Chapter 265 Cost (Part One)
On the day she returned to the Chu Clan mansion, Nicole refused to meet with anyone. Her excuse was that she felt uncomfortable. That night, another incident shocked the whole imperial capital: an assassin broke into Prince Kevin's mansion and cut Kate's tongue off. Despite the tight security around the mansion, the perpetrator made a clean escape.
Kevin went berserk over it. He and his guards ransacked the whole capital for the suspect, but without success. The emperor was positively livid too. The deed was unfathomable to him—how could someone have the courage to trespass a royal clan? Beyond that, what kind of person could be so cold-blooded as to cut off a woman's tongue? He was certain that this wasn't a random crime—someone was challenging their rule.
"Investigate this matter carefully," he ordered one of his guards. "You must catch and execute the dastardly swine who did this!" When the emperor had though
mboo slips that the first emperor of the Bright Dynasty robbed from the former dynasty." Chodak poured a cup of tea with an elegant gesture and pushed it in front of Matthew. "Do you still want the Life-prolonging Pill?"
"Yes," Matthew replied without hesitation. "I will give you the bamboo slips. Now, give me the pill."
"Are you serious?" Chodak found it hard to believe that Matthew was agreeing to the bargain. To the best of his knowledge, that roll of bamboo slips contained a great secret of the previous dynasty, and the emperor had hidden it well. Was Matthew going to steal the bamboo slips from the emperor just in exchange for a Life-prolonging Pill? Was he crazy?
"Do I seem to be joking?" Matthew looked very serious. Harper had been in a coma for quite a long period of time. He was extremely anxious about her and feared that she would never wake up, so he was prepared to pay any price for that pill.