Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 261

"Yes, definitely she will regain her consciousness." Johnson was also shocked as they were of the belief that Harper would be sober in three days' time, but she didn't. They had waited for a whole night, and still, she showed no signs of waking up.

"Three days have passed." Mathew's voice was ice-cold.

"Your Highness, please give us three more days. Within these three days, Her Highness will be conscious!" Johnson pleaded in a low voice. Harper was unable to wake up owing to her weakness. It was not because of any mistake of them, but they didn't have the luxury of time. If they had more time, they could definitely make her come around.

Matthew sat silently on the bedside without uttering a word. His heart ached as he saw Harper still lying unconscious.

"Harper, it's dawn. It's time for getting up. The nanny would be bringing you the ginseng soup. If you don't get up now, she would laugh at you," Matthew said in a gentle tone.

Upon hearing this, Nina turned around and wiped off her tears secretly. Though she had often seen Harper getting injured, she had never witnessed her as cheerless as now. Harper was quietly lying there without comforting her or speaking tenderly to Anabel. Seeing this was upsetting for everyone around.

"Your Highness, Her Highness will wake up." Denny boldly stepped forward. "She is sleeping just because she is too weak. We have tried our best to nurse her. Even if she wakes up now, she still needs to be nourished. I'm afraid her complete recovery may take a year or so. Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do my best to nurse her."

"Yes, Your Highness. Her Highness will be fine," Johnson said, wiping off the cold sweat from his forehead. If at the beginning, Harper was herself willing to ask for a divorce and give up her position as a princess, then why would his daughter have taken the risk of drugging Matthew resulting in his poison attack? Now that Johnson had tried all possible means for treating Harper, he was just returning good for evil!

"Take them away." Matthew no longer wanted to hear them. "Send Rena to the military camp!"

"Your Highness, you can't do this!" Johnson was irritated. "If you didn't' want the Tribulation Flower, I and my daughter would never have come to your mansion. Now you have used the Tribulation Flower, but still want to execute us. You are too heartless!"

"Your Highness, Rena is innocent!" Denny insisted. "Since her childhood onward, she has always been so kind-hearted that she wouldn't even kill an ant. How could she harm you? Your Highness, you should believe her. She had no intention to hurt you."

Hearing this, Matthew sneered and said, "Even Rena herself acknowledged her guilt, but you are still defending her. Don't you think it's too late?"

"Your Highness... You... What do you mean?" Denny asked doubtfully.

"I've already interrogated Rena. She admitted about putting poison in my medicated bath. Take them away and lock them up," Matthew ordered. "I am not going to allow you to die so easily. Rena is just the beginning." He didn't want to prolong the conversation.

"Your Highness, for the sake of our friendship in the past years, please let Rena go. I beg you, Your Highness." Denny knelt on the floor begging Mathew for mercy.

Matthew, however, had no response. "It's too noisy here."

The guards dragged out the two men, but Denny refused to leave. He grabbed the door frame and asked, "Your Highness, are you really going to be so cruel? You have even disregarded our friendship. If it were not for me, you would have died long ago. But now, you are treating me like this just because of a woman. Your Highness, where is your conscience?"

"Conscience? How dare you talk to me about it?" Matthew looked at him, his eyes cold and ruthless, without the slightest trace of affection. "When you took advantage of my power to eradicate the people who were against you in society and made enemies for me all around, why didn't you accuse me of being heartless? When you took a great deal of gold and silver from me, you didn't say that I'm cruel. You treat me and I pay you back for the treatment. It's nothing less than a win-win deal. Does it have anything to do with the conscience?"

"I... All I did was just for you!"

"For me? It's ridiculous. You have made enemies for me everywhere and cheated me out of my money. You also tried to murder my wife. Why don't you acknowledge that you would kill me for my own good?" Matthew had tolerated Denny all the while as he had never crossed his line. However, Denny never bothered to correct his mistakes due to the prince's tolerance for him. Instead of standing down, he became even more excessive. He actually blamed Matthew for not protecting him anymore because he had no conscience.

"Your Highness, even if you and Denny made a deal, I and my daughter have no grudge against you. Why would she want to poison you? It must be a false charge by someone." Johnson knew that Denny was unable to help him anymore. At this moment, all he wanted was an excuse to get away or else, his daughter's life would end up in misery.

"You know better if somebody had framed her. I know your intention very well. But you'd better give up the idea. Even if I am going to die, I don't want your daughter!" Matthew said coldly. "A woman like her is a scourge to others! No matter how long both of you argue with me, the fact is that she is going to be sent to the military camp. You'd better worry about yourselves instead of her!"