"Yes, Your Highness," Luther answered with determination despite his confusion. He then hesitated for a moment, before speaking once again. "I heard that Her Highness has bought a lot of herbs from the Treasure Pavilion today. I have to remind you that the Treasure Pavilion has a bad reputation in the Birch Pass. A lot of people had been deceived by them. Your Highness, please don't be fooled by them as well."
Upon hearing this, Matthew only smiled, not taking the matter seriously. "It is true that the people from the Treasure Pavilion are really cunning. But fortunately, I have my wife. If it were not for her intellect, I would have almost been fooled by them. You should have given them a warning for their despicable deeds."
Luther was helpless. He answered, "Yes, it's true that I should have given them a warning. But the truth is that I did warn them. I paid a lot of visits to the Treasure Pavilion to demand them to be righteous in their business transactions and stop deceiving people. But they are so cunning and sinister that they never leave any evidence against them. As a result, we never had any fruitful investigations. So we just let them be. But as a countermeasure, we have reminded other people not to buy things from them so they wouldn't be cheated. That's all I can do at most."
"People who don't know much about them would be easy targets. Harper is a physician so she's quite fond of herbs. The medicinal resources from the Treasure Pavilion happen to be of high quality. So she bought some from them. In addition, the south domain and the South Kingdom are full of poisonous miasma, so it's always good to be cautious and prepare more medicines," Matthew commented while he put down the pen on the table.
"But if you carried so many medicinal herbs along the way, I'm afraid it wouldn't be convenient for the march," Luther said, expressing his concern.
"Don't worry. It's not a problem," Matthew said. He didn't explain more. But his confident demeanor made Luther very curious. Today, three chariots full of medicinal herbs were sent by the Treasure Pavilion and it was not easy to preserve or escort them.
However, when the envoy team set off the next morning, Luther didn't see the three chariots of medicinal herbs. As for Harper, she looked worn out, as if she hadn't gotten any sleep the night before. As soon as she entered the carriage, she rested her head on Matthew's thigh and fell asleep. Luther was surprised but he didn't show it to the public. There were rumors that Matthew had been spoiling his wife very much. Now, while looking at them, Luther could say that it was true.
"Your Highness, have you forgotten your herbs?" Luther asked.
"No, they're with us," Matthew responded softly. The little woman lying on his lap turned over in discontent, so he lowered his voice even more in order not to wake her up. "Okay, it's time for us to go."
Although he was curious where the medicinal herbs were placed, Luther knew that it was not appropriate to ask any more details about it. He only ordered the guards to protect Harper and Matthew at any cost.
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