Time Travelling: My Love from the Royal Family

Shawn was rather surprised. He thought Harper would ask him if her two maids had suffered much when attending on Katrina, but Harper asked nothing.

"Don't you want to know what kind of life they have had under Katrina? Don't you care about your two maids?" Shawn couldn't help asking.

Harper shook her head. "They don't want me to know that, so for their sake I'll just pretend that I don't know. In fact, I know clearly what kind of situation they are in. However, they don't want me to worry about them, so I have to control myself and not disappoint them."

"How touching! I rather admire you to have two such loyal maids!" said Shawn in surprise.

Harper smiled, "Thank you, Shawn. You have been very helpful to me these past few days. I will never forget your goodness."

"You are welcome. By the way, His Majesty said that provided you wouldn't leave the Imperial Palace, you would be free to walk around anywhere here," answered Shawn, cupping his two hands as a farewell gesture.

"Thanks."

He didn't say anything more. He went back to his place and quietly guarded Purple Palace. Harper was grateful to Shawn for his help, and she knew that she would not hesitate to help him if he ever needed her someday.

Harper would visit the Imperial Garden from time to time, but she basically stayed put in Purple Palace. The emperor was very satisfied with her obedience, but he never kept his cautious eyes off her. She was a crucial pawn that Charles and the emperor had established in Prince Matthew's mansion. The emperor had to value her and ensure that she was always loyal.

But today, the emperor stormed into Purple Palace furiously, out of the blue. The reason why he paid

ic to something," Harper said resignedly, touching her face. "It's hot these days, and I'm allergic. It's all right, I'll probably recover in a few days."

Although Shawn felt bewildered, he didn't show it. He said, "Let the imperial physician examine you."

"Yes, please." Harper thanked him with a smile and summoned the imperial physician to examine her.

After checking her, the imperial physician diagnosed an allergy, and thought it was caused by something she had for breakfast. "Don't worry, Your Highness. It's not serious. Your face will return to normal after a few days. It will be fine. Don't scratch it with your hands, or the spots may worsen!"

"Thank you very much."

Shawn reported the diagnosis to the emperor. The emperor's reaction was surprising to Shawn. He seemed to be quite dissatisfied and said, "Allergic? What a coincidence! Why did she get allergic when I went there at dinning time?"

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has made a diagnosis for her. She is allergic to a certain cooking spice, fennel. It has triggered Her Highness's allergy. I have ordered the cook to exclude fennel from all her meals in future."

The emperor was so angry that he smashed the teacup to pieces. He felt nauseous at the thought of the dense red rashes on Harper's face. "Ask the imperial physician to treat her carefully. Make her recover as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In addition, tell Harper that I'm too busy to visit her these days." The emperor could feel only disgust at the thought of Harper's disfigured face.

Shawn was rather shocked. He suspected that he had found the real reason why the rashes had suddenly appeared on Harper's face.