Detective Ghost Empress

” Watch that fcker run,” she sneered under her breath as she too walked out of the training ground. ” Not even handing out an apology, as for gratitude I might as well dream about it in my head.”

Qui Ai didn’t hear what her missy was talking about but she could still understand that her missy was upset with the fact that the Emperor left without a word of thank you, she stared at the Emperor who was carrying Concubine Ji and ran towards her courtyard along with Zhai Heng and Yu Lingyun.

” Your majesty, I think you were right,” said Qui Ai silently as the two of them walked towards their courtyard. ” Men are simply not one to be relied upon.”

Her missy did so much, she was the one who saved concubine Ji and she was the one who found out that the womb of concubine Ji was affected by the poison that the maid has fed her but the Emperor didn’t even say a word to her. The least he could have done was to say ‘thank you, my queen.’

Her missy was right in calling the Emperor a jerk!

“It’s nice that you think like this, little Ai,” said Liu Hui Ying as she breathed hard and then tried to suppress the soul of her sister who was trying to break free of the restraints that she has put on it. ” As long as you remember this, you will be able to save yourself a lot of trouble.”

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” What in the world happened to you, your majesty?” Nanny Gong swooned when she saw that Liu Hui Ying was actually covered in blood, her hair was dripping with reddish-brown liquid and her entire clothes were stained with nothing but blood. She only went on a walk, how come she got so bloodied in such a small amount of time? ” Don’t tell me that you met with another assassin, your majesty.”

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Nanny Gong was helped by Qui Ai who rushed towards her when she saw that the elderly woman was stunned to the point where she was on the verge of fainting and then helped her to stand straight. With the support of Qui Ai, Nanny Gong rushed to Liu Hui Ying and checked her thoroughly to make sure that she didn’t receive any injuries at all. ” I think I will still call the imperial physician, we need to make sure that her majesty is not harmed at all and maybe let the Emperor know about it.”

” No one attacked me, nanny,” Liu Hui Ying stopped the old woman from rushing out and then bringing back an imperial physician to fuss over her. She was tired enough already and she had no energy to deal with a stupid imperial physician at the moment. “And in case there was an assassination attempt at me then it would be most probably sent by the Emperor himself.”

With that, she walked towards the bathhouse where she ordered the maids to pour hot water for her.

” Wh..if there was no assassination attempt at you, your majesty...how in the world did you get covered with blood like that?” asked Nanny Gong as she chased after Liu Hui Ying, she couldn’t understand why her mistress was covered in blood like this and yet she was saying that there was no assassination attempt made on her life, then how did she bath in so much blood.

Qui Ai knew that she would not be able to hide the fact that their mistress fought with the concubine Ji and even unfurled a mystery for long, so she immediately decided to tell everything to Nanny Gong.

” Oh my dear goodness,” Nanny Gong shrieked in terror as she ran inside the bathhouse and waited for Liu Hui Ying to change into her bathing clothes only when Liu Hui Ying stepped out wearing a thin, transparent robe did Nanny Gong rush to her and started yelling in Liu Hui Ying’s ear. ” What were you thinking your majesty, you have never learned any sword fighting if not for the late missy’s skills you would have been almost killed by that concubine Ji, how can you even think of doing something so scary like that? And what is with you trying to deal with the problem head-on, what if the people in the palace find out that you actually killed a maid this brutally?”

” If they do then they will be doing me a favour,” sighed Liu Hui Ying as she climbed down the stairs that submerged into the water of the wooden bathtub and then sat down at the end step and leaned her head back such that Nanny Gong could wash her hair. ” I can see that the concubines of the palace are taking me a bit lightly since I am not bothering them, shouldn’t I send out a nice message to them? In case they think I am a soft persimmon that they can trample on any moment?”

” But still,” Nanny Gong picked up the washing grass and rubbed it with her hands and then lathered it nicely before she started scrubbing Liu Hui Ying’s scalp. ” A woman is not supposed to be violent, what will the Emperor think of you now, huh your majesty? You might have done a good deed but the Emperor and the others won’t think of it as one, they will think that you did something very bad, a woman is supposed to be gentle and she is supposed to be filled with virtue and calm..”

Liu Hui Ying closed her eyes and tuned Nanny Gong out of her head, she wasn’t willing to listen to her yammering but then she heard Jia Li shriek in her head just like Nanny Gong.