Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Chapter 627

Almost at the same time, Fred and Barry turned their heads away from what was now Jack's corpse. They did not have the heart
to see such a gruesome scene. Although Jack had betrayed Matthew, they didn't want to see him die like that because they had
been friends since they were very little. They practically grew up together. Despite their sentiments, they would not save him
either. Since he committed a very serious crime by betraying Matthew, he deserved to die. The only thing that they could do was
turning away so they wouldn't be able to watch him die.
Then, Harper released her grip on Jack and his dead body slammed onto the ground with a thud. She turned around and was
about to leave. But suddenly, she noticed that there was something wrong with Jack's face. After his neck was broken and he
died within seconds, the complexion of his face did not change at all.
Meanwhile, Matthew's eyes had only been focused on Harper. At that time, he was still thinking about how to deal with the
poison that was inside Harper's body. He asked, "What is the Terminalia Chebula?"
Unintentionally ignoring Matthew's question, Harper sat on the floor and closely examined Jack's face. After a while, she still
couldn't find anything wrong. She then hesitated for a few seconds before taking out a silver needle. With one quick sweep over
his face, she finally found something.
"Matthew, this man is not the real Jack," Harper concluded decisively.
Upon hearing that, the other three men were stunned. The first one to approach Harper was Fred. After checking on Jack's body,
he immediately found something wrong with Jack's face. He then stretched out his hand and tore off a layer of mask that was
securely plastered atop his face.
Everyone looked at the strange face in front of them and silence fell on the room. The dead man was certainly not Jack, even if
he had been by their side for so long. The two most important questions by then were what happened to the real Jack and if he
was still alive. Everyone was having the same doubts.

At that point in time, the furious state that Matthew was in did not melt away. Instead, it became more and more intense. Fred
and Barry immediately noticed this. Slowly but consistently, they moved away from Matthew in order to spare themselves. Before
long, they had already run away, leaving Harper and Matthew alone in the remote small yard while they stared at each other in
dismay.
"Well... I'm sorry. Darling, I apologize but I'm not pregnant," Harper finally said. She couldn't stand the silence anymore. Then,

to his side and pitifully held

servants to prepare food for her. Now, it was not her fault at all. But she still apologized when she noticed that he was mad. The truth, however, was that Matthew was not upset at her for not being pregnant. He was angry with himself for giving the fake Jack the opportunity to hurt her. He felt guilty. Although a part of him was certainly a bit disappointed about not having a baby yet, another part of him actually felt a bit relieved with this news. He sighed before reaching out to pull Harper into his arms. "I'm sorry. It's all my fault," he whispered into her ear. Harper breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. As long as he wasn't mad because she wasn't pregnant, Harper was at ease. She knew how happy he was when he found out that he was going

for a suspect, she couldn't think of anyone.
"I'm curious about it too." Clenching his jaw, Matthew thought about the matter thoroughly. The entire situation was a huge slap
in his face. Someone had been able to replace his bodyguard, poisoned his wife, and even delivered news about him to others.
The worse thing was that it wasn't even him who found out about the discrepancies. If it weren't for Harper and Fred, he was
afraid that he wouldn't have known that there was an intruder around him.
Harper then slowly added, "Speaking of which, there is one thing that's still very strange to me. Francis had completely healed
from the poison in his body. He also knew that it was the emperor who had been poisoning him. Why then did he allow them to
continue poisoning him? At this point, he had already consumed a lot of poison. The person who was behind this clearly wants to
kill him in a short period of time."
"What did he say?" Matthew asked with his eyebrows furrowed.
"He said that he was just having a cup of tea in the Imperial Study and then ended up like that. I always felt like the whole thing

The emperor wanted to make it up to Francis so he had been protecting him with the utmost effort. So why did

"I don't think it was the emperor behind all of this. For all we know, it might be Francis who did it to himself in order to trick everyone," Matthew said before taking Harper in his arms and walking towards to door. "What? Is he

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