Forensic Imperial Concubine

"No way!" Francis said decidedly. "I lost her once and I don't want to lose her again. Jason, don't you feel regretful?"

"No!" Jason exclaimed in a cold tone, hiding his emotions deep in his eyes.

Francis coughed, his hands tightly clutching his chest. "When your master accepted a junior disciple, you couldn't stop talking about your junior brother. And later when you found out that the junior brother was in fact a junior sister, you came to me in the middle of the night looking so flustered. You were beside yourself with happiness that you could not speak coherently. You even carved a jade pendant for her with your own hands. I remember she always wore the jade pendant every day."

When Jason heard that, it felt like something was about to spill from his eyes, but he managed to close them in time and said, "Francis, it's already too late! We have to accept the fact that she's Uncle Matthew's wife and our Aunt!"

"So what?" Francis said coldly. "Knowing that I love her, I should strive for her love. I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

"You could only strive for her love before she got married. Now, she has already become someone else's wife!" Jason felt so helpless at that moment. This was how Francis was. He was so stubborn that no one could convince him to stop once his mind was made up.

"Jason, even though she is married, she can still get a divorce peacefully. Other than that, she can become a widow as well," Francis whispered under his breath, but Jason was able to hear it anyway.

him?" Hearing him say such a thing, Jason couldn't help but feel uneasy. After all, Matthew was not Lucas. The reason why Lucas could be dealt with so easily was mainly because of his limited ability and poor popularity. In comparison, Matthew was far from being like that. He was meticulous and had many talented followers. If Francis were to try to kill Matthew, he had to consider if he could bear the repercussions of his actions in case he failed to kill

be the emperor of the Great Jade Kingdom who's going to do that. The emperor and Matthew have been sworn enemies. If

against Lucas was because they were afraid that there was a testamentary edict in Lucas' hands. Now that Lucas was already dead, even if the testamentary edict to appoint him as the heir of the late emperor really existed, it would not mean a thing anymore. However, Matthew was an entirely different matter. Once Matthew raised his arm

"Chief."

asked, trying to hold back his emotions. Hope was not yet lost. If he were to inform Harper

Hoffman in the Repenting Tower wants to have a

been so long since he heard about Hoffman. This time, the people who had seriously injured Francis were a group of assassins from the South

trouble. Thus, it was clear as day that he was discontented with

Palace. The security was so tight that even flies won't be able to enter. Its name indicated that it was a place to reflect on one's mistakes, but it was in fact like a prison. The only difference between the two was that the imperial prison was in the Imperial Palace, while the tower was located outside the Imperial Palace. Other than

sons of the late emperor, Hoffman was the only one who had actually escaped death only because he had been imprisoned in the tower. That being said, if Hoffman harbored malicious

"Open the door."