Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 762 Who Is The Murderer (Part Two)

"How dare you insult me!" Diana frantically exclaimed.

"We'll find out the truth soon enough. But you can't change the fact that we all know how you beat up Prince Kile and left him with some injuries not long ago," Harper bitterly said.

"Yes and yesterday you threatened to kill me!" Kile chimed in. Kile and Harper cooperated perfectly with one another.

While Miguel stood witness to the events unfolding right before him, his eyes narrowed at all of them. He thought, 'The horny Prince Kile from the Wonder Kingdom goes hand in hand with Harper in going against the princess from the South Kingdom. If I didn't know that these two are almost complete strangers to each other, I would have thought that they had been good friends for years. With just one look from Harper, Prince Kile instantly coordinates everything that he should do and say.'

"Enough! Lady Harper, didn't you say that you have a way to find the murderer? As soon as possible, you should seize whoever that person is, in case he wants to hurt others again." Lance was at his wit's end. He didn't want to hear more accusations towards his daughter from Harper or Kile.

"Fine," Harper briefly responded while she clasped her hands together. It created a short but loud sound. Right then, someone walked into the hall. When Diana saw the man, she rose from her seat and looked at him incredulously. She wondered why he was still alive.

Francis instantly extended his hand and grabbed Diana's shoulder to make her sit down. No matter who the person was, he believed that they couldn't show any hint of guilt in front of him, because they didn't leave any proof that would link them to the assassination. But Francis had to admit that Harper was really competent. Even under such circumstances, she was still able to talk as glibly as a fox and even take the opportunity to turn the situation around. He had thought that Harper would be overwhelmed in panic, and Matthew would even wage war against the Wonder Kingdom in order to protect his wife. For all its worth, things didn't go as Francis had imagined.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

"Good day, Your Majesty. I'm Howard Chu." Interestingly, he was as calm as Harper. "Long time no see. As usual, you look good."

Despite his steady voice, Lance's palms were actually sweating heavily. When Howard was at the Birch Pass, they had the chance to get to know one another. Howard had knowledge about too many secrets about the South Kingdom and the former Marquis Harrison. Now Harrison's family had been destroyed, but the South Kingdom remained like how it was before. Once those secrets were exposed, Lance was afraid that their entire plan which they had worked on for many years would be in vain.

"I remember you were a guest in Harrison's mansion before." With a single sentence, Lance revealed Howard's identity to everyone present. Because of their betrayal, all of the adult men in Harrison's mansion had been killed and the ones under ten years old had been exiled. Now that Howard appeared abruptly, Lance clearly knew his intentions.

"You have a good memory, Your Majesty. You still remember that I was a guest of Harrison's mansion. Princess Diana, how are you? When I saw you in the imperial capital of the Bright Dynasty a few days ago, I thought you were going to see Prince Hoffman. I didn't expect that you hurt Prince Francis so badly. Do you like Francis instead of Hoffman?" Howard asked with a smile.

"I'm deeply in love with my husband. I hope you'll stop talking about such nonsense!" Diana looked rather sullen. Howard had worked for her in the past, so he knew about her relationship with Hoffman. She then thought, 'Wasn't Harper the one he hated the most? Why is he helping Harper in bringing me down?'

Howard didn't become upset with her remark. "You're right. Let's get down to business first. I was ordered to assassinate Felix, the former crown prince of the Bright Dynasty. You gave me a bottle of poison to do it."

Diana's pupils instantly contracted. "I have never given you anything!"

"Your Highness, please don't deny it so quickly or you'll just embarrass yourself later," Howard said in a dreadful voice.

"But I'm telling the truth! I haven't given you anything!"

With that, Howard took out something from his pocket. When she saw it, the expression on Diana's face instantly changed. At the same time, all of the people from the South Kingdom immediately had a ghastly expression on their faces. It was known to everyone, far and wide, that they were good at using poison. Moreover, each one of them had unique containers where they stored the poison that they made. Howard showed a black porcelain bottle with complicated patterns that were only used by the royal family. Naturally, each member of the royal family had their own distinct patterns.

"My dear princess, do you still remember this?" Howard didn't wait for her to respond. He handed the porcelain bottle to a shaman next to him and said, "Please take a look. Is the poison residue inside the bottle the same as the one that poisoned Prince Kile?"

The shaman awkwardly swallowed and took the bottle with trembling hands, wondering if he should break it by accident. Then, Howard said, "Can you please take it carefully? If you 'accidentally' break it, it's going to be clear evidence that the princess from your kingdom murdered Prince Kile from the Wonder Kingdom and set up Princess Harper from the Bright Dynasty."

With that, the shaman grasped the porcelain bottle very tightly in his hand and carefully checked the pattern on it. In a second, he quietly sighed in his heart. Sure enough, it was the princess's container. Then he opened the bottle and checked the residue inside. He closed his eyes and helplessly said, "Your Majesty, the poison is the same as the one used to harm Prince Kile."

Grabbing the armrest of the chair firmly, Lance tried his best to reply in a calm voice. "It's just a bottle. It doesn't prove anything."

"Your Majesty, if this can't explain anything, then I have nothing to say. You want to cover up what Princess Diana did so I can't do anything about this. But I'm asking you to hand over Prince Francis of the Bright Dynasty who has committed a lot of crimes. He needs to be escorted back to our country for a trial. As for the matter that Princess Diana poisoned Prince Kile, please consider how you're going to explain it to the Wonder Kingdom."