Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 616

Felton, of course, had felt the same feeling as well. Actually, he always felt the spiritual energy inside his body stir up each time he saw Harper. That was how he recognized Harper at first sight. His energy would only have this reaction when he met a member of the Qin Clan.

"Why have you come to the imperial capital?" Matthew asked slowly, with his eyes fixed on Felton, not wanting to miss any change on his face.

"I have two purposes. One is to come for treatment, and the other is to meet you," Felton replied as he stared at Harper with a touch of complexity in his eyes. "Your Highness, I guess your spiritual energy in your body has already fluctuated. There are some things you have to deal with. You will need to go to the ancestral temple of the Qin Clan."

"Yes, I will find an opportunity to pay a visit to that place," Harper replied.

Hearing her promise, Felton nodded his head a few times. He then looked to Matthew and said, "May I have a private talk with you?"

"Well, you can talk here. I'll go back to my place first," Harper proposed gently. She then stood up and walked outside. Although she was curious about what they would discuss, she decided to leave them alone if Felton wanted to talk with Matthew privately. She was sure that Matthew would do nothing wrong.

"If you have something to say, you may say it now," Matthew said after Harper left. For some reason, he sensed that what Felton was going to say would not be nice.

"Before this, I have a question to ask," Felton said. After a pause, he looked at him and asked, "Who is more important, Harper or the baby in her belly?"

"They are both of the highest importance to me!" replied Matthew at once, without thinking twice. He had no idea why Felton would ask such a strange question.

"What if only one of them can be saved?" Felton posed another strange question.

"Tell me who has the ability to hurt either of them!" When Matthew said those words, a flash of murderous energy gushed out from him. This made Felton's face grow paler and paler. There was even a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

"Master..." Felton's servant, Mathias, said in concern.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me," Felton said, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He then stood up and bowed slightly in farewell. "Your Highness, I guess that you have already discovered a lot of information about the Qin Clan. And you must have figured out that you can't afford to have this baby born by her."

Hearing that, Matthew narrowed his eyes and looked at Felton coldly, "What do you mean by that?"

"Most people in the Qin Clan have magic power. The women of the Qin Clan are especially well-endowed in this respect. Do you have any idea why?" Felton asked calmly as he looked at Matthew's face, which was turning more sullen with every passing second.

"No, I don't know," replied Matthew.

"In the past, I did not think Harper had inherited the magic power from the Qin Clan. When I met her by chance that day, I thought that there might be some other people of the Qin Clan who survived in the imperial capital. But seeing her today, I realize that I was being too greedy to imagine that," Felton said. His eyes were full of trouble and concern. "If I told you that the baby in her belly will kill her, would you still keep this baby?"

The darkness spread from Matthew's eyes as if it would devour the whole world. With a quick movement of his figure, he grabbed Felton by the neck and warned him in a chilling voice, "Do you think you can hurt the baby in her womb?"

Matthew's pinch brought a warm flush to Felton's pale face. Even though he was slightly scared, he still stopped Mathias from fighting back at Matthew. He just looked at the man in front of him calmly and continued frankly, "Among the direct descendants of the Qin Clan, the women would only give birth to one daughter or twins. Do you have any idea why?" He knew that Matthew wasn't willing to accept the truth, but he had to warn him that if he still cared about his wife and wanted her to live, he would have to sacrifice the baby in order to save her life.

"Does it have something to do with the peril of giving birth?" Matthew asked. He was not a fool. When Felton revealed his identity as a member of the Qin Clan directly, Matthew knew that he had something more to reveal. And now, here came the hard truth.

Felton closed his eyes for a long moment. Finally, he opened his eyes and replied, "Yes, because the children were born with a kind of special ability, the mother would die when she gave birth." The darkness seemed to haunt him.

"Her own mother passed away when Harper was only six months old," Matthew mentioned. He was looking for any plausible fact to deny the cruel truth that Felton just uttered.

"Well, you are right. When her mother gave birth to her that year, she was weak after the delivery. But the real cause of her weakness was not poison. The truth was that she became weak because of the delivery. It could be said that the poison ironically saved her to some degree, and because of that poison, she was able to give birth to Harper successfully, though it was a tough process. But it only gave her another half year. She had a tough time during that period. The pain almost engulfed her," Felton explained as he looked into the distance as if he was looking at a picture of how Harper's mother had lived during that dark time.

"Isn't there any way to save her?" Matthew asked desperately, after loosening his grip on Felton's neck.

"In the past, when we heard that Harper's mother had given birth to a baby and survived, we were all very excited. We thought that the Qin Clan had finally broken its ancient curse. But we didn't know that she still died half a year later. In order to find out the truth, we took away her coffin and searched for the reason why she had remained alive for those six months. We discovered that it was the poison in her body that helped her to sustain the labor, but it only helped her for half a year, and she passed away at last."

Upon hearing these cruel words, Matthew could not help but clench his fists until he suffered from the pain. He was well aware of how Harper loved the baby in her belly. If she was informed that she couldn't keep the baby, she would never agree to lose it. What was more, it was impossible to imagine giving her a secret abortion, given that Harper herself was such a talented doctor. Matthew felt himself trapped.

"Do you really have no idea how to solve this problem?" he asked again, desperate for a ray of hope.

"I'm afraid I must tell you that I don't," Felton replied as he shook his head with sullen eyes. "If there was a way, the direct descendants of the Qin Clan wouldn't have declined like this. I've been worried since you two got married, but I didn't hear any news about the pregnancy from you. I was hoping that she hadn't inherited the magic power from the Qin Clan. If she really didn't have such power, she wouldn't have to endure the pain and the curse. However, last month, I noticed that the ancestral temple of the Qin Clan was emitting an abnormal signal. At that time, I knew that she had not escaped the ancient curse. So I took my chance to come to the imperial capital now and pay her a visit. And I want to tell you about this." He gazed at Matthew, hoping he could persuade Harper not to give birth to this baby which might kill her. The Qin Clan had fought against this curse for generations, yet no one had succeeded in beating it. Although he would be saddened to see that baby lost as well, Felton still preferred to see Harper stay alive.

"Don't tell her about it," Matthew then said after drawing a deep breath. "As for how to save the baby, I'll find a way."

"Okay." Felton nodded, though he didn't believe any happy solution was possible.