Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

"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

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