Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 868

"Yes, Your Highness."

Forsythia immediately turned around to catch up with Lilian, while Harper continued her way to the Harmony Palace. When she pushed the door of the palace open, she saw a pot of blooming sweet-scented osmanthus on the table. The fragrance overflowed and filled the entire room.

"Maids," she called out.

"Your Highness."

"Where did the flower come from?" Harper asked in confusion. Before they went out, the flower hadn't been in there.

"The osmanthus in the Imperial Garden is blooming well, so the Imperial Household Bureau sent a pot in here. It must have been ordered by His Majesty." Because it was merely a pot of flower sent from the Imperial Household Bureau, the maid had not inquired about the details.

"I see, you can leave now." Harper took the flower to a table by the window. She liked the light fragrance of the flowers very much. Since she felt bored sitting there alone, she picked up a book and began to read. As time passed by, she didn't notice that the incense which was burning in the censer that day was different from the usual.

Meanwhile, Rolando was discussing state affairs with the courtiers when a maid suddenly came. She then asked Sean, "Lord Sean, is His Majesty busy right now?"

"Aren't you Miss Sonia?" Since Rolando cared a lot about the lady staying in the Harmony Palace, Sean had acquired the information about all of the maids and eunuchs working in there. As soon as he saw Sonia, a maid from the Harmony Palace, he immediately understood that it must have something to do with Harper. "Does Lady Harper need something?" he asked.

"My Lord, Lady Harper fainted."

"What?" Sean exclaimed in surprise. He knew that a piece of news like that was very serious. If something bad happened to Harper, Rolando might kill all of them. With such thoughts in mind, he entered the room in a hurry, despite the fact that Rolando was still discussing the state affairs with the courtiers.

"Your Majesty." Sean directly interrupted the discussion as soon as he was inside the room. Miguel unpleasantly frowned and said to him, "Sean, you're getting more and more unruly as time goes on."

"What's the matter?" Rolando asked, turning his attention to Sean.

"Have you heard which clan had their daughter enter the palace?"

Everyone shook their heads. One time, they had written a joint letter to Rolando, asking him to select more beautiful women to fill his harem. As a result, every courtier who had signed the letter was given ten extremely beautiful women, which created conflicts with their wives. In the end, they had no choice but to ask Rolando to remove the beautiful women from their families. No one dared mention the matter of selecting concubines to fill the royal harem again.

"I'm really curious. His Majesty has been doting on Princess Lilian from the Bright Dynasty very much. If another woman occupies the Harmony Palace, why hasn't she reacted in any way yet?" someone mumbled. "It's said that Princess Lilian of the Bright Dynasty is quite hot-tempered. If His Majesty has really brought a woman and is hiding her in the Harmony Palace, Lady Lilian must have known about it already."

"Is it possible that the new lady has been brought to the palace by Lady Lilian herself?"

"Do you think Lady Lilian is out of her mind? She's about to become the empress and on top of that, she's pregnant. How could she bring back another woman for His Majesty? She's going to give birth to a prince in order to establish her position. How could she find someone to compete with herself for His Majesty's favor?"

"So, the only possible conclusion is the lady residing in the Harmony Palace was brought back by His Majesty?" Everyone began to think about this information. If Rolando had brought a woman back to the palace, could it mean that he had changed his mind and was going to fill his harem with more women? If so, everyone thought that their daughters would have a chance as well.