Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 573

"Father, Congratulations! You have successfully made the Longevity Pill at last!" Scott's son congratulated his father for his achievement. After years of research, he finally made a treasure that was previously thought to be impossible.

"Years of painstaking effort has finally come to fruition," Scott said in excitement. In order to prepare the Longevity Pill, he had spent a lot of effort, right from finding all kinds of precious and rare medicinal materials, to performing and revamping the laborious procedures. It was all an extremely complex schema, finally on the victory podium.

"Congratulations, Father! You have made your wish come true. But, I have a question. What's the use of the pill?" Scott's daughter-in-law asked curiously. As a miracle-working physician, Scott had studied innumerable wondrous pills all his life. Now, the Longevity Pill was an extremely valuable pill, and something that was extremely hard to ask for.

Scott took the box and said with a smile, "It prolongs your life. Put away the box in case of need."

"You are asking us to put it away?" the couple asked, a little surprised. Why would he ask them to keep such invaluable pills away?

"Yes. The pill was made from innumerable treasures, costing half of my life's painstaking efforts. Naturally, I can't give it to outsiders. You should be careful to keep it well." The old physician smiled and turned his eyes towards his grandson playing with another child in the courtyard. The expression on his face became softer and softer. "Now, I plan to stop refining pills and live an ordinary life. I will have my retirement and wish to spend more time with my grandson pleasantly. From now on, you and your wife will take care of everything in our mansion."

The whole family was enjoying a blissful moment, and had no idea that danger was approaching. The reason for Walden's withdrawal earlier was not because he gave up, but he was waiting patiently for the dark night, when he could kill all of the family members and grab the pills.

The nightfall was earlier in the mountainside. It was early evening, but the air was abnormally quiet. Not even the birds were chirping their songs. Usually, this was the time when the birds would fly back to their flocks, swooping, singing and playing. But on that night, everything was so hushed.

The two children were playing hide and seek in the courtyard. Scott was fiddling with medical herbs in the pharmacy, and the young couple were busy preparing some intricate things for tomorrow. There were people coming and begging for the medicines, and the couple would show up to greet them.

When Walden led his men and broke into Scott's mansion, the old physician remained unaware, but the couple noticed it. They both were skilled fighters and always did well to defend their mansion from troublemaking people. Since people with different backgrounds always visited their mansion for medicines, the couple were always prepared to deal with customers not so friendly.

"Who is it? How dare you break into our mansion at night?" the couple yelled out with swords in their hands. They moved forward, but suddenly, as they saw the hostage held by the assailants, the couple almost got frozen with fear.

"My boy!"

"Who the hell are you? Let go of my son!"