Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 40

Speaking of the poisoning incident, Felicia turned furious and hated Harper to the bones. For her, the most important thing for a woman was her appearance, but Harper had poisoned her, intending to ruin her beautiful face! If it hadn't been for her elder sister's superb medical skills, she would have been disfigured.

"Mother, Grandma has always been protective of her. If Harper were found to have poisoned the child of His Highness, Grandma would still protect her!" Felicia gnashed her teeth in hatred at the mere thought of how Mavis previously protected Harper. "How ignorant the old woman is! She dared to protect Harper, who is a jinx!"

"Shut up!" Sue cut her off as she got a little worried. She hastily looked outside and heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing no one was around. "From now on, never say such words again. Your father is filial. Hearing you talk like this, he will surely beat you to death!"

"Ok. I will never say that again, Mother," she answered almost immediately. Then in her earnest, she clutched Sue's arm and acted coquettishly. "Mother, tell me, how can I make both of them suffer?"

Sue merely patted her hand and smiled viciously, "You will know when the time comes!"

That night, Sue had prepared a family feast to celebrate the upcoming marriage of the two ladies. She invited all the family members to the banquet. It was Harper's first time to see so many people in the mansion. What surprised her more was that even Joey, Charles' concubine who seldom went out of her room, attended the banquet with her daughter Alexandra.

"Harper!" Alexandra got excited when she saw Harper, breaking free from Joey's grasp and running to her.

Harper's face immediately lit up as she squatted down and held her. "You're getting taller. Have you behaved yourself and be a good girl all the time? Have you eaten well?"

"Yes. I have a large bowl of rice for each meal!" Alexandra excitedly gesticulated with small hands, trying to make Harper understand her meaning. However, Joey was somewhat frightened, especially when Alexandra threw herself in Harper's arms and joked with her.

"Alexandra, come here. Don't bother your sister too much," Joey yelled at her daughter.

Harper held Alexandra up and chimed in, "It doesn't matter. Kids like making trouble. I guess that you've paid a lot of attention to her, Lady Joey."

Joey looked quite uneasy, and she was afraid that Alexandra would come into contact with other ladies. Although Harper didn't get along well with Sue, Joey was still afraid that she would help Sue deal with her and her daughter. She had no one to rely on and had only one child.

Sensing that Joey looked uncomfortable, Harper put Alexandra down and said, "Go to your mother's side. I'll play with you another day. When Father and Grandma come, don't forget to say hello to them."

"Okay, I won't forget that," Alexandra replied in a cute small voice before running to Joey happily. She took her mother's hand when she reached her side. But when she caught Felicia's eyes, she shivered with fear and hastily hid behind her mother.

Mavis was not feeling well, so she didn't attend the dinner. Charles, on the other hand, felt immensely happy. Two of his daughters were to be married to the heir of Prince Kevin. And what made him feel fortunate enough was that one of her daughters was already carrying Hansen's child. It was a piece of good news for the whole family.

"Please sit down," Charles urged everyone.

All the people took their seats at once, making Charles gladder. During the meal, he praised Yvonne so many times to which Yvonne responded with merely a shy smile. Felicia, who was silently observing the whole scene, was a little unhappy about it and complained, "Father, you only care about Yvonne. And I feel like you are ignoring me! You used to praise me the most, but today, you only focus on praising Yvonne."

"Ha-ha, my dear daughter is jealous," Charles blurted out as he playfully smiled at her. "Well, it seems that I have ignored you today. You are already an adult and will get married soon. You are going to be His Highness's wife. Felicia, are you happy?"

"Of course! As long as you are happy, I will be happy too," Felicia answered, grinning proudly.

"I'm quite happy indeed," Charles roared in laughter. "When you two enter Prince Kevin's mansion, I sincerely hope that you will support each other. And never fight against each other. We're a family, and we should get along well with one another. Do you understand?"

"I understand," answered his two daughters in unison.

Pleased, Charles drank a few more glasses of wine. Noticing that he was in a good mood, Sue took the opportunity. Faking a cough, she turned to Harper. "Your two sisters are about to get married. Have you prepared some gifts for them?" she asked.

Harper, at that precise moment, was taking small bites of her food. She was casually listening to Sue's words, but she perceived that Sue had some evil plans. She even made a mental guess that Sue wanted to kill the baby in Yvonne's belly and also get rid of her at the same time.

Harper swallowed the food in her mouth and put down the chopsticks. As she wiped the corner of her lips, she mumbled slowly, "As the elder sister, I must prepare some gifts for them, but..."

"But what?" Sue interjected, she was confused.

"They will get married to His Highness. I'm worried that my gifts will not be good enough to satisfy them," answered Harper in a polite tone.

Sue was quite satisfied with Harper's words. "Whatever they are, as long as they are prepared by you, I firmly believe that both Felicia and Yvonne will like them very much."

"Then I can rest assured." With Harper's reaction, a vicious expression flashed in Sue's eyes. 'Whatever you give them, they will be all deadly poison, so it doesn't make any difference what you prepare!' she thought to herself wickedly.