Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 697 The Chief Culprit (Part Two)

Francis glared at Rufus and said, "You are so good at argument. Just spit it out now! What information did you deliver?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to know when she's going to leave the Sleek Palace," Rufus insisted. "If you don't want to believe me, then there's nothing I can do about it."

"Did you come here by yourself?"

"I did not. I was with that woman's brother. It was him and not me who was trying to send a message." Rufus sold Howard out without thinking twice. "But I have no idea what it was about."

"The brother of Harper? Who are you talking about?" Francis was taken aback. 'Harper only has one younger brother who is studying in the River City at the moment. So, how come she has another brother I don't know of?'

"Howard Chu."

Francis squinted his eyes. Howard was a legendary figure in the imperial capital. As one of the three major generals of the Bright Dynasty, he fell into the tricks set up by Harper, which almost cost him his head. After he escaped, he helped Hoffman to deal with Felix. But he disappeared without a trace when Hoffman fell. Was everything he did just a show from the very start?

that Howard is

displeased. "He came to me and told me that Harper would kill Cynthia if she was kept inside the Sleek Palace. That was the reason why I came to the palace so urgently in the middle of the night. But he pushed me out as soon as I entered the palace. Thinking that I would be inevitably discovered, I decided that I should at least make sure Cynthia was safe. After that, I went inside the Sleek Palace

stressed. After pausing for a

was done dressing my wound and was driven out, your secret guards chased me all over the palace," Rufus said without giving it much thought, as though he didn't think his misery was that big of a deal. "I

that he was the one that Harper was trying to catch off guard. Although he was keeping her imprisoned in the Imperial Palace, he did not intend to force

I want to know, you still haven't told me

you still don't believe me, you can go ahead and ask Harper. I really didn't tell her anything.

take Rufus

no idea about the things you are talking about. How about this? If you catch Harper and send her to jail instead, that woman will confess everything to you soon enough since her skin is delicate and she certainly won't be able to

recalled how calm and fierce she was when she faced the assassins. If this woman was a coward, she wouldn't deserve the heart of Matthew, nor would Zack make plans to protect her, let alone Francis, who was

Troy," someone

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