Forensic Imperial Concubine

Instead of responding to his question, Harper only turned to look at Francis. Then, she suddenly reached out her hand and
touched his face. Francis was shocked, but he didn't move away. Rather, he looked at Harper with a soft and even doting look.
While Harper was touching Francis' face, she slowly said, "How I wish I could have a face like yours."
"Why?" Francis asked, with a plain smile on his face.
"If I did, I could do wicked things without any pressure. After all, no one will believe that I'm capable of doing so because I look so
innocent and kind." Taking back her hand, Harper went downstairs. That was all she wanted to say. She didn't say another word
or gave Francis the chance to respond. After all, she didn't care whether Francis understood her.
It took Francis a while before he got a hold of himself and looked at Harper who was slowly walking away. Then, the smile on his
face faded away while his eyes narrowed at her. He involuntarily put his hand on his face and said to himself, "Do wicked things
without any pressure? Are you reminding me of something, Harper?"
As quickly as it came, Francis abandoned that thought. He then took the stairs to catch up with Harper. "Aunt Harper, would you
allow me to send you back home? I actually want to learn some Go skills from you while we're on the way."
Harper stopped walking but didn't answer. Francis had already stepped forward, got on the carriage, and stretched out a hand to
her. "I haven't played Go with you for a long time. Would you play with me, please?"
Harper only stared at him for quite a long time. The smile on his face did not waver. With patience, he looked at her expectantly
while waiting for her answer.
After a while, she finally reached out her hand and got on the carriage with him.
The first thing that Harper noticed was that a board was already placed inside the carriage. She sat opposite of Francis. He then
pushed the black stones in front of Harper and said, "You go first."
Harper immediately took them and put the stones on her side of the board. When Francis saw that, he also placed one white
stone on the board. They didn't say anything. Francis raised his eyebrows and looked at Harper several times, but he discovered
that her eyes were fixed on the board. Not once did she look at him. He couldn't help but feel a little bitterness in his heart.
"Distraction is a taboo in playing Go." Harper finally spoke. But it was only because Francis made a big mistake due to some
distractions. It made his side vulnerable so Harper took the chance and began to attack aggressively. Soon enough, Francis was
about to lose.

"Aunt Harper," Francis mumbled while looking at the board. At that point, he knew that he had no way to win. Harper was going
to win that round for sure. He had lost and he knew it. "I have failed... Watch out!"
Francis suddenly dragged Harper to the ground while several arrows were shot into the carriage. The seats where they were
sitting just then were now full of arrows. Francis held Harper's waist with one hand and pulled out his sword on the side with the
other hand. They quickly got out of the carriage and immediately found out that they were surrounded. The coachman and the
guards had already been killed with the rain of arrows earlier.
Those who were besieging Francis were surprised to see that there was another person inside the carriage. But they did not
waste any second. They surged forward to viciously attack Francis. Their every move was intense, determined to kill him without
mercy.
Francis protected Harper with one hand and fought against the assassins with the other hand. It was quite hard for him.
Fortunately, the assassins were not attacking Harper, or he would be injured inevitably.
"Let me go. You're the target. If you take me with you, I'll just be a burden to you." Harper made a quick judgment. They didn't
seem to have any intention of hurting her. It was becoming more obvious that it was Francis who they wanted.
Francis also realized that. If he continued to take Harper with him, she might also become their target and he would not be able
to protect her. So in the first chance that he got, he pushed her away from him.
It so happened that Forsythia was rushing to the scene at that moment. When she saw that Francis was under attack and Harper
was pushed out, she quickly ran to protect her. The situation became strange to everyone. Harper and Forsythia stood there
without being attacked, while Francis was under siege by every assassin present. It actually looked like Harper was making her
people kill Francis.
Soon enough, Forsythia took in the situation that they were in. She turned to Harper and asked, "Your Highness, what's going
on?"
"Their target is Prince Francis. Find a way to contact the city garrison," Harper calmly stated.
Forsythia immediately shook her head before saying, "But I can't leave you alone." After Harper boarded Francis' carriage, it took
her some time to catch up to them, only to find out that they were being assassinated. So at that point, she could not dare to
leave Harper for half a step. If something were to happen to her, she would die.

Meanwhile, the assassination was still going on when a pair of eyes in the dark fell on Harper. The person put on a wicked smile
and said, "Harper, long time no see. Do you still remember me?"
The person was none other than Diana, daughter of Emperor Lance from the South Kingdom. "Your Highness, let's take this
chance to go to the Imperial Palace and save Prince Hoffman," one of Diana's subordinates suggested.
For a few moments, Diana didn't move from where she was standing. She was reminded of an anomaly with Harper. When
Diana secretly attacked Harper with the Venomous Insect King, it only bit her back. In fact, it almost killed her. Soon after that,
the Venomous Insect King also died. Ever since then, Harper had been a huge threat to the people of the South Kingdom.
Then, Diana exclaimed, "Kill that woman! Don't use the venomous insect poison. It's useless for her. She is the greatest threat to
the South Kingdom. Even the Venomous Insect King wasn't able to defeat her!"
"Is she the one who destroyed the Venomous Insect King?"
"Yes. We should take this opportunity to kill her in order to prevent more troubles in the future!"