Forensic Imperial Concubine

"Indeed. She is full of arrogance," Katrina said resentfully. "Your brother even suspects that someone else has taken her identity, but this is the real her. Only she knows I once asked her to deal with Anita."

"Aunt, let me deal with Lady Chloe for you. However, as long as Harper stays in the Chu Clan mansion, there will be no peace among us. She might even turn Father and Grandma to stop helping you. Besides, it seems that Princess Nicole favors her. Her Highness always agrees with Harper. She is a disaster just waiting to unfold. We must get rid of her at once, before she causes us trouble," Hailey suggested. It was a sore sight for her to see Harper living in comfort.

"Harper will either stays in the Chu Clan mansion or in the Imperial Academy of Medicine after the new year celebration. What would be the best way to deal with her?" Katrina shared Hailey's sentiments. If she could, she would have already killed Harper. But as things stood, they had exhausted all means for their attempts, only to be met by failure after failure. To make matters worse, Harper was living a better life now. At the thought of how the girl said the words in her presence, as if she was mocking her, Katrina clenched her fists as fury burned.

"Your Highness, I have an idea," an old nanny by Katrina's side said.

"What is it?" Katrina asked in confusion.

The old nanny gave an enigmatic smile. "Your Highness, it would be very easy to kill someone, but wouldn't it be better to let them suffer first?"

Katrina's and Hailey's gazes were fixed on the old woman. "And how do you suggest we do that?"

is not as complicated as you think. Tell me, what would be

how simple it was. "Losing

still choose death to show her purity

Katrina asked, unable to follow the old woman's thoughts. Hailey, however, understood her perfectly.

be powerless against and no one wants. Marriage to this sort of man would bring Harper nothing but misery." The old nanny smiled coldly. "His reputation needs not to be good, but he has to be of a high

and Hailey laughed at what they had heard, the wicked sound echoing throughout the chamber. Indeed, there was such a man⁠—a bloodthirsty cripple who was known for his hostility to women. If Harper wedded him, her life

just the person," Katrina said, playing with the nail on her little finger as a

had three fiancees who had died before marriage. He was also a cripple, and he sat in a wheelchair to move around. At the age of twenty-six, he remained unmarried. None of the officials or aristocrats were willing to

Highness agree?" Hailey put forth a difficult problem. Even with the emperor's

be a pariah, and no man in the imperial capital would want to marry her later. She would be alone for

wonderful idea," Katrina remarked approvingly. She decided to ask the emperor to issue the marriage edict for Harper, but she would not mention Matthew's name. She would

would go well, but she was happy to think of the possibilities. If Harper married Matthew and betrayed him, there would only be death awaiting her. But then, if Matthew refused to marry Harper, it would be an embarrassment and nothing would be left of her reputation. No man would want her after that. No matter what the result was, Harper would