Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Rolando's gaze turned cold once again. Now, there weren't a lot of women in the palace. In fact, Lilian was the only one who was
living with him. He couldn't believe that it wasn't that long when he announced that Lilian would be crowned as his empress, and
someone had already taken actions against her. "Have you found out who did this?"
"We have questioned every single member of the Imperial Household Department, but no one knows what happened. Moreover,
not all of the stones on the road were river ones. They were a mixture of the blue stones and the river stones. Someone has
secretly replaced some of the stones. It was quite evident that it wasn't done by anyone from the Imperial Household
Department."
The guards sighed with profound helplessness. They thought that they would be able to find out the truth as long as they
investigated the entire Imperial Household Department. But to their surprise, no one knew what had happened or even had any
clues. Moreover, it turned out that the blue stones were paved a month ago, and nothing unfortunate had happened until Lady
Lilian's accident that day. That was to say, someone had deliberately added the river stones into the blue stones recently, so as
to make the pregnant princess fall and have a miscarriage. Someone was clearly aiming to kill the baby inside her.
The expression on Rolando's face had become grim. "Have a deeper investigation on it. I want to know who dares to do this
nasty thing under my territory!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After the guard went out, the chief of eunuchs, Sean came in and reported, "Your Majesty."
"Have you prepared everything?"
"The palace has been cleaned up. I'm here to inquire about how should it be prepped for Lady Harper?" Sean had been in the
palace for many years, so he was already well adjusted with how they did things inside. At present, the imperial household

lacked hostesses, and there was only Lady Lilian living in there so far. Although the emperor doted on her, Sean could see that
he didn't love her at all. "Prepare it as you would have for an empress," Rolando replied. The eunuch was so surprised that he
looked up at Rolando. He could hardly conceal his emotions. But Rolando did not even look at him and just read the memorials

carefully, as if what he just said was not a big deal. "Your Majesty, you mean I should prepare the palace for Lady Harper
according to the standard of an empress's palace?" In case he had heard it wrong, the eunuch tried to confirm it.
"Yes, make sure that you'll see to it." Sean immediately promised that he would do the task well and then left. After he stepped
out of the room, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. 'Lady Harper will just temporarily stay in the Imperial Palace, but His
Majesty just asked me to follow the empress's standard when setting up her accommodation. It seems like this Lady Harper is
someone very important to His Majesty.' "Master, what did His Majesty say?" "Take good care of Lady Harper. Don't do anything
that might offend her, or else, you would have to find other ways to keep your own head," Sean reminded in a low voice. Of
course, he couldn't tell anyone about how Rolando was going to treat Lady Harper as an empress. After all, Lady Lilian was
pregnant with his child and she was about to be crowned as his empress sooner rather
than later. If Lilian knew about the whole thing, no one would dare to imagine what she would do. It was true that Rolando didn't
love her, but she might be giving him a son and therefore an heir. If she had successfully produced a prince, she would only be
second to the emperor in this nation.
The Harmony Palace of the Great Jade Kingdom, which was prepared for Harper, was bustling with noise and excitement. Maids
and eunuchs were busy decorating the entire place. Sean personally supervised the work, in case anyone made any kind of
mistake. Dan was working alongside him, helping the man in giving out the commands.
"Master, Lady Lilian is currently residing in the Bliss Palace. On the other hand, this palace is named the Harmony Palace, which
sounds more like the place where the empress might stay. Why is His Majesty arranging for Lady Harper to live here?" Dan
couldn't keep things to himself. In fact, even though the Bliss Palace had been the place where the empress of each dynasty

lived, the Harmony Palace was the nearest one to the Dragon Palace where the emperor would reside. Originally, the Harmony
Palace was where the emperor would work. After he was crowned, the place served as a temporary sleeping depot, and it was
then that the palace was given its name. Everything in this palace was of the highest standards. No one was allowed to enter the
palace except Rolando himself. But now, Harper was going to settle in it. Dan really wanted to know the reason.

behind it.
Looking at Dan, Sean replied, "Lady Harper, Harper, harmony, don't you get anything from their names? Do the work and watch
your tongue. You know His Majesty hates gossip the most."
The boy scratched his head but still couldn't come up with any connection between the two names. He thought deeply, 'The lady
that is coming to live here is named Harper, and this Palace is named the Harmony Palace. Are the names relevant? Hang on a
second, this palace is the place where His Majesty rests, and he changed its name to the Harmony Palace after he came back
from the Bright Dynasty. Harper and Harmony have the same affix and sound a bit alike.' Dan immediately turned to Sean in
surprise when this fact dawned upon him, but his master was no longer paying attention to this matter. He was just urging his
men to hurry up and not to make any mistakes.
"Be careful with your work. If anything goes wrong, His Majesty will blame or even punish you, and no one can save your life by
then! The one who is going to live in here is someone very important. You guys must be extra careful when serving her. Do you
understand?"
"Yes, sir."
In fact, Sean had some other doubts, too. 'I heard that Lady Harper was personally accompanied by His Majesty when she came
to the imperial palace. But, on the other hand, His Majesty went to see Lady Lilian directly after that. It was said that His Majesty
and Lady Lilian are on good terms. However, now it is clear that His Majesty has specially prepared the Harmony Palace for
Lady Harper. His Majesty is powerful and above many others. Someone like him prepared a palace for a lady with so much care,
as to all the things in the palace were chosen by himself. He even personally decided the layout inside the palace. It could be
said that His Majesty has given much importance to things concerning Lady Harper.'
"Well, I might as well try to find a needle at the bottom of the sea than to guess what is on His Majesty's mind!" Sean murmured
with a sigh.