Forensic Imperial Concubine

Before it even got dark, rain had already began to pour hard. As it got progressively darker, the booming thunder and crackling lightning made people feel very depressed. For Shawn, however, the storm gave him an opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief as it could give him and his men a chance to rest. With such a heavy downpour, the Great Jade Kingdom wouldn't be able to continue attacking the Dragon Pass.

"Guard," Shawn authoritatively called out.

"Yes, General," a guard replied respectfully.

"I believe the heavy rains would deter the Great Jade Kingdom from trying to stage another attack against us. Despite that, we must not let our guards down. So deliver this message to every one of our soldiers: be alert and do not let your guard down. A sudden attack from the Great Jade Kingdom cannot be ruled out, so we all need to get ready." Shawn was always very scrupulous. Although he knew that Rolando wouldn't attack the pass at such a time, he still ordered his men to be on high alert.

"Yes, general," the guard replied, leaving at once to fulfill his duties.

As he stood by the corridor watching the rain drench everything around him, Shawn suddenly thought of Felton. Before Harper left, she asked him to keep an eye on him, but he hadn't had the opportunity to see him. Now that he had a bit of a downtime, he figured out it would be best if he paid him a visit.

entrance remarked as he saw

want to go out for a walk." As soon as he said that, he disappeared in the

he asked his fellow guards, "Who the

the same time. They all knew that no sane human being would want to have a walk when it was raining so hard outside that one couldn't see what was in front of him. Besides that,

is the first time he has had time to rest, so maybe he just really wants to go out and relax for a while, notwithstanding

rain?" another guard said incredulously. "Our general sure has a

located in a somewhat remote alley. While there were people passing by from time to time, they were generally scarce. That day's

Though very vague, he felt the energies of some murderous assassins lurking around. He didn't know whether their target was him or Felton. If it was him, the assassins might have

hiding behind vegetation that surrounded Felton's house—were shocked. They knew that Shawn was a central figure in the Dragon Pass. Now that they were under intense attack by the Great Jade Kingdom, how could he have time to be there? They were are clueless about his reasons, but they all

enough, turned around and left, disappearing into the rain. Because of this, the assassins breathed a collective sigh of relief. If Shawn continued to walk inside Felton's house, they would definitely be exposed

When the assassins didn't follow him, he immediately knew that they were there for Felton. 'But why?' he thought, confused by what was happening. As far as he was concerned, Felton was just an