Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 869

Rolando, who at that point was only pretending to be calm, walked as quickly as possible out of anxiety. "Sonia, how come Harper fainted?"

"I have no idea," Sonia replied, looking shocked and stressed. "Earlier this morning, Lady Lilian came to visit her and invited her to go to the garden. Lady Harper didn't refuse, and so they went out together. After some time, Lady Harper came back and I didn't notice anything wrong with her—she has always wanted to be alone, and so I didn't disturb her when she went into her room to read some books. Then, all of a sudden, I heard something breaking! I quickly rushed in to see what was happening and that was when I found her lying on the ground, losing consciousness!"

"Did you send for the imperial physician?" Rolando asked calmly. Although the imperial physician might not be helpful at all in this situation, he knew that it would be better than nothing. But something about this whole thing wasn't sitting right with him: as a physician with superb medical skills, it was incredibly strange that Harper would just faint like that out of the blue.

"I have already sent someone to call the imperial physician," Sonia replied. She knew very well that the lady of the Harmony Palace was much, much more valuable than the lady of the Bliss Palace. Because of that, she understood that if anything happened to Harper during the time she served her, Rolando would immediately order her execution!

With everything that was happening inside the imperial palace recently, Rolando couldn't help but be extremely worried. They still had that criminal on the loose, and now, something bad happened to Harper. Was it done by the same culprit? A murderous look appeared in Rolando's eyes. 'Whoever that person was, I would never let him or her go!' he thought.

"Your Majesty."

Rolando opened the door and walked in, not even bothering to look at the person kneeling on the ground. The imperial physician hadn't arrived yet, and so he immediately sat beside Harper's bed in order to feel her pulse. He was expecting it to be faint and erratic, but he discovered otherwise: Harper's pulse was smooth and powerful. With his basic medical knowledge, he was able to come to a conclusion that whatever happened to Harper wasn't something one should be worried about. "Where is the imperial physician? Why hasn't he arrived yet?" Rolando asked in an annoyed tone.

"I will go check on where he is," Sonia immediately said. She then closed the door and left the room.

Rolando frowned again. He turned to Harper and said in a soft voice, "Harper, please wake up."

Harper felt like her head was being split open. The last thing she remembered was that she started reading a book and that she fell asleep soon after that. The next thing she knew, she was lying on a soft bed, opening her eyes next to a handsome man softly calling her name. Somehow, that filled her with so much joy that she immediately put her arms around that man's waist. Rolando was so taken aback by Harper's sudden action that he did not know whether he should feel happy or shocked that she was already conscious. Either way, he didn't know how to appropriately react.

"You... you finally understand..."

"Matthew, you finally came!" Harper's cheerful voice shattered every bit of happiness and hope residing inside Rolando's body. Harper didn't understand anything—she just thought he was Matthew.