Forensic Imperial Concubine

"Bring me the pills, Andy," the emperor ordered. Since he could not get any useful information from Harper, he was left with no
other choice but to give up trying. After all, he had something much more important for her to take care of.
When Andy handed over a box to the emperor, Harper glanced at it and thought that it seemed familiar. That was the box for the
Longevity Pills which Felix had given the emperor during his birthday banquet.
"Let Harper have a look at the pills."
"Yes, Your Majesty." With that, Andy quickly handed the box of Longevity Pills over to Harper. Taking out the pill, she placed it on
the palm of her hand.
"Your Majesty, do you want me to examine the pills?"
"Yes," the emperor flatly replied, nodding his head in response. "Felix and his mother poisoned me with the intention of
murdering me. These Longevity Pills were given to me by Felix. I'm afraid that these pills actually contain poison, so I would like
you to check on them for me. After all, I know that you have excellent medical skills."
Hearing this, Harper could not help but sneer at him deep inside. She had never really thought that the emperor trusted in her
medical skills that much before, nor had he been so amiable toward her. Whenever the two of them met in the past, the emperor
had a look in his eyes as though he wanted to rip her into shreds.
After carefully examining the pill, Harper reassured him, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. You can keep taking the pills, and they will
actually be good for your recovery. But it seems that there are not many left. If you don't mind, is it okay if I take a pill back for
research and see if I can reproduce this Longevity Pill?"
"That's fine. Go ahead and take one with you. Are you one hundred percent certain that there's nothing wrong with the pills?"
The emperor couldn't help feeling worried. Only when people grew older would they become more afraid of dying. In particular,
the emperor had been at death's door this time. As a result, he was much more afraid of death and came to hate Felix and the
empress more.
"There is nothing wrong with them."
"That's good to hear," the emperor remarked, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. "I've made up my mind to strip Gloria of her
title as the empress. But, considering that she is my wife, in order to help her save face, I've decided to order her to take her own
life."

"She deserves it," Matthew exclaimed in a rather cold tone. He hadn't held the empress accountable for her attempt to plot
against Harper. Now that the emperor had decided to force her to commit suicide, she would finally get her just deserts.
With a glimmer in his otherwise dull eyes, the emperor said, "I heard that you are expecting. Now..."
"Your Majesty, that was merely a false positive diagnosis," Harper cut him off before he could continue. "I have already checked
my own pulse. I'm not pregnant. It might only look that way because I ate something weird."
"You're not pregnant?" the emperor asked in surprise. Then, he glanced at Matthew. For some reason or other, he suddenly
burst out laughing. "Matthew, it seems that you haven't worked hard enough. You have already been married for one year, but
you still don't have a child. People will grow suspicious, you know? You aren't getting any younger. Maybe it's time for you to get
several more women."
"I appreciate your concern, Your Majesty. But I plan to only have one wife in my lifetime, and that is Harper. As for children, it
doesn't matter whether or not I will have any," Matthew lightly said, sounding as if he really couldn't care less about having
children.
However, Harper felt that something seemed to be quite amiss. From the moment she was falsely diagnosed to be pregnant due
to the effect of the Terminalia Chebula, Matthew had been acting weird. Later when he found out that she wasn't really pregnant,
he turned out be quite relieved, as if it was a good thing that she didn't get pregnant. With these thoughts running through her
head, Harper began feeling a little uneasy.
"Nonsense! You are a prince of the royal family and you are not allowed to give up having descendants. Harper, you have to
understand that you will be considered as an unqualified wife if you can't bear a son for Matthew. Matthew is almost thirty years
old, but he has yet to have a child. You should be considerate to him," the emperor slowly said, shifting his gaze toward Harper.
"I agree with you on that matter, Your Majesty," Harper smiled. 'If His Highness still doesn't have a son when he is thirty years
old, I'm going to have to persuade him to take concubines. Please do not worry about that, Your Majesty."
"I know that you are a virtuous lady," the emperor remarked as he glanced at Matthew, who looked so down in the dumps at that
moment. Seeing that, he became a little less depressed. After all, he believed that he wouldn't have gotten in danger this time if
it weren't for Matthew.
"I will never allow any other woman to enter my mansion." As soon as he said those words, Matthew turned around and left
straight away. Harper then immediately curtsied to the emperor before leaving to catch up to Matthew.

As he watched the receding figures of the couple, Andy was somewhat confused. "Your Majesty..."
"Bring the pills and let me take one," the emperor ordered. He wasn't willing to risk taking it until he was sure that there wasn't
anything wrong with it. "Has that bitch been sent to the penitentiary place?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, she has been sent there already, but the Huang Clan..."
"The Huang Clan is obviously quite ambitious. I must get rid of them sooner or later!" the emperor exclaimed in intense hatred.
After giving it much thought, he ordered, "Guards!"
"Your Majesty."
"Gather your men and rummage the Huang Clan mansion for evidence of their treason. Leave no stone unturned. Tell Ken to
lead the palace guards and besiege the clan's mansion at once. Once all the shreds of evidence are found, arrest every single
one of them and throw them into prison!"
"As you wish, Your Majesty."
Felix and Gloria had been stripped of their respective titles as crown prince and empress. As a result, all of the courtiers were on
edge. They were completely clueless as to why the emperor would abandon the empress and the crown prince from the moment
he woke up. In particular, the Huang Clan, the empress's parents' clan, had also been implicated. All the courtiers were worried
that they might be the next one to get caught up in this mess.
Fortunately for them, the second imperial edict was issued right away, stating the charges against the crown prince and the
empress. All the courtiers were astounded upon hearing that. It was only then that they came to realize that the crown prince and
the empress had been working together to get rid of the emperor. It should hardly be surprising that they had been stripped of
their titles.
"Now, the position of the crown prince is vacant. Prince Francis has been in poor health; Prince Lucas is interested only in
pleasure seeking; Prince Wale is still a child. Which prince can take the great responsibility of being the crown prince?" The
courtiers gathered together in groups, discussing which son of the emperor was worthy of being the new crown
prince.