In a hotel in the capital, Diana walked up and down restlessly. "What should we do? My master has been trapped in the Imperial Palace. And Prince Matthew is nowhere to be seen. What should we do?"
"Stop pacing around! You're making me dizzy! His Highness is not here, so he must have been out to find a way to save Princess Harper. Who would have thought that Emperor Rolando would do such a shameless thing, like forcing to keep Her Highness inside his palace against her will! What a heartless person!" Zorro said agonizingly.
Diana rolled her eyes. This idiot still thought that Rolando was aiming for Matthew. Rolando's target had probably been Harper ever since the very beginning. Harper's earlier-than-expected arrival in the Great Jade Kingdom, her successful penetration of the Imperial Palace, and her incredible treatment even as a foreigner must all have been because of Rolando. The planned coronation ceremony tomorrow must have been planned for vengeance!
"The envoy team has arrived. It is a great opportunity for us to save Her Highness at the ceremony tomorrow!" Zorro clenched his fists and hoped that the guards in the palace would slack off tomorrow, because no one in their right mind would do anything out of line when something that important would happen. They would find the right time to sneak into the Harmony Palace and rescue Harper before Rolando was able to marry her!
Suddenly a small snake climbed into the room through the window and immediately made its way towards Diana. It climbed up her leg and to her wrist. Diana was overjoyed to see the creature. "Any news?" she asked happily.
Nobody knew how Diana was able to talk to the snake, but Zorro didn't care. They needed the information. Unfortunately, her face became contorted as if she received bad news. "What's wrong?" Zorro asked.
"Princess Lilian had a miscarriage and was put under house arrest," Diana shared, looking at Zorro directly in the eyes.
"What about Princess Harper?" Zorro further inquired.
"I was just going to share that next," Diana said, gulping down her saliva. She continued, "Rolando decided to have somebody else to be his empress to replace Lilian at the last second. He has chosen Princess Harper, and tomorrow, she would become his empress!"
Zorro's eyes widened and his mouth fell open. "That despicable asshole, Rolando! How could he do this!"
"That shouldn't be our main concern! What's more pressing is Prince Matthew going into the palace to find his wife, and he was hurt by Rolando. We all know that he is injured somewhere, but his whereabouts are still unknown."
"What?" Zorro contemplated their fate as of late: the prince asked them to take care of Harper, but she was taken away by Rolando, even though she was under their protection; Matthew then went to rescue her, but was plotted in secret by Rolando; now, Rolando was actively trying to make Harper his empress despite her being someone else's wife. "Rolando is rather shameless!" he shouted.
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