Detective Ghost Empress

" Neither did we." Xiao Lin also shook her head while witch Mao cracked her neck from side to side as she parted her lips and then said, " That woman is still alive, before that woman was killed —— I did  not sense a burst of yin energy which means that the concubine Qin or whatever that woman\'s name is, she is alive, at least for the time being."

Liu Hui Ying also thought the same but she could not understand where exactly concubine Qin was —— according to the guards, she never came back to the hunting grounds, if she did not come back to the hunting grounds then where did she go?

Because for a woman as big as her, it was impossible for her to vanish into thin air unless she jumped off the cliff bit concubine Qin did not seem like a woman who would kill herself and even if she died, given how selfish and petty she was, concubine Qin would have not moved on to the underworld without haunting the person who killed her.

So she was definitely alive but captured, or else she would have not stayed away from the hunting ground for long which means——

" She is in the hunting ground," Liu Hui Ying finally spoke after she was done thinking through everything.

Her eyes sharply flickered as she looked at the many tents which were sitting in the middle of the hunting grounds with a calculating look on her face, though there were only fifty to sixty tents, they were rather big and spread out —— it would take a long time for her to investigate so many tents which were built on the hunting ground.

" And just how did you come to that conclusion?" A voice asked from behind.

Liu Hui Ying, who was lost in her thoughts, thought that it was one of her ghosts which was why she answered in an unhurried voice, " The guards say that they did not see concubine Qin come back after an hour or so but during that one hour, the shifts between the guards changed, did it not?

If I am not wrong, the shift changed and the guards took their posts after ten minutes or so—— my conclusion is that concubine Qin did leave but came back ten minutes later because for some reason but before anyone could see her, someone intercepted her in between and pulled her inside the hunting grounds while the shifts were being changed."

The guards who were guarding the entire hunting grounds since the night went to the tent which was set up for the soldiers when there were ten minutes left before the clock struck nine and when the shifts were being taken over by the other group of soldiers who were responsible for the nightly watch, it should have taken at least ten or so minutes for them to come out and then spread all over the hunting grounds—— which meant that concubine Qin should have returned during this small frame of time because only then her disappearance would make sense.

"That\'s a rather wise conclusion, your majesty." The voice spoke up again and this time Liu Hui Ying realised that this voice was one that she heard but it did not match with her ghosts!

Startled she turned around and looked at Ji Yu who was standing behind her with a polite expression on her face while Xiao Lin whose happiness metre was fluctuating was hovering around Ji Yu with a madly in love expression on her face.

" Your Highness! You are looking more beautiful than ever! Ahhh! The colour pink suits you so well! Boohoo it\'s so bad that I can never dress you in this colour ever again!" Xiao Lin cried but she shut up when Liu Hui Ying glared at her like a demon from the sidelines, clearly angry at her for not telling her that Ji Yu was here to see her.

Once Xiao Lin stopped crying, Liu Hui Ying turned to look at Ji Yu who was smiling at her and asked with a subtle voice, " What are you doing here, your Highness?"

" You do not need to be so careful with me, your majesty," Ji Yu replied as she turned to look at Zhai Tianyu who was trying to calm a hysterical-looking Official Qin.

"… I have given up on his majesty, because of certain reasons." She then paused and then turned to look at Liu Hui Ying who was looking at her with suspicions in her eyes and smiled, " You do not have to believe me for the time being. But if I am not wrong, then I am certain that you are currently thinking of how to investigate the inside of the tents right?"

" What about it?" Liu Hui Ying asked with a narrowed pair of eyes as Ji Yu\'s smile widened and then she replied, " Nothing, I just wanted you to know that in three hours, a pair of maids will go and change the coals which are burning in the brazier inside each tent."

After she was done speaking, she turned on her heels and then left while Xiao Lin on the other hand squealed, " My missy is so cool!"

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