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.

Majesty, I saw her inside the palace today," the queen said softly. "You must have seen her before if

it to be a mere coincidence. After all, there are many similar

calm as ever. She had no idea about the intensity of the matter. In her eyes, there might be a minor tiff between the two sisters. She could never imagine that the fight was so

dejected tone, "Catherine doesn't want to be the Holy Maiden.

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,

it turned out to be, Diana had never tried to compete with her. Rather, their mother had made Diana move out of Catherine's way because she felt that Catherine wanted to become the Holy Maiden. 'How could

all this. Now I plan to abdicate," Lance said in a feeble voice after a moment of silence. "And then let's

elder sister, Catherine would have to pay more attention to 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

it's not like that anymore," Lance corrected the queen. "Diana has become a sensible girl now. She can take 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

rise very soon and take control of the kingdom in your own hands. Have faith," the

her heart as she heard her father 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

have to know about all 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.

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