Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 184

As soon as Harper came back, Howard noticed that she was acting rather normal. In an instant, it dawned on him that even after their conversion, Katrina did not think that this person in front of him was an impostor. With this, he concluded that she was the real Harper. For the time being, all the facts at hand showed that there were only some changes in Harper's dispositions.

"What took you so long, Harper?" Mavis asked with confusion written all over her face.

"Lady Katrina asked me to come over because she wanted to ask me some questions. We talked for quite a long time, so I came back a bit late," Harper answered politely. "Fortunately, His Majesty and Her Majesty haven't arrived yet, or else it would have been impolite for me to come at this point."

"Have a cup of warm tea. Look at your face! It's bright red because of the coldness." True to her words, Mavis hurriedly handed a cup of tea to Harper, who took it with a smile and immediately took a sip.

On the other hand, Howard didn't say anything to her. He just carefully watched her movements as discretely as he could. He then shifted his attention to Zack, who was sitting diagonally opposite to him. He quickly noticed that ever since Harper had come back to her seat, Zack's gaze had been fixated on her.

"Father," Howard called to Charles in a very low voice. Then, he turned to switch his gaze to the direction where the Bu Clan was situated. Charles followed Howard's gaze and his eyes coincidentally met with Zack's.

Zack gave a bland smile to Charles and turned his eyes away. Then, he spoke to Caroline beside him and the woman immediately flashed a big smile on her face.

Harper was just quietly sipping her tea with her head lowered. In all honesty, she was still lost in vivid thoughts about Hailey's appearance inside the imperial palace. She firmly believed that the girl had only managed to do that with Howard's help. In the meantime, she was certain that Katrina had some other intentions for asking her to come over. She quietly thought to herself, 'What on earth is Katrina up to? What does Hailey intend to do?'

With these thoughts in mind, she carefully examined the food on the table. After a short while, she had checked everything and figured out that there was nothing wrong with them. That was to say, they hadn't intended to poison her with the food here. If that was the case, what kind of trap did they plan for her this time?

"Here comes His Majesty and Her Majesty."

Right after the palace attendant's voice came reverberating through the enormous hall, the emperor and the empress walked inside hand in hand. Immediately, all the officials knelt down and saluted, "Long live Your Majesties."

The emperor led the empress to the throne and sat down before he responded, "Get up and take your seats."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Harper was still immersed in her thoughts that she didn't even raise her head to take a look at the emperor or the empress. Although she had visited the Imperial Palace before, she had seen the emperor and the empress only a few times. Besides, she was a female imperial physician. From time to time, it had been her job to check pulses for the concubines. Strictly speaking, she had never seen the empress before in such close proximity.

"Today, a banquet is held in the palace to share our joy with all of you. Let us all leave what have come and welcome this new year. We wish peace, prosperity, and abundance to our country and to all of you! May everyone in the country lead a harmonious and content life with a good harvest throughout the year!" the emperor said with a smile. "Today, let us drink and eat to our heart's content. Don't be overcautious or restrict yourself and simply enjoy yourselves."