Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 685

"Not us, only him," Matthew responded while he tried to enjoy his meal. Despite the nature of their conversation, his tone was still calm and collected.

"What? Do you mean they wanted to kill Lucas? But why? Lucas has been enjoying life all this time. He kept to himself and rarely offended anyone over the years. Why would anyone want to kill him?" Lilian asked. She could not be more curious upon hearing Matthew's reply. She could come up with tons of reasons for those assassins to target her. But Lucas? That was totally way beyond her imagination. She could not think of any reason or anyone who would eagerly want to kill Lucas.

"Who do you think is threatened while Lucas is still alive?" Matthew asked after a sigh instead of answering her question. There was no brotherhood in the royal family, but only enemies. When someone threatened another one's position, he would immediately be considered as a target.

His reply intrigued Lilian right away. Her face turned pale in an instant. She was not a fool. The only person that could be threatened while Lucas is still alive was none other than Francis. After all, he was the one located in the imperial capital right now who might inherit the throne. But as far as she knew, Lucas did not have interests in politics. He was only concerned about his appearance and the finer things in life. 'Why did Francis want to get rid of him so badly?' Lilian asked herself inwardly before speaking to Matthew.

"Why? Lucas has never been interested in the throne, right? And even if he is, he's not that capable. He is not a threat to Francis at all!" Aside from being extremely shocked about the information that she was just been supplied, Lilian was very confused.

Matthew gave a helpless glance at Lilian as if he was looking at a foolish person. He then continued to eat. He didn't want to waste his time explaining to her. She had grown up with Lucas since they were very young. Did she really think that Lucas was just a playboy with simple desires and aspirations?

All of a sudden, it seemed like Lilian figured out something. Her face turned paler and paler. She suddenly stood up and asked, "I shouldn't have consented to this marriage, should I? Otherwise, he wouldn't have the chance to get rid of Lucas, right?"

"Even if we didn't go on this journey, he would find other ways to kill him anyway. So don't blame yourself for anything," Matthew said. After he finished eating, he put down the chopsticks on the bowl. Before he went back to his room to finally have some rest, he looked at Lilian and warned her, "Go back to your room and rest as much as you can. Don't walk around even if you have nothing else to do."

"Uncle Matthew, Lucas..." Lilian gritted her teeth and hesitated for a few seconds. "Lucas is going to be safe. You'll make sure of that, right?"

Matthew didn't answer her question. He just kept on walking ahead, without even turning around to look at her. He went straight to his room because he knew that something terrible must happen to Lucas. Otherwise, Francis would attack them while hiding in the shadows until his goal was achieved. If this were to happen, Matthew wouldn't have a chance to expose him. Therefore, Lucas must die, or to be more precise, pretend to die to draw the snake out of the hole.

Matthew pondered, 'Tonight is a good time. Lucas will be killed at the official inn!'

In the middle of the night, someone started yelling hysterically that there was a fire in the office inn. Instantly, everyone woke up. The guards then hastily put out the fire. But Lucas was nowhere to be found after the fire had been extinguished.

Lilian felt a little uneasy, so she ran to Lucas' room to check how he was doing. The door was wide open and Matthew was standing inside. As for Lucas, he was lying so close to them. His body was covered in blood, his own presumably.

"Lucas!" Lilian exclaimed upon seeing the horrific situation. She then rushed by Lucas' side but Matthew caught her by the arm.

"Guards, take Lilian back to her room so she can rest!" Matthew firmly ordered.

"No! Lucas! Lucas!" Lilian screamed while she kept struggling out of the guards. But she was too weak to be a considerable match for them. As a result, she was helplessly dragged away to her room.