Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 779

The unperturbed silence inside Lance's bedroom was broken by the sudden appearance of Matthew. Lance was baffled to see the prince right in front of his eyes. He had been told that the Black Flag Army was far away from the capital of the South Kingdom. But how could the prince reach his palace so soon? He was so intimidated and petrified to see the unexpected visitor that he almost lost his speech.

"Prince... Prince Matthew, why did you break into my palace at this unearthly hour of the night? What are you up to?" Lance stammered. His throat became dry and his tongue felt heavy as he tried to speak. He did not have a son and had only two daughters. His elder daughter was the Holy Maiden of the South Kingdom and his younger daughter, Diana, was forcibly taken into the Labyrinth Swamp by Harper. He was afraid that Diana would not be able to come out of the swamp alive. And that was why he had been cursing Harper in his mind. And now, even her husband had barged into his palace in the middle of the night. 'What a shameless couple they are! Today, only because of his wife, my heir to the throne is in danger. And now this man shows up in my palace unwarranted in this way to scare me,' Lance thought to himself.

There was an uncanny silence at the moment inside the palace. Matthew sat quietly at the table, slowly wiping bloodstains from the sword. Lance swallowed hard, looking at the fresh blood on Matthew's sword.

"I am here to take my wife back. But you seem to have forgotten what I said before I left," Matthew said in a low and cold voice. His voice sounded lethal. It sent a chill all across the room. Lance felt as if the temperature of the room had fallen and started to shiver. Though spoken in a low voice, Matthew's words reverberated to the core of Lance's heart.

"Lady Harper... Lady Harper has gone to the Labyrinth Swamp!" Lance managed to find his voice once again. He added in a trembling voice, "I have no idea why did she go there."

The very mention of the swamp felt like a blow on Matthew's chest. He sprang upright on his seat and asked, squinting his eyes, "The Labyrinth Swamp?"

"Yes, the Labyrinth Swamp. It is believed that the swamp is the home to many wonderful medicinal herbs that are not easily available in the market. I think Lady Harper entered the swamp in search of some rare medicinal herbs. And the worst part is that she also took my daughter with her." Lance somehow managed to come up with a convincing explanation. He deliberately covered up the fact that they had forced Harper to enter the Labyrinth Swamp. Instead, he put it in a way that Matthew would think that Harper had entered the Labyrinth Swamp to look for medicinal herbs out of her own free will and nobody of the South Kingdom had anything to do with that.

Matthew had heard of the Labyrinth Swamp before. It was infamous for being life-threatening in many ways. There was a very high level of poison in almost everything inside the swamp. Then some extremely dangerous insects and animals were waiting to feast on the flesh and blood of an intruder. And above all, the poisonous miasma filled every bit of the swamp. Apart from these, several other dangers were lurking in every nook and corner that they might not have even heard of. Even the strongest shamans in the South Kingdom dared not enter the notorious swamp. They would only wander around the edge of it at the most because the poisonous miasma in the swamp was a hundred times stronger than the poisonous miasma that existed outside. If anyone entered the swamp and even if he or she succeeded in fighting the poisonous miasma, he or she could still die due to any other hidden danger.

"Did Harper go to the Labyrinth Swamp of her own?" Matthew asked. He could not believe in Lance's words completely.