Detective Ghost Empress

Zhai Heng knew that his brother was prone to getting jealous over the smallest thing, he did not believe that Zhai Tianyu can be this jealous of a woman but now that he was seeing it with his own eyes, there was nothing that he could say other than rolling his eyes.

Was there a need to get jealous just because Liu Hui Ying\'s hand was clasped by a woman? Even if Concubine Xie had some thoughts after getting enthralled with the performance that Liu Hui Ying showed her, it did not mean that Liu Hui Ying will jump into another boat just like that!

" Your majesty, instead of worrying about such things why don\'t you worry about something more important? I heard that the Ji family is planning something for the past few days," Zhai Heng had no idea what the Ji family was thinking but these days they were moving too sneakily, he had heard that they were buying a lot of grains in the past few days which caught his notice.

Buying grains was not wrong but what was a bit alarming was how much they were buying, he had sent his men to lurk around closer to the grain shops dressed as beggars and he was surprised to find out that the Ji family had brought tons of grains.

" They must be planning to make use of those grains in the winter," Zhai Tianyu might act like a fool when Liu Hui Ying\'s matter was concerned but he wasn\'t truly a fool. Of course, he could see that something was up with the Ji family, in the past the matter of allocating grains to the homeless people was left under the hands of the Ji family.

Back then his eyes were covered by the lies which were fed by her grandmother and thus, he believed in everything that she told him, his trust in the Ji family was thicker than the city wall and he never believed that something was wrong with the Ji family but now his mind was working at a rapid speed when he saw that the Ji family was buying grains.

In the past, he would have ignored this matter but now he knew that something was definitely up, the amount which the Ji family was buying was not at all normal.

And winter was arriving pretty soon, in case there was a lack of grains in the shops which sold grains and only the Ji family had enough grains which could be sold in their shops, what else can he expect?

With the Ji shops being the only ones with grains in them, even if they were to raise the price just a few taels up, they will not be questioned instead they will be praised for selling the grains at such a low price when there was a shortage of grains!

As for what the Ji family wanted to do with this extra income, Zhai Tianyu had a very good idea. Even though on the surface every family was peaceful but inwardly the imperial court was distributed in two sections one that supported the Ji family while the other one supported the Liu family.

For the sake of rising to the top, it went without saying that these families will sink to any point!

In their eyes, he was a puppet emperor who was only allowed to sit on the throne and not do anything but in case they were to find out that he had a mind of his own, it would not take long for them to dethrone him.

And how will they do that? Of course by raising an army in the dark!

He looked at Ji Yang who had always looked polite and honest and balled his fists in anger, he knew that the man whom he had trusted for so long had betrayed him.

" Ask Lady Qiao to buy some grains as well, give her as much money as she wants," Zhai Tianyu could not allow the Ji family to be the only one to have control over the market this winter. Lest they made a lot of profit, they will most likely use it to raise that army which they were hiding causing him to be troubled.

His hidden army was yet to reach even a total of three hundred soldiers, if they were to underestimate this matter, he was afraid that they will surely lose more than just the throne because he had no plans of staying the puppet emperor!

" Have her distribute the grains to the big shop which can go against the Ji family do not let them monopolise the entire market situation!"

" I understand." Zhai Heng also had the same thoughts but he was hesitant because this was their grandmother\'s maternal family but with Zhai Tianyu telling him that they did not need to hold back, he was at ease and did not say anything before agreeing with the order which was given to him by Zhai Tianyu.

In front of the future of the imperial city, nothing else mattered! They were for the people and they will stand by the side of their people till the end!

Zhai Heng glanced at his grandmother who was talking and laughing with Ji Yang and then turned to walk away. Though he was upset that he was going to walk down a path which was different from his grandmother who raised him —— he would rather walk down this path than harm the innocent ones.

With his fists clenched on the sides, he ruthlessly turned his gaze away from the Grand dowager Empress and then went to comply with Zhai Tianyu\'s orders.

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