The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 1357

"Who is it?"

Priscilla said these words with a hint of coldness and anger.

Suddenly, Maya walked in quickly.

"Your Highness, the king's men are here."

After saying this, Maya looked down carefully and found that there were two cups on the table. Thus, she immediately ignored the etiquette and hid a cup in her sleeve.

When Priscilla saw this, she glanced at Maya with an appreciative gaze. However, a hint of doubt flitted across her pupils suddenly.

After all, Laborn never came to her place, nor did he care about her. Hence, why did he suddenly decide to do so now?

Perhaps... did he discover something?

At this thought, Priscilla subconsciously glanced at Mango's room and couldn't help but say, "I'll go out and take a look. Remember, no one is allowed to enter my room without my permission."

When Maya heard Priscilla's orders, she knew that something was up, but she still nodded.

On the other hand, Priscilla was a little worried.

However, now that things had escalated this way, she could not stay here any longer. Furthermore, if anything happened to Mango, Nathaniel would think that Priscilla had plotted this on purpose.

D*mn it!

Urgh! Why was she going against Mango?

"Let me repeat my orders! No one is allowed to enter this room or you'll be killed without exception!"

When Maya saw Priscilla' grave expression, she knew that this matter was serious, so she quickly said, "What if the king's men insist on breaking in?"

"I told you that I would kill anyone who enters that room! No exceptions!"

As Priscilla said this, a ruthless gaze flashed through her eyes.

Meanwhile, Maya was stunned.

Was Priscilla planning to go against the king?

After all, why would she do this for a man? This wasn't worth it!

Well, Maya did not know the answer to this question, but she felt that Priscilla was terrifying right now.

"Maya, you need to think carefully and make a decision now. Will you take my side? Or will you stand with the king? If you regret your decision, I will set you free."

Well, Priscilla had met a lot of people throughout the years, so she knew their true colours well. Hence, she noticed how Maya's expression had changed as well.

After hearing this, Naya was stunned, and she couldn't help but shiver in fear.

Then, she immediately knelt on the floor.

"Your Highness, I'm your subordinate, and I only work for you! I'll do anything for you, even if I have to give up my life!"

"In that case, get someone to move Henry to the basement. Also, make sure to use the doppelganger that we arranged previously."

Once Priscilla was in charge of Henry, she was afraid that Lebanon would come to trouble her. Hence, at that time, she had asked Maya to find a doppelganger to replace Henry. In fact, she even asked someone to break the doppelganger's hands and legs to make this more believable. With that, her plan would be foolproof.

"Yes, Your Highness."

They were pressed for time now. Hence, Maya could not go over to Henry's place herself, and she could only give instructions over the phone.

Meanwhile, Priscilla seemed to be talking to herself as she muttered, "I hope Henry is fine."

On the other hand, Mango, who was hiding in the room, was a little worried.

After all, Priscilla wouldn't say such things for no reason. Moreover, after hearing what Priscilla had said, she could tell that Priscilla had already made precautions as the latter had already expected that someone would bring Henry away. Hence, Mango felt thankful for Priscilla now.

While they were talking, the king's subordinates entered the room.

"Good afternoon, Your Highness."

The official greeted Priscilla with a respectful gaze. Well, this was something that Priscilla didn't expect.

"Hello, it's been a while since an official came here, so I'm sure that you must have had a hard time finding this place. Here, Maya, give him a cup of tea."

"Thank you for being so considerate, Your Highness. However, I came here today on His Majesty's orders. He wants you to hand over one of your people to him."

The official replied ad got straight to the point.

"Oh? Does that mean you came to my place to take someone away? Does father want a male servant or a female servant?"

Priscilla pretended to be silly as she asked.

"His Majesty wants a guard named Henry."

When Mango heard Henry's name, her heart skipped a beat.

The king had obviously sent his men to take Henry away!

At this thought, Mango felt a little strange. After all, Henry had hidden his true strength well. Hence, how could he attract so much attention now? He had only shown his real abilities because Bernard had forced him to do so. But now, Laborn was doing the same thing! Alas! What did they want to get from Henry?

Wait! Had Henry been exposed since the beginning?

Well, Mango didn't have the time to think about it carefully. After all, she knew Priscilla wanted her to bring Henry away and replace him with a doppelganger.

However, where could Mango bring Henry to?

Suddenly, at this moment, Nathaniel jumped in from the window and startled Mango.

"Hey! Why are you here?"

Mango mouthed to Nathaniel in shock.

Then, Nathaniel mouthed back, "I came back because I didn't see you. However, I didn't say anything when I saw that you and Priscilla were drinking. Anyway, we should take Henry away first."

"All right."

When Mango saw Nathaniel, she felt more relieved as he was her support. After that, she jumped out of the window with Nathaniel.

"Mr. Ye, this way please."

Meanwhile, Kash was already waiting outside to lead the way. Obviously, Priscilla was concerned about Nathaniel.

Then, Mango and Nathaniel followed Kash to where Henry was. Henry was still in a coma, so Kash carried Henry on his back and said to Nathaniel, "Mr. Ye, it's not safe here now. Since the king has set his eyes on this place, we can only hide him somewhere else. However, we can't send him out of the palace now. So, Mr. Ye, do you where we can hide for now?"

After all, this was an emergency. When Priscilla first looked around for Henry's substitute, she intended to put some of her people around Lebanon. However, Laborn had gone to Lebanon's place before coming to her place to ask for Henry. Thus, this meant that he knew that both of them were in cahoots, and he was now suspicious of them. Thus, they would only make things more complicated for Lebanon if they sent Henry there now.

Hence, Mango quickly turned on the tracker on her bracelet because she didn't want Nathaniel to worry. Then, Nathaniel finally left after seeing that.

On the other hand, Henry wasn't doing well, and he was already burning up.

Therefore, Mango looked a little anxious as Zina hadn't come back yet. When Prisca saw this, she whispered, "Should I get someone to get us a doctor that works outside the palace? I think it will take some time for Zina to come back as we are in a critical situation. After all, it's easier to get a doctor that works outside a palace."

When Mango heard what Prisca had said, she was confused."

"In that case, why did you ask your people to get a doctor that you can trust instead?"

Prisca looked around before answering, "That's because I wanted to deceive some people!"

After hearing this, Mango immediately understood that Prisca did not trust the people that were working for her.

Did the king place some of his men around Prisca?

Mango was curious, but she ask this question. After all, she was not familiar with Prisca. But, now, Henry was still burning up. Hence, if Prisca was telling the truth, this meant that Henry was in a critical situation now.

"Will it look suspicious if we invite a doctor from outside?"

"No, I have an idea. I'm sure that the doctor will only take around ten minutes to arrive."

Mango started to change her mind when she heard what Prisca had said.

"If we get a doctor that works in the palace, will he take more than ten minutes to arrive?"

"Well, yeah. He'll probably only get here in twenty minutes."

Since Prisca had already said so, after weighing the pros and cons of this situation, Mango had no choice but to agree to the former's suggestion.

After that, Prisca called someone and then asked a maid to prepare hot water for Henry.

Although Henry had a fever and could not think clearly he still whispered, "I'm... I'm fine. I won't die! I have to go back."

His voice was so soft, so only someone who was lying next to him could hear him clearly. However, Mango had overheard what he said, so she couldn't help but feel upset.

After all, she was the one who made Henry leave his hometown and come here. Now, no one knew whether he would live or die.

"Don't worry, I will take you home! I promise!"

Mango held Henry's hand tightly as she declared.

Well, she didn't know if Henry had heard it or felt it. However, Henry appeared to have found a strand of hope as he grabbed onto Mango's hand tightly. Mango's hand hurt a little, but she didn't say anything, and she only glanced at Henry pitifully.

Prisca saw this and asked in a low voice, "Is he your subordinate?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Hmm... he's quite loyal."

After that, Prisca did not ask any more questions. Instead, she stepped out of the room to give Mango and Henry some privacy.

On the other hand, Mango felt more relaxed now

that Prisca had left.

Suddenly, about ten minutes later, she could hear footsteps coming from outside. After that, a handsome man came in with a medical kit in his hands.