Forensic Imperial Concubine

Harper was puzzled for a moment seeing Becky Liu, the chief guard of the Secret Pavilion on the mission. 'Why would the woman guarding the Secret Pavilion come with us?' she wondered.

She gave a glance at Matthew that seemed to ask why Becky Liu would come with them to the South Kingdom.

Matthew glanced at Becky Liu for a second, and then said in a low voice, "She was afraid that something might be wrong with the thing you took away. So, in order to monitor you, she will follow you wherever you go."

"Did Lucas agree to this?" What an excuse! Even if Becky Liu were to follow her everywhere, Harper was confident that she wouldn't be able to take the tripod back.

"He was too tired of her badgering that he agreed." Matthew put down the curtain of the carriage and held Harper in his arms. "It's a long way to the South Kingdom. You'd better get some rest at the beginning of our trip when the road is smooth. The road will be bumpy later on. It would be difficult for you to sleep then, even if you want to."

Resting her head on Matthew's lap, Harper gazed at his face. He was reading a book on strategy. She felt he looked even more handsome while they were alone and he didn't put on the poker face. She was absorbed in looking at his angular face and could not help laughing.

Hearing her giggle, he looked down and asked, "What's so funny?"

"People always say that you're as hard as the ice on a snowy mountain peak, too difficult to melt even after thousands of years. But I don't think so. I think you are so good-looking that I feel fascinated by you. I'm so glad that I have such a man as my husband," Harper said with a smile.

a glimmer of mischief flashing in Matthew's eyes, he pinched her face and said, "You're so good at flattering me. But it's weird that every time you flatter me, I feel that you want something from

don't know what you

earlier and every time you did that, you wanted something. Don't you remember?" Matthew

flaunted Matthew on purpose every time

said. "I might have done something like that in the past,

raised his eyebrows. "So does that mean that

changed suddenly. She felt as if she had dug a hole and buried herself in it. So she just

said, "No way! If you don't make it clear

it either. She knew that Matthew wouldn't do anything that would hurt her. The most likely thing he would do was to scold her

days to reach the South Kingdom. Well, should I do you a favor so that you can have a good

asked, "What do you

stunned to see this. She

he said and continued to unknot his waistband.

about her reputation, she didn't want others to portray her as a dissolute woman either. "Matthew, all the compliments I said before are truly from my heart. However, it just happened that I needed some