Forensic Imperial Concubine

After giving it some thoughts, Harper accepted the invitation, saying, "Yes, of course. That would be work for me." She, then stood up, calling out, "Fred, let's leave now."

With the sword resting on his shoulder, Fred followed Harper out of the palace. The murderous look on his face remained unchanged. Catherine watched Harper leave the palace and regretted having missed the opportunity to trap her. At the moment, Catherine had to tend to her mother. Her mother had no idea about her misdeeds, though she must be speculating something after what she had witnessed. If her mother knew what she had done, she would surely be very disappointed.

"Mother, I..." Catherine then stammered. She didn't know where to begin with.

"Catherine, bring your sister back to the palace. I am going to pay a visit to your father," the queen said tenderly. She came close to Catherine and flicked her hair behind her ear just like she would cajole a little girl. "You should never forget that we are a family. We must always support each other."

Catherine felt the heaviness in her heart and her vision became blurred. Her throat constricted and she could not utter a single word. After that, the queen turned around and went to Lance's palace. It had been more than ten years since she visited his palace for the last time. Now as she walked to that palace, it felt as if a lifetime had passed.

As the sound from outside reached Lance's ears, he had a strong urge to walk outside to welcome his wife inside his palace. However, after struggling a lot, he could only open his eyes. He was very excited to see the queen inside his palace after so many years. "What brings you here?" he asked, trying to smile through his pains.

"It was so noisy outside, that I had to come out of my palace to see what was going on," the queen replied. She then took a seat on the side of Lance's bed. She lifted his hand and began to feel his pulse skillfully to diagnose him. "You're getting old. You are poisoned by the venomous insect poison."

"Yes, you are right. I'm getting old. And you're as beautiful and gentle as before. Time and tide do not wait for me. But it seems to have stopped for you," Lance replied, his voice still sounding weak.

I saw her inside the palace today," the queen said softly. "You must

still living in this world. I thought it to be a mere coincidence. After all, there are many similar looking people in the world. I didn't expect that she would really be the descendant of the Qin Clan. No wonder she was able to destroy the library," Lance remarked. "Besides, it seems that she has a lot of grudge in her mind,"

what's going on between Catherine and Diana? They seem to have a fight," the queen asked again. Her voice was as gentle and calm as ever. She had no idea about the intensity of the matter. In her

in a dejected tone, "Catherine doesn't want to be the

silent after hearing Lance's words. Then she heaved a sigh and said in her habitual gentle tone, "If she doesn't want to be the Holy Maiden, then she doesn't have to be. Catherine can do whatever she wants. I thought she wanted to be the Holy Maiden, so I had stopped Diana from competing with her. I had

their mother had made Diana move out of Catherine's way because she felt that Catherine wanted to become the Holy Maiden. 'How could I have misunderstood my family members for so many years?!' Catherine's heart wrenched at the very

I plan to abdicate," Lance said in a feeble voice after a moment of silence. "And then let's find a place to live in seclusion,

everything. Diana has always been very impulsive. Even I've corrected her for her reckless behaviors so many times, but she still turns a deaf ear to my words. Catherine is going to have a hard time getting along with her," the queen replied. She still considered the fight between her daughters to be a minor issue.

care of herself and will not be so reckless anymore. You will be surprised if you meet her now." He then used all his strength to move his hand. He tried hard for a long time but he found himself too weak to move even a finger. Then, he sighed helplessly, "Ah, I'm getting old. I'm becoming more useless day by day. Now I don't

down like this for a long time. You will be fine. You will rise very soon and take control of the kingdom in your own hands. Have faith," the queen comforted her husband. With the angelic smile on her face, she looked like God's messenger who had descended from her heavenly orb to give assurance to Lance that

sounding so down and out. Her newly acquired knowledge about her parents' stance regarding her position as the Holy Maiden also melted her heart. Catherine could no longer bear it anymore. She turned around and ran away, while she repented vehemently. How much she had misunderstood her family members! She had always thought that her father didn't like her, so he pushed her out and made her the Holy Maiden. She even despised Diana all these years because initially Diana was supposed to be the Holy Maiden instead of her. In her original theory, Diana escaped from the selection of the Holy Maiden because her father favored her and wanted her to live a free life. Now she knew that she

this now? Why so late?' Catherine screamed inside her head. All her ploys that she had been scheming against her father and her sister seemed to be making fun of her now. It was as if something very heavy that had fallen on her shoulders made her stoop down. She wanted to run away from it, so she started running. She ran as fast as she could until she knocked someone down. In the process, she even hurt her knees. Ignoring the pain, she

Diana standing at a distance, smirking at her. "Oh! I understand. You must have got tired of being oppressed all the time and so