Detective Ghost Empress

112 Hell

” What do you mean that I cannot sell this?” Liu Hui Ying was flying into the seventh heaven when Qui Ai came into the room and burst her bubble by telling her that she couldn’t sell the expensive hairpin when Liu Hui Ying asked her to sell it to a shop. ” This is beautiful and looks rather pricey, what do you mean that it cannot be sold for money? I haven’t even worn it once, why are you saying that it couldn’t be sold for money?”

Qui Ai did not know why her queen was so bent on making money seeing that the Queen was still talking about selling the hairpin that the eldest master has given her, Qui Ai sighed and then replied with a tired sigh, “It is not that I am not willing to sell it, your majesty. But the truth is that no one would be willing to buy it, everything that the eldest master buys is rare and cannot be brought on the streets, this hairpin too was bid in an auction by the eldest master meaning its price is a lot more than any merchant would be willing to give. If you sell it then either the shopkeepers will refuse to buy it or they will try to take advantage of you by buying it for a cheap price, you haven’t been to any shops yet your majesty and you don’t know how terrible those merchants can be.”

Liu Hui Ying stared at Qui Ai with a shocked look on her face, if she coldly sell these things then Qui Ai should have told her this before now didn’t she waste her smiles and all that sweet words that she spoke to the man who was the eldest brother of this woman? Her smiles weren’t cheap either all right!

” Then nothing can be sold to the shopkeeper?” She asked as she motioned at all the gifts that she has gotten from that man called Liu Yuyang, she might be able to sell at least one of these things right?

But her hope was set ablaze when she saw Qui Ai shake her head as she refused, ” That is impossible, your majesty. Everything that you are seeing on the tray is nothing but rare jewels that cannot be brought to the store, even if you were to try and sell them no one would dare to buy them and in case you were to go to an auction house then the Liu family will get wind of the fact that you are selling your pieces of jewellery.”

” How in the world will they find out about it now?” Liu Hui Ying looked at Qui Ai in shock and disapproval, she has to be kidding her right?

” Of course, they will find out, all the auction house in this city belongs to the Liu family if you were to sell something even under the guise of someone else, someone will recognise you, your majesty...after all the auction houses are run by the subordinates of your father, they have watched you grow up...for them to not recognise you ... that will be simply impossible.” Qui Ai broke down the brutal reality in front of Liu Hui Ying who stared at her blankly, this has to be a joke but as she looked at the honest expression on the face of her maid, she understood that it was anything but a joke.

Liu Hui Ying went smack on the table as her face hit the surface of the table and then she groaned in both pain and disappointment.

Her action was so sudden that her maid was startled, Qui Ai immediately rushed to Liu Hui Ying and helped her up as she started fussing over her, ” My queen why did you hit your head like that? You don’t have to be so upset, I am sure that the grand dowager empress will soon give you, your dowry.”

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“Like hell, she will,” scoffed Liu Hui Ying, that old hag wanted to make her as miserable as she could because she snatched the position of the empress from her niece, if she was to hand her dowry without a fuss then she will be dance conga.

” This is seriously hell,” as Qui Ai went to look for an ointment Liu Hui Ying let loose of the lock that she had around her tongue in the presence of the little maid. ” I really want to let loose and just watch this entire world fall into ruins, I can’t sell my things, I don’t have money in my pocket and then there are enemies eyeing me from top to bottom waiting for my head to be served on a silver platter, Cheh, I can’t take a shit in peace these days! Even going to the restroom is a task, what if that bastard has sent someone after me? Maybe after finding out my strength he fears that he won’t be able to kill me so he is thinking of taking me by surprise, if so then who knows I might be killed by a sword while relieving myself!”

Liu Hui Ying banged her fist on the table and then clicked her tongue. ” What a sorry way of dying will it be.”

” Yeah imagine you roaming in no pants after dying in the most shameful way?” Li Gang sniggered as he received a heavy blow to his gut but even that blow wasn’t enough to make him turn serious, he still crouched on the floor and laughed in agony as he imagined Liu Hui Ying becoming a pant-less ghost.

” Anyway now, I really hope that I will be able to do something about this poverty of mine! If this goes on then I will seriously go crazy!” Liu Hui Ying gritted her teeth as she looked down at her empty hands, this was her first time feeling like this when she was young, she didn’t only care about money but after losing everything that was important to her and realising the power behind money, Liu Hui Ying was adamant on making more and more money possible.

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