Forensic Imperial Concubine

The unperturbed silence inside Lance's bedroom was broken by the sudden appearance of Matthew. Lance was baffled to see the prince right in front of his eyes. He had been told that the Black Flag Army was far away from the capital of the South Kingdom. But how could the prince reach his palace so soon? He was so intimidated and petrified to see the unexpected visitor that he almost lost his speech.

"Prince... Prince Matthew, why did you break into my palace at this unearthly hour of the night? What are you up to?" Lance stammered. His throat became dry and his tongue felt heavy as he tried to speak. He did not have a son and had only two daughters. His elder daughter was the Holy Maiden of the South Kingdom and his younger daughter, Diana, was forcibly taken into the Labyrinth Swamp by Harper. He was afraid that Diana would not be able to come out of the swamp alive. And that was why he had been cursing Harper in his mind. And now, even her husband had barged into his palace in the middle of the night. 'What a shameless couple they are! Today, only because of his wife, my heir to the throne is in danger. And now this man shows up in my palace unwarranted in this way to scare me,' Lance thought to himself.

There was an uncanny silence at the moment inside the palace. Matthew sat quietly at the table, slowly wiping bloodstains from the sword. Lance swallowed hard, looking at the fresh blood on Matthew's sword.

"I am here to take my wife back. But you seem to have forgotten what I said before I left," Matthew said in a low and cold voice. His voice sounded lethal. It sent a chill all across the room. Lance felt as if the temperature of the room had fallen and started to shiver. Though spoken in a low voice, Matthew's words reverberated to the core of Lance's heart.

"Lady Harper... Lady Harper has gone to the Labyrinth Swamp!" Lance managed to find his voice once again. He added in a trembling voice, "I have no idea why did she go there."

blow on Matthew's chest. He sprang upright on his seat and asked,

Lance somehow managed to come up with a convincing explanation. He deliberately covered up the fact that they had forced Harper to enter the Labyrinth Swamp. Instead, he put it in a way that Matthew would think that Harper had entered the

and corner that they might not have even heard of. Even the strongest shamans in the South Kingdom dared not enter the notorious swamp. They would only wander around the edge of it at the most because the poisonous miasma in

Labyrinth Swamp of her own?" Matthew asked. He

Lady Harper went there out of her own free will. We tried our best to dissuade her. But she was obstinate. Moreover, she even took my daughter along!" Lance said in such a solemn tone that it sounded quite convincing. However, Matthew knew in his heart that Harper had come to the Starry Palace in search of the Sacred Seal. There was no reason for her to risk her life by entering the Labyrinth Swamp on her own. The only possible explanation could be that she had been forced by someone

of relief. "I will attack a city of the South Kingdom

of her own will and that she had even taken his daughter to such a dangerous place, Matthew was still threatening to invade the territory of the South Kingdom. It was not until at that

what happened with Harper was just a fair pretext. Lance lamented his stance when he used to get involved in the affairs of the Bright Dynasty. He should have withdrawn at least after Harrison's collapse. But,

had left his palace, Lance was still sitting upright on his bed and thinking about his past deeds that had brought about this doomsday to the South Kingdom. And as far as Harper was concerned, she had been inside the Labyrinth Swamp for three days now. Nobody had ever survived inside the swamp for that long. Even if he sent