Time Travelling: My Love from the Royal Family

When the news that Lucas had been assassinated and killed reached the imperial capital, it came as a great shock to everyone. However, they only sighed slightly rather than feel sad about it. After all, Lucas had gained quite a bad reputation when he was alive. Now that he was gone, the courtiers merely chatted about him curtly. It didn't take too long before Lucas had been completely forgotten.

Because of this, Harper couldn't help but think that it was quite hilarious. The image of Lucas as a playboy who indulged in gambling and sex was a masterpiece laid by the late emperor himself. He had shaped Lucas so successfully that all of the courtiers were fooled into thinking that Lucas was nothing but a playboy whose death was not to be regretted. If the late emperor only knew that his effort had all been in vain, he would probably furiously jump out of his coffin.

"What are you pondering about?" Francis asked. After a couple of days of recuperation, he was already able to get out of bed and have a walk. Altho

at Francis, who looked like such a perfect actor. "Don't you ever get tired of pretending even in front of me?"

"What are you talking about, Jason? I don't quite get what you're saying," Francis said with a gentle smile on his pale face. "Lucas' remains will be sent back to the imperial capital in a couple of days. By then, I will have to bother you with his funeral."

"Francis!" Jason exclaimed, reaching out his hand to grab Francis' robe. "Why are you still deceiving yourself?"

Francis calmly tugged his robe from Jason's grip, straightening it without leaving so much as a wrinkle. "Jason, aren't you deceiving yourself as well?"

"You can't keep her in this place forever. Let her leave, Francis." Jason didn't want to let Harper to stay in the Imperial Palace any longer, which would only torment Francis. As far as he was concerned, Harper's indifference, her coldness, along with her behaviors and expressions, were only bringing Francis great pain, because none of them showed that she cared for him.