Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 260

Three days was a period neither too long nor too short. However, for Matthew, each day was so prolonged that he felt it as long as a year. But for Johnson and Denny, the days passed like the blink of an eye.

The next day after Matthew woke up, the emperor issued an imperial edict to summon him. Had it not been for Matthew's early recovery, the old emperor would have broken into the prince's mansion by force. When Matthew finally appeared in front of everyone, the old emperor was quite astonished, but he didn't find fault with Matthew.

After returning home, Matthew interrogated Rena secretly.

"Your Highness! Have you come to save me?" As Rena saw Matthew, tears streamed down her face. "Your Highness, Her Highness is very vicious. She not only showed the wrong way to detoxify you but also imprisoned me. Your Highness, kindly help me."

Matthew looked cold, and there was visible disgust in his eyes. But Rena was unable to see that and had a strong feeling that he had come to save her. "I offered the Tribulation Flower to save your life, but Her Highness was jealous of me and had intended to kill you. Your Highness, you should never let her go."

"The method to detoxify me was wrong?" Matthew enquired coldly. Since the look on his face was as cold as always, Rena never noticed that something was actually wrong.

"That's right. My father and Denny can prove it to you. We strictly followed each step of the method written by Harper, but it still went wrong!" Rena's eyes twinkled with affection. Even if she knew, she would never have admitted that it actually went wrong as she had drugged him with aphrodisiac.

"But Denny told me that something was added in the medicated bath, resulting in the toxins in my body to lose balance," Matthew said slowly and fidgeted with his jade ring.

In a trembling voice, Rena said, "No, I didn't put the aphrodisiac in your bath. I didn't!"

"I didn't say anything about the aphrodisiac. Why did you admit it?" Matthew asked in a disdainful tone while looking at the woman who had admitted her guilt before being inquired.

"I... I..." Rena stammered as she was unable to come up with a reasonable explanation. Actually, Harper had mentioned the aphrodisiac before, but Rena was too anxious now to realize that. The onus was now completely on Matthew, and whether he would decide to still marry her as a concubine was something to be waited and watched.

"You still didn't admit that you were trying to murder me on purpose!"

"I didn't, and I never meant to do that. That person said that as long as I put the drug in the water, you would be falling in love with me. Your Highness, I just love you so much that I never had second thoughts about what I was doing. I never expected things would end up this way. I really didn't mean it! Your Highness, please trust me. I really didn't do it purposely," Rena said anxiously.

"Who is that person?" Matthew asked curiously. He guessed that the news about him getting detoxified would have been exposed by Rena. The point was who was really behind it.

"It's a woman with a ferocious scar on her face. I couldn't see her face clearly, but I am sure that it's a woman. Beside her, there was a noble lady following her. I heard the woman calling her 'Princess, ' who said she wanted to avenge her son. They promised that if I had put the aphrodisiac in it, then I could become your wife. I was never trying to hurt you." Tears were streaming down Rena's face. "Please forgive me, Your Highness. I didn't mean to harm you."

Matthew then realized that just one princess had hostility towards Harper as her son died because of her. That was to say, Kate had colluded with others to harm him and his wife.

"Who gave you the drug? Do you still have any of it left? Let me have a look at it."

"No, I threw it away. I got scared as your poison took effect, so I threw it away," Rena answered, her whole body quivering. The coldness on Matthew's face was so fearful that it seemed he was going to eat her alive.

Matthew no longer wanted to waste his time on this meaningless conversation. He stood up and walked out. Three days had passed and still, there wasn't any sign of Harper waking up. Now, there was a real chance that Matthew would go for all-out revenge against all those people who had hurt him before!

Within these three days, Denny and Johnson were trying everything possible to awaken Harper. However, due to her weak body and injured vital energy, the only way to make her stronger was to nourish her. But the method was too slow and it was not waking her up. If they were unsuccessful in waking her up, then both of them would be under great trouble. Moreover, the two had a headache and were getting highly anxious. They had fed Harper some food and mended her wounded meridian in the last three days. Finally, before the deadline, they were making some progress as they could observe Harper's face to be less pale than before.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. She will be awake today." Denny had bruises under his eyes, and Johnson looked dispirited. He had been taking care of Harper since the past three days without any rest. Even though he wished Harper's death, he didn't dare to make an attempt to kill her now!

Matthew sat on the edge of the bed, watching the light spreading slowly. He looked at the sunlight shining through the window frame and sparkling the floor, while Harper was still asleep. Even after the three-day deadline, she didn't show any sign of waking up.

"Your Highness, she will wake up. It may take a longer time, perhaps due to her overwhelming weakness." Denny trembled with fear as he looked at Matthew's stormy eyes. "Your Highness, please be patient. Her Highness is surely going to wake up."