Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Chapter 697

Francis glared at Rufus and said, "You are so good at argument. Just spit it out now! What information did you deliver?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to know when she's going to leave the Sleek Palace," Rufus insisted. "If you don't want to believe me,
then there's nothing I can do about it."
"Did you come here by yourself?"
"I did not. I was with that woman's brother. It was him and not me who was trying to send a message." Rufus sold Howard out
without thinking twice. "But I have no idea what it was about."
"The brother of Harper? Who are you talking about?" Francis was taken aback. 'Harper only has one younger brother who is
studying in the River City at the moment. So, how come she has another brother I don't know of?'
"Howard Chu."
Francis squinted his eyes. Howard was a legendary figure in the imperial capital. As one of the three major generals of the Bright
Dynasty, he fell into the tricks set up by Harper, which almost cost him his head. After he escaped, he helped Hoffman to deal
with Felix. But he disappeared without a trace when Hoffman fell. Was everything he did just a show from the very start?
"You're saying that Howard is working for Harper?"
"Who knows who that freak is working for!" Rufus said, sounding so displeased. "He came to me and told me that Harper would
kill Cynthia if she was kept inside the Sleek Palace. That was the reason why I came to the palace so urgently in the middle of

the night. But he pushed me out as soon as I entered the palace. Thinking that I would be inevitably discovered, I decided that I
should at least make sure Cynthia was safe. After that, I went inside the Sleek Palace without incident, but he suddenly
disappeared. I don't know why he came looking for me, but I'm sure he went to the palace to find Harper!"

her in the main hall, so I went to the side hall. When I opened the door, I was hit on the head by Harper with a vase. When I was done dressing my wound and was driven out, your secret guards chased me all over the palace," Rufus said without giving it much thought, as though he didn't think his misery was that big of a deal. "I don't know whom that woman was guarding against. When I sneaked into her room at midnight, she didn't even hesitate and hit me so hard in

I want to know, you still haven't told me anything!" "I have already told you everything I know!" Rufus looked quite helpless. "If you still don't believe me, you

"Guards, take Rufus to the prison."
"Your Highness, I have already told you everything you want to know. I seriously have no idea about the things you are talking
about. How about this? If you catch Harper and send her to jail instead, that woman will confess everything to you soon enough
since her skin is delicate and she certainly won't be able to bear being tortured." Rufus' protesting voice could be heard from the
distance. Without delay, Ken winked at his subordinates to drag him away. If Francis was willing to torture Harper, he would not
have bothered catching Rufus in the first place!
'Princess Harper is fair-skinned and tender. She won't be able to handle being tortured? No, I don't think so!' There was a

wouldn't deserve the heart of Matthew, nor would Zack make plans to protect her, let alone Francis, who was suffering a lot because of her! "She is almost like the Helen

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