Detective Ghost Empress

252 Dark schemes in the middle of the night

Liu Hui Ying rushed inside the courtyard and came to stand next to Zhai Cheng who was looking sombre with a hint of a dangerous glint in his eyes, one could see that he was holding a lot within him because his fingers were curled around the sword in his hands, seemed to be digging in to the hardcover on the top of the sword.

” Why are you here?” When he saw that Liu Hui Ying was standing next to him, he instinctively wanted to call her your majesty but when he saw the number of maids who were crying and wailing around the corpse he stopped himself and only asked the one question that was on the tip of his tongue.

” I asked you to stay behind this place is dangerous,” Zhai Heng stated calmly and Liu Hui Ying who was behind him rolled her eyes as she said, ” Like hell, I can stay behind.”

Who knows what kind of trap was waiting for her this time, which was why she turned to look at the three ghosts who were hovering at the top of her head and said, ” why are you three standing there doing nothing? Go and look for anything that has my freaking name written on it. Get it before anyone else get their hands on it. Move, Move, Move!”

Jia Li and Li Gang immediately rushed inside the courtyard while grandma Lan Fen with her stumbling steps rushed towards the pond where they started to look for anything that was left behind by the culprit. As for Liu Hui Ying, she carefully glanced at the concubine whose body was lying on the ground and then turned to look at the maids and nannies who were crying before saying, ” Please leave this courtyard, we need to investigate the cause of the death of concubine ….concubine——”

” Concubine Su,” Zhai Heng helped Liu Hui Ying finish when he saw that the latter could not recognise the woman who just died.

” That’s right, we need to investigate the death of concubine Su,” Liu Hui Ying shot a slightly gratified look at Zhai Heng and then turned to look at the maids who were howling like crazies. She understood that they were upset but at this moment she could not allow so many people to crowd around the body lest they mess with a piece of evidence that can be used as a turnaround in this case.

” Why?” The maid who was closest to consort Su raised her head and glared at the man who was asking her to leave, in just a day she lost her mistress and now before she could even grieve over the death of her mistress she was being asked to leave, how was it possible for the young maid to not feel aggrieved as she looked at the man and glared at him. ” My mistress just died, why am I supposed to leave? I don’t want to! Are you going to stop me from grieving for my mistress as well?”

Liu Hui Ying turned to look at the maid who was questioning her, she could sense that the little girl meant no harm at least she did not look like she was deliberately trying to find fault with her which was why she calmly looked at the little maid and said, ” I understand that you are angry but there is no point in crying like this …I am the one who is in charge of investigating the death of consort Liu and since your missy died in the same manner as consort Liu, I believe that I will be able to solve her case soon. If you stay here then you will only delay the justice that can be served for your mistress before she gets buried.”

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As she spoke she looked around the courtyard, she could definitely feel the yin energy of someone who died but what was surprising was that she couldn’t zero in on the soul that has left its body. Liu Hui Ying frowned as she looked at the woman who was lying on the ground and then swept her gaze over the entire courtyard, this heavy yin energy did not seem to be coming from the soul of this woman.

It was too dense and she could sense that the soul meant nothing but danger which was why it was better for her to send these people away lest they were involved in the wrath of the soul that was hiding in this place but the question was …if the soul did not belong to this woman then who did it belong to?

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” Did you tell that man that we are having trouble dealing with the Liu family ?” Grand Dowager Empress asked Ji Yang as she sighed in contentment when Xiao Mimi rubbed the knot at the back of her knot. She has been feeling more and more annoyed these days because her body was no longer as swift and active as it was when she was young but there was nothing she could do about it.

She was getting old and all the worries that were piling on top of her head were getting her more and more annoyed. If not for the fact that today’s incident took place she would have stayed in her courtyard and received a relaxing sunbath but it was just her bad luck that her brothers and nephews were useless!

They couldn’t even do something so small as leading the Emperor by his nose!

” I did,” Ji Yang replied as he lowered his head and then continued to grind the herbs that he brought with him while grinding his teeth, clearly these herbs were something that he brought for his mother but now he has to hand them all to the grand dowager Empress just because the latter was throwing a tantrum. ” He said that he will take matters into his own hands and deal with the Empress tonight.”

” Well at least one member of your family is smart …fortunately Ji Yu saved that man when she was young and brought him home …look how useful he is..” Grand Dowager Empress smirked, the hint of gentleness and calm vanishing from her face in an instant.

” But he is asking for another sacrifice——”

” Then you hand it to him, it’s not like we cannot raise one?”

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