"As for those who had a private talk with Darren without you present, who are they?" Daphne asked. The person who had injured her brother must be someone whom he was not wary of, or someone he knew well. If the ones on the list were eliminated one by one, she might be able to find out the murderer.
"Eh... So far, there are only three people left, Lord Derrick, you and Princess Harper." Quincey Feng was caught in a dilemma. Harper was outside the city and the lord just came back this morning. Daphne was the first one to find out what happened to Darren. The three people seemed not the suspects, but they were also suspicious, because none of them had the alibis for the murder.
Daphne was confused. Harper was out of the city and had no motive to commit the murder. But it could still be estimated that she might run out of the city after she hurt Darren. "Send someone to find out where Harper went out of the city last night."
"Yes."
Daphne didn't even think about Derrick at all. It was said that a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. Darren was his only son, and he couldn't kill him. Moreover, according to the wound Darren was suffering, the other party clearly wanted to kill him.
Harper was busy trying and preparing the antidote in the pharmacy, and Matthew stayed beside her, watching the others in the room, who casually looked at the medicinal materials Harper had chosen, with confusion in their eyes.
"Harp, have a rest and eat something," Matthew said as he came in with some food and saw that Harper was still preparing the medicine.
Stopping what she was doing, Harper took the wet handkerchief from his hand and looked up at the person in front of her. Then, she lowered her head and silently ate the food. While Matthew was picking up some food for his wife, he was eating slowly and elegantly, quite pleasing to the eye.
The first reaction of Harper when she saw him eating was that this man was not Matthew. He had grown up in the army since he was a child, so he ate very quickly. Even though she had tried to stop him several times, he had only slowed down a little. Matthew would never eat in such a slow and elegant way. She was sure that this man was an imposter.
The man who was having lunch saw the changed expression in Harper's eyes and knew that he had been exposed. "He has been away for something and worries about you. So he asked me to guard you."
'He is Rolando!' Although Harper was stunned, she looked calm. Nobody knew when Rolando had switched the identity with Matthew and pretended he was with her, so Matthew might have gone to investigate the Qin Clan.
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