The emperor received the news straightaway. When he heard it, he was not displeased at all. Instead, he smiled in delight.

Andy was unsure about the news. 'His Majesty is overjoyed that Lady Harper is pregnant. The sun rises in the east today. But why I felt something is really wrong?'

"What good news!" The emperor laughed loudly. 'A few days after the fake Harper was sent to Matthew's mansion, the news that his wife was pregnant spread around quickly. It seemed that Felix and the empress had played the imposter trick successfully. Most likely, Matthew was mad with joy and had no idea that the baby was not his.'

"Someone."

"Your Majesty, I am here."

"Go to Matthew's mansion to deliver an imperial edict, and reward them with a pair of high-quality jade, ten pieces of brocade and one thousand taels of gold. Tell them that I hope that Harper can deliver a baby for Matthew soon." The emperor's words were spoken with the utmost sarcasm.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The empress hadn't received the news yet. The Sleek Palace was deadly silent. The empress was brooding over the devastating blow to her pride that she had recently received: her own maidservant had seduced the emperor, and the emperor had given the maid the title of Attendant Cheryl. She hadn't punished her yet. However, Cheryl secretly went back to the empress's palace and was caught.

"Attendant Cheryl."

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Cheryl trembled in fear. She had been taken away from the Sleek Palace by the emperor, so she had to sneak back to get a special possession of hers at the risk of her life. She had hidden it in the empress's palace. If she didn't recover it, she would lose th

tle relieved as she found herself sleeping on her own bed in the crown prince's mansion. Then she said hoarsely, "I'm fine. You don't have to stay up with me at night. Go and sleep."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Fiona got dressed, poured a cup of cold tea and drank it all. The cold tea was the only thing that could calm her nerves. During these days, she was unwilling to see Felix, because his face resembled that of his father, and would remind her of the brutal treatment she had endured. As a royal daughter-in-law, Felix's wife, the wife of the future emperor, she should be a motherly role model for the whole country. However, the emperor, who was her father-in-law, had raped her. If such a scandal were to spread, she would die without a burial place. She didn't dare to reveal the news to anyone. After all, this was the biggest scandal of the royal family for centuries!

The royal family would need to cover up this scandal, so they wouldn't uphold justice for her. To be more specific, no one was able to uphold justice for her. Even Felix certainly wouldn't do it, either. If he knew what the emperor had done, he might simply wrap her up and send her to the emperor's bed again. At the thought of this, Fiona felt extremely painful and her face turned pale. Was it possible that it was, in fact, Felix who had sent her to the emperor's bed?

This idea lingered in her mind and she was haunted by it. It was a plausible idea, given the way Felix had always treated her indifferently!

"Felix, you're such a heartless man!" Fiona gnashed her teeth. "Since you're heartless, you won't be able to blame me if I'm cruel to you. You and your father forced me to do it!"