Forensic Imperial Concubine

With a lollipop propped in her mouth, Harper Chu opened her toolbox skillfully and said to her colleague, Diego Guo, "This one is going to be a bit difficult. I am still trying to figure out the best way to cut it open for further examination."

"Harper, you are a forensic expert. Can't you behave more professionally by avoiding eating anything while examining the corpse?" Diego Guo requested and continued to look at Harper Chu expectantly. This was something he had always wanted to say.

Harper Chu was a very beautiful woman. But in spite of her beauty, she was still single at the age of twenty-eight. Men were pulled towards her instantly when they saw her. However, all of them fled away when they became aware of her passion for dissecting corpses.

"Diego, don't you know that sweet sugar is good for activating brain cells? I believe it helps me in doing my work more proficiently. In fact, I think you should try one," Harper Chu suggested and rummaged through her bag to find a lollipop for Diego Guo. With a cute smile, she handed it over to him.

When he saw that, Diego Guo's face darkened. "No! Forget this and let us get back to work. I heard this corpse belonged to a high-ranking official. It's said that he has managed to gain a lot of confidential information. Considering all this, it seems obvious that his murder was committed so as to stop him from leaking that information. I don't understand what our leader was thinking. Why did he send us here to examine this corpse? I am pretty sure he knew this was a dangerous job..."

"Stop talking!" Harper Chu interrupted him. Quickly, she ripped off the dead man's belly and found a key in his stomach. "See! Here is a key."

"What key?" Diego Guo asked curiously and leaned forward to get a closer look.

Harper Chu cleaned the key, looked at it carefully and said, "It's a key to some bank custody. The victim must have swallowed the key before being attacked."

"I heard that his house was turned upside down. Could it be that the murderer was looking for this key?" Diego Guo asked, sinking deep in thoughts.

"Diego, you should immediately inform our leader about this discovery. But make sure nobody else gets to know anything about this," warned Harper Chu, grinding her teeth.

"Okay." Diego Guo immediately turned around and went away, leaving Harper Chu alone with the key and corpse. In his absence, she continued the examination as if nothing had happened. Just when she was about to sew the corpse, a cold gun was pointed toward her head.

said, trying to stop her from what she

Diego?" asked Harper Chu. She had instantly recognized that this voice belonged

the key." Diego Guo's hand, which was holding the gun, began to tremble. "I am dead serious. If you hand over

could yell out for help, she felt a sharp pain course through her

with rage. He grabbed her limp body before she fell to the floor. She felt a

to that of ancient times where a prisoner's head was about to be chopped. Realizing she was about to be beheaded, she panicked and was about to struggle. However, her

sister began to let out a cry. She

Chu Clan from the Bright Dynasty in ancient

front of her, was one of the accomplices who had set her

kill her to soothe his anger. Meanwhile, the Chu Clan had abandoned her. And her sister had come

death sentence now!" On the stage, Matthew Jun, the younger brother of the emperor, gave out the order. He was the officer in charge of the execution. The executioner held up his machete. Seeing the crisis, Harper

being wronged... Your Highness, General Maxwell's concubine didn't

jade. He had an imposing appearance. Besides, he had a well cut and muscular

he looked at the woman kneeling

desperately sought for death. It both puzzled and amused him to watch her defend herself. 'Did she just change her mind when

imperial edict has been issued, and it's impossible to disobey His Majesty's order. You

with my whole clan that General Maxwell's concubine deceived me. She pretended to be pregnant and framed me because she was afraid that I would expose her secret. Please give me a chance to see General Maxwell and clear my name. If I

to put her clansmen in such a crisis to prove her innocence. I have heard that the Chu Clan has abandoned her. I never expected she would be ruthless enough to drag her whole clan into the matter. She is a determined woman. If it was someone else, they would be afraid of hurting their clansmen. But she has the audacity to ask the entire Chu Clan to die along with

Jun thought. He realized he had to make a quick decision since the machete was

people were waiting to see the death