Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 705

It was the evening before the new emperor's enthronement day. Francis brought the empress's robe to Harper in person, and demanded her to try it on.

Harper took a glance at the robe lazily, and said, "I don't need to try it."

"Well, how do you know if it will suit you if you don't try it?" Francis asked in a low and gentle voice. "Try it, please. If it's not suiting you, we still have time to get it modified."

"Don't you know whether it is suitable or not?" Harper said as she leisurely placed the black and white stones on the Go board. "It doesn't matter whether the robe is suitable or not, but what matters is whether the person is suitable."

Francis sat down opposite to Harper and said, "You want to play Go now? Here, I will play with you."

"Don't move!" Harper exclaimed, pushing away his hand from the board. Then she continued to place the black and white stones on the board in a seemingly irregular manner. However, Francis knew that Harper differed greatly from ordinary women. Whatever she did, there would be an underlying purpose in it.

Francis didn't get angry because of her attitude. He just sat there and watched her playing with the stones. Seeing the layout of the black and white stones on the board, he became very curious. "What situation are you trying to create? It seems that there is no way out."

"Yes, you're right. There is no way out." Harper looked at the black and white stones that she had placed in their positions with her cold eyes. "Can you find a way out?"

Francis analyzed the situation carefully. He couldn't find a way out. It was a game of complete dead end.

"Harper, I see no way out."

Hearing that, she smiled, picked up a stone and placed it in a position. Immediately more than half of the stones on the board got killed and removed. Francis shook his head at her move. "You have thrown yourself into ruin by this move. More than half of your stones are killed."

Harper didn't respond, but continued with the game and placed one more stone on the board. As a result, the situation on the board became instantly clear. The black stones, for which there had been no way out just now, suddenly faced an optimistic situation. However, this way of surviving succeeded at the price of great losses, which was like the miserable and heavy loss of the wrist of a strong soldier.

"You left no room for maneuver or route for escape, so that you finally found a way out. But you have to suffer great losses as the price. Don't you think it's not that worthy?" Francis picked up a white stone and slowly put it down on the board, beginning to chase after the black stones. Soon, Harper placed one more black stone on the board. Surprisingly, the advantage of the white stones disappeared completely.

Francis was dumbfounded to see the sudden change in the situation. After all, the white stones had been in obvious advantage just a moment before. But, as soon as the black stones took the risk and made their next two moves, the white stones were put on the path to ruin. What a dramatic inversion!