Forensic Imperial Concubine

"What do you mean by that?" she asked after staying silent for a few seconds.

Rolando smiled in response. "As I said, Harper: I want you to be my empress, and I will do anything for that to happen. I know that Matthew is now in the Imperial Capital. He wants to take you away from here, but that isn't an easy task. But let me ask you one thing, though—which do you think is more important to him: the whole world or the one he loves?"

Harper didn't answer because what Rolando said troubled her immensely. If she remembered correctly, Rolando was supposed to hold the coronation ceremony tomorrow. 'What is he going to do?' she just thought silently.

When he realized that Harper had stopped being responsive to any of his advances, Rolando decided to leave. After he had gone, Forsythia bemoaned with resentment, "What should we do, My Lady? It seems like he is set on making you his woman while Prince Matthew isn't by your side! I think it's better if we escape this place as soon as possible!"

"Escape?" Harper repeated, laughing almost hysterically. "There are so many guards outside, Forsythia. It's impossible that we beat them all. There is nothing we can do—we can't get out of here."

"Even if I can't defeat all of them, I will still fight for you!" Forsythia said with a determined face.

dedication to her. "Don't be ridiculous, Forsythia. Matthew is still alive, yet there is already someone who wants to

still considered Matthew as one of her masters. What was more, she witnessed the blossoming of their beautiful relationship. Because of this, she was one hundred percent sure that Matthew would never allow Harper

Rolando had said, Harper guessed that he was planning something for her that would put her in a difficult situation. 'But what would he do?' she thought.

were trapped inside the Harmony Palace, they had no way to tell Matthew what was happening. Now, if Rolando indeed forced Harper to be his wife and Matthew had no

"Don't worry, Forsythia. We both know that Matthew is very capable. How could he not know what's happening

that, but I still want security that His Highness knows the bad ideas

and replied, "I suddenly feel curious. What

be doomed," Forsythia answered at once. She was well aware of Matthew's temper and she was sure that he would show

Book and was inheriting the power of the Qin Clan, she found herself poisoned. It was something she didn't recognize when it had happened. She had a special body. Minor poisons such as those that made people fall lethargically asleep and aphrodisiacs wouldn't pose much threat to her. But the poison inside her at that moment seemed different and special. While it seemed to be harmless, Harper was

happened after she entered the Imperial Palace of the Great Jade Kingdom. If there was nothing weird about the food and drink she had ingested, how had she been poisoned? Was there a venomous insect in her

it away. Although she had learned each and every secret that the book contained, it did not mean that it had become useless to her. Did he leave it because he