Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 37

"Grandma asked me to bring you something." Harper held out a small exquisite jewelry box in her hand. "Grandma said that she was supposed to give Felicia a present for her Hair-pinning Ceremony. Moreover, her wedding ceremony with His Highness will be on the agenda after the ceremony."

Sue's face took on a ghastly expression after she heard Harper's words. "I got it. I'll thank Mother later. You can leave now."

"Harper, please help me!" Yvonne pulled the hem of Harper's dress. "Harper, I'm pregnant, and it is His Highness's child, but..."

Harper looked at Kate and Hansen, bowed to them respectfully and said, "I am sorry; I didn't realize that Your Highnesses are present. Please forgive my rudeness."

A hint of shrewdness flashed in Kate's eyes. 'I thought that Harper was a pretty woman but extremely domineering and jealous. That was why I didn't stop Hansen when he wanted to change his bride. But I guess I was wrong, ' she thought.

"Harper, you don't have to be this courteous and formal," Kate held Harper's hand and said. "Harper, long time no see. You look much thinner."

Harper smiled in return. "Your Highness, thank you for your concern. But if my sister Yvonne is telling the truth, please give us a solution," she said respectfully.

"Harper, are you not angry?" Kate asked in surprise

"Your Highness, how could I not be angry? After all, it's about the reputation of our clan." Harper helped Yvonne sit down on a chair and checked her pulse to diagnose her pregnancy. After a couple of seconds, she finally said, "It's been more than a month since you got pregnant. You've got to be extremely careful during the first three months."

"Harper, thank you so much," Yvonne said gratefully.

"Harper, please allow me to explain. She and I..." Hansen started with hesitation. Panic surged through his veins when he saw Harper's cold, merciless face. "Our relationship is not what you think."

Harper scoffed, "Your Highness, she is pregnant. Do you still think that my sister is lying?"

"No, I..."

Unable to contain her anger anymore, Felicia pushed away Sue, pointed at Harper's nose and roared, "Harper, what do you mean?"

Harper's eyes narrowed in anger. "Felicia, you have to watch your mouth and respect me. I know that you like His Highness very much. That was why I agreed without questioning when His Highness proposed to call off the engagement with me, in order to get engaged to you. Have you forgotten all that? Now, His Highness hasn't mentioned about breaking off the engagement or marrying another woman. He's ready to get married to you. Then why are you behaving like this?"

"Felicia!" Sue grabbed Felicia and whispered in her ear, "If you want to be the wife of His Highness, just keep your mouth shut."

"Harper, I know that you hate me for taking His Highness from you, but we love each other. Why do you want to humiliate me if you have given up?" Felicia said as she began to sob relentlessly.

She had not even married Hansen yet, but he had already slept with another woman and even made her pregnant. She wouldn't have felt as sad and painful as she was, if it were some other woman. But it was Yvonne, the daughter of a concubine in her own clan. She hated losing to Yvonne.

"Listen to me, Felicia. His Highness is from a noble family. He will have many concubines in the future. If it wasn't Yvonne, it would have been someone else. If you can't even tolerate your sister, how can you tolerate others?" Harper's every word was like digging a hole for Felicia to jump in.

"Harper, stop talking nonsense. Felicia will definitely get along with her own sister. It's Yvonne who lacks self-respect. How could she be a disgraceful woman and sleep with a man before getting married? A disgusting woman such as her doesn't deserve to be a lady of our clan. I will report to Charles and Mother and—"

"Mother, I heard that you were also pregnant when you got married to Father," Harper said casually. Sue's eyes widened in shock. She looked like she was going to eat Harper alive.

Harper was pleased to see Sue's reaction. She turned towards Hansen and asked, "Your Highness, do you admit that you have a relationship with Yvonne?"

"I..." Hansen hesitated.

"Your Highness, are you a coward who dares to do a blasphemous thing such as this and not to bear the responsibility?" Harper added before Hansen could finish his words.

Hansen's face flushed with anger. "So what? She was the one who seduced me first."

"Your Highness, you sound ridiculous." Harper was trying to suppress her anger. "You said that Yvonne had seduced you. Do you mean to say that she had come to your mansion to seduce you?"

"She seduced me in your mansion!"

"Your Highness, please forgive me if I am being rude. You do not belong to our mansion. You broke into our backyard when my brother was not around and my father was busy with official affairs. And now you are framing Yvonne for seducing you. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

"Enough!" Kate interrupted by banging the table in anger. She then turned to Yvonne and said, "You're just the daughter of a concubine. Now that you are bearing Hansen's child, it rightly makes you Hansen's woman. When Hansen and Felicia's wedding date is fixed, both you and your sister will get into our mansion together. If you have a son in the future, we'll register him as the son of Felicia, so that others don't speak ill of you."

"Thank you very much, Your Highness." Yvonne's face was bubbling with happiness. Her eyes prickled with tears of joy, but Felicia's face had gone pale. She hadn't expected that her special day would turn into a disaster. Yvonne was the daughter of a concubine, but they were going to get married to the same man, on the same day. She couldn't tolerate it. Anger, disappointment and hatred settled on the pit of her stomach. What annoyed her most was that Yvonne's son would be registered as hers. Being the legal wife of Hansen, why the hell did she have to raise the son of this bitch?

"Your Highness, thank you. That's a wise decision!" Harper flattered Kate without any hesitation.

Kate cast a meaningful look at Harper. If her son hadn't called off his engagement to Harper, she would have been the perfect daughter-in-law. But she couldn't force Hansen as he didn't like her. "It's settled then. We will send someone to inform you about the ideal date for the wedding ceremony. Hansen and I will leave now," Kate said.

"Your Highnesses, take care. Let me see you out," Sue said respectfully.