Forensic Imperial Concubine

She was confused. No matter how many pages she turned, all those were left blank. Even though this made her feel frustrated,
she didn't want to give up. She kept on turning the pages, finding one blank page after another. Finally, on the last page, she
found a strange picture. "This is..." she murmured in hesitation.
"It may be how the Sacred Seal looks. Based on this information, it wouldn't be that difficult for you to find what you want,"
Matthew said in a firm tone. "But, it's never that easy to find such a small object."
Harper gave a bitter smile. It would be difficult to search for such a small thing in the world. It was like searching for a needle in a
haystack. The two parts of the Sacred Seal must have been kept in hiding in the secret and vital places of the South Kingdom
and the Wonder Kingdom, just like where the Heavenly Books had been kept.
"I'm afraid that'd be all for today. Let's leave now," Harper said as she put the book back to the shelf and took her hand back.
Suddenly, something rolled down from the shelf and fell into her hand. She looked at the dark thing in her hand, brought it closer
to her eye, and observed it carefully. "What's it?" she asked in confusion.
"It looks to be a tripod..." Matthew said, with doubt in his voice. It was covered with verdigris, and didn't seem like something
precious. But why was it kept here? "It might be something related to the Qin Clan," he added suspiciously.
Harper inspected it, but couldn't find anything of interest. She was about to put it back, but Matthew stopped her. "Don't put it
back. Take it with you. If it's something from the Qin Clan, we may find it useful at some point of time."
Harper hesitated for a moment, and then took it into her pocket. Matthew was right. Although it looked tattered and didn't worth
much, it must be something of importance since it was kept here. Besides, everyone cherished one or the other things from the
Qin Clan. Probably, it might turn out to be of great use in the future.
Outside the gate of the Secret Pavilion, Lucas and the chief guard of the pavilion were standing on either side of the door, but
they didn't talk with each other. The door opened, and Harper and Matthew walked out. Then, Lucas and the guard turned to
look at the two, eagerly wanting to know whether they had found something useful.
"Uncle, Aunt, what's the result? Did you find something useful?" Lucas asked eagerly.
Harper shook her head and answered, "No. Actually, I'm even more confused after reading the book. My puzzles still remain
unsolved, and the mysteries have added up. I don't know."
Scratching his head, Lucas said, "I guess there is nothing I can do to help, or is there?"

"You can say that. Let's leave now," Harper said. Then she intended to move forward, but the guard stopped her abruptly.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Harper asked in confusion.
"Lady Harper, what are you trying to take away from the Secret Pavilion?" the guard asked as she furrowed her eyebrows. She
had a smell and found that there was a distinct aroma emitting from Harper. It belonged to something in the Secret Pavilion.
Every object in the Secret Pavilion had its own unique aroma.
Harper was quite surprised that she discerned this. She admitted honestly, "Yes, I brought something out."
"Please hand it over, Lady Harper. No one is allowed to take anything from the Secret Pavilion," the guard demanded politely, yet
her voice was forcible.
"What a joke!" Harper sneered with a cold smile. "It belonged to me from the very beginning and it still belongs to me now. Why
can't I take it away?"
"It belongs to you?" the guard repeated in confusion. "That's impossible! Nothing inside the Secret Pavilion belongs to you."
"May I know if the property of the Qin Clan is mine, or does it belong to you?" Harper asked slowly as she took out the ugly tripod
from her pocket and showed it to the guard.
The guard had thought that Harper might have brought out something of great value from the Secret Pavilion. When she saw the
ugly tripod in her hand, she twisted the corners of her mouth. She indeed thought that this object was unimportant. But no matter
how unimportant it might be, she couldn't allow anyone to take anything from the Secret Pavilion. That was her duty.
"Lady Harper, with all due respect, let me remind you that no matter whom it belonged to originally, you can't take it away as long
as it belongs to the Secret Pavilion." After she finished speaking, she reached out and tried to take the little tripod away from
Harper. However, Harper moved her wrist and the tripod in her hand was thrown out. The guard leaped, intending to grab it. But
Harper suddenly swept her leg and kicked her away. Then, she quickly caught the falling tripod.
"To be honest, I wasn't that enthusiastic to take it away with me. But now that you are so desperate to stop me from keeping it, I
must take it away now!" Harper said with a stern face.
Hearing that, the guard trembled with anger. Now she too was determined to stop Harper! She even ignored the fact that she
was no match for Matthew and approached Harper to take the tripod forcibly. Harper, on the other hand, resisted her attacks

elegantly and stopped her from taking the tripod away. It made the guard even more furious. In the ensuing confusion, her
weapon scratched Harper's hand.
Matthew squinted his eyes upon seeing that. He immediately moved to stand beside Harper. He threw out his palm, pushing the
guard away. Suddenly, Harper witnessed something surprising. The small tripod which she had held in her hand had absorbed
the beads of blood that came out of her hand. Out of amazement, she threw away the tripod, but it couldn't be thrown out. The
tripod seemed as it was stuck in her palm and was absorbing her blood!
"What's happening?" Harper murmured in surprise. She then activated her spiritual power to heal the wound, and the mysterious
little tripod stopped absorbing her blood as the wound healed. Everything was back to normal, but the only difference was that
the tripod looked much uglier than before.
With a disgusted expression, Harper threw the tripod to the guard and said, "Keep it. I am not taking it with me now."
But there was an unbelievable spectacle that was about to happen. When the tripod was about to land in the guard's hand, it
suddenly stopped in midair unexpectedly. Then it flew back to Harper's hand.
Everyone was taken aback at the sight of this. "I did nothing to it. It just flew back to my hand by itself," Harper said in awe.
The woman found it hard to believe her. She stepped forward, snatched it from her, and demanded in a stern voice, "Prince
Matthew, Lady Harper, please leave now!"
Harper shrugged helplessly and walked out with Matthew. However, as soon as they left, the tripod got rid of the guard's custody
and chased after Harper. The guard got flabbergasted and rushed forward, trying to get it back. It had intelligence, and she
couldn't allow it to go with Harper.