Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 788 The Return (Part Two)

"Open the gates! Open the gates!" Shawn screamed at the top of his lungs. As fast as he could, he turned around and ran downstairs to welcome her at the gate.

When Harper saw that the gates of the city were slowly being opened, a smile appeared on her face. "I didn't expect that they would find out so soon that we're coming towards them. But how did they know that I would enter through this gate?"

It was not until they approached the gate that Harper recognized the person standing on the hanging bridge. She stopped the horse and greeted him with a smile, "Hi, Shawn. It's been a long time."

"You have no idea how much you made all of us worried." Shawn could only stare at the person on top of the horse. Her skin was a little dark; she was thinner than the last time he saw her, but still so full of energy. His eyes gleamed with happiness. "If you hadn't come back at this moment, His Highness would have starved himself to death."

"Well, I'm back now," Harper said, her eyes lighting up. Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

While Shawn and Harper were catching up at the gate, Jack suddenly broke into the training ground. He then exclaimed, "Your Highness, Her Highness is back."

Matthew suddenly stopped. The sword flew out of his hand and went directly into the door which Joshua was leaning against. The blade of the sword was still trembling and it almost pierced through his head!

With one hand covering his mouth, Jack patted his chest to calm himself down. Fortunately, he was standing at a very good angle. A gust of wind blew his hair and Matthew approached him. "Where is she?"

"At the gate—"

Before Jack could finish his words, Matthew had already disappeared from his sight. He watched as Matthew ran towards the other gate. "Your Highness, you're going in the wrong direction..."

The corner of Joshua's mouth twitched and he put his arm around Jack's neck. "Let him go. Let's go to the east gate to welcome our princess!"

When he saw Harper, Joshua couldn't believe that the pretty woman in front of him was their lady. She had nice lips and white teeth as well as the most charming eyes. No one could imagine how such a weak-looking woman was able to tame their mighty prince.

"Your Highness?" Joshua asked, a little unsure.

Looking at the man in black whose face was full of confusion, Harper smiled. "You must be Joshua. I heard a lot about you from Matthew."

Upon hearing this, Joshua breathed a sigh of relief. "I've always heard them talk about you, but I never got the chance to see you in the flesh. Now that I've met you today, it's going to be hard not to recognize you from now on."

"Do you think I'm actually fragile? Did I disappoint your expectations?"

Joshua immediately shook his head. "No, it's not like that. In my imagination, you're elegant, noble, and admirable. I had always thought that you were someone to be worshiped, but I didn't expect you to be so easy-going."

"Noble and admirable? You're talking about Matthew." Then, Harper added in a low voice, "I guess I'm easy-going because I am forced by him to behave like that."

With that, Joshua grinned. "Your Highness, please come in. Don't stand in here anymore. His Highness mistakenly ran to the other gate to pick you up. It will need some time before he comes to his senses."

"Okay, that seems like a great idea. Let's enter the city first." When Harper heard that Matthew had gone to another gate to pick her up, she immediately understood that someone must have deliberately made a fool of him. She didn't say anything. Once Matthew realized what they had done, he would teach them a lesson and when that time came, she wouldn't be able to help them either.

Matthew ran as quickly as he could to the west gate, only to find that there was no one outside. He grabbed a soldier who was guarding the gate and asked, "Hasn't my wife returned already? Where is she?"

The guard was extremely confused. "Your Highness, there is nobody at the west gate. I haven't seen Her Highness either."

The expression on Matthew's face instantly turned dark. He carefully recalled Jack's words. He said that Harper had returned and was at the gate, but he didn't mention which gate. Matthew subconsciously thought it was the west gate because it was near the South Kingdom, but he didn't expect that Harper would return from the east gate. So he immediately rushed to the east gate without even stopping to breathe.

When he reached the east gate, there was still no one to be seen. The guards bowed to him as soon as they saw him.

"Where is my wife?"

"Your Highness, Princess Harper went to the military camp to look for the general."

As soon as the guard finished speaking, Matthew went straight to the military camp. But he found out soon enough that his wife had left for the general's mansion because she didn't see him here!

"Good for you, Joshua!"

Matthew stated while gnashing his teeth again and again. He swore to himself, 'Jack, Joshua, wait and see. After I settle everything with Harper, I'll teach you a good lesson that you'll never forget until you die.'

After the long journey, Harper was very tired. Joshua and the others knew that Matthew would soon come to the general's mansion. So as soon as they escorted Harper back, Joshua quickly left in secret. If he didn't leave, he would be in trouble because Matthew had gone to several places for nothing and he would certainly be exasperated. Joshua knew that it was the right time and probably the only time for him to flee.

When Matthew arrived at the general's mansion, Forsythia happily greeted him. "Your Highness, Her Highness has returned."

Without stopping to greet her or to breathe, he went to the house where he had been staying. Half a month had passed since they last saw each other. He felt as if it had been a century and he couldn't wait another second to see Harper.

At that moment, Harper was taking a bath. So when he burst in without any warning, she was taken aback. "Matthew, I... Hmm..."

Matthew passionately kissed her on the lips to stop her from talking. A kiss could express everything— longing, sorrow, happiness... He knew that he wouldn't believe that she was back to him until he held her in his arms.

The kiss lasted for such a long time that Harper was almost out of breath, so Matthew finally let her go. He eagerly looked at her face and spoke in a hoarse voice. "Harper Chu, I... What should I do with you?"