Forensic Imperial Concubine

"You are right," Diana said, heaving a deep sigh. She recalled what Harper had said to comfort her earlier. Her words sounded harsher than that of Howard's. In fact, Harper didn't comfort people. Rather, she used her words for provoking and goading people into action. And her tactics were effective. Diana remembered how Harper's words had pushed her out of the lull where she had almost accepted her fate to be killed by her sister. Had it not been for Harper, that day, Diana would have died in the Labyrinth Swamp rather than being here at the moment.

"After I bring peace back to the South Kingdom, I will follow her," Diana declared in a determined tone. "I have so much to learn from her. I strongly believe that staying with her is incredibly beneficial for me."

"Only if she is willing to take you with her. It's not so easy to have your way with Harper, you see," Howard reminded her calmly. Then he teased her, "Judging from your intelligence quotient, I don't think she will be willing to take you with her."

"Howard Chu, what do you mean?" Diana asked, rolling up her sleeves. "Do you want to get into a fight with me?"

Howard raised his eyebrows and turned to go outward, without saying anything to Diana. He was aware that this time was not for reveling in such useless conversations. After Diana's secret visit to the royal palace to see her father today, Catherine would not simply sit idle. Even if she had no evidence of Diana's presence in the South Kingdom, she must have sent her people all around the city by now to find the intruder. Howard was aware that they had to be vigilant.

Diana was initially taken aback and rather angered by Howard's turning his back and walking out. But later on, she realized that Howard had gone out to look for something in the yard. Howard's intuitiveness, sincerity, and care in dealing with the situation impressed Diana very much.

Diana followed him to the yard. After a while, Howard nodded his head with satisfaction after he got everything ready. He looked at Diana and said, "Let's go out of the capital city."

"Out of the capital city? Why?" Diana asked, looking startled by Howard's words. "Why should we go out of the capital at this time?"

"We can't be so complacent at this stage. Catherine is far more dangerous than you think. She had been hiding her real self for ten years only to achieve her goal. Then you can imagine how shrewd and scheming a person she can be. It will not take her a long time to find out that you are still alive and have also returned to the South Kingdom. She will surely rummage the whole capital to search for you. Since your father refuses to write the royal edict to appoint her as the heir to the throne, she would have no choice but to get the royal jade seal from you."

her heart trembled with fear and pain for she was being targeted by her own sister. Was

Howard decisively said. "Let's leave this place as soon as possible. I've set up traps here. It will be okay if Catherine doesn't come here. But even if she comes or sends her men here to find you, she

you do?" Diana asked as she

Diana's hand who was about to walk to the yard. "Just follow me if you don't want to get

obediently followed Howard to walk outward. Although she didn't believe that Catherine could guess that she was still alive, she couldn't take the risk by staying here. She couldn't afford to get caught by Catherine before Harper

Harper and Matthew entered it. Just as planned, Diana

city. And as soon as Matthew set his foot in the capital, the

eyes lit up with a spark of joy and her face broke into a complacent smile. She sprang up from

informer replied. Then he bowed in

the vicinity of Harper and Matthew, Harper had a gut feeling that there must be something on Matthew's body that made Catherine know

Harper said in a

presence so easily?' It was important for him to find that out. But

of the night. Fred followed her to protect her. As Fred followed Harper through the narrow alleys of the capital city, his face twitched at the thought of his task. Did Harper need his protection at all? In her current capacity, she was completely equipped to take down an

had been feeble. But even at that time, she had a very strong mind. Over time, her strength reached a paranormal level.

right now?" This was for the first time that