Chapter 2 A Moment Of Life And Death (2/2)

y child. Have you no shame?”

”General!” Harper cut him off. ”How could I kill your child if it didn't exist? Lady Jade wasn't pregnant!”

Everyone's jaw dropped, as silence overtaken the surroundings. Jade Su paled. ”Harper Chu, you vicious bitch! You killed my child, and you even said I wasn't pregnant! Was a nine-month pregnancy nothing to you?” she snarled.

”Stop lying!”

Harper folded her arms. ”I have evidence. General, you are not only talented, but you're reasonable. You certainly don't want to kill an innocent woman, do you?”

Looking at her clear eyes, Maxwell frowned. She didn't seem as if she was lying.

”Don't trust her, Maxwell. I carried our child for nine months. Don't you know that?” Jade Su's fingers trembled. Maybe she and Felicia shouldn't have set Harper up. She had planned to get a baby from somewhere else and claimed it to be her own. She thought she could be promoted to the general's wife that way. But Felicia had said that this wouldn't be enough for her to be his wife; she had even said as long as Jade Su helped her set Harper up, she'd be able to help her become the wife of the general. Now, she regretted it so much.

”General, I began studying medicine with my uncle when I was six. Now, it has been ten years. After several trials and Lady Katrina's recommendation, I've become the only female physician in the Imperial Academy of Medicine. You know what I'm capable of. Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked me to treat Lady Jade. After I diagnosed her, I found that she had taken a secret medicine that made her look like she was pregnant. As long as she took the antidote, everything would be fine and she'd recover.” Harper exhaled. ”I was knocked unconscious before I could report it to you. The next thing I know is that I was under arrest for the murder of your child.”

”Nonsense!” Jade Su scoffed as she folded her hands around Maxwell's. ”Maxwell, please. I didn't lie to you. I would never.”

”General, people have used the method of mixing two people's blood to identify blood relationship since ancient times,” Harper said slowly. ”I guess the baby's body hasn't been buried yet, right?”

”Not yet.” At the thought of the little corpse lying in the coffin, Maxwell's heart clenched. He was more than thirty years old, and yet his only child was now gone. How could he not be devastated?

”But now that the baby is dead, his blood's now solidified. We are unable to mix his blood with yours.” As she said this, Harper glanced at Jade Su from the corner of her eyes.

Jade Su's shoulders sagged in relief. Since the baby was dead, there was no possible way they'd do the test now.

”You know what? Not a lot of people know that we can identify blood relationship by dripping blood onto one's bone.”

Jade Su's face darkened as her heart started to beat even more wildly. 'No, I can't let her continue, ' she thought.

”If you want to know the truth, General, all I need is a bone from the baby. Then, we will know.”

”You killed my son, and now you want to disturb him in his deathbed! You bitch!” Jade Su threw herself into Maxwell's arms as another wave of tears ran down her cheeks. ”Maxwell, please don't. Please don't disturb him anymore. He's so peaceful, we can't disrespect his burial!”

”Harper Chu, are you that afraid of death that you are slandering Jade to escape the punishment?” Maxwell asked calmly. To be honest, he had his own suspicions. His wife had been with him for many years, and she had not been pregnant once, nor his concubines. When he heard Jade Su was pregnant, he was relieved and happy. But there was a sinking feeling inside of him that it might not be what he thought it was.

”If I can't prove my innocence, then you can kill me and my whole family!” Harper said firmly.