Forensic Imperial Concubine

At that time, the Holy Maiden was about to leave. She was overjoyed after spending the afternoon with Harper. She turned to
Becky but only for a short while before turning to Harper. "You'd better give a good lesson to those people who distort facts. In
the South Kingdom, those who slander someone else's reputation and are then proven to be spewing lies will be thrown into the
cave with thousands of poisonous sects."
"Thank you, Your Grace. I will keep your words in mind," Harper responded with a smile. After exchanging some more
pleasantries, the Holy Maiden left. Harper watched her with bliss while Becky, on the other side, started turning pale like a sheet
of paper.
"You did that on purpose!" Becky exclaimed through gritted teeth.
Raising her eyebrows at Becky, Harper replied, "I think the Holy Maiden's suggestion was very wise. You thought I wouldn't kill
you, so you kept on pushing me to my limits?"
In an instant, Becky suddenly looked embarrassed. But it didn't last. She then snorted and left without saying another word.
After that, the keeper of the inn came up to Harper and said with obvious envy, "Oh, you're so lucky to receive the Holy Maiden's
invitation to come to the Starry Palace. It's truly a great honor."
Harper put the token in her pocket before responding. "I haven't been to the Starry Palace before. They said even the bricks and
tiles are made of white jade and all of the things in there are invaluable. How rich and magnificent the palace should be!"
Hearing this, the keeper immediately straightened his back, taking absolute pride in the palace. "Of course, the Holy Maiden is
so pure and noble like a fairy. The palace she lives should be pure and noble as well. That's why the Starry Palace was entirely
made of Chinese white jade. It symbolized her holy image. You'll be able to see that tomorrow."
"Sir, could you please tell me what am I not supposed to do in the Starry Palace? I don't want to do anything rude that might
offend Holy Maiden tomorrow," Harper asked.
The keeper was very glad to do her the favor, so he replied, "Oh, my pleasure. First, no one is allowed to enter the library of the
Starry Palace except the Holy Maiden and other members of the royal family. Anyone who enters the library will suffer severe
punishment from heaven."
"What is the punishment from heaven?" Harper curiously asked.

"It's the divine thunder and lightning from the heaven. Anyone who steps into the library without permission will be punished by it!
In the past, there were some people who went too far into the library, and they were all struck to death by the lightning. They
didn't even leave any bones. It was that horrible." The shopkeeper spoke of this with both fear and awe.
"I see. Except for the library, is there any other taboo that I should know about?" Harper questioned with so much eagerness,
carefully assessing the situation. In fact, she had thoughts that what she wanted might be in the library so she was thinking that it
wouldn't hurt if she could slip in there.
"We can't offend the Holy Maiden. You're not supposed to talk to her like what you did earlier. If it weren't for her kindness, you
would have died today!"
Harper touched her neck and smiled. "I think she's very easy to get along with. Aside from being gentle and beautiful, even her
voice was very pleasant to the ears. It's not as scary as you said."
"It might be like that for you, but if you're ever disrespectful to her, you will be punished by the witch. But you're lucky to receive
her special invitation. You should know, the Holy Maiden doesn't often invite people to the Starry Palace these years. If I could be
a guest and come to the Starry Palace, my life would be complete. I could die in peace with a smile on my face right then and
there," the keeper stated in an envious tone.
Harper didn't say anything in response. The keeper then sighed because he thought that he would probably never get the
chance to enter such a holy place. After another deep sigh, he asked the servants to put the cups and teapots that the Holy
Maiden used on the shrine. Things that she had used were not allowed to be used again by others. They became something that
people needed to burn incense and kneel to worship every day.
When Harper returned to the second floor, Matthew was playing Go by himself to kill some time. "You talked with her for about
two hours. It's a surprise that you two got along so well."
"Well, the Holy Maiden is quite an interesting young lady. Time passed by very quickly when we were talking." She then tossed
the token given by the Holy Maiden to Matthew. He looked at her and asked, "What is this?"
"A pass." He caught the token and threw it on the table, saying indifferently, "The gate of the Starry Palace is heavily guarded.
This token is the key to get into it."
Harper took the token, looked at it carefully and said, "Somehow, I don't think it's appropriate for the Holy Maiden to invite us to
the Starry Palace."

"I'm afraid you're the only one who thinks it's not appropriate. Anyone else who will be invited would be overjoyed. Going to the
Starry Palace is the dream of countless people in the South Kingdom. They'll even be so honored to work as mere servants to
the Holy Maiden." After a pause, he sneered in contempt. "To be honest, I actually don't think she deserves so much worship."
Harper sat down next to Matthew and fiddled with the token in her hand. "It's their faith. The people of the South Kingdom truly
believes in her. But what they worship is not who she is, but the identity and power she has. I think it's just the same with how the
Black Flag Army believes in you."
Matthew narrowed his eyes because he didn't agree with her. He established and trained the Black Flag Army so it could be
what it was now. He had spent countless time and effort to improve it, while the people of the South Kingdom were just fanatics.
They admired a woman whom they didn't even know. Moreover, he never considered the Holy Maiden to be noble. He just pitied
her because, in his opinion, she was a puppet being used by the royal family to manipulate the people!
"Will you still go with me tomorrow?" Harper asked.