Detective Ghost Empress

She was sure that the concubine Qin was trapped inside the hunting grounds, if she was not being able to find her then it only meant that she was not being able to search thoroughly.

" There has to be something," she muttered in a soft voice as she looked at the tent of the Qin family before she turned to look around and then her gaze dropped to her own tent. Did someone smuggle concubine Qin to the emperor\'s tent and then hid her there?

After all the safest place was also the most perfect place to hide a crime.

Liu Hui Ying did not know just how much her deduction was correct but it was better to be safe than sorry which was why she returned to her tent and changed out of her clothes which she was wearing as the old lady before turning to look at the two maids and then snapped her fingers to suck the yin Energy which was instilled in the body of the two maids by the ghosts to knock them out.

Once the Yin energy was sucked by her, the two maids who were lying on the ground woke up after stirring for a while.

The first one to wake up was the old granny who was lying on the lap of the young woman, she blinked her old eyes which were slightly hazy and then turned to look around at first she did not have any idea what was going on but when her gaze fell on the red robe which was embroidered with Phoenix, her eyes could not help but snap open on their own, she looked at the hem of the robe and then turned her head slowly before her gaze fell on the Empress who was smiling down at her!

Oh my god! What happened?

The old granny pulled herself off the lap of the young woman as she looked at Liu Hui Ying who was staring at her with a polite expression on her face.

" You…your majesty …you what are…what happened?" The old granny asked as she covered her forehead and then tried to remember what happened earlier but no matter how much she tried, she could not remember anything which scared the living daylights out of her.

" You came to change the coal in my brazier after going around and changing the coals in everyone else\'s brazier but then ended up falling on the ground, most probably The two of you did not eat your lunch properly and pushed yourself too much which is why you ended up getting knocked out like that," Liu Hui Ying did not even blink as she spouted off the nonsense without the slightest bit of guilty conscience on her face.

When the old granny heard that she fainted and that too in front of Liu Hui Ying, who was the queen of the imperial city. She was so shocked that she wanted to cry, how come…how come she fainted like this? Now what will happen to her old life? She was still fine since she lived her entire life but what about her grand daughter? She was still young and did not even have a match yet!

" Your majesty, please forgive me… I have committed a great sin!

Please forgive me with that magnanimous heart of yours and let my granddaughter go, I am willing to suffer in her stead if that is what it takes for your anger to be quenched but please let my granddaughter leave, she is still young," the old granny knocked her forehead on the ground as she pleaded with Liu Hui Ying, she tried her best to count all the good things about her granddaughter as she told Liu Hui Ying how good her granddaughter was and that she deserved to live her life to the fullest.

" All right, all right," since Liu Hui Ying was only lying to make this old woman believe her nonsense she did not wish to make things especially difficult for her which was why she waved her hand and then very generously and magnanimously said, " You do not need to worry so much, I might be the queen but I am also a human and I do understand that you are also human which is why it is normal for you to make mistakes, there is no need for you to worry about something so small, just go to the dining hall and eat something to recover your energy."

Liu Hui Ying\'s words were full of kindness and in the eyes of the old granny, she was like some great woman who was covered in a golden aura which showed how kind and magnanimous she was, just like a Goddess!

" You really have no shame do you?" Li Gang said to Liu Hui Ying who was speaking nonsense without even blinking her eyes, she was the one who knocked the old granny out for her own purpose and now she was acting as if she was only looking out for the old granny. On

" Or else do you wish me to tell her the truth where she was possessed by a ghost and was knocked out cold? Given her age the second she finds out that she was possessed, she will kick the bucket," Liu Hui Ying ruthlessly retorted which made Li Gang roll his eyes as he turned to look at Jia Li and Grandma Lan Fen who simply shook their heads, asking him not to speak too much.

The old granny who did not have any idea that she was played by the queen was really grateful towards Liu Hui Ying, she even swore that she will fight with anyone who tries to badmouth the queen before taking her leave with her granddaughter who was still blinking her eyes and trying to get rid of the daze which she was feeling.

Once the two women were gone, Liu Hui Ying immediately turned on her heels and then started pushing the lid of the various trunks which were sitting inside the tent which were tightly closed but no matter how many trunks she opened, she could not find anything!

There was not even a single piece of evidence left behind which would tell her that the concubine Qin was locked up by her kidnapper. Did she really make a mistake? Liu Hui Ying did not want to believe that she was the one who made a mistake since she was skilled enough to count the feather of a flying bird with her sharp eyes that never missed anything!

So how come, she was wrong this time?!

" No, there has to be something that we missed…something that we saw but did not pay attention to," as she spoke she started to pace around the tent ignoring the clutter which she had spread all over the tent.

One of her hands was resting under her chin while the other was crossed in front as she paced inside the tent, trying to remember everything that she saw in the tents she went inside just now, as the sights of the various tents flashed in her eyes, suddenly a scream tore in the silent clearing, interrupting her as well as waking Zhai Tianyu up who was unconscious till now.

" What in the …" Zhai Tianyu opened his mouth to complain but then the memories from earlier flashed in front of his eyes which made him turn and look at Liu Hui Ying who was standing awkwardly on the side as she opened her mouth and then said in a hurry, " I think we are needed outside, someone just screamed their lungs out! I think there is another attack!

" After she spoke, she turned on her heels and then ran out of the tent, seeing her leave, Zhai Tianyu knew that she was trying to avoid him, though he did not say anything for now, he swore that he was going to find out what was the matter with that white space but for now he was going to see what happened outside!

Thus he pushed himself off the bed and then ran out of the tent just after Liu Hui Ying who was now standing in front of the concubine who was lying on the ground while pointing at the dark corner of the forest while trembling like a leaf as she screamed,

" I saw her! I saw the ghost that haunts the hunting ground! She was right there! I swear"