Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

The empress was hoping that the emperor would ask for her opinion on how to deal with the girl he had

spent the night with, but

he never did. Instead, he took Cheryl away, making her his attendant.

Noticing how distorted the empress's face was due to so much anger, Nancy couldn't help feeling

uneasy, so she said, "Your

Highness, please calm yourself down. She is nothing but a bitch without an ounce of self-respect. For

as long as she is in the

Imperial Palace, you'd be able to get a chance to take care of her."

Hearing this, the empress took a deep breath and replied, "Have you received any news from

Matthew's mansion?"

"No, I'm afraid not. We haven't heard from the fake Harper ever since she returned to Prince Matthew's

mansion."

"I want you to pass a message to her. Tell her that even though she has managed to deceive everyone

and masquerade as

Harper, she still has to do whatever I tell her to do. Otherwise, she'll have to pay for it in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Oh, and send Cheryl some gifts," said the empress in a cold tone. Despite the fact that the empress

despised Cheryl from the

bottom of her heart, she wouldn't let it show. There was no way she could ever let any evidence against

Cheryl fall into the hands

of the enemy. "Tell her to serve the emperor well."

"As you wish, Your Majesty." Seeing that the empress had finally pulled herself together, Nancy let out

a sigh of relief. The

angrier the empress was, the more she would need to calm down, because people tended to do

unreasonable things when they

were angry. In the Imperial Palace, even the tiniest slip-up could lead to irreversible consequences. For

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that reason, she had to

remind the empress at all times.

As soon as Nancy had left, the empress closed her eyes in frustration. It wasn't after some time had

passed that she opened her

eyes again, and they were filled with coldness. "Well, well, well, Cheryl, aren't you such a good girl?"

Back at Matthew's mansion, the fake Harper wanted to go out. However, she was told that everyone in

the Phoenix House

wasn't allowed to go out unless they had the prince's permission! "Steward, what did you just say to

me?" the fake Harper asked in a cold voice. "Matthew has grounded me?" "Your Highness, His

Highness didn't mean to have you grounded. It's just that now isn't the right time to go out. His

Highness simply wants you to keep staying in the Phoenix House for your own safety," Noah calmly

answered. The smile he had on his face was comparable to the sun in March. Yet, the imposter only

felt his smile was full of mockery.

"Is Matthew home? I want to see him." "His Highness has his hands full at the moment and doesn't

have the time to meet you," Noah flatly replied. His response made the imposter feel a bit worried. She

knew that Matthew loved Harper. The last time she was at Matthew's mansion, she witnessed firsthand

how much he loved her. Knowing that, the fake Harper wondered why Matthew would insist on making

her stay in the Phoenix House. On top of that, he hadn't even bothered to come to see her from the

time they came back from the royal banquet. "I have to see Matthew right now. I don't think you're in a

position to stop me!" The fake Harper was feeling so anxious. Everything that had been happening was

beyond her expectation. She had to see Matthew right away. It was very hard for her to deal with the

situation all by herself in the mansion. Because of that, she had to see him as soon as possible.

"Forgive me, Your Highness, but His Highness is very busy right now!"

"I am his wife. What's so important that he can't even make some time to see me?" the fake Harper

asked. Then, she pushed

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Noah away and headed toward the Pine House in spite of him telling her not to bother Matthew. She

needed to find out what it

was that Matthew was so busy with.

The guards wanted to stop her at once, but they never expected her being capable of acting so fast.

She targeted their

acupuncture points to keep them from moving. After that, she went straight toward the Pine House. The

fake Harper happened

to know Matthew quite well. Knowing how much he loved Harper, he wouldn't say anything if she were

to kill all of these guards.

She hurriedly ran toward the Pine House, only to see Fred outside guarding the door by himself. To her

surprise, Fred blinked

when he saw her, but he didn't try to stop her. In fact, he was even acting as though he didn't see her at

all.

The fake Harper assumed that Fred would try to stop her, but he didn't. Seeing that, she realized that

Harper held quite a high position at Matthew's mansion. No one else dared to try to stop her if she

insisted on going to the Pine House. "Is Matthew inside?" the fake Harper asked in a rather cold tone.

Taking a glance at the door, Fred didn't say a word. Of course, he knew that Matthew was inside.

Thanks to his trained senses, he could easily tell what was going on inside the room, but there was no

way he could tell the fake Harper about it. So he opted to just keep his mouth shut.

Since Fred wouldn't give her any response, the imposter walked up toward the door and decided to

enter the room herself to find

out. But just as she was about to push the door open, Fred quickly stood in her way and stopped her in

her tracks. "I think it

would be better for you not to go inside the room right now," he said.

"Get out of my way! How dare you stop me?" Those words made the fake Harper so furious. Clearly,

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she was about to lose her

patience. She stretched out her hands and tried to shove Fred away, but the latter didn't even move an

inch. Because of this, she

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finally flew off the handle and just seized the opportunity to kick the door open.

Fred was taken aback, but he still didn't turn around. After looking inside the room, the fake Harper

stood by the door utterly

dumbfounded, and her eyes were wide open as though she had seen a ghost. She turned frigid and

was rendered speechless.

She could hardly believe her eyes. In front of her, Matthew was lovingly holding a man in his arms, and

they were kissing. The

man's clothes were in total disarray. And one of his shoulders was even exposed.

"Matthew, someone wants to see you now," said the man. The imposter was startled when she heard

the man's voice. She had

her finger pointed at the man without saying anything for a long while.

Fred still didn't try to stop her and simply continued standing by the entrance while holding his sword in

his hand. The fake

Harper then entered the room. She was so eager to know who the man in Matthew's arms was. The

imposter's actions left

Matthew feeling so displeased. Then, he pulled the man's coat up and straightened it, seeming as if he

didn't want anyone else

to see him naked.

"Matthew... What are you doing?" asked the imposter. Witnessing this firsthand sent chills down her

spine. She never truly

thought that Harper was good enough for Matthew and he shouldn't be spoiling her. Now that she had

finally admitted the fact

that Matthew indeed loved Harper, she never could've expected that it might not actually be true. As it

turned out, the reason why

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Matthew hadn't been visiting her for several days wasn't because he had his hands full with work. It

was actually because he

was busy fooling around with another man.

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