Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Harper quietly watched the fight like a random outsider, and even talked with Forsythia from time to time, commenting on how
the fight was going.
"Francis has been sick for many years. I never would have expected that even when he fights, it would be so pleasing to the eye.
No wonder everyone keeps saying that he is so handsome." Harper couldn't help but exclaim. It cropped up in her mind that
when Matthew fought, he seemed so cruel that she didn't really have the heart to watch. As the sword flashed, the head of the
enemy had been cleanly cut off and his blood had been spilled all over the place. In Francis' case, he seemed as ethereal as the
wind, winding like a dragon as he fought. At that moment, he was so dashing and handsome.
When she heard Harper's remarks, Forsythia carefully observed Francis' every move. It was indeed beautiful to watch, but
Forsythia said with such disdain, "It is just pleasing to the eye, but not practical. In contrast to this, His Highness is really
awesome. His martial arts is unbeatable, and no one can possibly hold a candle to him."
Hearing this, Harper pinched Forsythia's cheek. Due to the pain, the latter grimaced. However, the smile on Harper's face
suddenly disappeared and she loosened her grip on Forsythia's cheek. "It looks like we're in trouble."
Another group of assassins appeared out of the blue and went straight toward Harper. Obviously, the two groups of assassins
were from different parties. One group was trying to kill Francis, while the other was trying to get rid of Harper.
"Stay behind me, Your Highness," Forsythia said, pointing her sword at the assassins as they went all-out, thrusting their swords
to hit Harper's vital organs. Although Forsythia was fluent in martial arts, protecting Harper from so many assassins was not an
easy task.
"Are the secret guards nearby?" asked Harper slowly.
With that, four men appeared in an instant, surrounding Harper and preventing any assassins from getting close to her. Raising

her eyebrows, Harper checked on Francis.
Seeing that another group of assassins were targeting at Harper, Francis was a bit uneasy. But as soon as he saw Harper called
out the secret guards, he felt so relieved that he was able to concentrate on dealing with the assassins coming after him..

"Judging from the way they move, they are most likely from the South Kingdom," Harper said as she squinted her eyes. "I see.
So, Diana is in the imperial capital." This left the assassins who were coming for Harper so dumbfounded that they became pale-
faced. Then, they all began to attack her even more desperately. Harper quickly took out a signal flare from her arms, pointed it
toward the sky, and said, "I think your
goal is to take over the Repenting Tower and save Hoffman, but you guys won't succeed!" Never could've Diana expected that
Harper would recognize that the assassins were from the South Kingdom merely by the way they moved. Because of that, her
aim was easily exposed. Now that it was clear that she wouldn't be able to go to the Imperial Palace to save Hoffman, she made
up her mind to just kill Harper anyway! So, Diana pulled out a black handkerchief to cover her face, and jumped into the fray.
Since her identity had already been exposed, she had no reason to hold back anymore. Harper might not be afraid of the
venomous insect poison, but the same thing couldn't be said for the others. As long as she could poison her guards, she was not
afraid of failing to capture Harper. After Diana joined the battle, she wasted no time and cunningly used the venomous insect
poison right away. The guards were
skilled in martial arts, but they were powerless in the face of the poison. Squinting her eyes, Harper suddenly pulled out a dagger
and cut her palm. The vibrant crimson blood flowed out in an instant. With a wave of her wrist, the blood splashed toward the
assassins.
"Avoid being stained by her blood at all costs!" But it was already too late. Many assassins had come into contact with Harper's
blood, and the venomous insect poison had been rendered useless. Despite her resentment, Diana wouldn't give up so easily.
Even though she could no longer use the poison, she would still put an end to Harper's life today. There was no way in hell that
she would let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

On the other side, the assassins coming after Francis were about to be annihilated, so Francis immediately came to support
Harper. The remaining assassins who were attacking him also seemed to be unable to fend for themselves. In the end, the two
groups of assassins blended together and couldn't even tell who belonged to which group anymore. "Just try to hold on for a little
longer; the reinforcements will be here very soon." Francis stopped Diana from approaching Harper, as she calmly watched the

battle while holding a dagger in her hand. Although nobody was able to get close to Harper, everyone on her side was entangled
by the enemies. In this bloody battlefield, Harper was probably the only one who didn't have her hands full.
"Humph! You all tried to torment me while my husband wasn't around." Harper shook her head in disappointment. As soon as
Matthew left, someone immediately took advantage of his absence and tried to kill her. Given everything that was happening,
she started missing Matthew. At the thought of him having to leave the imperial capital for a long time, she felt so down in the
dumps.
Although Francis was caught up in a fight with Diana, he still kept an eye on Harper. He thought that she would be fine, but it
seemed that she knew nothing about martial arts at all. Apart from that, as Jason said, she now looked very different from what
she used to be in the past!
Then, something totally unexpected happened. Just as everyone was busy trying to fend off the assassins, a hidden weapon
appeared out of the blue and came straight toward Harper. In the air, the weapon divided into three parts and looked quite
dangerous as they directly targeted Harper's vital parts.
"Your Highness!"
"Harper!"
Harper couldn't help but frown. Of course, she had already figured out the best way to avoid getting hit. Three hidden weapons,
vicious as they might seem, were relatively easy to avoid. But, much to her surprise, they further split into nine weapons as they
got closer and closer to Harper!
"Nine Consecutive Hidden Weapons!" Harper continued to step back in a hurry. It was nearly impossible for her to avoid the nine
hidden weapons, let alone avoid getting hit in her vital parts. Seeing this, all the secret guards stopped fighting with the
assassins and rushed to save Harper as fast as they could. By doing so, they exposed their back to the enemy and put their lives
at risk, but even then, they only managed to ward off the power of four hidden weapons, while the other five were still charging
straight at Harper.