Detective Ghost Empress

She looked down at her tiny waist which was so small that it could not even fit her daily meals before she cleared her throat and shyly replied to the Empress Dowager, ” I will try to make you proud, your majesty.”

Earlier Qui Ai has told her that Empress Dowager was a woman who hated anyone crossing her, and that was why she decided to keep her mouth tightly shut. As much as Liu Hui Ying hated the old woman who was pressuring her into attracting the Emperor’s attention and getting pregnant as soon as possible, she was smart enough to sense that Empress Dowager was a rather paranoid and stiff woman.

Her gaze dipped to the right hand of the Empress Dowager including the heavy Yin energy that was floating in her room and knew that the woman was not someone whom she could offend. The number of murders this woman has committed directly and indirectly was no joke!

” As long as you know what you are doing,” said the Empress Dowager as she took Liu Hui Ying’s hand in hers and patted her carefully on the back. ” You might be thinking that I ...your cousin aunt is pressuring you a bit too much but you will, later on, realise that I am only doing this for your own good. Hui Ying, you have no idea but that girl from the Ji family has wrapped his majesty around her tiny finger. Something that you and I know better than anyone after all his majesty accepted her as his concubine just a day before marrying you, anyone can see where he is putting our family.”

Liu Hui Ying winced when she felt the grip of the Empress Dowager tighten on her hand, however, she took one glance at the furious look on the face of the elderly woman and she hurriedly lowered her head. It was better for her to say nothing at the moment, who knows when she might end up putting her foot on a landmine.

” His majesty has been blinded by that girl from the Ji family and he only listens to her now, the Ji family in turn have started to raise their heads and look us in our eyes, something that never happened in the past twenty years!” The voice of Empress dowager got even more ferocious as she spoke and so did her grip on Liu Hui Ying’s, now Liu Hui Ying was biting her lips hard as the woman’s long nail dug into her skin.

” Now the future of the Liu family depends on your shoulders, Hui Ying ..if that girl from the Ji family got pregnant before you then surely we will be losing our foothill in the court...what’s wrong with you?” asked the Empress Dowager when she saw Liu Hui Ying bending over the table while lightly patting the surface of the top with her other hand as if surrendering.

” Your majesty, your nails...your nails!” The servant girl standing behind Empress Dowager tipped her chin at the nails that were digging into Liu Hui Ying’s skin.

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Seeing that she has lost control Empress Dowager immediately let go of Liu Hui Ying’s hand, who in turn slumped on the table and breathed in relief, right now she thought that she was going to lose a layer of skin.

” Ahem, Forgive me,” said the Empress Dowager when she saw Liu Hui Ying sit up straight in her chair. ” I got a bit overexcited while speaking, but do forgive me for hurting you.”

” There is no need for you to apologise to me, your majesty,” even though Liu Hui Ying was smiling on the surface she was cursing the old woman for being a bit too much. Did she think that she was made of steel, what was she thinking while digging those sharp nails into her skin?

” You are a good child, that is why I worry about you...with that naive attitude of yours how will you fight against that Ji girl, she with her schemes will eat you alive in just a few days!” The Empress Dowager covered her cheek as she looked at Liu Hui Ying as if she was looking at an easily bullied rabbit and sighed. ” I am sure that you know that the Ji girl has been getting cosy with the Grand Empress Dowager, surely that woman is teaching her new skills to woo the Emperor, after all, why else will she bring her grand-niece to the palace? Isn’t it because she wanted to have that woman enthral the Emperor?”

Liu Hui Ying watched as the Empress Dowager leaned forward and spoke to her in a sharp note, ” I know that you are having a hard time, that is why I will ask you to keep an eye open and you might as well come see me every second day that way I will be able to help you out when the situation arises.”

Liu Hui Ying was sure that the Empress Dowager did not care about her in the least, the reason this woman was in fact trying to get her on her side was all because Ji Yu was on the Grand Dowager Empress’s side. ...maybe it was because of the loss of control or maybe the Dowager Empress wanted her to stay next to her to balance the power that has gotten out of her control.

The Dowager Empress was worried that Liu Hui Ying will side with the Grand Dowager Empress, which was why she was being straightforward and tried her best to talk badly about the Grand Dowager Empress and Ji Yu in front of Liu Hui Ying because she wanted Liu Hui Ying to agree with her.

If Liu Hui Ying was indeed the soft-hearted woman who killed herself, she wouldn’t have seen through the tricks of the Dowager Empress but she wasn’t the same woman, she could see the tricks the elderly woman was pulling.

But the question was ..whether she should agree or not?

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