Detective Ghost Empress

" I was the one who spoke, your majesty," the voice once again called out and Zhai Tianyu turned to look at Ji Yu who was smiling at him playfully, her eyes were twinkling and she no longer looked as gloomy as she did in the past.

Even though she no longer looked at him with that infatuated gaze of hers, Zhai Tianyu was still a bit scared, he looked at Ji Yu and took a step behind him before clearing his throat and speaking, " My dear concubine, what are you doing here? Is there something that you wish to talk to me about?"

Seeing that Ji Yu was the one who came to look for Zhai Tianyu both Zhai Heng and Yu Lingyun took a few steps away from the two of them.

They did not wish to pry into the privacy of the husband and his wife, when Zhai Tianyu saw that Zhai Heng and Yu Lingyun had walked away from him, he was so angry that he wished he could scream at them for showing tact at the wrong place but since he did not wish to upset Ji Yu, he could only swallow his words as he turned to look at Ji Yu who was smiling at him with amusement in her eyes.

" You do not have to look at me like such, your majesty," she told him realizing that the man must have thought that she was here to trouble him again. " I am not here to talk to you about our situation, I am here to talk to you about something serious, will you be willing to listen to me?"

Zhai Tianyu did not wish to stay away from Ji Yu either, though Ji Yu was a bit stubborn, she was also once nice and his benefactor.

When he saw that Ji Yu was maintaining her distance and was not stepping close to him, he nodded as his gaze fell on the maid who seemed to be trying her best to eavesdrop on their conversation, seeing this he frowned just as Ji Yu turned to look at Hong Mei who was tipping on the edge of her feet while trying her best to hear what she was telling to Zhai Tianyu.

Seeing her actions, Ji Yu was both amused and angry. Did her father really believe that this foolish maid could lead her around with her nose? She was a fool through and through!

Even though the Ji family thought that Ji Yu was not as skilled and scheming she was the same woman who despite knowing how skilled Zhai Tianyu was never peeped a word to her family. When she was young, Zhai Tianyu brought her to the forest many times and even hunted several rabbits for her to roast and eat, she knew very well how excellent Zhai Tianyu was when it came to martial arts.

Despite being the fool in the eyes of her family, she kept this secret hidden in her heart which allowed her small leeway. Did her father still think that she was a woman who could easily be controlled? Truly naive.

" Leave us," Ji Yu told Hong Mei who looked surprised as if she did not expect something like this but given that she was in the presence of his majesty and the one who gave her the order was the imperial concubine, there was nothing that Hong Mei could do other than lowering her head and following the order which was handed out to her.

Once she took a step back, Ji Yu turned to look at Zhai Tianyu and said, " Shall we go and visit, Xiao Lin in the flower valley? Even though she was a maid, she was once our friend before the ties of this world separated all of us."

When they were kids, they did not have to worry about positions, titles and honours. Their world was as simple as a white canvas without a single speck of paint but then one by one as they grew up, the canvas turned red and black than green —— more and more colour was splashed on it making it impossible for them to return to the childhood innocence which they once carried in their hearts.

Zhai Tianyu nodded when he heard the suggestion which was offered to him by Ji Yu. Xiao Lin was indeed his friend and though he was upset that she tried to poison Liu Hui Ying, she received her punishment, he did not know how she died but he did know upon seeing the many holes in her abdomen when she flew around him in her ghostly form that she did not die an easy death.

" Let\'s go," he walked towards the flower valley where Ji Yu had buried Xiao Lin. He did not say anything to Ji Yu but he also knew that it was not right for him to say nothing which was why he opened his mouth to offer his condolences but was stopped by Ji Yu.

" There is no need to force yourself, your majesty," she stated calmly with a voice which was as soft and warm as the spring breeze. " I know that you do not grieve the death of Xiao Lin, she tried to hurt the woman you adore and like, so of course in your heart, she deserved what she got.

So, please do not offer half-hearted condolences to me, I know very well that the only one who grieved her death was me, other than that no one cared about a maid who died a wrongful death."