What? A look of bemusement appeared on Harper's face. She had no idea what Zack could have meant.

Gritting her teeth, Caroline told her in detail what Zack had found. "Before you left the imperial capital, Zack received some news from Joy City. He sent his men there to investigate, but only to find that all the inhabitants were dead and... a waist token from Prince Matthew's mansion was left there."

Harper frowned and nodded. "Thank you for the news, Caroline. Now that I know about it, I'll look into it."

"I don't believe Prince Matthew would do any such thing, but it was a fact that a waist token from his mansion was found there. Although Zack worries about your safety in Prince Matthew's mansion, he has no doubt about the deep affection between you and Prince Matthew. Therefore, he only wanted me to tell you about this." Caroline feared that Harper would think she and Zack were attempting to ruin

he was in no position to go against the emperor's decision. After all, apart from Matthew, who dared not to cooperate with the emperor? Francis shifted his eyes to Harper as he thought about that. He thought Harper was the only other person who dared to resist his father.

"Your silence speaks volumes. So, in fact, you still intend to get involved in politics." Felix sneered at his pretense of innocence. "Actually, among all our brothers, you are the most loved by Father. Even Lucas cannot compete with you in that respect."

Francis remained silent. In fact, he envied Lucas the most. Although Lucas was indifferent to politics, he got along well with courtiers of all the factions. As arrogant and domineering as Matthew was, he had never shown any hostility or unkindness to Lucas. Furthermore, Lucas was the only person who didn't cause distress to their father by being friendly with Matthew and Harper.