Forensic Imperial Concubine

After Matthew left, Harper slowly walked into the hall. As soon as she heard the footsteps, Catherine wiped her tears and pretended nothing had happened. She turned around and discovered it was Harper. "Did you see everything?" she asked.

"No, I was worried, so I decided to check up on you. I know how wayward Princess Diana is," Harper said as she approached. "Your Grace, did you cry?"

"No, I didn't. I just had something in my eyes," Catherine said, her voice as gentle as ever. Her tone didn't give away any of her feelings. There was no trace of sadness on her face now.

"Your Grace, do you want to hear a story?" Harper turned around, sat down on the stairs, and looked at the scenery outside. When Catherine didn't move, she patted the place beside her. "You've told me so many stories about the South Kingdom today. Now let me tell you a story."

Catherine walked gracefully to Harper and sat down next to her as Harper started telling her story. "I remember when I first came to the Starry Palace, I enjoyed sitting on stairs like this and looking outside. I wondered when my family would come and visit. However, as the days turned to years, they never showed up. Later, when I realized that they would never visit me, I stopped sitting here and waiting for them," Catherine said sadly.

"Your Grace, once upon a time, there was a little girl just like you. She spent years hoping that her father could pay more attention to her. That girl did a lot of things in hopes of that happening. Instead, her father ended up hating her more and more. Things escalated to the extent that he'd even wanted her to die," "What happened to that girl then?"

Catherine asked in a clear but angry voice.

"She lived a good life while her father lost everything. He ended up living in pain for the rest of his life."

story of the little girl. When she explained how the father didn't hesitate to take the

"That damn father!"

eat its cubs. He was worse than a beast. He tried his best to secure personal gains all his life and used his children to strive for a brighter future. But in the end, he found out that the son and daughter he loved most were not his biological children. It turned out that he had raised another man's children for almost twenty years, which he had treated as the apples of

with his own child's life to pave the path for another

pay for their deeds, and it's only a matter of time." Even though Harper's tone was devoid of

this your

It's someone else's story," Harper said gravely. "By the way, your performance of the worship dance was absolutely incredible. I heard that envoys from different countries would come all the way here

worship was merely the opening. The actual Worship Ceremony will take place in five days. I guess the envoys

Ceremony was scheduled for today. However, the South Kingdom's Holy Maiden was

Ceremony s we almost sold out our herbs. We weren't aware that today's ceremony was merely an opening show," Harper said in a flat tone. She wasn't sure whether to be glad or to be angry, but her eyes looked cold. Why did Francis make them go to the South Kingdom so ahead of

"Where is your husband?"

by himself. He should be returning right about now," Harper responded carefully. As soon as her words were out, she caught sight of