Forensic Imperial Concubine

"Tomorrow," Matthew answered on Harper's behalf, then asked her, "Will that be good enough?"

Harper nodded and thought to herself, 'I'm almost done here in the River City. All the embroiderers are doing a good job. As long as they follow my instructions for the design and construction of those garments, I will arrange for Pearce and his wife to promote the sales. Since I don't need to monitor the business full-time, there's no need for me to stay here. I can simply have Rufus manage things in my absence.'

"Prepare a room for him so that he can freshen up. We will set off tomorrow and return to the imperial capital," Matthew then said. The situation in the imperial capital was calm then. The emperor must have been feeling guilty that Francis was seriously injured in order to protect him. He would try to compensate Francis as well as he could. Francis was his son, after all.

"Thank you, Your Highness," Owen said. Then the waiter took him to his room so that he could freshen up. Matthew pinched Harper's palm and said, "If you don't want to go back now, we can stay here and go back after the New Year."

"Everything here is set. Although the imperial capital is not truly at peace, it's not chaotic now either. I need to go back to have a look anyway," Harper said slowly. "And the people behind it, who failed once, are bound to launch more attacks. Their targets are Charles first, and then Alexander. I'm particularly afraid that they might hurt Gigi."

Matthew squinted his eyes a bit, and answered, "Well, let's go back to the imperial capital tomorrow morning. We can leave Rufus to deal with matters here."

didn't see anyone there. The windows were tightly closed, so he had no idea where the wind came from. Maybe it was a telepathic link which indicated that Harper had left

to Pearce and his wife in person.

if to

She asked him, "Pearce, the situation in the

interrupted, "Don't worry. Prince Matthew is cunning and clever. The emperor seems to have the upper hand now, but the truth may be totally different. Over the years, if it weren't for the fact that Prince Matthew still values his blood ties, the emperor wouldn't have been able to keep his throne for such a long time." The situation was perfectly clear to Pearce. If Matthew were to join the struggle for power, he would

throne or not. He quickly found that the prince had no interest in that position. The only

deplorably unambitious man in that respect. All his attention is directed

her eyes, although Harper was young, she was very capable and smart, so she liked

to keep such thoughts to himself. Matthew was cunning, while

stepped out of mourning for her son. "Even as a weak woman, she dared to endure trouble for the sake of the Chu Clan. If it weren't for her, her clan would have been eliminated. In such a crisis, others would have abandoned that family and left them to perish, but she didn't do that. Instead, she helped to raise her younger brother and sister