Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 670

In the largest brothel of the imperial capital, Lucas was lying on the soft bed of Yvette, the top courtesan in the establishment. The bleeding on his forehead was seeping through the bandage, but it seemed that he didn't really give a damn about it. He simply lay on the soft bed, listening to the music from the zither Yvette was playing. The glass in his hand was already empty, but no wine was poured into it. At that moment, his mind seemed to have wandered off somewhere else.

When the piece of music came to an end, Lucas still didn't say a word. Noticing that, Yvette stopped playing the zither completely. Standing up, she walked toward Lucas and took a seat beside him. "You look so lost in thought even though you've just come back to the imperial capital. It seems that there must be a beauty in the Stream County that you're thinking of day in and day out."

As Lucas heard that, a glimmer of light flashed across his eyes. He shook the glass in his hand with a straight face, which seemed rather different from his usual playful look. "I'm thinking about Lilian's marriage," he flatly told her.

"Your Highness, the Bright Dynasty is facing both internal and external problems, so it's a good strategy for Princess Lilian to marry the emperor of the Great Jade Kingdom in order to make peace with them. Why are you so worried about it?" Yvette asked in confusion.

As a bitter smile crept onto his face, Lucas replied, "You don't know anything about Rolando. To give you an idea, that man is comparable to Uncle Matthew. He is too full of himself. If he actually had a crush on Lilian, I wouldn't have been against her marriage to him. However, he is cruel and ruthless, and this would be nothing more than a political marriage for the sake of the peace between the two countries."

"But Princess Lilian was the one who volunteered to marry him herself. Who knows? Maybe they'll fall in love with each other and have a happy ending despite their marriage beginning with political interest."

"What I'm worried about is that Lilian might fall into the living hell when she arrives in the Great Jade Kingdom!" Lucas exclaimed, sitting up with a deep frown on his face. "Earlier today, I went to the Imperial Palace and saw Father. I had been absent for a few days, but drastic changes had taken place in him. He was mostly just skin and bones and didn't even look human anymore. On top of that, his temper had become much worse. He got so furious with me simply because we had a disagreement on a very trivial matter. It was so bad that he even violently smashed a teacup onto my head. This was the first time he had ever done anything of that sort to me,"

"Now, Prince Francis is the one handling the national affairs and Prince Jason is trying to bribe the courtiers. You have been away from the imperial capital for far too long. I'm afraid that His Majesty has long been under the control of Prince Francis." Yvette said, showing the information she had gathered to Lucas. "Besides, while you were busy with the disaster relief in the affected area, the former empress and former Crown Prince Felix poisoned His Majesty in an attempt to usurp the throne. That was why His Majesty's health condition has been getting worse. Unfortunately, as soon as he made it through Her Majesty's murder attempt, he ended up falling into Prince Francis' hands."

"Today, I saw Francis and noticed that his health has improved a lot. In the past, he used to be so weak that he had to sit in a wheelchair all day long. But now, he looks like a totally different person. What on earth could have happened since he moved out of the Imperial Palace?"

"It probably has something to do with that lady," Yvette said, curling her lips to give a bit of a hint. "In the imperial capital, there are only a handful of people who are capable of curing Prince Francis, whose condition had only been getting worse before."