Detective Ghost Empress

In this world, there was no such thing as an autopsy of a human body and even if there was one, the physicians here wouldn’t be able to differentiate the stab of a knife that was later replaced by a small piece of wooden plank, but Jia Li who was used to seeing a different kind of stabs was able to differentiate it with just one glance, she even told Liu Hui Ying the length and the width of the blade that might have been used in the assassination of Zhai Chenguang.

” I thought that her death was a simple accident,” Zhai Tianyu spoke suddenly as he lowered his head and looked at his hands, his voice carrying a hint of blame as he closed his eyes. ” If I had tried a little more then maybe I could have caught the culprit behind it.”

Liu Hui Ying glanced at the man who had his head lowered, she frowned at his blaming voice. She hated it when people like him blamed themselves for something that was totally out of their control, it wasn’t like he knew that his aunt was going to get killed nor was it like he knew that his aunt was killed and yet turned a blind eye to it, so what was the point of blaming oneself? What was going to happen if he was to blame himself?

” Are you done?” She asked after a few seconds ticked by, she was not good with such things and she didn’t know how to deal with such moments either. She has been practical instead of emotional and even though many considered her insensitive, Liu Hui Ying did not care about it.

Zhai Tianyu raised his head and looked at Liu Hui Ying, his expression was blank but when he saw the flustered look on her face, he couldn’t help but chuckle. This was the first time he was seeing the queen look so awkward, he has seen her angry, arrogant and ruthless but maybe this was the first time him seeing her look like she had no idea what she should do.

And as he looked at her awkward expression more and more, his soft chuckle ended up turning into a burst of full-blown laughter.

‘ Has he lost his mind?’ She asked her ghosts who shrugged their shoulders as well, they did understand why the Emperor was laughing but telling Liu Hui Ying would only cause her to raise her to guard even more and then wipe the remaining emotions that she hardly showed on her face.

‘Maybe he has?’ Jia Li answered throwing the pot on top of Zhai Tianyu’s head. Since he was the one who was laughing then he should be the one to carry this pot as well.

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‘ The poor child lost his aunt and just now found out that she was murdered by someone’ Grandma Lan Fen did not want Liu Hui Ying to ask Zhai Tianyu the reason for his laugh so she went ahead and lied to Liu Hui Ying. ‘ Such a reaction is normal for a person who just found out that he has lost his aunt because of someone.’

Liu Hui Ying frowned but she still didn’t consider the fact that she might have shown her emotions on her face. For her showing her true expression on her face was something really rare and vulnerable, and for her to unconsciously show it to Zhai Tianyu would only make her feel icky.

It was better if she don’t know about this, the three ghosts thought simultaneously as they exchanged a glance with each other.

” Why are you laughing?” in the end Liu Hui Ying could not help but ask.

Zhai Tianyu raised his head to look at her but behind her he also saw the three ghosts shaking their heads in unison, asking him not to tell her anything. He didn’t know why it was such a big deal but then he remembered how Liu Hui Ying has always kept everyone at bay and nodded before replying, ” Nothing, I was just thinking how easily the murderer fooled me and I allowed him to do that.”

” You speak like it will take a lot of effort on the part,” Liu Hui Ying scoffed as she rolled her eyes and added, ” You don’t even know that the young Concubine who just entered your palace three days ago, is planning to drug you tonight –” she paused and then turned to look at Zhai Tianyu who was tilting his head and looking at her with a grin that did not reach his eyes. ” So my queen knows that her husband is going to get drugged yet she chooses to stay silent, hmm?”

Liu Hui Ying felt a bit awkward but then she rubbed the tip of her nose and said, ” That is not important, what is more, important is that we need to look for the culprit behind the killing of your aunt.” Though she was speaking like she truly cared about Zhai Tianyu’s aunt, inwardly she was scolding herself for making a fool of herself. Now that she has let slip this crucial information surely Zhai Tianyu will be on his guard and she will miss the soap drama that would have taken place when Ji Yu catches in with him in the act.

Damn!

“I haven’t forgotten about that, what I wanted to know is how you know about Concubine Yun’s plan of trying to drug me?” He asked with his eyes narrowing slightly, he already had an idea and he was not liking it at all.

” My ghosts are friends with the ghosts of the imperial palace,” Zhai Tianyu heard her reply and then his eyes went even more narrow before he asked, ” And you use them to spy on others?”

” No of course not!” Liu Hui Ying spluttered as she placed her hand on her heart like she was offended and said, ” I will never ask my ghosts to do something like that, I can swear to heavens–”

” I spied on you when you were in your bath.”

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