Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Since Harper was starting to believe that Rolando was gay, Matthew wanted to water the seeds that he had planted in her mind.
"Miguel is hostile to you because Rolando saved your life at the cost of one of his own arms. Look at it from Miguel's perspective.
What kind of feelings must Rolando have for you that he was so willing to give up a part of him just to save you?" The expression
on Matthew's face remained as normal as it could get, but he was laughing so much inside. He thought to himself, 'You are too
naive to go against me, Rolando.'
Harper narrowed her eyes when she heard what Matthew said. "He's hostile to me because Rolando gave up his arm for me?"
She voiced out her thoughts at the moment.
Matthew frowned a bit with Harper's reaction. He coughed a few times to clear his throat before saying, "Harp, you see, it's more
than that. Rolando has never been with a woman before. But he was more than willing to lose an arm for you. It made Miguel
misunderstand that Rolando likes you. Miguel then became afraid that Rolando was going to abandon him. That's why he sees
you as an enemy, a rival, and a competition. However, he didn't dare to show it in public because he didn't want the others to
know that the emperor and the prime minister of the Great Jade Kingdom are gay. So, the only thing he can do is treat you with
hostility from time to time but in a subtle way, so that no one will notice what he's doing."
Harper nodded. She thought that Matthew gave her the reasonable explanation that she was looking for. She had been
wondering why Miguel would be so hostile to her from the first time they met. Now the puzzle had been solved.
"But there is nothing going on between me and Rolando. Miguel is being jealous for no reason," Harper said, still a little
confused.
"A man who is deep in love is not rational at all. He has long regarded you as a rival and it will be hard to change his mind. So,
from now on, stay away from Rolando, in case Miguel finally reaches his limit and uses some dirty trick to hurt you," Matthew
reminded Harper, trying to sound very serious.

"Okay, I got it." Harper nodded at once. Matthew was very satisfied with the result of his plan. "Anyway, how long will it take to
diagnose and cure Wendy? The grand ceremony to crown the empress of the Great Jade Kingdom will take place on the

fifteenth of the next month. Do you think we'll have enough time?" "I need to prepare some things first, for that, I need three
days. After trying out the treatment on her, I need a few days to observe her condition, to see if there are any complications that
she may experience. The other physicians may not be able to
deal with all of it, so I have to do it myself. There's a lot to do, but I think we have enough time. In the worst-case scenario, you
can go ahead to the Great Jade Kingdom first. After things have been settled down here, I'll be on my way as soon as possible.
Wendy's condition has something to do with her heart, so I can't be careless. Any minor mistakes may kill her," Harper quickly
explained. "You do remember that it's not your responsibility to save her." "I know. But since there's a way to cure her, I think I
should do it, at least for Shawn's sake. By the way, I noticed that Travis' wife seems like quite a reasonable woman. Why did she
choose to marry someone as irrational as Travis?" Harper lightly asked. The corner of Matthew's mouth slightly twitched at
Harper's question. He suddenly realized that perhaps, others must have also been thinking that Harper was a reasonable
person, while he was an irrational person, so Harper shouldn't have married him.
Matthew started to ask himself, 'Well... which part of me actually attracted her?'
While thinking about it, Matthew quietly sighed in his mind. The truth was that Harper didn't even like him from the beginning. If
he hadn't been such a resourceful and skillful man who got the upper hand in the competition and made her his, her heart would
have certainly been taken away by other men.
"By the way, the baby of the Kong Clan will be baptized tomorrow. Are you going to attend?" Matthew changed the topic.
"Of course I will. I have to prepare a decent gift for them as well. Actually, Franklin said that it's going to be a simple gathering for
family and friends, and there is no need to hold a huge feast to entertain everyone. But I still think that it will be better if I come
with a gift," Harper stated with a smile.
"You are really so kind to them. I'm jealous, to tell you the truth," Matthew said, admitting his honest feelings. Harper stood up

and hugged his waist from behind. "After we get the Heavenly Book, let's have a baby, too. What do you say?" A trace of delight
flashed across Matthew's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it before Harper saw it. "I have you and that's more than enough," he
said as lovingly as he could. But Harper knew what was on Matthew's mind. He must have been aware of her physical condition,

so he didn't dare to mention anything about the baby. It could also be the reason why the expression on his face extremely
changed when Lucas said the
word "baby" in front of them, just the other day.
"Was it Felton who told you about it?" Harper asked.
Upon hearing that, Matthew fell into a deep silence. It was, in fact, Felton who had told him. The man said that Harper couldn't
get pregnant because giving birth will definitely kill her. So from then on, Matthew didn't dare to think about anything that had to
do with a baby, nor did he want it. A child was just an additional gift to their already happy life. But if a child should be given to
them at the cost of Harper's life, he would rather not have one.
"I swear that guy has such a big mouth! He can't just make it a big deal and exaggerate the situation when it's still not sure if
there's a way to solve the problem," Harper said and pouted with utmost disappointment.
"You mean there might be a way?" Matthew was surprised. For a second, he thought that Harper must have been just comforting
him.
"The queen of South Kingdom told me some information about it. She said that it was because my spiritual power hasn't been
baptized. If I give birth to a child now, my spiritual power will be completely absorbed by the child. And without my spiritual power
to support me, I will be weak and eventually die in the delivering process. But this won't happen after I'm baptized," Harper slowly
explained.
"What exactly is this baptism that you're telling me?" Matthew quickly asked, eager and enthusiastic about the possibility of
having a child without losing his wife.
"This is the part that I'm not so sure of. The queen said that after we have gathered the Sacred Seals, they will guide me in
finding the Death Pool of the Qin Clan, where I can receive the baptism. But before that, I have to learn all the cultivation
methods written in the Heavenly Book. So I must see the content on Rolando's Heavenly Book. Only when all the books are
gathered and studied can I tell what kind of cultivation methods I have to practice." Harper found it hard to explain the matter, but
she tried really hard to do it for Matthew..