Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 965 You're Back (Part Two)

Derrick was extremely angry. He cursed in mind that Victoria was so useless. She failed to stopMatthew and made his Black Flag Army show up here. Considering that the powerful Black Flag Armywas here, he knew that Victoria had been defeated. Thus, the best option for him was to retreat for thetime being. As long as he was alive, he still had a chance to make his way back.

With that thought in mind, Derrick intended to retreat and run away immediately. However, as soon ashe moved, an iron net fell from the sky and trapped him tightly.

"Bastard, you have been captured!"

Joshua snorted. He had guessed that Derrick cherished his life very much. When he found himself in adisadvantageous situation, he would definitely find a way to escape. So Joshua had prepared toprevent his escape in advance. As long as Derrick wanted to escape, he would definitely be a rat in thehole!

The net was made of iron. Thus, no matter how hard he tried, Derrick couldn't break it and his faceturned livid. "You can't kill me. I am the only one who knows where the secret treasure house of the QinClan is hidden," Derrick said, staring at Joshua hatefully.

Joshua squatted in front of Derrick and said, "You such a fool; do you think Princess Harper can orderus to kill you here if she doesn't know the hiding place of the treasure?"

"So, it's Harper who wants to kill me!" Derrick was shocked. The reason he dared to make such a messin the Phoenix City was that he had firmly believed Harper would not kill him, but now it turned out hewas completely wrong. After all, Harper was a heartless person. She had killed his father. Thus, shewould never show mercy to him.

"Please let me go, and I'll take you to find the treasure," Derrick pleaded at once.

"I'm not the kind who likes treasures!" Joshua spat on Derrick's face and broke the sinews of his righthand with a sword. Derrick was both painful and furious, but he couldn't resist. Holding his wrist, hewished he could tear Joshua to pieces.

"Don't worry, Lord Derrick. What I'm good at is to torture people, making him feel that death is betterthan being alive. You'll soon beg me to kill you!" Joshua dragged the iron net to the lord's mansion.

"Tsk-tsk, our general must be itching again. This time, the lord would have a lot to suffer. I've neverseen anyone who won't beg for mercy in front of our general!" one of Joshua's subordinates exclaimed.

When Harper sent people to escort Victoria back to the Phoenix City, the rebellion in City had alreadybeen suppressed. But when she saw the lord of Phoenix City who was tormented badly, Harper'smouth twitched slightly and she whispered in Matthew's ear, "Darling, I think you'd better find a wife forJoshua, in case he may suffer from some unknown illness after being single for too long time."

Matthew checked Joshua from head to toe, who was still excited about his masterpiece. Joshua didn'thave the slightest idea that Matthew had already planned to find a tough woman to discipline him. Howdare he make the lord look so bloody and show it to Harper when knowing that she was pregnant?

Seeing that Harper came back, Derrick moved his mouth without lips and said with difficulty, "Kill me..."His teeth were also removed by Joshua, so he couldn't speak clearly.

With a sinister smile, Harper said, "Derrick, you are the lord of the Phoenix City, the doorkeeper of thesecret treasure house of the Qin Clan. How can you die? You have to guard the secret treasure for allyour whole life."

Derrick's eyes widened in disbelief. Only the last lord of the Phoenix City knew he was the doorkeeperof the treasure, which was a top secret passed down from the last lord. How could Harper know it?

"You..." Derrick uttered with great difficulty.

"Do you want to ask me why I knew such a fact?" Harper had a brighter smile. "Have you forgotten thatI am the only direct descendant of the Qin Clan? How could I not know your secret?"

"The treasure..." Derrick hesitated.

"The secret treasure house is just a cover. The real inheritance is in the Heavenly Book. The secrettreasure you've been thinking about in your mind is just a lie," Harper explained slowly. "After that door,there is no piles of gold and silver jewelry, nor is there any elixir that can help you live forever. Thereare only skeletons and endless silence and fatigue!"

Derrick widened his eyes as though he couldn't believe what she said. Then, he found it hard tobreathe. In no time, he kicked the bucket. Victoria was unwilling to believe what Harper just said at all.After Harper opened the door of the secret treasure house, Victoria saw with her own eyes that therewas nothing there. As she couldn't accept such a blow, she went crazy. In all her lifetime, she madegreat efforts to gain the treasures, but it turned out to be nothing inside!novelbin

Looking at the crazy old Victoria, Harper shook her head. The so-called secret treasure caused thefierce scramble among so many people. Yet, they didn't know that the secret treasure didn't exist. Eventhough she had exposed the truth, more people would still scramble for it just due to their greed.

"That's so boring. I've spent so much time searching for such an empty warehouse. It's a big loss forme!" Rolando said lazily. "Boring! I should go now."

"Where are we going?" asked Harper.

"The Great Jade Kingdom perished. Where can I go? As the former emperor of a perished kingdom, ofcourse, I will roam around the world." Rolando waved his hand and left without looking back.

Looking at Rolando's receding figure, Harper didn't ask him to stay. Rolando had his own pride, and hispride wouldn't allow him to live under other people's roof, even though he was no longer an emperor.

"Darling, let's go back to the imperial capital." All of a sudden, Harper missed the relatives and friendsof the imperial capital a lot. Now that her brother came here, and the Phoenix City needed time torecuperate, it was time for her to go back to the imperial capital.

When they arrived at the imperial capital, Harper felt that she had been away for a long time. She gotoff the carriage at the gate of the capital, looking at the prosperous capital, and smiled with satisfaction.Yes, she came back again.

A young man was holding a pretty girl in his hand. His eyes reddened as he saw Harper get off thecarriage. He called with tears brimming in his eyes, "Harper."

Harper was a little surprised. He looked at the boy who held the child, and found that the boy and thegirl were Alexander and Gianna whom she hadn't seen for a long time. Before she could say anything,Alexander had released his arms from Gianna's and ran towards her. But when the boy was about torush into Harper's arms, he was stopped by Matthew.

"You brat, who allowed you to be so reckless? Don't you know that your sister is pregnant? What if youhurt her?" Matthew was so nervous about his wife's safety, fearing that someone would hurt her.

Alexander stood still and restrained his impulse to cry in the arms of Harper. He mumbled, "Harper,you're back."

"Sister, give me a hug," Gianna said innocently. Although she was only one year old, she could speaknow. Alexander was afraid of the threatening look of Matthew, but little Gianna wasn't. She waved hertwo little fat hands to ask for the hug of her sister.

Harper stretched out her arms to hold her, but as soon as she touched Gianna, the latter was grabbedby Matthew. "Gianna, your sister is going to have a little niece for you, so she can't hold you. Let mehold you."

Gianna looked at Harper curiously. She was so cute that Harper wanted to kiss her. So, she pecked onher chubby face and said, "Do you miss me, Gigi?"

"Yes, yes." Gianna's eyes sparkled and some saliva slipped down from the corner of her mouth. Shealso wanted to peck on her sister's face.

Alexander held Harper by his hands. Although he was just eleven years old, he was almost as tall asHarper.

Harper touched his head and said, "Alexander, you are taller, almost taller than me."

Alexander blushed and said, "My sworn father said, when I am fifteen or six years old, I will be tallerthan you, or even Brother-in-law."

"Has Marquis Pearce come to imperial capital with you?" asked Harper smilingly.

"My sworn parents are both here, and they want me to go back to the imperial capital for further study,"Alexander said as he looked at Harper timidly. He didn't ask for his sister's opinion because he reallymissed her. He wanted to go back to the imperial capital, and he felt at ease as long as he stayed withhis sister.

"Well, it's a good idea to go back to the imperial capital. After you are back, I will worry less about you,"Harper said slowly. "Have you ever seen our brother?"

"Our brother?" Alexander looked at Harper in confusion, wondering who the brother she referred to.

"Howard Chu."

Alexander shook his head and answered, "I've met Prime Minister Zack, my teachers, the retired GrandSecretary Franklin and his wife, and Prince Allen. But I haven't met our brother yet.

Harper blinked her eyes and thought, 'I don't think Howard wants to go back to this place that makeshim sad. He used to be ambitious and wanted to make a splash, but his ambition was thwarted by me.Even though the world is settled, I guess he is not willing to go back here.'

Not far away, Zack, in his usual light blue brocade robe, was looking at Harper and smiling elegantlyand gently. "You're back," Zack said simply.

"Yes, we are back," Harper smiled.