Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 45

Harper stumbled forward, eyes filled with tears. She tried so hard to hold her tears back.

"Felicia, I know you love His Highness and he loves you too. His Highness even broke off our engagement to marry you. And I gave way because you are my dear sister and I care for you. Why would you want to hurt me after I've done this for you?"

Tears streamed down her face. "I have given up my dream of becoming His Highness's wife. And I have promised you that I will never see His Highness again. I have given you everything you want since we were little. I have always put your happiness first. Why? Why would you try to kill me again and again? You're so vicious."

Harper's words made Kate's heart break. She felt so sorry for her. "Harper, you've suffered a lot."

"I... You..." Tears welled up in Felicia's eyes. She didn't know how to reply. At that moment, Sue finally managed to free herself and ran into Felicia's room. As soon as she came in, she saw Felicia's face was beaten so hard that she could hardly recognize her.

"What's going on?" Sue asked in worry. She trembled and constantly wiped the tears of Felicia.

"What a shameless concubine!" Kate snorted. She was not happy with both Sue and Felicia. "Your daughter is a vicious girl!"

"Your Highness, what are you talking about? Felicia has always been a very nice girl. Please don't be deceived by the real evil in this room." It was obvious that Sue was talking about Harper. She was sure Harper was the one who poisoned Kate's perception of Felicia. Kate had always favored Felicia and wouldn't have said anything ill about Felicia if not for Harper's slander.

"Deceived?" Kate sneered. "All of us heard Felicia say that she was the one who poisoned Yvonne and framed Harper. It's obvious who has been telling lies. She even asked her maid to go and see whether Yvonne and Harper were dead or not."

Sue's face paled. She looked at Felicia in disbelief. But when Felicia cast her eyes down to avoid direct eye contact, Sue understood at once. She was exasperated at Felicia for always making trouble!

Sue crawled to Kate, held her hand and said, "Your Highness, there must be some misunderstanding. Felicia would never say something like that."

"Enough!" Kate shook off Sue's hands and slapped her hard across the face. Red fingerprints appeared on Sue's face right away. It was at that moment that Charles and Mavis entered the room.

As soon as Kate saw them coming, she said, "Prime Minister Charles, Lady Mavis, since you are here, I'll make it clear to you. I will never let such a vicious woman be my daughter-in-law!"

"No! Your Highness, please don't say that!" Felicia fell on her knees and crawled to Kate. "Your Highness, I won't do it again. It's all my fault. I'm begging you. Please don't say that. His Highness and I love each other very much. I lost my mind when I found that Yvonne seduced him behind my back. I just wanted to teach her a lesson." Before Felicia could say anything more and dig herself into much more trouble, Sue crawled towards her and covered her mouth. It would be better for Felicia to say nothing.

With tears all over her face, Felicia struggled against Sue's hold over her. Meanwhile, Kate couldn't believe the lengths the young girl would go to cover herself. Spurred by her anger, she replied, "Who do you really want to teach a lesson? Your sister? Harper? Yvonne? Or Yvonne's baby? In case you didn't remember, it's my grandchild you're trying to kill! You're trying to murder a royal heir! You should be beheaded!"

Charles was startled upon hearing Kate's words. He said, "Your Highness, let me handle this and give you an answer that will satisfy every one of us. We will call off the wedding."

"No! Father!" Felicia got rid of Sue and crawled to Charles. "Father, please help me. I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Please don't call off the wedding. If we do, our family will be the laughingstock of the city."

She needed to find a way out of this mess. She still believed that Kate and Charles shouldn't call off her wedding to Hansen. But looking for a reason to manipulate them into agreeing with her was not easy.

From her corner, Harper wiped her tears and said, "Your Highness, Yvonne is innocent. If you break the wedding between Felicia and His Highness, what would happen to Yvonne?"

"Don't worry. Yvonne is going to marry my son!" Kate was burning with hatred towards Felicia. She felt disgusted at the sight of this evil woman. If someone like Felicia married her son, she didn't know what kind of trouble she would stir up. Both her son and the mansion would be implicated by Felicia. She would never let something bad happen to Prince Kevin's mansion.

"It will be good as long as Yvonne doesn't get into any trouble. Otherwise, I will feel so sorry for her and her unborn poor baby," Harper said painfully. "Your Highness, please forgive Felicia. I believe she loves His Highness so much that she can't stand the fact that another woman is going to give birth to His Highness's child."

"Shut up, Harper!" Sue roared.

Harper startled, about to hide behind Kate. Sensing her fear, Kate placed her hands on Harper's arm to comfort her. "Like mother, like daughter. Prime Minister Charles, I'm telling you. I will never allow my son to marry Felicia. Even if she wants to be one of his concubines, I will never let it happen!"

It was a heavy blow to Felicia. She collapsed to the floor, scared out of her wits. Sue's heart broke when she saw Felicia this way. She wanted to tell Felicia that it was okay. No matter what it took, she would always get Felicia marry someone great.

"Then on the wedding day...?" Charles probed.