Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

"How are things going? Is there any news?" Travis asked anxiously as soon as he saw the steward.
In an uncertain tone, the steward answered, "I heard that the treatment went smoothly. However, I was told that Lady Harper isn't
allowing anybody to visit Lady Wendy. Even Darwin, the physician in our mansion, was driven out. He was so angry that he left."
"Why did she drive Darwin away?" Travis shouted angrily. "He has been taking care of Wendy's health ever since she was
young! Now that Harper drove him away, who will look after our Wendy?" His eyes were seeing red. "I'm going there and let her
have a piece of my mind! Let me see how overbearing she is! How dare she come to my mansion and drive people away?!"
Travis was already on his feet, ready to go.
"Stop!" Hannah shouted angrily. "Come back here! Sit down!"
Travis stopped in his tracks and said, "I'm just going to see what's going on! How could you side with the opponent? That Harper
is literally bullying us in our mansion!"
"Shut up!" Hannah shouted back. She was a woman who seldom lost her temper, but once rage took over her, even Travis had
to listen to what she had to say. It was not until he sat down that she looked at the steward and asked, "Was Darwin driven out of
the mansion by Lady Harper herself?"
"No," replied the steward. "Marquis Shawn did that."
"Why did Shawn do that?!" Travis whined again. "I swear to God he is obsessed with that woman..." He was about to say more,
but when he saw his wife cast him a fierce glare, he quickly shut his mouth up. After a few moments, he meekly said to the
steward, "On with the news."
"Lady Harper spent six hours tending to Lady Wendy. When she came out, she looked pale and weak. Marquis Shawn arranged
the house next door for her to rest tonight. Darwin wanted to seize the chance to break into Lady Wendy's room and find out how

Lady Harper treated Lady Wendy, but he was stopped by one of Lady Harper's guards."
"So Shawn drove Darwin away just because of that?" Travis asked in disbelief. The steward answered hesitantly, "The secret
guard stopped Darwin from coming into Lady Wendy's room. While Darwin was talking with the secret guard and trying to

convince him to let him see Lady Wendy, Marquis Shawn just happened to arrive. He saw what was happening and immediately
decided to send Darwin away."
Upon realizing that Darwin was in the wrong, Travis immediately realized that he should stop talking about things he knew
nothing about. "So if Darwin didn't pester the guard about seeing Lady Wendy, he wouldn't have been sent away; am I right?"
Hannah asked. "Yes, My Lady," the steward answered. Hannah then cast a glare towards Travis' direction, but this time, he just
ignored it because of shame. As a follow-up, Hannah asked, "How is Lady Harper, by the way?" Concern was evident in her
voice. "Is she okay?" "She didn't look very well," the steward answered. "Her face was rather pale when she came out of Lady
Wendy's room. She also walked in a wobbly way. One of her maids has been staying in Lady Wendy's room to take care of her,
while Lady Harper herself is having a rest next door. And Marquis Shawn..." "What's wrong with me?" Shawn's voice suddenly
came through. As soon as the steward heard that, he stopped speaking and greeted Shawn. "My Lord," he said.
"Father, Mother," Shawn greeted. He then bowed in respect.
"How is Wendy?" Travis asked hurriedly as he stood up. "Is she going to be all right?"
"The operation was a success, Father," Shawn answered. "Wendy is still very weak, so she can't be visited now. If you want to
see her, you should wait until Lady Harper wakes up," Shawn said in a gentle tone. "Please don't worry too much about her.
Wendy will be fine."
"Really? If she is all right, why won’t Lady Harper allow people to visit her?" Travis asked pointedly. He had a deep prejudice
against Harper because he thought she was a scheming and despicable woman. "I don’t trust her one bit!" he added.
Shawn fixed his gaze on his father and answered firmly, "I trust Lady Harper, Father. Lady Harper wouldn't allow people near her

because they might contaminate her wounds. Now, if you don't care about your own daughter, go on and break into her room.
Now, if anything bad happens to her, you should know that it is not Lady Harper's fault, but yours." "What are you talking about?
Will I cause Wendy a wound infection just by taking a look at her? It just sounds so strange!" Travis yelled. "Is it because Harper
Chu is not able to cure Wendy that she is deliberately trying to hid my Wendy from me?" "Travis!" Hannah bellowed at him with
great anger. She never knew that Travis would despise a person as much as he despised

Lady Harper, but it seemed like she was wrong. Travis had always hated Harper, which was not something a gentleman would
do.
Seeing his beloved wife's face, Travis stopped and didn't say anything anymore. It was his wife’s turn to speak her mind. "You
are not only a man, but an elder!" she said firmly. "Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? Why are you so suspicious of a woman who
has always been at your family’s service?!"
Shocked, Travis shifted his eyes to his wife. It was the first time that she had yelled at him so harshly, especially for the sake of
someone who wasn’t tied to their family. Even though Harper had saved their son and daughter, he was sure that she had some
ulterior motive. He could not bear being scolded by his wife because of such an ill-intentioned woman.
"Are you crazy?"
"You are the one who is crazy!" Hannah's towering rage was something he had never seen before. "Has Lady Harper dug up the
tombs of your ancestors? Has she killed your parents, your wife, or your children? Because if not, how could you be so
dedicated to finding faults with her?"
"She has an ulterior motive!" he shrieked.
"She has an ulterior motive?" Hannah repeated incredulously. "Don't forget that your son was once saved by her, and your
daughter's life now depends on her! But has she ever asked anything from you?" She wasn’t going to back down.
Travis opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. It was true that Harper had never asked him for any kind of reward. On
the contrary, she would greet him respectfully every time she saw him. Simply put, Harper had never done anything to offend
him, or make him angry. He simply disliked her, because she used to be arrogant and domineering. Aside from that, he hated
Matthew to his very core.
"You stay in the study tonight. Think about what you have done," Hannah said. After that, she turned around and left. Shawn said
goodbye to his father too. Only Travis himself was left in the room, lost in thought..