Forensic Imperial Concubine

Victoria found herself pinned on a chair, the person pinning her down none other than her own daughter-in-law, Beth, who had been nothing but obedient to her until that moment.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Victoria snapped, her eyes wide. "Beth, are you really planning on betraying me and our clan?"

Beth let out a loud, mocking laugh. "Mother, lest you forget: you are just a concubine! You are not the legal leader of this clan!"

Victoria's face was immediately drained of color. The thing she hated the most was when people referred to her as a concubine. For years, she had worked hard to erase that part of her life so that she could be seen and revered as the leader of their clan!

"What do you want, Harper?!"

"Your Highness, we have found her."

Harper nodded in acknowledgement. Finally, she heard some good news—Daphne had been found. Now, the main thing they had to deal with was Derrick. Being the lord of the city, he still had a significant control over the place, so it was hard to know how many spies were working for him. Harper would take this opportunity to weed them all out, because if not, they would only bring her endless troubles.

Chaos, however, had already started taking hold of Phoenix City. The guards had betrayed the imperial court and the whole city had already become a battlefield. An army had already made its way to Matthew's foothold just outside the city limits, but when they arrived, they found no one there.

"Shit, it's a trap! Withdraw! Withdraw!"

just got here! Don't tell me you're leaving already!"

soon as they got out, numerous arrows came flying towards them, killing some of them instantaneously. With that, they had no other choice but to hide until they had an opportunity to escape. Rolando, however, made sure that they wouldn't see such an opportunity. Immediately, he ordered his people drench the whole place in oil and to light it on fire,

burned alive or being shot by an arrow to death, the assassins were

kill him and his companions, so he should not be too soft-hearted towards them. Aside from that, he could not jeopardize their plan that was already in full swing:

sword, his expression calm yet stone-cold, as

my son,"

feel sick," Darren responded hostilely. "You

making this hard for the

"Is that so? Aren't you gravely overestimating your

I can tell it's because of your connections with that Harper and her husband," he said as he donned a ferocious smile. "A bit of bad news, however: there is no way they can come here. Actually, anyone

of surrendering, especially to you. I will kill you. It will be quick and painless, so don't worry," Darren responded, unaffected by Derrick's snide remarks. It was said that a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. It meant that when Derrick killed his own son, he became worse than

he signaled for his minions to attack. His army immediately leapt to their feet and launched several attacks against Darren. Darren remained unflinching in the face of such danger. One by one he fought each and every one of Derrick's soldiers, not even breaking a sweat in the process. His face was devoid of fear or any

the one to end the fight. His soldiers got out of his way, creating a space wherein he and

and gnashed his teeth. The man said he was coming to help Darren, but it seemed like he was contented on watching