Detective Ghost Empress

On the other side of the hunting ground, Ji Yu stepped out of her tent.

Compared to the weakened state from last night, currently, she was dressed in a vibrant pink dress, her face was carefully decorated with black kohl and rogue which made her look exceptionally flirty and seductive, with her hair tied in a complicated bun-like updo, with hairpins with multiple tassels that moved every time she took a step she looked like she was stepping out for the sake of either fighting with someone or declaring war.

" Would you look at that," Liu Hui Ying commented as she drank a bowl of chilled plum soup while Xiao Ai and Qi Qing fanned her, with a slightly disgusted look on her face, she clicked her tongue. " I am getting hot just by looking at her, even though it's autumn the winters are yet to come, how is she not melting?"

"This is the basic etiquette, your majesty," Nanny Gong could not help but comment as she looked at Liu Hui Ying who was dressed in the most simplest dress with only a single hairpin with the least amount of tassels hanging on it. " As the imperial concubine she should dress to impress and so should you."

Liu Hui Ying rolled her eyes as she made an expression of 'trying to calm oneself down' before she twisted in her chair and then turned to look at Nanny Gong, "You just had to pass a small snarky taunt, don't you nanny?"

With her nose scrunched up and eyes narrowed, Liu Hui Ying made a face and said, " For your information, that woman is living a lavish life with all the comforts and riches, what about us? We are dirt poor, and with the limited amount of money that old hag gives us you want me to dress up? I am not doing it."

Though Liu Hui Ying recovered half of her dowry, the other half was still with Grand Dowager Empress and that woman was making all sorts of excuses to delay the inevitable.

" If I had known that she was going to something like this, I would have sent her together with that daughter of hers," muttered Liu Hui Ying under her breath as she looked at the old woman who was smiling so hard while looking at Ji Yu that her face looked like a dried persimmon.

As if sensing Liu Hui Ying's gaze, the grand dowager Empress looked up causing Liu Hui Ying to shoot her one of her most fake smiles as she raised the dried cookie in her hand to wave at the grand dowager Empress who huffed and looked away.

" Yeah, like I am dying to be acknowledged by you," commented Liu Hui Ying with a scoff as she brought the cookie in her hand to her mouth and took a furious bite. " So old and yet likes to play so many dirty deeds, she better not fall into my hands or else——"

Just as she was speaking there was a huge commotion, Liu Hui Ying turned her head to look in the direction from where the loud hoo-hah was coming just like the rest of the crowd who was standing in the middle of the hunting ground.

From the very depths of the forest, the first batch of soldiers who went hunting brought back a tiger, currently with an arrow latched onto his neck, the tiger was banging his head against the bars of the cage while letting out one enraged roar after another.

Liu Hui Ying looked at the tiger which had been angered beyond reasoning and narrowed her eyes behind her she heard Li Gang say, " It has gone crazy."

She turned her head to look at Li Gang who cheekily smiled at her with his hands in his pants pocket and then continued speaking, "It is just as I said, that tiger has gone crazy the others cannot smell it but…" he raised his hand and tapped his nose as he proudly added, " I can, the arrow which is sticking inside the body of the tiger smell of field cress.

It's known for its toxicity and scent to cause aggression in animals."

When Liu Hui Ying heard Li Gang's explanation, she knew that he was not lying.

But after thoroughly pondering over what Li Gang said, she could not help but tap her fingers on the table with a contemplative look in her eyes, as far as she knew there was no way these people could have subdued a tiger which was angered to this point, the only explanation which she could come with was either they tiger was a foolish one which fell into a well-laid trap or ….

Her eyes sharpened as she looked at the tiger which was banging its head with a calculative look in her eyes—— or they deliberately gave it the field cress which made it go crazy.

" You three prepare yourself," Liu Hui Ying was no fool, when she was working as a detective there were many times she had to act as an undercover agent, being alert and precautious was in her blood.

Though the tiger was shackled and locked in the cage which looked rather sturdy, she did not believe that the arrival of this tiger was coincidental.

The Ji family along with many were waiting for her to die so that they will be able to usurp the throne of the Empress, though she had no desire to sit on that golden throne, she was still a thorn in the eyes of many while she held the identity of the Queen.

With an annoyed glance at the tiger which was ramming his head and roaring, she stood up from the chair on which she was sitting and then went back inside the tent, she did not fear the dead, so it was impossible for her to fear a tiger.

Since she knew that something was going to happen at night, it was better to take a nap and as much rest as possible, this way she did not have to lose any sleep because of some annoying grasshoppers.

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