Forensic Imperial Concubine

When Harper returned to the Harmony Palace, the maids had already prepared hot water and fresh clean clothes for her. Her eyelashes trembled a little while she looked at the steam over the hot water in the bathtub. Rolando had always been so considerate to her. She had been used to it for so long that she didn't feel like anything was wrong with the way he was treating her. But right then, Harper realized that she had been sitting on pins and needles all this time.

"Hmm?" Patrick tried to speak but it sounded more of a squeak. It looked at Harper in confusion. It couldn't understand what she was thinking.

Harper put the creature down and said, "I'm fine."

Harper started dipping herself into the tub while Patrick was playing outside. Suddenly, it heard Harper call it. Instantly, its eyes lit up. It dashed to the screen and looked up at Harper, drooling a little. 'Are you finally willing to let me see you naked?' it thought.

"Matthew has arrived in the capital, right?" Harper asked. She then sank into the water, leaving only her head above it. Patrick jumped unto the bathtub and stood on its edge. Then, it couldn't help but regretfully sigh. The water was covered by petals, so it couldn't see anything in the tub, no matter how hard it tried.

"Hmmm, Hmmm," Patrick answered, without much energy.

"If he has arrived in the capital, why hasn't he come to me?" Harper asked in confusion. With how she knew her husband, Matthew would have come to her as soon as he arrived, so she couldn't understand why he hadn't.

down, as if it was dancing on the edge of the bathtub. It not only jumped here and there, but also pretended to be very powerful and vicious. As Harper was amused by

palace to look for me, but someone drove him away?" Harper asked. From the happiness in Patrick's eyes, she could clearly figure out that it was taking pleasure in Matthew's misfortune. It was as if seeing Matthew being defeated and driven out by others bring Patrick so much joy. Understandably, because Matthew had never been kind to Patrick, it could not be

him

question, Patrick suddenly pinched its two fingers and wriggled its fat hip in a sultry way. It waddled along the edge of the bathtub. When Harper noticed that it was

be serious. While looking straight on, it suddenly turned around with a nasty smile shown on its

it was about to see, it felt very excited. All of a sudden, however, its head was grabbed and directly pressed into the water. It happened so fast that Patrick couldn't even react, so it was actually choked by the water. When it finally raised its head, Harper was already dressed up.

it could reach Harper, she slapped the creature with her towel. Patrick directly hit a wall but it didn't

force. To its surprise, it was caught

Harper raised her head to look at the direction of the voice. It was not until then that she realized Rolando had come to her quarters. He was staring at Patrick, which he had just grabbed, and asked, "Does it have a

"Patrick," Harper responded.

jumped into Harper's arms and buried its head on her arms. It was as if the creature was declaring that Harper belonged to it. Rolando's eyebrows twitched a little when he saw that. "That's a good name," he

it behind her. Staring at Rolando quietly, she said, "Matthew has arrived