Forensic Imperial Concubine

"Try not to worry yourself too much. Rolando may be a cold man, but he is by no means a vicious man," Harper said slowly. "There is a saying that all emperors are unfaithful and fickle, but they are also affectionate."

A wry smile crept onto Lucas' face. What Harper said sounded contradictory and ironic. Emperors were fickle because they would soon abandon a woman they had just doted on; emperors were affectionate because they would fall in love with multiple women at the same time but such affections didn't last long.

"I'll be taking my leave now, Aunt Harper."

The receding back of Lucas seemed so lonely. Seeing that, Harper helplessly shook her head and blurted out, "He is another hair-splitter."

"Your Highness, why did you say that?"

"I guess he must have been irritated by Prince Francis. As a result, he has no clue what he's supposed to do for the time being. And the younger sister who has grown up by his side is going to marry someone far away from him for political reasons, so he feels restless and cannot keep his cool." Harper had not expected that Lucas could actually be so warm-hearted and that he had been watching over the younger sister who had grown up together with him.

"Prince Lucas is also very affectionate, Your Highness."

"What do you mean?"

"He goes whoring almost every day. In fact, his lovers are available in almost every major brothel in the imperial capital. I even heard that when the courtiers go whoring, they would ask first if the prostitute they liked is Prince Lucas' lover, fearing that the prince would make trouble for them if the one they chose was really his lover," Nina blurted out. It was clear as day that she didn't think highly of Lucas.

"Have you forgotten that the largest brothel of

say that, Your Highness!" Nina reminded her at once, looking around quickly to make sure that no outsider was there to hear it. Then, keeping a low voice, she said, "Your Highness, if anybody else heard what you said just now, you would

like the most popular prostitute. Today, he curries favor with the empress; tomorrow, he will curry favor with a noble consort; the day after tomorrow, he will curry favor with a lady; and so on and so forth. There are so many

returned and was walking toward Harper with Barry. Overhearing what Harper had just said, he could not help looking at Barry,

couldn't hold back his laughter. As a result, Barry's face grew even darker. He glanced at Matthew, wondering if Harper would castrate Matthew one day as well if she became unhappy, since she could incite Nina to castrate

Your Highness?" the maids

to step into the yard. He wanted to

Then, we won't ever have anything to do with each other anymore," Harper said in a cold voice. Although she made it sound like a joke, nobody dared to take it that

a sense of clear distinction between love and hatred. If I love him, I'll love him with all

sign that Matthew had returned

what I said. If Barry dares to take a concubine, you have to castrate him, understand? If you can't do it, just tell

cold glare. 'You will suffer from your own words. You're sowing discord between me and Nina. Just wait and see. Very

cough to let Harper know that Matthew was right behind

toward Forsythia and asked, "Forsythia, do you have a sore throat? Have you caught a cold? Let me check your pulse. I'm sure I can cure you with just one set