Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 577 A Reminder From Lucas (Part One)

"Yes, Your Highness," Fred responded in his deep and intimidating voice. For a man like him, it was atypical voice quality. However, Harper thought that this kind of voice wouldn't work for her plan, so shefrowned a little, then took out a pill and handed it to him.novelbin

"Take it."

Fred took the pill from Harper's hand and immediately swallowed it without a bit of hesitation. However,what made him uneasy was when he noticed that Harper had her eyes fixated on his every move. Hehad never imagined that he would one day be forced to wear women's clothes. It made him feel souncomfortable as if he was stripped naked and made to walk towards the public.

"Your Highness, if we don't leave right now, we're going to be late for sure," Fred reminded her. Hisvoice was no longer gruff and deep but rather soft and sweet, which was very close to a woman'svoice. Although he didn't consciously do anything to change his voice, it sounded romantic with a hintof being coquettish. Any man who would listen to that voice would certainly melt in an instant.

"It works well," Harper observed. When she noticed that Fred's face had turned pale, she stoppedteasing him. She was on her way out with Forsythia and Fred behind her when it so happened thatJack ran towards them in a hurry.

"Your Highness, the carriage is ready," Jack reported, grinning from ear to ear with all of his white teethin full display. But when Jack caught a glimpse of Fred, who was wearing a maid's uniform, he was onlyconfused and wondered why there was a maid who was unfamiliar to him.

"What are you looking at? I'll dig your eyes out if you don't look away!" Those words, which were clearlya threat, came out of Fred's mouth in a soft and sweet voice, like a means of seduction.

Jack's eyes lit up upon hearing that. He moved closer to Harper and asked, "Your Highness, when didyou get such a beautiful maid?"

Harper turned to him and said, "Zack sent her here. She knows some martial arts skills and has a badtemper, so don't provoke her."

"Yes, Your Highness. Since you have commanded it, I wouldn't even dare to annoy her," Jackobediently said, but he looked at Fred from head to toe. Inside Jack's eyes were deep suspicion, as ifhe was inspecting Fred.

Fred squinted slightly but didn't say anything. He simply followed Harper as they made their way out ofthe mansion and into the carriage. They were finally headed to the Imperial Palace.

While in the carriage, Fred frowned deeply at the thought of Jack's suspecting eyes on him. The morehe thought about it, the more the frown on his face deepened. He couldn't help but overthink everysingle thing.

"Unhappy," Harper said. Rather than a question, it was a statement. There was not a bit of doubt in hervoice.

Fred looked at Harper with a confused expression on his face. He couldn't understand what she meant.

"You are not happy," Harper reiterated.

"Your Highness, I'm not unhappy. I'm just a little uncomfortable," Fred responded. He was telling thetruth, but he didn't say that it was all because of Jack. Fred chose to keep silent instead of talking aboutwhy he was frowning.

For the longest time, Forsythia had kept her eyes on Fred. Then, for a brief second, she looked atherself and then back at Fred again. She turned to Harper with sadness in her eyes. She then sighedbefore saying, "Your Highness, compared to him, I look more of a man."

When Harper heard her concern, she burst into hysterical laughter. While Fred was disguised as afemale, he actually looked gentle and charming. In particular, with his expressive eyes and slightlyfurrowed eyebrows, he looked like a gentle girl who was very sensitive and cared about a lot of things.

In comparison, Forsythia looked casual and carefree. Perhaps it was because she had been studyingmartial arts since she was a child and become a woman with a wild and daunting disposition.Compared with the demure female Fred, Forsythia looked more of a man indeed.

"Miss Forsythia, don't make me laugh," Fred said.

"No, I'm not trying to make you laugh. I'm serious. By the way, you have to call me 'Sister Forsythia'when we're outside. Do you understand, Sister Freda?" Forsythia told her carefully while she raised hereyebrows. On the other hand, Fred frowned again, as if he was trying his best to restrain his emotions.It was not until quite a while later when he hesitantly said in a soft voice, "Yes, Sister Forsythia."

His voice sounded so melodious that Harper had goose bumps all over her body. Covering her facewith both hands, Harper said, "Fortunately, you're a man. Otherwise, I believe a lot of men would fall foryou."

The expression on Fred's face became gloomy. He was a man, a real man. If it weren't for the sake ofHarper's safety, he would not have disguised himself in such an awful way. But his sacrifice was onlypaid back with Harper's chuckle while she looked at him. How could she laugh at him? Fred thoughtthat there was no doubt that he was a man, but if he were to be a woman, he would certainly marry aman like his master Matthew. When Fred got a hold of himself and caught his own self, the expressionon his face became duller. He turned his head away from Harper and Forsythia, the evil mastermindand her accomplice. He was only doing what he thought was right but these two were taking advantageof him.

When they were still considerably far from the palace gate, the carriage came to a stop. Because of theemperor's birthday banquet, the security check at the palace gate was very strict that day. Theremaining path to the Imperial Palace had been completely blocked by carriages that were parked onthe road. A lot of people got off the carriages and walked to the palace gate on foot.

"Your Highness, the road ahead has been blocked but fortunately, we're not that far from the palacegate," Forsythia said after lifting up the curtain of the carriage and taking a look ahead. In front of themwere carriage after carriage which were struck as well.

"Let's get off the carriage and walk from here," Harper announced. Unwilling to wait in the carriage, shechose to get moving right then and there. Just after taking a few steps, she heard someone calling hername. She looked around and found out that it was Lucas.

"Lucas," Harper greeted him.

When he was close enough, Lucas greeted her with a smile. "What a coincidence to meet you here,Aunt Harper! Are you by yourself?"

"Matthew has to be in charge of the Imperial Palace's security today, so he came here early in themorning. By the way, you haven't come to our mansion in a long time," Harper stated calmly.

"I actually miss your hot pot very much, Aunt Harper. When you cook it in the days to come, don't forgetto call me and I'll be at your mansion in a second."

"I certainly will. That's a promise, okay?"

"Okay! I'll get going now." Lucas bid his goodbye and then stepped forward. The moment he passed byHarper, he said something in a very low voice. It was barely audible for everyone to hear but loudenough for her.