Forensic Imperial Concubine

"Lady Harper, what poison is it?" Derrick, who until then was keeping silent, suddenly asked.

Harper looked at Derrick, her eyes deep and undecipherable. Even though she couldn't bear to tell him the truth, she had to. "Darren was drugged by the Spiritual Poison, and... I still haven't worked out an antidote yet."

"What do you mean, Harper?" Daphne asked, staring at her shocked and confused.

Harper knew that the man in black she hurt a while back must have known her relationship with Darren. Because of that, he injured Darren to get an antidote out of her. But Harper didn't expect that the man would have hurt Darren so much that he almost died!

"I'm the only one I know who has the Spiritual Poison. There's no antidote, because I haven't made one," Harper explained as she took a deep breath.

Hopelessness grasped Daphne immediately, and she was trembling and staggering backward as she couldn't believe what she just heard. "Harper, do you mean that Darren... will die?"

Harper didn't respond or even look at Daphne. Instead, she just looked at Darren. Although his lips hadn't turned darker purple, she knew that he still hadn't been detoxified. And if she wanted to detoxify him, she must develop an antidote first. She was the only person who could do that.

"I won't let him die, Daphne. That's a promise."

would happen to his brother, Daphne calmed down mainly because she had great trust in Harper. "But wait. You said you are the

as she looked at the unconscious Darren. Finally, she revealed what happened. "Last night, my husband and I met a group of assassins. Their leader was a martial arts master dressed in all black. He was wearing this demon mask in bronze. We weren't able to defeat him, and in order to save our lives, I had to inject the leader some of the Spiritual Poison I had made before. I wasn't planning on using it to other people, but as we were faced with an emergency last night, I had to. It was the first time I

that someone wanted to use her brother to force Harper to give them the antidote. What they didn't know was

poison was a desperate move on Harper's side—she didn't even think about creating an antidote for it because she never thought she would ever use it. Now

be able to create an

Harper answered straightforwardly, not wanting to promise

again, Daphne felt her fears vanishing, though not completely. For her, as long an antidote could

mansion, so she immediately asked someone to take her

Matthew. "Darling, I will stay here for some time to develop the antidote," she told

and followed a servant to the pharmacy. Derrick watched her leave and then coughed. Daphne turned around and asked, "Father,

just don't know when Her Highness would be able to finish the antidote. Will Darren be able to hang on?" Derrick said every word slowly, as he

had already said that she would do her best, I'm sure that she will find a

flashed across Derrick's

rest, please. I'll take care of Darren. I will ask someone