Dr. Rowan Lin's Speculation
Margaret Evans said, "Here it is. I keep it at my dressing table. I'll fetch it for you now."
Margaret Evans brought over the compatibility scroll. Dr. Rowan Lin opened it and examined it, his gaze lingering on Alexander Hayes’s birth chart for a long while, as if calculating something in his mind.
"Rowan, is there something wrong with the compatibility scroll?" Margaret Evans watched Dr. Rowan Lin’s expression, a bit puzzled.
"Oh, it’s nothing. I’m just checking the compatibility of my daughter and son-in-law’s birth charts. If there’s any clash, we could adjust the feng shui in the house to balance things out. From what I see, their charts match perfectly—it’s truly a match made in heaven," Dr. Rowan Lin replied.
Margaret Evans smiled, finally understanding. "So that’s it! Rowan, you really care about our Lily Evans."
Dr. Rowan Lin smiled and gently touched Margaret Evans’s cheek. "Margaret, Lily Evans is your daughter, so she’s my daughter too. As her father, of course I care about our girl and her husband. Oh, let me keep the compatibility scroll for safekeeping."
It was just a compatibility scroll, an insignificant thing, so Margaret Evans didn’t give it much thought and let Dr. Rowan Lin take it away.
Dr. Rowan Lin left the room and returned to his study. He spread the compatibility scroll out on the desk, his expression instantly growing serious.
These days, the Lin family had been investigating the disappearance of Dr. Rowan Lin’s senior brother from twenty years ago, and they had indeed found some clues.
Back then, his senior brother was indeed working for Emperor William Jin. The Lin family had a tradition of recording medical case records, and Dr. Rowan Lin found the records left by his mentor. That casebook had been burned, with most of its contents reduced to ashes.
But from the little information remaining in the medical case records, Dr. Rowan Lin could tell that his senior brother used to regularly check Emperor William Jin’s pulse, and judging by the records, the emperor was always in good health—not someone who would die suddenly of illness.
The medical case records also included notes about the Empress of Emperor William Jin. It showed that ten months before her death, she was already pregnant, the fetus was very healthy, and her own condition was excellent. The last record before delivery indicated that the fetus was well positioned and of normal size.
But the strange thing was, these two healthy people were reported dead not long after.
The Empress died in childbirth, and Emperor William Jin died suddenly of illness. Truly bizarre.
"These dates..." Dr. Rowan Lin looked at the medical case records left by his senior brother. From the Empress’s pregnancy, he could estimate the general time of her delivery.
According to the official account given by Emperor Jin Xuan, the late Empress died in childbirth in April, and then Emperor William Jin died suddenly.
But from the Empress’s pregnancy records, Dr. Rowan Lin could tell that she should have given birth in March, not April.
This discrepancy made Dr. Rowan Lin uneasy. He recalled the birth date on Alexander Hayes’s birth chart.
"Born in March... born in March..." Dr. Rowan Lin held the incomplete medical case records in one hand and traced Alexander Hayes’s birth details on the compatibility scroll with the other.
Back then, Marquis Valor was a close confidant of Emperor William Jin, and Marchioness Valor had a good relationship with the late Empress, often accompanying her.
The heir of Marquis Valor, Alexander Hayes, was also born in March that year. For years, Marquis Valor and Marchioness Valor had deliberately kept his exact birth date a secret, only revealing it for the first time when he got married twenty years later.
At that moment, Dr. Rowan Lin suddenly realized something: the birth date on Alexander Hayes’s birth chart matched the estimated delivery date of the Empress of Emperor William Jin.
A bold and shocking thought suddenly popped into Dr. Rowan Lin’s mind, making him break out in a cold sweat.
It seemed that to truly uncover what happened back then, Dr. Rowan Lin would have to find his senior brother.