Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 855

"Your Highness." Daisy hurried to Lilian's side to support her. For many years, she had been working alongside Lilian as her personal maid and had even followed her all the way to the Great Jade Kingdom. "Are you going out to take a walk?" she asked.

Lilian's eyes were affixed on the two people who were walking side by side. Though she didn't want to admit it to herself, she felt that they looked like a perfect match made by heaven. "Daisy, do you think that His Majesty has been very happy recently and smiled more than ever before?" she asked.

Frowning, Daisy answered, "Your Highness, I just feel that His Majesty treats Lady Harper very well."

"They are friends. His Majesty has even saved Lady Harper's life when he was in the Bright Dynasty. They have already been on good terms since then," Lilian explained with a smile. Every time that memory crossed her mind, she would remember how ridiculously she acted and how Rolando forbade her from entering the imperial monk's mansion. Because of that, she would use all kinds of excuses to lure Harper to go to the said mansion, since she was the only one who could enter without obtaining any kind of permission from Rolando in advance.

"Your Highness, what I meant to say is that the way His Majesty treats Lady Harper is vastly different from the way he treats anybody else!" Daisy said, implying that she perceived the situation in a scandalous way. A while ago, she had observed that all the food Rolando had picked for Harper was her favorite, but the food he had picked for Lilian was not necessarily what she liked eating. She also noted how Rolando had eaten everything Harper had picked for him with a smile on his face regardless of whether he liked it or not, but he seemed rather reluctant to eat the food Lilian had picked for him.

When she heard what Daisy said, Lilian's eyes darkened. Of course she knew that Rolando treated Harper differently—he took Harper as a confidant, someone who knew him best, while Lilian, on the other hand, didn't know him at all. But what was bothering her was how Harper seemed to still be the most special person in his eyes. She would have understood if they were still in the Bright Dynasty, but even in here? Every time she was around Rolando and Harper, she always felt like she was an outsider. Before all of these thoughts took hold of her brain, Lilian shook her head to stop herself from thinking. 'Harper is Uncle Matthew's wife, and she is just a good friend to Rolando,' she thought to herself inwardly, trying to calm herself down.

When Matthew received the news that Harper had already arrived in the Great Jade Kingdom, his face became sullen. Instead of feeling relieved, he felt like a violent storm was brewing inside him, ready to devastate everything in its way. Barry immediately noticed this and made it a point to stay away from him in order to avoid any possible danger. They had set out from the imperial capital of the Bright Dynasty seven days earlier than Harper, but why did she arrive earlier than them?

What did that mean? It meant that someone had deliberately slowed Matthew and his crew down but at the same time cleared every obstacle for Harper so that she would arrive earlier in the Great Jade Kingdom. What was the purpose of the person who did that? To Matthew, it was clear as day.

"Rolando!" he exclaimed, striking the tree next to him to vent his anger out. The mere power present in his palm made the tall tree crumble to little pieces. How dared Rolando conspire against him, and worse, treat his wife as if she was his special someone? He would never forgive him!

"Your Highness, the twelve secret guards are with Her Highness. She will be fine," Ken said after letting Matthew simmer for a while. He came back to Matthew's side after Lucas ascended the throne and became the new emperor.

"You don't understand what Rolando is doing!" bellowed Matthew, gritting his teeth. As old enemies, he and Rolando had a lot in common in many aspects, one of which was, of course, their taste in women. The moment Rolando sacrificed his arm to save Harper from danger, Matthew knew that he was up to no good. What was worse was at that time, the relationship between him and Harper was not exactly stable. He would always quarrel with her and would force her to make her feelings for him clear. Now that Harper had arrived in the Great Jade Kingdom, he was sure that Rolando would try his best to seduce Harper while he was absent.