Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 259

When Matthew opened his eyes, he was still in a daze. He just remembered that he couldn't bear the pain when he was taking the medicated bath. Before he passed out, he had noticed the panic look in Rena's eyes. At that time, he suspected that she had done something to hurt him. Therefore, he sat up at once.

"He's awake!" Zack murmured.

"What are you talking about?" asked Rufus, without realizing what had happened. Denny turned his head and saw Matthew sitting up. He was so surprised that he rushed to the bedside and checked Matthew's pulse.

"The toxins have been removed. You are fully detoxified. Congratulations, Your Highness."

Matthew did not speak. He looked at Zack with puzzled eyes and asked, "Zack, why are you here?"

Zack's expression had been neutral, but frost spread over his face when he heard Matthew's question. "Why am I here? Shouldn't I ask you?"

Matthew couldn't understand what Zack meant, but it didn't stop him from guessing what had happened, which was why Zack came to the mansion. He looked at Rufus, hoping that he could get an explanation from him.

"Your Highness, you have just woken up. Although you have been detoxified, you still need a good rest," Denny said quickly. For some reason, he felt uneasy. He was afraid that Matthew would discover that Harper was in a coma in order to save him.

However, Rufus didn't care about Denny's thoughts at all. "Your wife invited him after your detoxification failed. When you two were in a coma, he was in charge of your mansion. By the way, she has arrested Johnson and his daughter."

"What do you mean? We two were in a coma?" Matthew looked suspiciously at Denny. He had an intuition that many things had happened during his coma, and that Harper might have been hurt, so he couldn't relax.

"It's... Umm..."

"Tell me!" Matthew shouted angrily, which made Denny tremble with fear. Denny didn't know what to say.

"Let me tell you," Zack said, standing in front of Matthew. "Something was wrong with your medicated bath. An aphrodisiac was added to it, causing a burst of toxins in your body and endangering your life. At that time, Denny and Johnson as well as Rena hid the fact that your detoxification failed. Rena seized the opportunity to attempt the assassination of Harper, planning to frame Harper for the failure of the detoxification."

"Your Highness, Rena was just worried about you. She didn't mean to hurt Her Highness. Besides, Her Highness didn't really get hurt at all!" Denny explained in a hurry, to defend Rena.

But Zack ignored Denny and continued, "Harper put Rena under restraint. She guessed that you were in danger. Then she commanded her men to break in and restrain Johnson and Denny. Finally, she invited Rufus and me here. Your guard, Barry, knows everything from beginning to end. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

"How is my Harp?" Matthew asked worriedly.

"She is in a coma." Taking a deep breath, Zack took out a small box from his pocket and threw it to Matthew. "Harper asked me to give this to you after you woke up. Since you are awake already, I'm leaving now."

"Thank you, Zack." Matthew stopped Zack, who was just about to leave.

"Matthew Jun, since you have made every effort to marry this woman and keep her by your side, you should protect her well." Zack walked to the door and stopped. "One more thing, if you dare to hurt her, I will never rest until I have made you pay for it!"

As Zack's figure receded, Matthew got out of the bed. He was a little weak after being detoxified, so he fell directly to the floor. When Denny reached out to help Matthew up, he was pushed away. Seeing this, Rufus helped Matthew get up and said, "You've only just recovered. Why don't you lie down for a while? What would you get up for?"

"Barry."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Take me back to the Phoenix House."

When Forsythia saw Barry pushing Matthew in, her eyes reddened with emotion. She greeted him, "Your Highness."

"Where is my wife?" Matthew was restless, but he controlled himself. He had never expected to get Harper involved in this. He thought he had everything planned well, but he had no idea that she'd get hurt. If he had known that, he would have made every effort to force Johnson and his daughter to hand over the Tribulation Flower. He would never have given the job of detoxifying him to the father and daughter!

"Her Highness is inside." Forsythia turned her head away so that Matthew wouldn't see the tears in her eyes. As a secret guard, she had been trained to show no emotion since she was a child. But when she saw Harper lying there like a corpse, she was overwhelmed with grief. She had regarded Harper as her true master for a long time.