Time Travelling: My Love from the Royal Family

The next morning, when Harper woke up, she could feel nothing but soreness all over her body and felt as though she had been run over by a chariot. Every movement caused her pain and agony, and the man who caused all this was lying next to her.

"Good morning, honey," Matthew greeted her with a sweet smile on his face. "It's time to get up. Would you like some breakfast before you go back to sleep?"

Harper glowered at him in response, grinding her teeth. But he seemed completely unimpressed by her glaring daggers at him. She was, after all, the one who told the emperor that Matthew was impotent. Evidently, he was quite unhappy about it, and didn't allow her to rest all night. Worse still, after a whole night of intensity, he didn't seem the least bit exhausted at all. He was practically energetic. And there Harper lay, thoroughly exhausted with sore all over her body. It was aggravatingly unfair.

The look on her face clearly delighted Matthew, who thought she was adorable. Lying back down with her, he asked, innocuous, "What? Didn't you think I worked really hard last night?"

Harper's jaw dropped at his shamelessness, and for a moment, she coul

n?" That was quite a surprise. Harper scoured her mental index for any information she could remember about Hoffman.

"Hoffman was born of one of His Majesty's concubines, Michelle. She's an illegitimate daughter of Harrison's father, and her status isn't all that high." Matthew seemed irritated, almost disdainful. Michelle had never really been a stand-out within the palace; in fact, she was low key. Had Michelle been a legitimate daughter of her father, she might have been promoted to a better rank in the palace after she gave birth to Hoffman. But because her status of origin had been so low-born, Hoffman was put at a disadvantage, suppressed, and bullied by his brothers. This was the reason that Hoffman now lived in the south domain.

"It doesn't seem like he's here in the imperial capital," Harper remarked.

"He's currently in the south domain," Matthew answered, a teasing smile on his face as he watched her. "That's because he was rejected by just about everyone here. As it turns out, it was the best course of action for him. Staying there actually has protected him. Michelle may be a low-status concubine, but Harrison values his nephew."