Forensic Imperial Concubine

In response to Jack's apology, Harper snorted. Obviously, she didn't buy his claims at all. Meanwhile, with a sad expression on
his face, Jack turned around to look at Barry for help, but the latter pretended to not see it. Barry knew that first and foremost, it
was not easy to change Harper's mind. Second, he still needed Harper's permission to marry her maid Nina so he couldn't risk
offending her just for Jack's sake. He was well aware that Harper could just easily forbid their marriage so, between his fiancee
and his brother, he decisively chose to abandon the latter.
Upon realizing Barry's response, Jack dejectedly curled his lips and looked at Fred instead. But he was just greeted with a smile
full of gloat. With that, he suddenly thought of one thing. He immediately decided that he should go to hell with his heartless
brother by saying, "Your Highness, don't forget that Fred offended you not long ago. He cursed you and claimed that you're a
woman who always nags."
As soon as his words came out, Fred's eyes widened in an instant. The next moment, the atmosphere inside the carriage
instantly changed. Squinting their eyes at the two men, Matthew and Harper yelled almost at the same time. "Both of you, get
down from this carriage right now! Run to the imperial capital on foot!"
"Yes, Your Highnesses!" Fred said gloomily and then glared at Jack with eyes that looked like he was about to murder him. He
then took out his sword and chased after him. He thought, 'This bastard dared to mention that matter at that very moment. If I
don't teach him a good lesson today, he's going to think that no one will punish him for doing reckless and irresponsible things
like this in the future!'
Jack was so scared that he used his flying skills at the maximum to escape Fred's wrath. He knew that this was a big deal. Fred
would actually become the devil himself when he was mad. He also knew that Fred wouldn't regard him as a human being out of
anger even though they were as close as brothers.
After a while, the envoy team finally reached the imperial capital. Harper felt that it was such a long time since she had last been
there. So when she saw Zack waiting at the gate of the city, she gently smiled, feeling that she was finally home.
"Zack."
"Welcome back, Harper." Zack was as gentle as ever. Even his voice was soothing enough to make one feel like the gate was
the door to their own mansion. It was the kind of comfort and warmth that no one else could give Harper.
"I have prepared a lot of delicious food and wine at the Champion Restaurant in order to celebrate your return," Zack stated. He
then looked at Matthew and asked, "May I have the honor of having a meal with Your Highness?"

"Since you've already prepared everything, of course, I'll come," Matthew replied. Matthew knew that Zack had a special place in
Harper's heart. He also knew that this man was different from everyone else. He could intimidate and bring every other man to
their knees, but not this one. This man was extremely clever and cunning. Becoming his enemy without careful consideration
would bring unexpected tragedies to himself.
"Caroline is about to give birth, right?" Harper asked with a smile. She thought that Caroline's due date should be drawing near.
"Yes, it shouldn't be long now. She wanted to come today, but George didn't allow her because he was worried that she would go
into labor any minute. But when I left, she was quite sad about it," Zack explained, returning her smile in the process. He then
added, "By the way, they wanted you to name their first baby."
"To tell you the truth, I'm not good at that." Harper took the lead as they walked. Then, Matthew sped up and walked side by side
with Zack.
"Recently, I was made aware that there's a person who's extremely special to Harp. Very special, even more special than you,"
Matthew began in a low voice, low enough that only Zack could hear it. "Do you want to know who he is?" the prince asked in a
thought-provoking way.
"I don't know and honestly, I don't want to know as well," Zack firmly refused before Matthew could speak out the name. Since
the person who Matthew brought up had a special place in Harper's world, it meant that Matthew was on his guard about him.
Rather than having another enemy, having an ally was always a better option. Zack had an idea what Matthew was up to. If he
wanted to start a rift between Zack and the other person and make Zack finish the other "rival" for him, then he could only dream
on.
What was more, since the man was very special to Harper, it meant that it was someone she cared about. Zack was not stupid
enough to hurt the people who were important to her. If he did, he was only going to cause her pain as well. So it was no use for
Matthew to play him off against the potential rival in love.
"What a pity! I thought that if the two of you meet each other, you'd become good friends. After all, I think that you and he have
similar personalities. I do believe that you two might get along. What a disappointment that you're not interested in him at all. You
shouldn't turn your back on my good intentions," Matthew said in a regretful tone.
Zack cast a glance at Matthew. Although Matthew tried to pretend, Zack clearly knew that he wouldn't be so kind as to do that.
He had always been trying to provoke dissident among people, especially those who had affection for Harper. Matthew had
never been generous to anyone when Harper was concerned. It was good enough that he could tolerate Zack this far.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. But unfortunately, I'm just not interested." Zack wasn't going to take the bait. If
there was really such a person, they would meet sooner or later. Zack thought that there wouldn't be a need to deliberately make
some efforts just to make friends. Moreover, if he did so in a very obvious manner, he might just put himself in a passive position
and make things worse. Back then, it was because he had made his move in the open and then Matthew took the advantage. If
he didn't, it was hard to say who would be the one to marry Harper.
Matthew smiled as if he didn't care about it at all. He caught up with Harper, held her waist, and headed for the Champion
Restaurant with her. Zack knew the prince was declaring silently that he was Harper's husband now. Untroubled, Zack followed
them without undue haste, turning a blind eye to what Matthew just did.
"I heard that Carlson has been dispatched to the Birch Pass. Did you see him when you came back from the pass? Prince Allen
has been so agitated and worried since his son was transferred there," Zack told Harper.
"Yes, we saw him. In fact, he's doing quite well," Harper replied. She was reminded of how Carlson initially wanted to vent his
anger on them, but then she and Matthew played a trick on him. Now, he must be in a really bad mood. If he came back next
time, she knew they couldn't fool him that easily again.
"He must have changed a lot these days while being in the army, at least not as aggressive as before," Zack remarked.
Matthew chimed in, "Not necessarily. I think his true nature has been completely brought out after he received training in the
army. He has become much bolder. He even dared to block our way and question us."