Chapter 705 Need No Reason (Part One)


    It was the evening before the new emperor''s enthronement day. Francis brought the empress''s robe to


    Harper in person, and demanded her to try it on.


    Harper took a nce at the robezily, and said, "I don''t need to try it."


    "Well, how do you know if it will suit you if you don''t try it?" Francis asked in a low and gentle voice.


    "Try it, please. If it''s not suiting you, we still have time to get it modified."


    "Don''t you know whether it is suitable or not?" Harper said as she leisurely ced the ck and white


    stones on the Go board. "It doesn''t matter whether the robe is suitable or not, but what matters is


    whether the person is suitable."


    Francis sat down opposite to Harper and said, "You want to y Go now? Here, I will y with you."


    "Don''t move!" Harper eximed, pushing away his hand from the board. Then she continued to ce


    the ck and white stones on the board in a seemingly irregr manner. However, Francis knew that


    Harper differed greatly from ordinary women. Whatever she did, there would be an underlying purpose


    in it.


    Francis didn''t get angry because of her attitude. He just sat there and watched her ying with the


    stones. Seeing theyout of the ck and white stones on the board, he became very curious. "What


    situation are you trying to create? It seems that there is no way out."


    "Yes, you''re right. There is no way out." Harper looked at the ck and white stones that she had


    ced in their positions with her cold eyes. "Can you find a way out?"


    Francis analyzed the situation carefully. He couldn''t find a way out. It was a game ofplete dead


    end.


    "Harper, I see no way out."


    Hearing that, she smiled, picked up a stone and ced it in a position. Immediately more than half of


    the stones on the board got killed and removed. Francis shook his head at her move. "You have thrown


    yourself into ruin by this move. More than half of your stones are killed."


    Harper didn''t respond, but continued with the game and ced one more stone on the board. As a


    result, the situation on the board became instantly clear. The ck stones, for which there had been no


    way out just now, suddenly faced an optimistic situation. However, this way of surviving seeded at


    the price of great losses, which was like the miserable and heavy loss of the wrist of a strong soldier.


    "You left no room for maneuver or route for escape, so that you finally found a way out. But you have to


    suffer great losses as the price. Don''t you think it''s not that worthy?" Francis picked up a white stone


    and slowly put it down on the board, beginning to chase after the ck stones. Soon, Harper ced


    one more ck stone on the board. Surprisingly, the advantage of the white stones disappeared


    completely.


    Francis was dumbfounded to see the sudden change in the situation. After all, the white stones had


    been in obvious advantage just a moment before. But, as soon as the ck stones took the risk and


    made their next two moves, the white stones were put on the path to ruin. What a dramatic inversion!


    "Sometimes, what you see with your eyes may not be true necessarily," Harper said, taking over the


    teacup from the maid and cing it in front of Francis. "Take this game of Go as an example. You felt


    that it would be an easy win for you, but you lost miserably."


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    "Harper, are you implying something?" Francis asked with a gentle smile, concealing his surprise.


    Harper really admired Francis'' ability of self-deception. "Do you want to take a bet with me?" she


    asked.


    "So what are we going to bet on?" Francis asked curiously.


    "That if I can overtly leave the Imperial Pce tomorrow," Harper said slowly. "Do you think I will be


    able to walk safely out of the Imperial Pce in Matthew''s absence?"


    With a tender smile, Francis said, "Yes, I believe that. If you wish to leave the Imperial Pce, just tell


    me. I am ready to go out with you."


    Harper stood up and turned her back on Francis. "It''s already toote. Francis, I think you should go


    back."


    Francis remained unmoved, staring at the empress''s robe. He had imagined for countless times how


    Harper would look when she wore such a beautiful wedding dress. The red robe for the new empress


    looked gorgeous. Even though he could see her wearing it tomorrow, he couldn''t wait any longer and


    wanted to see her wearing it now.


    "You haven''t tried on the empress''s robe yet."


    Harper nced at the red robe on the table and didn''t move. She never liked such an aggressive color,


    not even on her wedding day. She had worn such a red dress on her wedding day with Matthew. At that


    time, she only thought that it was her opportunity to leave the Chu n for her own good. She didn''t


    dislike Matthew, even though the marriage had been granted by thete emperor. When she recalled


    now, she realized that she didn''t observe carefully how she looked in her wedding dress.


    Harper stretched out her hand and touched the red robe for the new empress. She said, "When I


    married Matthew, I thought finally I could leave the hell called Chu n and no longer had to stay with


    a group of hypocritical, ferocious and vicious family members. I was eager to marry Matthew and enter


    his mansion as soon as possible. Even though I knew that I could only be a puppet, I was not hesitant


    at all."


    Francis'' eyes dimmed. "But you fell in love with himter."


    Nodding her head, Harper said, "Yes, I am now used to his way of life and his care for me. Without him


    around me, I always feel empty. When I married him, I had impure motives. I wonder if he''ll feel


    distressed once he knows that."


    "Uncle Matthew is a proud man. He will certainly be mad if he knows that." Francis knew pretty well


    about Matthew. What Matthew hated the most was betrayal. The reason Harper had married him was


    not pure, which could be described as a betrayal. But technically, it wasn''t a betrayal. After all, the


    marriage was granted by thete emperor.


    "Forsythia, help me try the clothes on," Harper ordered. Finally, she agreed to try on the empress''s


    robe. During her marriage to Matthew, she had not paid attention to how she looked in her wedding


    dress. She thought, ''Matthew, where are you now? Why haven''t youe back yet? I''ll wear a


    wedding dress for you once again, and this time I''ll concentrate on you with no distractions. I''ll only be


    your wife in my lifetime.''