Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Chapter 11

After six days, Harper recovered. But as Mavis fussed over her, anxiety and anger took a toll on Mavis and she caught a cold. It
was a good thing that Harper was a physician and knew how to treat her. She wrote out a prescription and went out to collect
some herbs.
With much time on her hands, Harper came to realize and accepted her fate. She was not the forensic expert anymore, but the
second daughter of Charles, the prime minister in the Bright Dynasty. She wasn't favored by her father, and her mother was
dead. With this acceptance, she decided to be a physician in this secluded place.
There was a mountain near the country house with plenty of herbs. The villagers would often go up the mountain to collect herbs
and trade them for a living. In order to find herbs that could help Mavis, Harper went on a hike up the mountain.
"I found it!" After half a day of hiking and foraging, Harper finally found the Heavenly Spirit Herb. The rare plant grew on the edge
of a cliff. To reach it, Harper tied a rope around a tree, the other end wrapped around her waist. Before going down, she
sprinkled some poisonous powder on the ground. She then lowered herself before finally picking out the herb she had been
looking for.
The herb would help Mavis, who had been suffering from depression and emotional disturbance. The Heavenly Spirit Herb was
so hard to find. Harper had to take a chance that it was growing in the mountain. It was good luck that the herb was truly

available. But it was bad luck that it was growing on the edge of a cliff.
As Harper went to pick the Heavenly Spirit Herb, she wasn't aware that a stranger found the tree she looped her rope around. He

like weeping. But no tears came out of her. 'Is God punishing me right now? I almost died several times before. And now I'm about to die again while picking up the herb!' she thought to herself. "Aaaaargh!" Fortunately, she fell into a hot spring. Coughing out several mouthfuls of water, she emerged soaked to the bone. As soon as she broke free of the water, someone grabbed her by her neck. Frightened, she choked on water. She struggled to

fell off the damn cliff. Then, she almost drowned to death. Third, she had almost choked to death by a stranger after clawing her way out of

"Master, are you alright?" Hearing a cry from behind her, Harper wanted to turn and take a look. But she was hit at certain
acupuncture points, and now she was unable to move. Someone carried her into a room and placed her in the middle where a
group of people stared at her curiously.
"Physician Denny, how is our master?"
"How do I know?" Denny spat. "I've told him not to exercise internal force but he didn't listen. I just asked him to take a
medicated bath. It didn't occur to me that such a thing would happen to him. He is really making me worry!"

Denny grumbled as he put the needles into the patient's body. Harper observed carefully how the acupuncture was done and felt a little strange. "Physician, since the patient has been poisoned, why did you use the needles to block the poison?" Harper asked. She was afraid that the patient would

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