"I just told you that Princess Harper could cure Wendy. If you refuse it, I'll immediately give her a reply." Shawn stood up and pretended to leave.
"Wait! Come back! I said that we're just worried!" Travis was so infuriated that his beard stiffened.
"What are you worried about? Do we have anything that Prince Matthew wants? Our military power? Can any military in the world resist the Black Flag Army of three hundred thousand soldiers?" Shawn sarcastically asked.
"Maybe..."
"Wendy?" Father, Wendy cannot even be compared to Princess Harper. If I were Prince Matthew, I wouldn't be interested in any other woman after marrying her." There was even a hint of ridicule in the smile on Shawn's face.
"Is she that good?" Travis was a little unhappy. Except for her weak physical state, he firmly believed that his daughter was adequate, if not acceptable enough!
"Can Wendy rescue Prince Matthew when he was on the verge of life and death? Can she save Zack when all of the imperial physicians said he was incurable? When faced with an assassination, can she try her best to save Caroline? Can she come out of the Labyrinth Swamp alive?" All of Shawn's questions went unanswered.
"No, you can't make such comparisons. Princess Harper is a physician, but Wendy isn't."
"Father, you're worried that we will owe Princess Harper a huge favor. But what you don't know is that our family already owed her so many years before. If it weren't for her, I would have been dead already. Do you remember that I once told you that I was pushed into a lake when I attended a banquet in the Imperial Palace?" Shawn sighed.
"Did she save you?" Travis asked in disbelief.
Shawn nodded eagerly before saying, "I'm very certain about her moral high ground. No matter where she's from or what kind of person she is, she isn't cruel or vicious. She may be calculating, but she was born in the Chu Clan. Could she survive and safely grow up without learning how to be manipulative here and there? Father, who in this world is completely innocent? Why do you have to view her with so much prejudice?"
Travis wanted to retort, but Hannah grabbed his arm and shook her head. She knew that they really needed to turn to Harper for help. The princess didn't act like she was above them or ask for anything in return. She just did it for the sake of her friend, Shawn. Anyone else wouldn't even care if Wendy were to die in front of them.
"Shawn, I need you to prepare a generous gift. Tomorrow, let's go to Prince Matthew's mansion to visit Princess Harper. We should at least thank her for this opportunity of saving Wendy's life," Hannah slowly said.
"Yes, Mother. I'm leaving now to prepare the gift," Shawn said with a respectful bow.
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