Detective Ghost Empress

But the question was will the queen be able to track her down?

" Your majesty, are you saying that the water is poisonous?" Nanny Gong asked in surprise as she looked at the boiling water and then turned to look at the maids.

In her eyes, there was nothing wrong with the water but if her majesty was saying that it was poisonous then she was going to believe her without a doubt since she knew that no matter how naughty the queen might be she will not make such a joke.

She straightened her back and glared at the group of maids that had their heads lowered and asked in a stern voice, " Can you not hear your majesty? Who was the one who poisoned this water? Come out now and we might be merciful for all the years that you were loyal but in case we catch you then I am afraid that we will have to see you get executed."

Xiao Lin was tempted but at the same time she knew that these words were not of any use to her, she was not Liu Hui Ying\'s maid, if anything she was a weasel who snuck in the nest of otters. If they were to find her identity then she was sure she would be killed without being given a chance to say anything!

Seeing that neither of them was speaking anything, Liu Hui Ying sighed and then explained, " These petals that you are seeing," she pointed at the whitish purple orchid petals and said, " They have highly reactive properties, if they touch the water then they will release a toxin that will make one bleed through their entire body and if you eat or smell them for a long time, you will bleed through seven orifices which is why, I need to know who were the ones who touched these petals or else you will die without even knowing."

As soon as she spoke this the maids who touched the petals all shivered and raised their heads while one of them spoke while shaking her head, " But we did not know, we had no idea, please listen to us, your majesty!" The maid shouted as she kneeled on the ground with a thump while the others followed.

Liu Hui Ying did not say anything she turned to look at Li Gang who sniffed their hands one by one and then shook his head, " Their hands do have the scent but it is fleeting, they did touch the petals but not for long."

Only then did Liu Hui Ying nod and said, " I know, you are not the one who tried to harm me, your hands do not have a strong scent of these orchids…which makes me wonder who has a strong scent of these orchids sticking to their hands?" She asked no one in particular as she raised her head and looked at the head of the maids.

\' She …She knows…how does she know?\' Xiao Lin felt her will crumble away when she saw that Liu Hui Ying was breaking past her walls one after another. She thought that she was the smart one here but looks like the queen was always a step ahead of her…but how? Did she already know that there was someone who was going to sneak inside her tent and poison her?

Was it because there was another spy in the Ji family…no.

That thought was buried in her head as soon as she thought of it, she knew that there was no way the Ji family will allow someone from the Liu family to spy on them since they had so many secrets that they were hiding, so if the queen knew about these poisonous orchids petals then someone from the Ji family had to tip her off!

This means that the Ji family wanted to see her die from the very start!

Xiao Lin felt her heart shudder as she came to the realisation that she had been cheated by the Ji family, she wanted to turn back time but unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world, while Xiao Lin was going through a mental crisis, Li Gang who was sniffing for the stronger scent of poisonous orchids came to stand next to her and sniffed the air twice, his eyes widened as he whipped his head and looked at Liu Hui Ying before shouting at the top of his lungs, " I found her!

She is the one who tried to poison you!"

As he spoke he pointed to Xiao Lin whose eyes widened when she saw Liu Hui Ying\'s gaze zero on her.

She seemed to have realised that the queen noticed her and most probably because of the tip-off, she might have already sensed her which was why she immediately turned on her heels and rushed out of the other flap that opened right in front of the forest ignoring the shouts and gasps of the maids who chased after her while Liu Hui Ying who wanted to rip the culprit limb by limb also chased after Xiao Lin but unfortunately for her, she was only able to take three steps ahead and was brought down on the floor.

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