Forensic Imperial Concubine

"You're crazy!" Wendy shouted the moment her breathing stabilized once again. "Why did you do that? Were you trying to kill me?!"

A slight air of disgust became apparent in Harper's face. "Didn't you want to die?" she said bluntly, eyeing Wendy as if she was some kind of deformed creature. "I was just helping you." A look of disbelief dawned on Wendy's face. Harper didn't care, however, and continued: "You want to die simply because of a scar. Do you think it was very easy for me to save your life? Do you know that my medical fees and expenses to cure you were so high that if I decided to charge them all to your clan, your family would be bankrupt and living in the streets?"

It was Wendy's first time hearing all of this. Never in her wildest dreams did she think that her family could go bankrupt just because of her medical expenses.

"Shut up" she shouted, shaking her head. "Lies, lies, lies!"

Once again, Harper acted like she didn't hear Wendy's lamentations. "Do you know that the pill to cure you is invaluable?" she continued. "Do you know how great of an effort I spent to get an herb from Labyrinth Swamp? The five leaves that I used on you already amounted to one hundred thousand taels of gold. Wendy Shen, I treated you with the best and most effective pills and herbs I have in my collection, but you still have the audacity to throw a tantrum about wanting to die? Fine! I'll kill you with my bare hands! After that, I'll make sure your family pays me what you owe me so that they'd lose everything they have!" Harper became more and more ruthless as she spoke. Worse, she didn't make an effort to hide the murderous intent in her eyes. Wendy felt like her soul was being ripped and shredded into pieces, so she had no other choice but to retreat.

Never in her life had she met a person worse than Harper. She had always believed that she only got lucky when the late emperor approved of her marriage with Prince Matthew. In her point of view, a woman like Harper would never be able to marry a noble such as Prince Matthew because she was a woman whose engagement had been broken off.

Now, she realized that everything that Harper achieved wasn't because of her luck: it was because of her own powerful self, and the way she handled every situation that she faced.

"I... I... I..." Wendy stuttered. Tears were already forming in her eyes, but she tried her hardest to suppress them. "I don't want to die," she finally said. Harper looked down on her.

coldly. "Do you want to die, Wendy

everyone took pity on her and her poor health condition. This time, however, it didn't work on Harper.

what you said here today, right now. You want to live." She then turned around and began to walk away.

"I promise to take good care of Lady Wendy." Harper's firm and decisive actions impressed everyone around her that day. Only a few people in the world would have the courage to push someone into the pond and let them drown in front of his or her mother and

late summer that time; the temperature wasn't too high, making it uncomfortable for Wendy to stay out soaking. Besides that,

puddle the moment she saw how Wendy seemed to be scared to death. As the maids helped dress her up, it was noticeable how pale her

continuously breaking over her daughter's suffering, she knew that she couldn't put any ounce

saw the calm look on

with a smile, "She's on the other side of that spectrum: she's decisive, determined, and ruthless. Wendy

trace of jealousy and disbelief could be heard in his tone.

Shawn was sounding jealous himself. "You can ask anyone about what they think of Lady Harper and you'd get the same answer.

Zack said, nodding his head in agreement. "Harper truly is a powerful woman." Zack then remembered something to ask Shawn about. "When will you go back to the north domain?"

else holding her back. In