Detective Ghost Empress

48 Thing that I asked

” Achoo!” Liu Hui Ying sneezed feeling a shiver crawl up her spine as she looked around the bathroom before sniffing loudly. ” I bet that jerk is talking shit behind my back, not only did he try to kill me at every possible turn, he is even badmouthing me ..most probably he must be scheming how to kill me!”

Nanny Gong sighed as she picked up the scented oil from the table that was sitting next to the wooden bathtub and then pulled Liu Hui Ying back by her shoulders, for the first time in her life, her reality was worse than her nightmares. Her soft-spoken lady who would not even dare to raise her voice at anyone was now boldly cursing the Emperor.

Seeing her like this even nanny Gong wanted to curse the Emperor, why did he have to give her lady that poisoned wine? Now her entire personality was flipped over, if not for the royal physician telling her that her lady was perfectly healthy she too would have burst out cursing.

No, wait! What was she thinking? She was actually thinking about cursing the Emperor? Was her head all right?

Nanny Gong stared at her reflection in the water before she walked towards the bathtub and placed her hands on the edge of the wooden tub, she might have really lost her head, how can she even think of doing something like that? She needed to clear her mind up!

With that thought in her head, she dipped her head down in the hot water startling Liu Hui Ying who turned her head and stared at Nanny Gong with wide eyes. ” Wh..why are you doing this? Are you okay old... Nanny Gong?”

Nanny Gong pulled her head out of the hot water, her extraordinarily pale cheeks were flushed now that the white powder with which she painted her face was washed off because of her actions.

” I am all right, your majesty,” said Nanny Gong as she took the wiping cloth from Qui Ai and wiped her face with it. ” Now that I have cleared my head I will be a lot better which is why I will ask you not to continue cursing the Emperor, what happened today was indeed an unfortunate accident but I can assure you that the Emperor would never do something as outrageous as killing his own queen.”

Liu Hui Ying wanted to let Nanny Gong know that men were outrageous, to begin with, but then she thought about how nanny Gong has stayed in the palace all her life and didn’t have much experience with men, so she pursed her lips and swallowed her words back. ” You are ignoring that he tried to kill me last night, nanny.”

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” That was a misunderstanding, your majesty,” replied Nanny Gong at once as she poured a generous amount of scented oil into her hands and started washing Liu Hui Ying’s hair. ” It was because of that cunning witch like Concubine that the Emperor made a mistake like that, I can assure you that he did not have any intention of harming you, if not for that sly Concubine, the Emperor would have doted on you just like he dotes on concubine Ji, maybe even more.”

Liu Hui Ying almost gagged at Nanny Gong’s words, yeah right ... it was simply a foolish excuse to fool one’s heart. That Emperor was fully prepared to hold this woman’s funeral and he might have succeeded if not for her occupying this woman’s body.

Now that he failed in doing so his methods were getting more brutal..today he sent an assassin after her, who knows what he will send tomorrow? Poisoned food maybe? Or maybe he will ask his darling sweetheart to make a move against her?

” Nanny, you know if you continue speaking about the Emperor then I will not be able to eat my dinner, do you want me to sleep on a hungry stomach?” Liu Hui Ying was in no mood to hear about the Emperor, he might be a nice man but it did not concern her, she was just a guest in this place and she needed to make sure that she goes back to her proper life instead of being involved in this drama.

Once...just once, the second she gets hold of this woman’s soul, she will stuff her up and go back to her world, her promotion was still waiting for her!

Nanny Gong knew that Liu Hui Ying was angry with the Emperor so she didn’t say anything anymore, instead, she and Qui Ai cleaned Liu Hui Ying up nicely before the two of them helped her wear her night clothes.

Liu Hui Ying looked at the pale pink blouse and fluffy light blue skirt before turning to look at Nanny Gong as she asked, ” You want me to sleep in this?”

Nanny Gong who was using an incense burner to dry Liu Hui Ying’s hair paused and then looked down at the most comfortable piece of clothing she could find and replied with her head lowered, ” This is one of your most comfortable sleepwear, your majesty ... if you want I can show you the others but they are not as good as this one.”

As Nanny Gong turned to ask Qui Ai to bring the rest of the clothes, she was stopped by Liu Hui Ying.

” No it’s okay, I will wear this,” she said with an annoyed and sullen expression, no matter how many dresses this woman owned, they could never even come close to her comfy pyjamas .. sigh, her life in the future seemed to be rather dark and bleak.

She tugged at the frilly skirt and then heaved a depressed sigh before she turned to look at nanny Gong and said, ” I hope you will serve me good food at the least. Has the kitchen prepared everything according to what I said?”

Nanny Gong heard Liu Hui Ying’s words and then paused in her actions of putting the incense burner down and said with an awkward expression, ” They have prepared everything according to your will, your majesty but are you sure that you will be all right with eating what you have asked for?”

” Of course,” said Liu Hui Ying with an eye-roll. ” Why else will I waste my energy to tell you what I want?”

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