Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 112

Hailey worked fast. After just two days, she came across the book which Harper had prepared especially for her. Based on what she discovered in the medical book, she decided to perform a blood test on Sue. To her surprise, the result matched the description written in the medical book.

"My Lady..." Abigail, Hailey's maid, was too shocked to finish her words.

"Mother was poisoned!" Hailey exclaimed. "Harper probably wasn't expecting that I would actually check the medical books or even borrow these medical books from her. Otherwise, she would have already disposed of this medical book long ago."

"My Lady, are you implying that Lady Harper poisoned Lady Sue?" Abigail asked, confused.

"Of course. Who else could it be?" Hailey said in a cold tone. "Think about it. Who's benefiting most from Mother's illness?"

"Of course it's Lady Harper, My Lady. She has taken over the domestic affairs of the mansion ever since Lady Sue has gotten ill. Right now, she holds a power that's befitting her identity," Abigail said, taking a guess. "Even if we know that Lady Harper poisoned Lady Sue, we don't have any evidence to prove it."

"This is the evidence!" Hailey blurted out as she waved the medical book she was holding in her hand. "Harper is the best physician in the mansion. It will be easy for her to do some research and make the poison, Nightmare. I must tell Father about the truth. Now that she dared to poison Mother, I'm sure she would have no qualms about poisoning Father as well. Father is going to hate such a vile woman."

"That's right. Prime Minister Charles will seek vengeance for Lady Sue," Abigail nodded.

Without delay, Hailey went to see Charles, who just got back home from the imperial court session. His face darkened almost instantly at the sight of Hailey scurrying toward him. "What is it? What is so urgent?"

"Father, it's serious. Someone has poisoned Mother!"

As soon as Hailey said those words, Charles felt his eyelids twitch. Were people aware that he poisoned Sue? How could they have found out? Nightmare was a type of poison that couldn't possibly be discovered by any test. Apart from that, Kelly, his first wife, had also been given the same poison and no one had ever suspected and found out about it even after all this time.

"Father, Mother was really poisoned. Please trust me on this..."

"That's enough. I don't want to hear you talking about this anymore. The family physician had already said that your mother is just suffering from a bout of depression. She is still mad at me because I didn't save your sister. It's all my fault. When she comes to her senses, she will make a full recovery. Stop overthinking things. You'd better think more about how you're going to won the favor of the crown prince." Charles gave her a talking-to. After all, he knew better than anyone else whether Sue was really poisoned or not as well as the type of poison Sue had been given. If he hadn't poisoned Sue himself, he would have probably believed Hailey's words that Sue had been poisoned by Harper.

"Then Father, please excuse me." Gritting her teeth in anger, Hailey took her leave. She had already made up her mind about catching the perpetrator red-handed, but no matter how hard she tried to protect Sue, Sue was still getting weaker day by day, which could only mean that Sue was still being given regular doses of the poison. If things continued going on like this, Sue was going to die very soon.

All of this was making Hailey both anxious and angry. If Sue were to succumb to the poison, she would lose her status. After so many years of planning and calculating, Sue was still a mere concubine on the official records, which meant Hailey was only a concubine's daughter. Sue had been trying very hard to persuade Harper into making Hailey Kelly's daughter on the records, but Harper strongly disapproved of it. That was the reason why they wanted to get rid of Harper in the first place. However, Harper managed to survive.

"My Lady, what are we supposed to do next? I boiled the herbs myself. I had my eyes on it during the entire time and I was sure no one touched it, but it was still poisoned. What should we do? If it keeps going on like this, Lady Sue wouldn't last very long." Abigail was getting so worked up. They still hadn't caught the person who was poisoning Sue. On top of that, they didn't even have any idea how that person did it. Now, Sue was spending more time sleeping than awake. Her condition was worsening at an alarming rate.