Forensic Imperial Concubine

Harper smiled slightly and said, "Rumor has it that Luther seldom makes friends with courtiers. But the way he treated us seemed way too hospitable."

"This aroused your suspicion?"

"Wasn't it more than enough?" Harper raised her voice. "If this wasn't a sufficient reason, what else could be? Sending someone to keep a watch on us or deliberately trying to cast a bone between us?"

Her answer amused Matthew. With a smile, he held Harper into his arms and said, "I thought you had no doubts on him. But now I am surprised to know that you began suspecting him right after our first meeting with him."

The moment Harper met Luther, she subconsciously felt that there was a huge gap between Luther's performance and the hearsay. He had been overenthusiastic in front of them. A man who had been promoted step by step based on his military merits would never have spent so much effort to please them. He must have had some other intentions. Now it became evident to them that Luther was just a secret pawn of Francis.

"I have no choice but to admire Francis!" Harper said. "While in the imperial capital, he had pretended to be ill to keep away from all sorts of attacks. But in the dark, he established his own power and plotted against his brothers one by one, including Lucas. Maybe if he hadn't been so ruthless, and with an additional stroke of luck, he would have become the emperor of the Bright Dynasty.

"He would never be the emperor of the Bright Dynasty!" Matthew declared firmly.

"Why?"

done to you. The moment he made use of you and attacked you, he lost the throne of the Bright Dynasty forever." While he spoke, there was a murderous instinct flashing across his eyes. If Francis only wanted the throne or if he wanted

for a while. "Lucas had asked me to give a tight slap to Francis on his behalf the moment I saw him. However, it wouldn't be that easy

Matthew said angrily. "If you think you'd be lowering your dignity by slapping him, you can let Jack do it. I believe Jack wishes to skin

Francis desperately." Harper suddenly felt pity for Francis. She couldn't imagine

well that Jack's mind

remembered this fellow disciple of hers. Right after he assisted Francis' escape, Jason too had disappeared just like

guess is that he has

she enjoys a higher position in the minds of common people. If Jason really likes beauties, perhaps there isn't any better place for him to go than the South Kingdom," Harper said with a smirk. "I wonder which one of them would be more charming to Jason, the Holy Maiden of the South Kingdom

Harper's words, and something clicked in his mind. "I heard that when you were at the Imperial Palace earlier, you showed the largesse to

danger, so she denied without further thinking, "No, no, no. I didn't.