Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Three days was a period neither too long nor too short. However, for Matthew, each day was so

prolonged that he felt it as long

as a year. But for Johnson and Denny, the days passed like the blink of an eye.

The next day after Matthew woke up, the emperor issued an imperial edict to summon him. Had it not

been for Matthew's early

recovery, the old emperor would have broken into the prince's mansion by force. When Matthew finally

appeared in front of

everyone, the old emperor was quite astonished, but he didn't find fault with Matthew.

After returning home, Matthew interrogated Rena secretly.

"Your Highness! Have you come to save me?" As Rena saw Matthew, tears streamed down her face.

"Your Highness, Her

Highness is very vicious. She not only showed the wrong way to detoxify you but also imprisoned me.

Your Highness, kindly help

me."

Matthew looked cold, and there was visible disgust in his eyes. But Rena was unable to see that and

had a strong feeling that he

had come to save her. "I offered the Tribulation Flower to save your life, but Her Highness was jealous

of me and had intended to

kill you. Your Highness, you should never let her go."

"The method to detoxify me was wrong?" Matthew enquired coldly. Since the look on his face was as

cold as always, Rena never

noticed that something was actually wrong.

"That's right. My father and Denny can prove it to you. We strictly followed each step of the method

written by Harper, but it still

went wrong!" Rena's eyes twinkled with affection. Even if she knew, she would never have admitted

that it actually went wrong

as she had drugged him with aphrodisiac.

"But Denny told me that something was added in the medicated bath, resulting in the toxins in my body

to lose balance," Matthew said slowly and fidgeted with his jade ring. In a trembling voice, Rena said,

"No, I didn't put the aphrodisiac in your bath. I didn't!" "I didn't say anything about the aphrodisiac. Why

did you admit it?" Matthew asked in a disdainful tone while looking at the woman who had admitted her

guilt before being inquired. "I... I..." Rena stammered as she was unable to come up with a reasonable

explanation. Actually, Harper had mentioned the aphrodisiac before, but Rena was too anxious now to

realize that. The onus was now completely on Matthew, and whether he would decide to still marry her

as a concubine was something to be waited and watched.

"You still didn't admit that you were trying to murder me on purpose!" "I didn't, and I never meant to do

that. That person said that as long as I put the drug in the water, you would be falling in love with me.

Your Highness, I just love you so much that I never had second thoughts about what I was doing. I

never expected things would end up this way. I really didn't mean it! Your Highness, please trust me. I

really didn't do it purposely," Rena said anxiously.

"Who is that person?" Matthew asked curiously. He guessed that the news about him getting detoxified

would have been

exposed by Rena. The point was who was really behind it.

"It's a woman with a ferocious scar on her face. I couldn't see her face clearly, but I am sure that it's a

woman. Beside her, there

was a noble lady following her. I heard the woman calling her 'Princess, ' who said she wanted to

avenge her son. They

promised that if I had put the aphrodisiac in it, then I could become your wife. I was never trying to hurt

you." Tears were

streaming down Rena's face. "Please forgive me, Your Highness. I didn't mean to harm you."

Matthew then realized that just one princess had hostility towards Harper as her son died because of

her. That was to say, Kate had colluded with others to harm him and his wife. "Who gave you the drug?

Do you still have any of it left? Let me have a look at it." "No, I threw it away. I got scared as your

poison took effect, so I threw it away," Rena answered, her whole body quivering. The coldness on

Matthew's face was so fearful that it seemed he was going to eat her alive.

Matthew no longer wanted to waste his time on this meaningless conversation. He stood up and

walked out. Three days had

passed and still, there wasn't any sign of Harper waking up. Now, there was a real chance that

Matthew would go for all-out

revenge against all those people who had hurt him before!

Within these three days, Denny and Johnson were trying everything possible to awaken Harper.

However, due to her weak body

and injured vital energy, the only way to make her stronger was to nourish her. But the method was too

slow and it was not

waking her up. If they were unsuccessful in waking her up, then both of them would be under great

trouble. Moreover, the two

had a headache and were getting highly anxious. They had fed Harper some food and mended her

wounded meridian in the last

three days. Finally, before the deadline, they were making some progress as they could observe

Harper's face to be less pale

than before.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. She will be awake today." Denny had bruises under his eyes, and

Johnson looked dispirited. He

had been taking care of Harper since the past three days without any rest. Even though he wished

Harper's death, he didn't dare

to make an attempt to kill her now!

Matthew sat on the edge of the bed, watching the light spreading slowly. He looked at the sunlight

shining through the window

frame and sparkling the floor, while Harper was still asleep. Even after the three-day deadline, she

didn't show any sign of

waking up.

"Your Highness, she will wake up. It may take a longer time, perhaps due to her overwhelming

weakness." Denny trembled with

fear as he looked at Matthew's stormy eyes. "Your Highness, please be patient. Her Highness is surely

going to wake

up."