Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

"Yes, everything is ready. We will leave soon."
"You can rest assured. I will order people to pretend that you are still in the army to confuse the enemy," Wanda Murong added.
Although she had a weak body, she had a sophisticated mind. That was a blessing in disguise.
After dressing up to cover their true identities, Harper and Kile quietly left and headed for their destination. On the other side,
Matthew was looking at the map and investigating the road he had found.
"Your Highness, we've been wandering around here for a long time. Wouldn't it be too late for us to go back to Dragon Pass?"
Barry asked with a worried face. "Emperor Rolando has reached Dragon Pass. If we can't go back there, I'm afraid that Marquis
Shawn will not be able to hold on."
"Don't worry. Felton is still there. He will take care of that," Matthew replied in a flat tone. He didn't worry about Dragon Pass at
all. He was now focusing on studying the very path. It was recorded that it led straight to Dragon Pass, but this fact was rarely
known. Harper once read the record about this path and shared this information with him. If he could find this secret path, it
would be very beneficial to him.
"Mister Felton?" Barry repeated. On hearing this, he remembered Felton who was weak in body yet cunning in mind. Then he fell
into silence. Yes, Felton was still at Dragon Pass. What was more, he trusted that his emperor would never allow Dragon Pass to
be controlled by Rolando. The emperor surely had already sent people to support Dragon Pass. Even though Rolando led the
army to attack in person, it would not be an easy job to take over Dragon Pass.
"Send someone to search for this path again. We must find it!" Matthew immediately gave an order to his men. If they found the
very path, they could use this shortcut and arrive at Dragon Pass quickly. That way, they would strike Rolando off guard all of a
sudden. Now, Matthew was very angry. He would do whatever he could to Rolando after what Rolando had done to him and
Harper. "Yes, Your Highness." The secret guards continued to go deep into the mountains, searching for the legendary shortcut.
They had already searched for five or six days here, but still couldn't find any trace. They were afraid that they could not afford to
waste time searching for that path anymore. Things might go worse. "What's wrong with His Highness? Why does he have to

find this path?" Jack asked in confusion. If it were not for the fact that they were ordered to search for this path, they could have
arrived at Dragon Pass long ago.
"He must have his own reason for this. We don't need to guess it. All we need to do is follow his orders," Barry replied as he
continued his search. This path should be very important. That was why Matthew had worked so hard to find it. Jack pressed his
lips. "I'm so envious of Fred. It must be very fun to stay with Lady Harper." "What? Fun?" When Barry heard his comments, the
corners of his eyes twitched a bit. He didn't think it was fun to follow Harper all the time. He had heard that the twelve secret
guards had been tricked into the Labyrinth Swamp by her once. Although everyone's strength had been improved since then,
they all looked frightened when speaking of what happened in the swamp as if they didn't want to go there again. It could be
seen that it might be very fun to stay with Harper, but it sometimes meant risking
one's life to follow her.
At the moment, Jack was becoming bored and began to beat the weeds with a stick impatiently. "Of course it's fun staying with
her. There are always various interesting things happening around her, both dangerous and exciting. That is just so... Ouch!"
Jack cried out miserably as he lagged behind. Hearing that, Barry turned his head but did not see any trace of Jack. He couldn't
help but feel a chill in his heart. Could it be an enemy who was attacking him? "Jack, Jack, where are you?"
It turned out that Jack accidentally slipped down and fell directly into the dense grass. He rolled down along the slope for a long
time until he finally stopped and felt dizzy.
"Barry, try to pull me up," Jack cried out as he rubbed his head with his hand. But after waiting for a long time, he did not receive
any response. He immediately grew alert and began to check his surroundings. Then, he noticed that he had fallen into a
strange valley. Both the two sides were mountains, except for a narrow and hidden path in the middle. The path was covered by
weeds. As a result, people rarely noticed it. "Oh! This is it! This should be the path His Highness is searching for!" Jack
murmured joyfully. He then immediately went back. After he pulled away the thick weeds, he saw Barry was looking for him
everywhere.

"Barry! I found it! I found the secret passage His Highness mentioned! Go inform him now!" shouted Jack with excitement.
At first, Barry had been worried about the safety of Jack. When he saw that Jack popped out from nowhere with a dirty face and
told him excitedly that he had found the shortcut mentioned by Matthew, he was both surprised and delighted. Then he
immediately went back and reported the news to Matthew.
When Matthew came with his men, he noticed the path that had been covered in the grass. He finally understood that no wonder
they hadn't found it. If it hadn't been for Jack's reckless behavior, he would never have thought that this path was a downward
one even after they had searched the whole place thoroughly.
"Let's go down to explore the way," Matthew ordered at once.
"Yes, Your Highness."
They pulled apart the grass and went down one by one. Looking at the man-made path, they could not help but feel happy. It
seemed that this was exactly the path they had been looking for.
All of a sudden, Matthew noticed a stone tablet by the roadside, and read the words carefully. After he finished reading it, he was
relieved. "This is indeed the path we are looking for. It's time for us to go to Dragon Pass."
Hearing that, everybody heaved a sigh of relief. They then turned around and were about to climb up. However, when they were
halfway through the climbing, Matthew asked,
"What are you doing?"
"We are going up so we can go to Dragon Pass," one of the secret guards answered in a careful tone.
"The path leading to Dragon Pass is here!" We should go along this way," Matthew said slowly, pointing to the winding path in the
valley.