Forensic Imperial Concubine

Victoria found herself pinned on a chair, the person pinning her down none other than her own daughter-in-law, Beth, who had been nothing but obedient to her until that moment.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Victoria snapped, her eyes wide. "Beth, are you really planning on betraying me and our clan?"

Beth let out a loud, mocking laugh. "Mother, lest you forget: you are just a concubine! You are not the legal leader of this clan!"

Victoria's face was immediately drained of color. The thing she hated the most was when people referred to her as a concubine. For years, she had worked hard to erase that part of her life so that she could be seen and revered as the leader of their clan!

"What do you want, Harper?!"

"Your Highness, we have found her."

Harper nodded in acknowledgement. Finally, she heard some good news—Daphne had been found. Now, the main thing they had to deal with was Derrick. Being the lord of the city, he still had a significant control over the place, so it was hard to know how many spies were working for him. Harper would take this opportunity to weed them all out, because if not, they would only bring her endless troubles.

Chaos, however, had already started taking hold of Phoenix City. The guards had betrayed the imperial court and the whole city had already become a battlefield. An army had already made its way to Matthew's foothold just outside the city limits, but when they arrived, they found no one there.

"Shit, it's a trap! Withdraw! Withdraw!"

going? You just got here! Don't tell me you're leaving already!" Rolando called out, evidently amused. His boisterous

the same place as Rolando only meant one thing: certain death. Unfortunately for them, it seemed that dying was inevitable. As soon as they got out, numerous arrows came flying towards them, killing some of them instantaneously. With that, they had no

alive or being shot by an arrow

felt uncomfortable with this kind of violence, he decided that it would be better if he did not say anything. Besides, the assassins were sent there to kill him and his companions, so he should not be too soft-hearted towards them. Aside from that, he could not jeopardize their plan that was already in full swing: he had already destroyed all the

his expression calm yet stone-cold, as if

son," Derrick

me feel sick," Darren responded hostilely. "You have already

fine. Whatever you say. But can you just surrender now? Stop making this hard for the both of

didn't look threatened and just bluntly asked, "Is that so? Aren't you gravely overestimating your

but laugh. "Confident, aren't you, lad? I can tell it's because of your connections with that Harper and her husband," he said as he donned a ferocious smile. "A bit of bad news, however: there is no way they can come here. Actually, anyone outside the city would not be able to get anywhere near here to lend you a hand.

and painless, so don't worry," Darren responded, unaffected by Derrick's snide remarks. It was said that a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. It meant

to attack. His army immediately leapt to their feet and launched several attacks against Darren. Darren remained unflinching in the face of such danger. One by one he fought each and every one

son, so he should be the one to end the fight. His soldiers got out of his way, creating a space wherein he and Darren could face each other off. Everyone knew that none of them could

General Joshua, when will you go down there to help our young lord?" Quincey asked as he stared at Joshua and gnashed his teeth. The man said he was coming to help Darren, but it seemed like he was contented on watching the brewing showdown from a far with no plans of lending a