Detective Ghost Empress

” You don’t have to worry,” maid number two whose face was sprinkled with freckles immediately looked around and Liu Hui Ying had to duck behind the tree in a hurry or else she would have been caught by the maid who was looking around just now.

Once the maid was sure that the two of them were quite alone, she turned to her partner in crime and said, ” The concubine has come up with a full proof plan, if we succeed in following her plan properly then no one will even think about so much as doubting us.”

She rummaged in her pocket before pulling out a small silk pouch with strings tied around it. ” Do you know what this is?”

” I don’t,” replied the maid looking a bit confused as she stared at the red silk pouch with green leaves and flowers embroidered on it. ” What is it?”

“It’s the poison of silver grass,” answered the maid with a satisfied smile. ” You don’t know, but this poison is something that only the nobles can get their hands on ...and I have already hidden one pouch in the Queen’s courtyard after bribing one of the maids working there. More importantly,” the maid paused but her face was shining with excitement as she added, ” The queen and Concubine Ji seemed to have gotten in a scuffle earlier in the garden many maids witnessed it as well, even God seem to be helping us today! If we are successful then not only will we be able to shift the blame on the queen and make her the murderer but we will also be rewarded by madam!”

Liu Hui Ying stiffened and the ghosts behind her stiffened as well, all three of them turned to look at Liu Hui Ying whose expression has gone dark and then shook their heads. Looks like the two maids will die today, after all, they knew better than anyone how much Liu Hui Ying hated being blamed for things she didn’t do.

” But will this be all right?” The first maid was still a bit hesitant even though her missy sent her next to Concubine Ji’s side to kill her, she has never killed anyone in her entire life. For her to suddenly kill someone and frame the Queen of the country, it was as if someone has asked her to butcher the Emperor with her hands.

” Of course!” The second maid replied fervently as she looked at her friend, she understood that the maid was a bit scared by her plan but this was their only chance to get the freedom that they have always wanted. ” You know it as well, Xiao Xhi if you want to get out of the palace and go back to your family you will have to do this. And it’s not like we will be questioned. Everyone knows that the Emperor and the Queen’s relationship is like oil and water, they are together but they will never mix together. Once Concubine Ji is harmed surely the Emperor will be furious enough to kill the Queen in one sweep!”

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” But–”

” No buts!” The second maid snapped at her friend before rolling her eyes at her and saying, ” I know that you are afraid but you need to know that the ones who are scared to take a bite will starve themselves but the ones who are daring to take a bite will stuff themselves. Do you want to starve yourself of the opportunity that has been handed to you?”

The first maid thought about it before she gritted her teeth and then nodded. ” Fine let’s do it.” She too wanted to return to her family with lots of money and freedom to stay with them throughout her entire life.

The two maids walked away but Liu Hui Ying stayed where she was, for just a small period, it was as if she has slipped down a memory lane she didn’t want to ever visit.

‘ Did you hear? The Liu girl from the class one actually killed her sister!’

‘ She was the only one beside her sister when the girl died, I have always said that the girl had something weird going on with her but no one believed me, see now what she did!’

‘Liu Hui Ying? That girl has always been weird, I am not surprised that she killed someone.’

‘ No matter what the police say, I am still certain that it was that girl who killed her sister.’

‘She is a murderer!’

‘Get lost!’

” Hui Ying?” Jia Li hesitatingly called Liu Hui Ying who was scratching the bark of the tree with her nails, she was digging her nails so hard into the bark that her finger tips were almost turning red because of the scraping. ” Hui Ying?”

Something within Liu Hui Ying snapped as her lips curled up into a smile as she raised her head and looked at her three ghosts with eyes that were slowly turning completely black. ” I think we are going to have some fun today.”

” We are done,” Li Gang muttered quietly as he looked at the demonic aura around Liu Hui Ying. ” Her powers are almost on the verge of snapping.”

” Hui Ying, calm down all right?” Grandma Lan Fen could feel the temperature dropping until the entire surrounding was freezing and couldn’t help but remind Liu Hui Ying.

The last time she lost control of her powers, the graves in the graveyard were all dug up and the streets of the city were filled with corpses. If Liu Hui Ying was to lose control then —

” Don’t worry, Grandma Lan Fen,” Liu Hui Ying smiling looked at her with a wink. ” I know what I am doing and you don’t have to worry about it at all.”

Grandma Lan Fen and the others: “...” Say that after easing that murderous glint in your eyes will you?

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