Forensic Imperial Concubine

When Harper put down her bowl and chopsticks, Francis casually put down his bowl and chopsticks as well despite not having eaten much. Seeing that, Cynthia also had to put down her bowl and chopsticks. And after rinsing her mouth, she stood up and left the table right away.

"What do you want to ask me? Go ahead," Harper flatly said, aware that Francis would definitely ask her since Rufus had come to her last night.

Seeing how cold Harper was being toward him, Francis felt so distressed. "Given the way you're speaking to me, I just don't know how I'm supposed to ask you anything. I just really wanted to have breakfast together with you. That's all. You don't have to think of me as an authoritarian."

Putting down the teacup, Harper said, "Francis, we are both adults. Why don't we go straight to the point? I don't want to waste my time beating around the bush with you. You live such a scrupulous life and you seem to enjoy it. You may not feel tired, but I do. If you want to ask me anything, just go ahead and ask it. If you don't ask me right now, I may not give you an answer if you ask me about it next time."

"Why did Rufus come to you?"

"He didn't come here for me."

"What message did Howard deliver to you?" Francis knew that if he let this opportunity slip away, it would be impossible for him to get the truth from Harper later on.

As a faint smile appeared on her face, Harper glanced at him and said, "A piece of good news."

he asked again,

casting a glance at Francis, who didn't seem to believe what she just said. In a low voice, Harper then added, "He told me the whereabouts of the

in a hurry upon hearing that, but soon realized that he had behaved improperly.

with a gentle smile. "Would you like to make

courtiers asked me to ascend to the throne as soon as possible. I have already approved their request and will ascend the throne and become the new emperor on a selected auspicious day," Francis resolutely said, taking a deep breath. It would be useless to make the testamentary edict public once he had

so? Congratulations then!" Harper said in a flat tone,

you the empress." Francis' statement exploded by Harper's ears like a bomb. She felt so lightheaded and was left at

say?" she asked just to be sure she didn't just mishear

down at Harper. Word by word, he said it carefully again, "I

forgotten that not only am I a

"I want to share the throne with you. Please don't push me away, Harper. All these years, you have been working so hard for the throne, haven't you? Uncle Matthew has no interest in the throne. Otherwise, he would have usurped the throne long ago. Now, I'm placing the throne in front of you. Would you like to stand with me and watch the beautiful scenery of

took a deep breath, took out a piece of bright yellow brocade from her sleeve,

he had not expected the edict to actually be in Harper's possession. What was more, the edict clearly

why didn't I get the edict?"