Forensic Imperial Concubine

Maxwell quickly drank a cup of tea. Seeing that, Harper stood up and refilled his cup. But he drank it up soon again, and she refilled his cup one more time. Seeing that he was about to drain another cup of tea, she stopped him and said, "General, I suggest you taste the tea carefully with your tongue."

"For me, it tastes the same. I drink solely to relieve my thirst. I don't care whether it's tea or water." After drinking the tea, Maxwell stared at Harper with his tiger-like eyes.

Harper touched her face, convinced that there was nothing on her face. "General, I don't think you invited me here to enjoy the tea."

Maxwell remained silent for a while. Harper was patient. She didn't urge him to say anything. Instead she continued drinking tea. Finally, he opened his mouth and asked, "Harper, can I trust you?"

"What did you mean by that, General?" asked Harper in confusion.

"If all the physicians in the world say that a person is healthy, but you check his body and figure out that he is actually sick, what would you do? Would you consider him sick or not?" Maxwell asked, in order to make sure whether Harper was a trustworthy person to him.

"Of course he is sick!" Harper replied decisively.

"What if you will be killed on claiming he is sick? Would that deter you from speaking the truth?" Maxwell asked further.

others are given what they want to hear. It would be like hitting two birds with one stone. Does that sound like a good

may kill you after hearing what you have to say?" asked Maxwell in a low voice.

to be irrelevant to the topic they were talking about. However, when Maxwell realized Harper was talking about something else to remind that someone might be watching them secretly, he stiffened for a second. He then stood up all of a sudden and swept the desserts on the table to the floor. He grabbed Harper's wrist and pulled her closer to him. Her other hand grasped

doing?" Harper said in a seemingly anxious

was a man of authority and was used to speaking in a loud voice. "Let me tell you this. I want to take you as a concubine! I think you

pain. But he was relieved to have asked her this question. He knew that Harper had a bad reputation, so it

low status, I am determined to never marry a man as his concubine! Never!" Harper said arrogantly. "General, you'd better not force me! That's

about my desire, he will immediately agree. In that case, you will have no right to refuse me!" Maxwell roared so loudly

that Harper would be bold enough to hit the general. General Maxwell was the favorite subordinate of the emperor. The emperor thought highly of him. Everyone thought that Harper should feel extremely lucky and

was dumbfounded for a few seconds. But soon, he regained his senses and was about to hit Harper. But someone stopped

"Hello, General Maxwell."

turned around and saw Zack standing not far from them.

meet you, Zack." Maxwell loosened his hand which had been grasping Harper's wrist firmly. Taking this opportunity to escape, she quickly pulled herself away from Maxwell. Harper rubbed her wrist which had been bruised from Maxwell's grasp. Her

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