Forensic Imperial Concubine

"Uncle Matthew, Grand Secretary Franklin and others have arrived," he told him.
"I see," Matthew replied nonchalantly inside the carriage. After that, everyone heard him waking up Harper. A few moments later,
Harper got off the carriage and seemed to be just half awake.
"Aunt Harper," Felix said.
"Your Highness," Harper politely replied, nodding her head. "Your Highness, would you please choose several officials to enter
with me? Although the officials have the right to know about His Majesty's condition, His Majesty needs a peaceful environment
right now. So please select a small number of representatives. Otherwise, we may risk irritating him if too many people come
inside at once."
"Okay," Felix quickly replied. Then, he proceeded to call out the names of a few officials.
"Uncle Allen, Grand Secretary Franklin, General Maxwell, and Marquis Travis, please come inside with us."
"Yes, Your Highness," all of them replied at once.
Harper and Matthew were walking in front of everyone. No one made any comment regarding this and they all just quietly
followed them inside. The empress was sitting at the bedside. Seeing the people coming in, she immediately tried to wipe her
tears dry. That being said, no one could actually tell whether there were any real tears or not.
"Harper, hurry up and check on His Majesty. He has been unconscious the entire time. I'm worried about him," the empress cried
out at once as she took the emperor's hand in hers, seeming like such an affectionate wife. If Harper didn't know that they were
never really such a loving couple, she would have probably believed that the relationship they shared was actually this good.
'What a good actress she is!' Harper couldn't help thinking.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will check His Majesty's pulse and diagnose his condition right away," Harper said at once.
As it turned out, she could be quite the actress as well.
Hearing that, someone fetched a stool, and placed it on the bedside for Harper to use. She sat down immediately to feel the
emperor's pulse. While doing this, she suddenly furrowed her eyebrows. Noticing this, the empress felt so nervous that her
eyelids were twitching. "What's wrong with him, Harper?" she asked anxiously, afraid that Harper might have noticed something
wrong.

Without giving her a response, she tried to feel the pulse of the emperor's other hand. "What did the imperial physician say?" she
asked.
"According to the imperial physician, His Majesty has been physically weak and ill many times before. That's why he has been
feeling so weak all the time. But as long as he has some much-needed rest, he should be waking up soon," the empress
carefully said. Needless to say, the diagnosis of the imperial physician was not real. The truth was that the emperor had fallen ill
because of having too much sex. But this was something that could not be revealed to anyone.
"Harper, how is His Majesty's condition?" Allen asked, sounding so worried.
"Please don't worry too much. His Majesty's condition will be all right. It doesn't seem to be anything serious. He has just fallen
ill, as ordinary people would. The imperial physician is right. All he needs is to get a good amount of rest and he'll be waking up
in a few days," Harper flatly replied. She decided not to expose the empress's lie. Hearing that, the empress was finally able to
breathe a sigh of relief deep inside.
"His Majesty is always busy with his work day in and day out, and he is often reading over the reports from officials every single
day. I have been trying so hard to convince him to get some rest, but he just wouldn't listen to me. Now I know that he has
become ill due to overexertion," the empress remarked as she turned on the waterworks. From what she said, the emperor had
become such a good emperor who was hardworking and loved his people instead of a person who always spent his time lying in
bed with other women. The latter was the truth, however.
"We all can see how sad you are, Your Majesty. Given the situation, I'm going to head over to the Holy Chant Temple to pray for
His Majesty and wish for him to wake up as soon as possible," Harper offered. "Your Majesty, please allow me to do that."
When she heard this, the empress was rather surprised and, quite frankly, pleased. So much so that she completely forgot that
she was pretending to cry. After a while, she pulled herself together and answered, "That is so kind of you, Harper. Since you are
willing to pray for His Majesty in the Holy Chant Temple, I think it's definitely a good idea. I will never object to that. Bring more
guards along and be careful whenever you go out. It's not safe outside these days."
"Don't worry. I will go there with her," Matthew interjected.
The empress was walking on air when she heard Harper offering to leave the imperial capital. On top of that, hearing Matthew
volunteer to accompany her, she couldn't possibly be any more thrilled. With the two of them out of the imperial capital, she
thought she and Felix could take the opportunity to get rid of the ones who didn't support them before the emperor woke up.

"Well, His Majesty is in a coma at the moment. And there are many affairs that need to be taken care of. If Prince Matthew
leaves the imperial capital during such a time, I'm afraid..." someone chimed in and voiced out his concern.
"Grand Secretary Franklin is still here. He can help out Felix with General Maxwell. I will be worried if my wife leaves the imperial
capital all by herself. The last time she went to the Holy Chant Temple, she encountered an assassin, which resulted in Chodak
getting injured. Now, with her offering to go to the Holy Chant Temple to pray for His Majesty, there's no way I can risk anything
bad happening to her. For that reason, I will certainly go there with her," Matthew answered.
"Well, you couple just love each other very much, so I think your request is just reasonable. It is true that if Harper were to stay
outside by herself without you protecting her, she may end up getting in danger. All right. Matthew, you should accompany
Harper to the Holy Chant Temple. Franklin, Maxwell, Allen, and Travis, please help Felix with the state affairs. I appreciate your
kindness," the empress said right away before Matthew could get the chance to change his mind. Specifically, she did not
mention Francis when she asked the officials to help with the state affairs.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Now that everything is settled and no one seems to object, I'll leave the Imperial Palace and leave for the Holy Chant Temple,"
Harper then said to everyone.
"What? Are you planning to go to the Holy Chant Temple today?" the empress asked in astonishment. "But you haven't
prescribed medicines for His Majesty yet."
"I've read the prescription of the imperial physician and there is no problem with it. Just continue giving him the medicine
according to the prescription. I don't need to prescribe another prescription specially. His Majesty has just fallen ill. Your Majesty,
you need to take care of him. Felix, on the other hand, would have to attend to the state affairs. It must be tiring. So, please take
good care of yourselves as well," Harper said in a soft voice, as though she was seriously concerned.
The empress, however, was a bit taken aback upon hearing her give such a reaction. She was well aware of the fact that Harper
would never really care about their health at all. In spite of that, she just couldn't find anything unusual from her words and the
way she spoke. So, she just smiled and said, "Matthew, Harper, given that you're going to the Holy Chant Temple to pray for His
Majesty, you should also take care of yourselves, please, since it's going to be a long journey. Matthew, you are very important to
this nation. You should be careful at all times."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We'll make sure to take good care of ourselves," Harper answered at once. With that, they left the
room, walking out hand in hand. When they saw them walking out, the officials couldn't help asking, "Your Highnesses, how is

His Majesty?"
"His majesty is fine. He just needs to get some rest, and he'll wake up in a few days. During this period, Grand Secretary
Franklin, General Maxwell, Prince Allen and others will assist Felix in handling the state affairs. We will visit the Holy Chant
Temple to pray for His Majesty and wish for him to wake up as soon as possible," Harper said in a casual tone, which seemed to
have made the crowd feel at ease.
That being said, all of them were confused about the content of her words. Given the fact that the emperor would be recovering
soon, why did they have to offer to visit the Holy Chant Temple to pray for him? And Harper could go there by herself. So, why
would Matthew come with her? These things just weren't making any sense to them.