Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 870 Being Poisoned (Part Two)

"Matthew, I missed you. I missed you so, so much." Harper lay in Rolando's strong arms without knowing that it wasn't Matthew. Actually, there was no way for her to come to this realization: Fantasy's effect was too potent for her to fight.

Rolando once again felt his heart being crushed so hard that he could hardly breathe. As much as he was enjoying Harper being this romantic towards him, his pride would not allow him to be a substitute for another man. When he finally made up his mind and tried to push Harper away, she looked at him in the eye, her expression sweet and innocent, and asked, "Did you miss me like I missed you?"

At that point, Rolando finally admitted to himself that he loved Harper more than he thought. His self- control, which he was proud of, then completely collapsed in a matter of seconds. 'She hasn't even done anything to you! She just asked whether you missed her!' he thought. With a sigh, he accepted that even if Harper was seeing Matthew instead of him, he would not be able to refuse her.

"Of course, I do. I miss you so much. I even want to hug you tightly and swallow you alive!" Rolando wanted to indulge himself. For this one time, he didn't want to think about the consequences of doing so. Even if in the end, Harper would hate him for the rest of her lifetime, he needed to have her. That was how crazy he was over her!

Rolando's rationality had finally abandoned him. It wasn't hard to see that all of this was just someone's evil plan to ruin his relationship with Harper, but he no longer wanted to care about all of that. He wouldn't deserve to continue being a man if he still tried to control himself when the woman he wanted so much was right in front of him, practically begging him to be with her.

Rolando then passionately kissed Harper, the woman he had longed for the longest time. Even though he had told himself countless times that he had no feelings for her and that all he wanted to do was to use her to put his plans into action, at that moment, he became honest enough to admit that he had already fallen in love with this woman unconsciously, and that he couldn't stop himself from doing so!

"Harper, I love you!" Rolando said affectionately. Unbeknownst to him, it was this sentence that woke Harper up from her stupor. Shocked at what was happening, she pushed Rolando away in an instant.

Rolando was taken aback by Harper's unexpected move. As he dropped to the ground, he looked at Harper with astonishment. Harper shook her head hard. 'The person on the ground has the familiar face of Matthew, but for some reason, I know that he is not Matthew!' she thought. Because Matthew had always been the jealous type, he never called her 'Harper' the way every other people in her life called her. If he was in a good mood, he would call her Harp. If he was angry or anything else, he would call her by her full name.

"Harper, what's wrong with you?" Rolando asked in shock.

Harper clenched her teeth, and came to realize that someone had successfully plotted against her. Since the best way to keep the brain active was to feel pain, she took off her hairpin and stabbed her arm with it.

Rolando sat on the ground, mouth agape as he saw what Harper was doing to herself. Seeing that she was about to stab herself again, he immediately grabbed her hand and pressed one of her acupoints, making her unable to move for a while. Then, he picked up the kettle on the table and used the water inside it to extinguish the censer.

"Is anybody out there?" Rolando shouted from inside the room. Content is © by NôvelDrama.Org.

Hearing his voice, Sonia hurriedly opened the door and came in. "Your Majesty, I am here."

"Call the imperial physician in."

"Yes."

As soon as the imperial physician entered, he immediately noticed how messy Rolando looked. When he saw Harper, he gasped at how bloodied she was. "Check Harper first. After you've examined her thoroughly, check the incense in the censer," Rolando ordered at once. Then, he turned to Sonia and asked, "Who lit that today?"

Sonia was so afraid that she would the one who would be blamed for everything. "Your Majesty, I didn't light the incense," she said earnestly.

Rolando didn't answer. His face was pale, and he still felt his blood boiling inside of him. However, what troubled him more was Harper's condition. After the imperial physician examined Harper, his face changed in surprise. He looked at Rolando first, and then at Harper.

"Tell me your diagnosis of the situation immediately," Rolando hissed upon seeing how the imperial physician was acting.

"Well, Your Majesty, this lady has been poisoned with Fire Toxin."

Sonia gasped. Immediately, she said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on! I really don't know!"

"Can you cure her?" Rolando asked, not paying attention to the panicking Sonia.

"The treatment is simple. It only needs Your Majesty to have sex with her." The imperial physician looked cautiously at Rolando. A mouthful of saliva got stuck in Rolando's throat. If this thing could be solely dealt with through that way, would he look so furious and gloomy now?

"Is there any other way?" Rolando asked seriously.

"This poison is very strange. It is completely different from everything I have encountered before. It must be from a land far from the Great Jade Kingdom. But there is one thing that I know about poisons like this—they are fierce. Although Lady Harper can be restrained now, I'm afraid that she will die of

bleeding within a few hours." When he heard that, Rolando's face turned more serious. The imperial physician trembled with fear as he really did not know other treatment. Having sex was the quickest and most effective way to detoxify.

"Fernando!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Go and find out whoever came in and out of the Harmony Palace today. Don't let anyone slip away. Have everyone put to jail until we discover the mastermind of this heinous crime!"

"Yes."

Sonia was trembling all over with fear. Rolando mentioned all those who went in and out of the Harmony Palace. It was impossible for them to escape as they were servants and maids of the Harmony Palace. "Your Majesty..."

"Investigate what is in the censer as soon as possible!" After that, Rolando held Harper up and rushed out of the Harmony Palace, not caring about what others were thinking.