Forensic Imperial Concubine

"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.
"Sonia, a maid from the Harmony Palace, came and reported that something bad happened in the Harmony Palace," Sean
informed them. He was actually in a dilemma. He didn't want to upset Miguel, but he knew that the lady staying in the Harmony
Palace was of great importance to Rolando.
As calm as Rolando was a few seconds ago, he rose to his feet and bolted from the room without saying anything as soon as he
heard the words "bad" and "Harmony Palace" in the same sentence. He disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving all the
courtiers behind while they stared at one another in disbelief.
"Prime Minister Miguel, His Majesty..." All the people in the room turned to look at Miguel. After all, he was Rolando's close friend
and he knew the emperor the best. While they were in the middle of discussing the national affairs, Rolando suddenly left
because he was informed that something had happened to the Harmony Palace. They had all heard that someone was staying
in the Harmony Palace, but none of them knew who it was.
"Let's just stop where we are today since we've all seen what happened. I'm afraid that His Majesty won't be in the mood to deal
with state affairs today," Miguel said slowly. He then thought to himself, 'Rolando, don't forget the revenge that you have been
planning. Right now, you're being controlled by a woman. Don't you think her influence on you is too much?'
"Prime Minister Miguel, I heard that the Harmony Palace has been occupied. She must be a daughter of an esteemed clan. Do
you know who she is?" a courtier curiously asked. All the other courtiers became extremely attentive when they heard the
question. They were all curious about which clan was in Rolando's good graces that he even let her stay in the Harmony Palace.
They all knew that the Bliss Palace was the residence of the empress, but Rolando had paid more attention to the Harmony
Palace.
"A daughter of an esteemed clan? You'll know who she is very soon. But she is not the daughter of any clan," Miguel stated with
a sneer.
Upon seeing that Miguel waved his sleeve and left in a very gloomy mood, everyone else could only look at one another,
wondering what he meant. "What does Prime Minister Miguel mean?"
"I don't know anything about it at all. How can we guess what Prime Minister Miguel is thinking? He's always unfathomable."
"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.