Forensic Imperial Concubine

Almost at the same time, Fred and Barry turned their heads away from what was now Jack's corpse. They did not have the heart to see such a gruesome scene. Although Jack had betrayed Matthew, they didn't want to see him die like that because they had been friends since they were very little. They practically grew up together. Despite their sentiments, they would not save him either. Since he committed a very serious crime by betraying Matthew, he deserved to die. The only thing that they could do was turning away so they wouldn't be able to watch him die.

Then, Harper released her grip on Jack and his dead body slammed onto the ground with a thud. She turned around and was about to leave. But suddenly, she noticed that there was something wrong with Jack's face. After his neck was broken and he died within seconds, the complexion of his face did not change at all.

Meanwhile, Matthew's eyes had only been focused on Harper. At that time, he was still thinking about how to deal with the poison that was inside Harper's body. He asked, "What is the Terminalia Chebula?"

Unintentionally ignoring Matthew's question, Harper sat on the floor and closely examined Jack's face. After a while, she still couldn't find anything wrong. She then hesitated for a few seconds before taking out a silver needle. With one quick sweep over his face, she finally found something.

"Matthew, this man is not the real Jack," Harper concluded decisively.

Upon hearing that, the other three men were stunned. The first one to approach Harper was Fred. After checking on Jack's body, he immediately found something wrong with Jack's face. He then stretched out his hand and tore off a layer of mask that was securely plastered atop his face.

Everyone looked at the strange face in front of them and silence fell on the room. The dead man was certainly not Jack, even if he had been by their side for so long. The two most important questions by then were what happened to the real Jack and if he was still alive. Everyone was having the same doubts.

At that point in time, the furious state that Matthew was in did not melt away. Instead, it became more and more intense. Fred and Barry immediately noticed this. Slowly but consistently, they moved away from Matthew in order to spare themselves. Before long, they had already run away, leaving Harper and Matthew alone in the remote small yard while they stared at each other in dismay.

couldn't stand the silence anymore. Then, she carefully and passively moved to his side

calm down when he arranged the servants to prepare food for her. Now, it was not her fault at all. But she still apologized when she noticed that he was mad. The truth, however, was that Matthew was not upset at her for not being pregnant. He was angry with himself for giving the fake Jack the opportunity to hurt her. He felt guilty. Although a part of him was certainly a bit disappointed about not having a baby yet, another part of him actually

sighed before reaching out to pull Harper into his arms. "I'm sorry. It's all my fault," he whispered

to be a father. But now, he had been informed that she had only been poisoned by Terminalia Chebula and wasn't

didn't protect you well. I was so stupid. I didn't notice that it wasn't Jack but an impostor!" Matthew lamented. He was extremely annoyed by his own

couldn't think of a person who would be able to do that. No matter how much she tried to search in every corner of her brain for

and even delivered news about him to others. The worse thing

slowly added, "Speaking of which, there is one thing that's still very strange to me. Francis had completely healed from the poison in his body. He also knew that it was the emperor who had been poisoning him. Why then did he allow them

say?" Matthew asked with

in the Imperial Study and then ended up like that. I always felt like the whole thing was weird. The emperor wanted to make it up to Francis so he had been protecting him with the utmost effort. So why did he suddenly drug him heavily? A dosage like

it to himself in order to trick everyone," Matthew said before taking Harper in his arms and

Injecting his own body with poison as lethal as that will definitely end his life!" Harper exclaimed. It was hard for her to

didn't do it, because he knew that it would only bring him pain if Harper was hurt. Therefore, he lightly pinched Harper around the wrist

insane!" Matthew