Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Since Matthew and Harper parted from the envoy team, the team was no longer pestered by the poisonous insects or snakes for
some reason. Everyone immediately felt worried, believing that the poisonous insects and snakes were chasing after the couple.
They thought that Matthew drew away the poisonous creatures for the sake of their safety.
If Harper knew what these people were thinking, she would absolutely despise them. The actual reason that they left the team
was because she and Matthew suspected that there were spies in the team. Moreover, if they continued to stay with them,
everyone in the team would not be able to endure the attacks of the poisonous insects and snakes any longer. They would also
run out of medicinal herbs in no time.
When a realization suddenly came to Harper, she asked, "Matthew, do you think the reason that these poisonous insects and
snakes have been constantly attacking is that they want us to use up all of our medicine?"
Matthew narrowed his eyes a little. Although they had bought a lot of medicinal supplies, only a few people knew that Harper had
refined them into pills, making them convenient to be carried around. So how could those people know that they brought a lot of
pills with them?
"There's a spy in the general's mansion!"
"What's more, I'm afraid there's also a spy hiding among the five hundred guards. But we don't know who the spies are since we
don't know the army in the south domain very well!" Harper exclaimed. In fact, she was quite impressed. It seemed like the
people who were hiding in the dark were by no means weak and incapable. Luther was not an incompetent man. The guards he
selected must be at the top of their game and perhaps some of them were even his right hand. So it would be quite impressive to
be able to place a spy among Luther's men.

"We're going to know who the spies are very soon," Matthew said while he handed Harper the fruits which he had washed for
her. While they continued to walk, Harper took one and started eating it. She then blinked her eyes and stated, "You're right. A
fox always shows its tail sooner or later. But I wonder who the planted spy in the Birch Pass is." Matthew didn't respond to her.
For the time being, they couldn't tell which one was the spy, or perhaps, there was more than one planted spy. All of a sudden,

Harper stopped walking. She then turned to Matthew and asked, "Matthew, if one of those three people is a spy, can we get
some help if something happens to us here?"
With his arms around Harper's waist, Matthew took her away using his flying skills. "Don't worry about it. It's time to change the
commander in chief of the Birch Pass. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Lucas won't be able to sleep at night from worrying too much."
Harper was a little surprised to hear that. Every time she saw Lucas, he would always make impromptu comic gestures and
remarks. But she knew that even though he looked inconspicuous, he was an extremely assertive person. The troops stationed
at the Birch Pass had been a burden on the emperor. In the past, Harrison had used them as his private army so the late
emperor didn't even want to take over the south domain. But Lucas decided that he wanted to do what his father couldn't, which
only meant that he was quite brave.
"Who do you want to take over the Birch Pass?" Harper pointedly asked. Actually, she had already come up with a name in her
mind, but wasn't sure if Matthew had the same thought as her.
"Well, who are you thinking of?"
With utmost honesty, Harper responded, "Carlson. He is the second son of Prince Allen and he has been friendly with Lucas
since they were children. Allen's clan is not only part of the royal family, but they are also loyal to the emperor. I think Carlson is
the best choice."
"I agree with you. However, it's not him who came to the Birch Pass this time," Matthew stated with a smile.

Harper's eyes immediately lit up when she understood what Matthew meant. The situation in the Birch Pass was rather
complicated. Despite Carlson's loyalty, he was actually too inexperienced to go against the cunning opponents in there.
Therefore, a sophisticated and manipulative person was needed to solve the problems at the Birch Pass. And there were only a
handful of people who could satisfy such requirements. "It's Shawn," Harper delightfully exclaimed, unconscious of how thrilled
she was. Although she didn't know much about Shawn, she admired him very much.

"Are you happy to know that it's him?" Matthew plainly asked.
"Yeah, I'm quite happy. Last time, you and I worked together to trick him. You even beat him so hard that he was unable to get
out of bed for days. His father almost challenged you in a fight. Now that he's willing to forget all of this and even came to help
us, we have to thank him some way. How about allowing them to take Wendy back when I return to the imperial capital? I will
even try to cure her congenital heart disease," Harper responded after carefully thinking about it for a while.
"Can that disease be cured?" Matthew asked in surprise. Harper had once mentioned that it was impossible to permanently cure
heart diseases, so she could only give a person some medicine to stabilize their condition.
With a bright smile on her face, Harper said, "It was impossible before, but now I'd say we have an eight out of ten chance. I just
wonder if they're willing to take the risk."
"I'm sure they are if you told them what you just told me," Matthew slowly said. For every member of the Shen Clan, Wendy was
their treasure. But because of her poor health, Travis was afraid that she would be irritated in the imperial capital. With a heavy
heart, he had sent her to the south region so she could recover in peace. However, Travis had another reason for doing so. He
did it to prevent Wendy from seeing Harper.
Harper felt extremely relieved to hear that. She said, "We're about to arrive in the capital of the South Kingdom. We should
change our clothes before we enter the city."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled tacitly. Then they both changed to clothing that was alike to the style of the
South Kingdom's native citizens. When Matthew looked at Harper who was dressed as a native woman, his pupils shrank a little.
In the past, he had never thought that there was anything wrong with the local clothes of the South Kingdom. But when he saw
Harper wearing similar clothes, he felt that they were too revealing. Especially when he saw that Harper's slender waist was
exposed, a dark expression could be seen in his eyes..