"I won't…"
"Don't decide so hastily. Consider it before you get there. Don't you want to know why you ended up in this way?" Howard asked in a meaningful tone. "Since you prepared your birthday gift for His Majesty, you had fallen into a trap set by someone."
Felix's face turned pale. "I don't know what you mean," he said.
"Do you still remember the incident at Scott's mansion?" Howard said as he walked forward. "I believe that you haven't forgotten that, because since that incident, you fell into a trap set by Prince Francis and finally ended up this way."
"No way!"
"Why do you think it is impossible?" Howard sneered. "Prince Francis has always been in the imperial capital. Because of his poor health, he seldom made any public appearance. Even if he disappeared for a period, no one would come to know. Prince Jason had been outside, building up his force. One of them has been always inside the imperial capital, and the other was outside. The two of them worked hand in hand to make a vast web of traps for you, and you sneaked in it, just as they had expected."
Felix was horrified to hear Howard's disclosure. He couldn't believe what he heard and was still in denial. "Francis is dying. He won't live a long life." He intensely tried to throw off his doubts.
"Don't worry about him. He will live a long life, but I'm afraid it's His Majesty who wouldn't live longer." Howard was quick to dismiss his doubts.
"He had been poisoned, and his body has been totally damaged. Then how could he possibly live a long life?" Felix said, shaking his head, and still in denial. "It's impossible for him to live a long life."
"That's why I said all of you have neglected her," Howard said complacently, as if he was proud to have a young sister like Harper. "Do you know why Prince Francis moved out of the Imperial Palace and lived outside alone? He did it so that he could get treated by Harper and improve his health."
"Harper Chu again!" Felix shouted, raging with anger. But after thinking for a while, he realized that he knew nothing about Harper except for her gentle appearance.
"It had nothing to do with Harper. You can't blame her. You should remember that the person who gave the final nail in His Majesty's coffin was not Harper, but you, Prince Felix," Howard said in a harsh tone.
"Me? A nail in my father's coffin?" Felix searched his memory for any such instance when he directly harmed his father. "The Longevity Pills!" he exclaimed in shock.
When he heard that, Felix's eyes reddened instantly. As the crown prince, he had always worked conscientiously and had never slacked off for fear that he would dissatisfy and annoy the emperor and that his position as the crown prince would get impacted. However, it had turned out that the emperor, his own father, had raped his wife!
"Damn it!" Felix sneered.
"You have sufficient reason to hate him. He just made you a cuckold." Howard spared no effort to sow discord. "It seems that Prince Francis is really smart, because he hasn't been married yet. And, Prince Jason is not married either. All the sons of His Majesty, except you, are unmarried."
Felix's eyes turned cold. "Inform Harper Chu that I am willing to give her what she wants, but on one condition!"
"Tell me what it is," Howard asked with interest. He guessed that Felix wanted to kill Francis. After all, Francis was the one who conspired against him so viciously and precisely. According to Howard's understanding of Felix, he would certainly want to take revenge.
"I want to see Francis!" Felix demanded.
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