"Aunt Harper, do you remember the first time we met?" Francis asked casually with a pleasant smile, as if the question came innocently to his mind with no ulterior purpose.

Harper poured a cup of tea, holding it in her hand, touching it with interest, and she glanced at Francis a few times. When he thought she wouldn't answer, at last she opened her mouth.

"No, I don't remember that. I have a poor memory."

Francis' mood fluctuated slightly, and his eyes flickered with emotion. Fortunately, his face was always so pale that the change of his emotion could never make him look worse. He never expected that Harper would dare to say that she had a poor memory. He knew very well what a sharp memory she had. She could remember whatever she read, even when she read very fast. How could she say that!

"Oh well, it's good that you don't remember." Francis toyed with the jade ring on his thumb. "I feel much better. I'm sorry to keep you here for so long. Please go back now, Aunt Harper."

"Well, remember to be careful about what you eat, or you may fall into someone's trap again. You can't be sure that I will always be able to save you in time." Glancing at Francis again, Harper added, "Take good care of your master, Owen."

"Yes, I will, Your Highness."

Francis hinted to Owen to escort Harper out. He stared at her back, and kept his eyes in her direction even after she disappeared from his sight.

"She's gone. You're still in a daze." On the roof, Jason in a coquettish red robe crossed his legs. "Don't forget, she is a poisonous poppy flower from someone

her face.

"Your Highness, you are back."

"Of course I came back. After all, you sent me a major gift, and I have to thank you," Harper said in a gentle voice as if she were talking with an old friend. Nothing but tenderness could be heard in her voice.

"Well, it seems that you do like my gift, Your Highness."

"Of course. I am overjoyed by it." She laid emphasis on the word "overjoyed". "If it wasn't for the drug you gave me, I wouldn't have been so happy for so long, even though I later found out the truth."

"You are quite philosophical, Your Highness." Jack showed a brighter smile. "When did you discover something amiss, Your Highness?"

"I found something amiss with the miscarriage prevention medicine sent by His Highness." Harper entered the room and sat down next to Matthew. "Ordinarily, the miscarriage prevention medicine should be a safe drug. But an imperial physician from the Imperial Academy of Medicine was so kind that he worried about my weak body. Thus, he acted on his own initiative and added an extra herb into the medicine, and thus, I found something wrong." Touching her belly, Harper said, "Do you think that I would sit still and wait for death when I found something unusual like this?"

"I'm just curious, Your Highness. How did you confirm that I did all of this?" Jack had no choice but to marvel at her capability. It was amazing that Harper was able to detect what was wrong even when she was pregnant. No wonder she was able to live a good life under so many watchful eyes, without being found out. She was a prodigy indeed!

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