Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

"My intellect? It's all thanks to her." The corners of Matthew's mouth lifted a little to form a small smile.
Lucas immediately understood that the "her" who Matthew was referring to was none other than Harper. She was like a mystery.
People had thought that she was arrogant and intimidating, but she turned out to be kind-hearted in nature. They had also
thought that she was weak and easy to push around, but she had thrown her enemies into hell while wearing a smile on her
face. Harper was a woman of principle. Even an emperor was not capable of making her give up what she truly believed in.
"By the way, is there something that you're hiding about having a child?" Lucas finally asked. He was not a fool. When he
mentioned it earlier, the expression on Harper's face immediately changed. So did Matthew's, and even Zack's behavior became
strange.
Matthew didn't answer the question. He didn't know how to tell Lucas or even, if he should tell him something so close and
personal to him and Harper. But there was one thing he was sure of. If he had to risk Harper's life just to have a child, he would
rather give up having the greatest child in the world.
For some reason, Matthew's silence made Lucas realize that it wasn't that they didn't want a child, but they couldn't. Lucas
supposed that perhaps, the reason had something to do with the Qin Clan. The couple had been investigating the affairs of the
clan for a long time now. Perhaps, one of these days, their efforts would bear fruition, changing things for the better.
"Uncle Matthew, things will definitely turn around. Aunt Harper has excellent medical skills, probably the best in the world. I'm
sure she will find a way to solve the problem," Lucas said, trying to comfort Matthew.
Matthew nodded and said, "Again, it's getting late. You should go back to the Imperial Palace now. As an emperor, you can't just
do whatever you want like before when you were a prince."

"You're right, Uncle Matthew. It's time for me to return to the Imperial Palace." Lucas stood up and was about to leave. "Uncle
Matthew, are you going to leave with me?"
"No, I'm going to pick up Harper.".

In the Kong Clan's mansion, Franklin and Isabella were anxiously pacing back and forth outside of Caroline's room. George was
by the door as well, looking as worried as ever. As Caroline's screams continued to reverberate in the room, they were all very
nervous. However, they knew that every woman had to go through this to give birth. So the only thing that they could do was to
try and keep calm. "Ahhh! It hurts!"
"My Lady, push! Push!" the midwife exclaimed very loudly, urging Caroline to exert more strength. When Harper arrived at the
Kong Clan mansion, both Franklin and Isabella let out a sigh of relief. "Harper, you're back." With a smile, Harper greeted the old
couple, "Mr. and Mrs. Bu, I'm glad I made it back in time. I'll go and check on Caroline right away." "Okay, okay, okay," Isabella
responded in a rush. Harper pushed the door open and entered the room where Caroline was giving birth. When the midwife
saw a woman who she didn't know come in, she was immediately disturbed. "Why did you come in here? What are you doing?
You will only cause trouble. Get out right now!" With a frown, Harper just strode to the bed. At that moment, Caroline was
soaking in her own sweat. More importantly, she was
hurting so bad that she was almost losing her mind. But as soon as she saw Harper, a surge of newly found energy flowed
through her. "Harper, you're back."
Holding Caroline's hands in hers, Harper said, "Yes, I'm here."
Caroline breathed a sigh of relief. "Now that you're back, I'm not worried anymore."
Without wasting another second, Harper injected her spiritual power into Caroline's body to help her deliver the baby much
easier. Seeing what Harper did, the midwife was at a loss. Harper turned to her and commanded, "What are you doing right
now? Hurry up! Help her give birth to the baby."

The midwife came to her senses and rushed forward. "Yes, yes. Oh, I see the baby's head. My Lady, push harder. The baby is
coming out. I see its head." Grabbing onto Harper's hand very tightly, Caroline exerted every ounce of energy she had left to
push the baby out. She was so eager to give birth already since this was their first-ever child. "Harper." "I'm here."

"This is our first child. I hope you can name him." Before responding, Harper gently wiped the sweat off Caroline's face which
had already seeped through her hair.
Without a bit of hesitation, Harper agreed to her request. "Okay, I'll try my best to come up with a name that has an excellent
meaning. Before that, come on, push harder. I believe the baby will come out soon."
"Ah—" All too suddenly, Caroline felt relaxed and she heard the cries of her baby. The midwife excitedly said, "Finally! It's a boy!
Congratulations, My lady."
Lying on the bed in exhaustion, Caroline opened her mouth to say something but was unable to do so.
"Take the baby here and show him to Lady Caroline," Harper said with a smile.
"Yes." The midwife placed the baby in front of Caroline. Looking at the baby's small and disheveled face, she gave him a loving
smile and said, "This is my child."
"Yes, he's your baby, yours and George's child. He's still so young so we can't tell who he looks like. When he grows up in a few
months, you'll know then," Harper said while stretching her hands to take the baby and help Caroline look at him.
"I think he's going to look like George." Before Caroline could say anything more, the door was pushed open and George rushed
in. Harper immediately took the baby aside, giving way for him. George only took a quick look at the baby before he held
Caroline's hands very tightly.
"Darling, thank you for your hard work!" George's eyes looked a little red, but he tried his best to hold back his tears in front of
other people.
However, Caroline didn't look very happy to see him. "This is the delivery room so only women can come in. How could you just
enter like that? If we get bad luck because of this —"
"Nonsense! You've endured so much pain to give birth to a baby for me. If I could even dare to not come and see you just
because of the fictitious back luck, how do I deserve to be your husband?" George interrupted Caroline. When she didn't
respond after a minute, he lovingly said, "Don't worry, it's going to be alright. Thank you very much, Caroline."