried out at once as she took the emperor''s hand in hers, seeming like such
an affectionate wife. If Harper didn''t know that they were never really such a loving couple, she would
have probably believed that the rtionship they shared was actually this good. ''What a good actress
she is!'' Harper couldn''t help thinking.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will check His Majesty''s pulse and diagnose his condition right
away," Harper said at once. As it turned out, she could be quite the actress as well.
Hearing that, someone fetched a stool, and ced it on the bedside for Harper to use. She sat down
immediately to feel the emperor''s pulse. While doing this, she suddenly furrowed her eyebrows.
Noticing this, the empress felt so nervous that her eyelids were twitching. "What''s wrong with him,
Harper?" she asked anxiously, afraid that Harper might have noticed something wrong.
Without giving her a response, she tried to feel the pulse of the emperor''s other hand. "What did the
imperial physician say?" she asked.
"ording to the imperial physician, His Majesty has been physically weak and ill many times before.
That''s why he has been feeling so weak all the time. But as long as he has some much-needed rest,
he should be waking up soon," the empress carefully said. Needless to say, the diagnosis of the
imperial physician was not real. The truth was that the emperor had fallen ill because of having too
much sex. But this was something that could not be revealed to anyone.
"Harper, how is His Majesty''s condition?" Allen asked, sounding so worried.
"Please don''t worry too much. His Majesty''s condition will be all right. It doesn''t seem to be anything
serious. He has just fallen ill, as ordinary people would. The imperial physician is right. All he needs is
to get a good amount of rest and he''ll be waking up in a few days," Harper tly replied. She decided
not to expose the empress''s lie. Hearing that, the empress was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief
deep inside.
"His Majesty is always busy with his work day in and day out, and he is often reading over the reports
from officials every single day. I have been trying so hard to convince him to get some rest, but he just
wouldn''t listen to me. Now I know that he has be ill due to overexertion," the empress remarked
as she turned on the waterworks. From what she said, the emperor had be such a good emperor
who was hardworking and loved his people instead of a person who always spent his time lying in bed
with other women. Thetter was the truth, however.
"We all can see how sad you are, Your Majesty. Given the situation, I''m going to head over to the Holy
Chant Temple to pray for His Majesty and wish for him to wake up as soon as possible," Harper
offered. "Your Majesty, please allow me to do that."
When she heard this, the empress was rather surprised and, quite frankly, pleased. So much so that
shepletely forgot that she was pretending to cry. After a while, she pulled herself together and
answered, "That is so kind of you, Harper. Since you are willing to pray for His Majesty in the Holy
Chant Temple, I think it''s definitely a good idea. I will never object to that. Bring more guards along and
be careful whenever you go out. It''s not safe outside these days."
"Don''t worry. I will go there with her," Matthew interjected.
The empress was walking on air when she heard Harper offering to leave the imperial capital. On top of
that, hearing Matthew volunteer to apany her, she couldn''t possibly be any more thrilled. With the
two of them out of the imperial capital, she thought she and Felix could take the opportunity to get rid of
the ones who didn''t support them before the emperor woke up.
"Well, His Majesty is in aa at the moment. And there are many affairs that need to be taken care
of. If Prince Matthew leaves the imperial capital during such a time, I''m afraid..." someone chimed in
and voiced out his concern.
"Grand Secretary Franklin is still here. He can help out Felix with General Maxwell. I will be worried if
my wife leaves the imperial capital all by herself. Thest time she went to the Holy Chant Temple, she
encountered an assassin, which resulted in Chodak getting injured. Now, with her offering to go to the
Holy Chant Temple to pray for His Majesty, there''s no way I can risk anything bad happening to her. For
that reason, I will certainly go there with her," Matthew answered.
"Well, you couple just love each other very much, so I think your request is just reasonable. It is true
that if Harper were to stay outside by herself without you protecting her, she may end up getting in
danger. All right. Matthew, you should apany Harper to the Holy Chant Temple. Franklin, Maxwell,
Allen, and Travis, please help Felix with the state affairs. I appreciate your kindness," the empress said
right away before Matthew could get the chance to change his mind. Specifically, she did not mention
Francis when she asked the officials to help with the state affairs.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Now that everything is settled and no one seems to object, I''ll leave the Imperial Pce and leave for
the Holy Chant Temple," Harper then said to everyone.
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"What? Are you nning to go to the Holy Chant Temple today?" the empress asked in astonishment.
"But you haven''t prescribed medicines for His Majesty yet."
"I''ve read the prescription of the imperial physician and there is no problem with it. Just continue giving
him the medicine ording to the prescription. I don''t need to prescribe another prescription specially.
His Majesty has just fallen ill. Your Majesty, you need to take care of him. Felix, on the other hand,
would have to attend to the state affairs. It must be tiring. So, please take good care of yourselves as
well," Harper said in a soft voice, as though she was seriously concerned.
The empress, however, was a bit taken aback upon hearing her give such a reaction. She was well
aware of the fact that Harper would never really care about their health at all. In spite of that, she just
couldn''t find anything unusual from her words and the way she spoke. So, she just smiled and said,
"Matthew, Harper, given that you''re going to the Holy Chant Temple to pray for His Majesty, you should
also take care of yourselves, please, since it''s going to be a long journey. Matthew, you are very
important to this nation. You should be careful at all times."
"Don''t worry, Your Majesty. We''ll make sure to take good care of ourselves," Harper answered at once.
With that, they left the room, walking out hand in hand. When they saw them walking out, the officials
couldn''t help asking, "Your Highnesses, how is His Majesty?"
"His majesty is fine. He just needs to get some rest, and he''ll wake up in a few days. During this period,
Grand Secretary Franklin, General Maxwell, Prince Allen and others will assist Felix in handling the
state affairs. We will visit the Holy Chant Temple to pray for His Majesty and wish for him to wake up as
soon as possible," Harper said in a casual tone, which seemed to have made the crowd feel at ease.
That being said, all of them were confused about the content of her words. Given the fact that the
emperor would be recovering soon, why did they have to offer to visit the Holy Chant Temple to pray for
him? And Harper could go there by herself. So, why would Matthewe with her? These things just
weren''t making any sense to them.