Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 9: Never mention the Emperor

The two of them stopped quarrelling and turned to look at the Emperor who was standing in front of the crying maid with a sullen expression, Jia Li especially liked the green complexion that matched the green hair on top of his head and said, “It is amazing, just look at the face of the Emperor, he looks like he has eaten a piece of meat that has been rotting for days, just look at that expression of his.”

” The piece of meat was indeed rotten,” commented Li Gang as he crossed his arms behind his head and rolled his eyes. ” I really can’t understand what’s the point of keeping so many women? It is like filling your wardrobe with a different set of clothes from teleshopping and then having trouble over what to wear every day, only to pick the two favourite clothes lying in the corner of the wardrobe.”

Grandma Lan Fen looked at Li Gang and smacked his arm. ” Don’t use Hui Ying to make an example, if she finds out she won’t offer you any clothes, then you can go on your dates while dressed in those black rags that you always wear.”

” How many times I have to say they are not rags, they are fashion–”

” Shhhh, that jerk is going to say something,” Jia Li immediately silenced the two as she looked at the Emperor point blankly. He was looking at the maid with an expression that can only be read as nothing but pure rage and then a scream that was enough to shake the entire courtyard echoed in front of them, ” Royal commander!” The man dressed in a midnight blue robe immediately went on his knees and shouted back, ” Yes, your majesty.”

” Drag this maid and have punished with dismemberment and offer white linen to everyone in Concubine Shen’s courtyard, tell them to end their life before midnight or they this one shall do it for them,” he paused and then breathed heavily with a dejected expression added, ” And send word to the phoenix palace, the Empress proven innocent will be allowed to leave her courtyard and the wedding rituals shall be continued as per they were the laws. Let the word that the Empress has been pardoned be spread all over the Imperial palace.”

” Yes, your majesty!” The royal commander cupped his hand and bowed to the Emperor who turned around and walked inside the palace with a flick of his sleeves as if he couldn’t be bothered by the screams of the maid on the floor.

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” That’s it?” Jia Li was stunned upon seeing that the Emperor actually left after saying a few words when it came to Liu Hui Ying and simply walked back inside his palace as if she didn’t mean a damn. ” Where is the apology? The gifts? Shouldn’t he be seeking Liu Hui Ying out and asking for forgiveness?”

” You watch too many dramas,” said Li Gang with a look of disdain on his face as he looked at Jia Li. ” That man was willing to watch the host of the body that is now in Liu Hui Ying’s possession, do you think he will send gifts and an apology? Didn’t you hear what he said just now? He said pardoned instead of saying that she wasn’t proven guilty which meant that he might have not completely believed the maid, instead he will actually send someone to see whether or not the letters that the maid showed him were real or fabricated.”

Jia Li’s mouth turned into an ‘O’ before she said, ” Then ... what about the concubine that he just ordered to die?”

” She must be like the host of the body, easily disposable,” Li Gang turned around and started to walk down the stairs, the palace of the Emperor was filled with pure Yang energy it was difficult for ghosts like them who relied on Yin energy to stay there for long. ” Most probably he already knew that the child wasn’t his and wanted to kill that concubine sooner or later after taking care of the host but now that she was caught and confessed against, he got angry because his plans were ruined and he had no other choice but to punish her.”

” He is so ruthless,” commented Jia Li as she looked over her shoulder at the Emperor’s palace which was completely shut now that the entire drama was over. ” Killing women like they were chicken and radishes.”

” Men are often ruthless,” when the three of them returned and told the proceedings to Liu Hui Ying, she calmly commented. She wasn’t angry or upset that she didn’t receive any apology from the Emperor, in fact, she was less relieved that she didn’t — if she did then that jerk would be one up and she wouldn’t have liked that!

” But this is so wrong,” Jia Li threw herself on the bed and rolled around, when she was alive, she used to stay in the forensic lab for days and would even forget to eat and sleep now that she was dead at least she was able to roll on the bed with ease, without worrying about anything but the spiritual energy of her master. ” I mean he was the one who killed off the host of this body and yet he didn’t even apologise.”

Li Gang was munching on an apple that Liu Hui Ying has offered for his good word as he interrupted Jia Li and said, ” Technically that man didn’t kill that woman, the body wasn’t poisoned, he might have handed her the gun but she was the one who shot it with her own hands instead of fighting back, didn’t you see the matter was quite simple if that woman and her family would have acted quickly they would have been able to catch the culprit but they gave up before they could even fight the battle, such an easy thing yet they failed to do it.”

” Sometimes giving up seems much less easy than standing up and fighting,” Liu Hui Ying placed her hands on the armrest and raised one finger asking the ghosts to turn silent.

As soon as she did that the door of her room opened and Qui Ai walked in and looked at the Empress with a sullen expression, seeing her unjustified Liu Hui Ying felt that something must have happened. ” What’s wrong?”

Qui Ai stomped towards her before she sat down in front of her with her legs crossed. For two minutes she said nothing before bursting out in anger, ” The Emperor went to Concubine Ji’s courtyard, he knows that you have been married over as his wife and he should be spending your first night with you but instead he went to that royal Concubine! Can you believe it, your majesty?”

“Con..cubine Ji?” This was the first time Liu Hui Ying was hearing about this royal concubine so she raised one brow and asked, ” Who is this concubine Ji, that you are talking about?”

Qui Ai stared at her before letting out a sigh. ” I forgot that you have lost your memories, your majesty ...concubine Ji is the Emperor’s childhood sweetheart, the two of them grew up together and the Emperor is really fond of her, that woman is really too much! She knows that you just married over but instead she snatched the Emperor away so shamelessly! What is she trying to show off huh?–”

” Alright that’s enough,” Liu Hui Ying raised one hand and stopped Qui Ai from going on about the concubine Ji. She calmly looked at Qui Ai with a smile and said, ” Qui Ai, there is one thing that you need to learn very carefully tonight, can you do that?”

Qui Ai immediately nodded. As long as her majesty said it, she was willing to learn anything!

” Very good, then the thing I want you to learn is –Never. Ever. Mention the Emperor in front of me again,” with her fingers tied around the poisonous wine jar, she squeezed it hard. Making sure that it broke into crumbs causing Qui Ai along with the three ghosts to be startled. ” It makes me want to vomit.”