Time Travelling: My Love from the Royal Family

After thinking for a while, Hollis shook his head and said, "Prince Matthew hasn't shown himself openly in public here, yet. If I approach him rashly, he may suspect that I'm having him watched. If so, matters would only get worse."

Hearing that, the private assistant also felt perturbed. "Then let's simply pretend that we're unaware of his presence. If Prince Matthew makes a move to prevent Alexander Chu's execution, you can ask him to provide you the evidence. If he can do so, you will release Alexander Chu accordingly. If Marquis Pearce raises an objection, you can tell him what Prince Matthew has done and let him deal with Prince Matthew. Then the two powerful men will fight, while all you need do is watch their fight."

Hollis clapped his hands and said, "Excellent plan! It's settled then. I pretend that I don't know Prince Matthew has come to the River City. As long as they don't show themselves openly, I w

know that even if my son hadn't been involved, someone else would have died because of Alexander."

Raising his eyes, Matthew said, "I thought you had already forgotten how these dirty political games go, living a quiet life here for so many years. But it seems that you understand that both Alexander and your son are the victims of power."

Silence engulfed Pearce. Of course he could descry the hidden fact. The reason why his father had chosen to step back from the court in haste was because he knew that the current emperor could do anything to his subjects. If his father hadn't quit the court, his clan would have been set up. Besides, at that time, his father had lost a leg. Therefore, he chose to be a marquis with no real power, and he moved to the River City. However, neither the father nor the son had anticipated that their clan would still be entangled in the struggle for imperial power many years later.