Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Everyone turned to look at Felicia. Felicia's flawless face was covered with angry, red rashes. She was

looking dreadful.

"My face? What's wrong with my face?" Her face started to itch. Felicia couldn't restrain her urge to

scratch the skin. Little drops

of blood began to ooze out from the places she had scratched. Felicia's face was soon covered with

blood that ruined her look

even more.

Sue's face grew pale as she became dizzy when she saw Felicia's face. She tried to calm down. She

couldn't afford to be a

mess because her daughter needed her. Sue jumped out of her seat and stood in front of Felicia, trying

to conceal her from

everyone's sight. "What are you doing? Don't you know that Felicia is allergic to lotus seeds? How dare

you bring the lotus seeds

porridge to her! Come over here and help Felicia get inside. You, call the physician over now!" Sue

ordered the maids as she

was shaking in anger.

Ruby and maids ushered Felicia out of the party. The women let out a sigh of relief when they found

out that it was a mere food

allergy. "It turns out that Lady Felicia is allergic to lotus seeds. My daughter is allergic to mandarin fish.

She had a bite of the fish

a few days ago, and it had almost killed her. Lady Sue, I understand how you feel. You better leave

right away and take good

care of Lady Felicia," a woman said.

Sue glared at Harper, who looked calm as if nothing had happened. Sue's plans had failed, and she

never expected Harper to be

heartless enough to poison Felicia.

"Harper," Sue called.

"Mother, what can I do for you?" Harper said, trying to look sincere. "I'm going to take care of your

sister. I'll leave this place to you. Take care of everything here, will you?" Sue said through gritted teeth.

She had wanted Harper to suffer, but in the end it was her daughter who had become the talk of the

people. Sue promised to herself that she would make Harper pay for all this when everyone had left.

"Yes, Mother. I will." Harper gave a reassuring smile. Everyone was surprised at Harper's attitude. She

wasn't as bad as everyone had claimed her to be. "I've heard that Lady Harper was also an imperial

physician and that she was fired for killing the son of General Maxwell," a woman mumbled with an

accusing look. "Lady, tell me something. If I had really killed the son of General Maxwell, do you think

that he would have set me free? How could His Highness and His Majesty release the murderer of a

general's son? I'm standing in front of you because I'm innocent.

The despicable concubine of General Maxwell had framed me for his murder," Harper explained in a

calm tone. Everyone was upset at the mention of concubines. In their eyes, concubines would always

cause problems for them, the legal wives.

"Concubines are jealous bitches!" a woman said as she was clearly annoyed. "Fortunately, the law

clearly states that a

concubine will never be able to take the place of a legal wife. Even if a concubine is acknowledged by

her husband to be his

legal wife, she would remain as a concubine in the official documents."

"Ahem! Ahem!" Another woman cleared her throat to make her stop. But the lady didn't seem to notice

it. "My husband is

bewitched by a seductress, and he wants to turn her into his legal wife." She rolled her eyes. "Humph!

Not even in his dreams!"

"What's the matter, everyone? Why does she look angry?" Sue asked when she walked in. She heard

someone trash

concubines, and it made her furious. "It's good to have you back, Mother. How is Felicia? Is everything

okay?" Harper asked, looking concerned. "She's doing well. Stop pretending that you care. I don't need

your sympathy." Sue glared at her. Harper smiled at Sue without a hint of embarrassment. The woman

who was accusing concubines smiled at Sue. "We are glad to hear that Lady Felicia is doing well. Lady

Sue, please keep an eye on Prime Minister Charles' concubines. Don't let them bewitch him."

"Thank you. I appreciate your kindness," Sue said coldly.

The woman didn't understand why Sue was being rude to her. She felt that she was perhaps upset due

to her daughter's

condition. But the woman sitting next to her explained that Sue was also a concubine.

"I invited you all to this party for you to have a good time. But it is unfortunate that my daughter got

allergic to the food and

caused a commotion. Please forgive me," Sue said as she picked up the glass in front of her. "I'd like to

propose a toast."

"It's all right, Lady Sue." Everyone was frustrated. No one had bothered to investigate Sue's identity,

and they were all frustrated

when they found that Sue was Charles' concubine. They were all ashamed to attend the party

conducted by a concubine. They

wanted to leave as soon as they could.

The guests began to leave, one after the other, leaving Sue all alone. Harper had gone to the entrance

to see them off. Once

everyone was gone, Sue was furious and raised her hand to hit Harper.

Harper dodged quickly. Sue had exerted too much strength that she almost fell down. She stood up to

steady herself, gasping in

pain as she had twisted her hip. "You fucking bitch! How dare you!" she grunted.

"Mother, I'm the first born of Father's legal wife. You are just a concubine. You are offending me by

trying to hurt me," Harper said

as she gave a nasty look at Sue. "Are you insane?"

"Harper Chu! You..." Sue was too angry to say a word.

Harper smiled scornfully before leaving the place. Sue was standing in shock as she watched Harper

leave. Hatred settled in the

pit of her stomach.