Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Chapter 549

Rufus' face turned pale the moment Harper's words faded away. He looked at Matthew in worry. The previous betrayal of the
Xiao Clan had almost led to Matthew's doom. If he had been less lucky, he would have died with his mother.
"Harp," Matthew said, casting Harper a doubtful glance. He always thought that he and the Xiao Clan were fully independent of
each other. The Xiao Clan had never declared loyalty to him, so they couldn't betray him. The person they had betrayed was his
mother.
Harper fell silent immediately. She had never mentioned the Chu Clan to anybody unless someone else mentioned them first,
because she thought they had already been left behind her. She didn't like to continually dwell on things that had happened long
ago, nor did she like to reopen anyone else's old wounds. If Rufus hadn't annoyed her first, she wouldn't have said what she said
just then.
"Harper Chu, I have nothing to do with anyone in the Xiao Clan!" Rufus shouted angrily.
"None of us can choose the families we are born to, and I am no exception. I can't deny that I come from the Chu Clan, because
everybody knows it. You can't deny that you are a member of the Xiao Clan, either, but you can control your own behaviors. You
can decide what kind of person to be, rather than giving yourself up as hopeless only because of your family of origin," Harper
said in a slow yet powerful voice.

Rufus had always hated his own identity as a member of the Xiao Clan, because the people of the clan had committed many evil
deeds which disgusted him. The members of the Chu Clan also had committed many terrible sins in their past, but Harper still

history bother her. Otherwise, she would have hated other members of the Chu Clan such as Alexander or Gianna, instead of helping them "If they pressured you to do something you didn't want, what would you do?" Rufus questioned Harper, fixing his burning eyes on her. "That would depend on what they wanted me to do. Take Sue and her daughters as an example. They wanted to advance themselves through my blood, which was extremely malicious of them.

matter how horrible they are, they are still my parents." "There are many parents in the world

her birth mother's death at the hands of Charles.
"Parents' actions are intended for the good of their children, even including the actions which are mistakes."
"So my father killed my mother for my own good? He allowed his adopted son to kill my grandmother for my own good? And he
connived with his concubine to have me killed for my own good? He even connived with the children of his concubines, who also
plotted against me, just for my own good?" Harper asked, finding Rufus' remarks ridiculous.

how I had come to view him," Harper confirmed. "I suspected it was because my mother cheated on him and I'm not the daughter of his blood that he tried by every means to kill me." "What happened at last?" Rufus asked. It made sense to

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