Detective Ghost Empress

She then looked at the women who were complaining and then said with a curl of her lips, " You think that anyone wishes to see you sleep? His esteemed majesty is only asking you to sleep in the open because he wants to make sure that no one will be attacked when they are sleeping. I am the Queen yet I was attacked by that murderer what makes you think that you will not be attacked?

I was skilled enough to dodge but can you?"

That \'Can you\' which Liu Hui Ying spoke was said with absolute dominance which hammered right against the hearts of many people who were standing in the middle of the forest.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Liu Hui Ying arched a brow and then continued speaking,  " The reason we are asking you to sleep outside is that if you are attacked then others will be able to help you but in case you are sleeping in the tent and something comes attacking you then who will save you?"

Liu Hui Ying tilted her head and looked at the concubines who were looking at her with anger and hatred and very calmly said, " If you wish to sleep in the tent then I will not stop you but in case you are attacked, I hope that your family will not blame his majesty and the imperial family for not taking care of you … because we are taking precautions and it is you who is not willing to listen."

When the others heard Liu Hui Ying say that they will not be able to complain to Zhai Tianyu if they were attacked they all turned to look at Zhai Tianyu in confusion and agitation. How can this be done?

They were the imperial concubines, they were the responsibility of the Emperor even if they do what they wish to do, it was the responsibility of Zhai Tianyu who was the Emperor to make sure that nothing happened to them.

In their eyes they were women and they were allowed to be unreasonable but as a man, Zhai Tianyu was supposed to protect them no matter what!

Seeing the questions and complaints in the eyes of the concubines, Zhai Tianyu cleared his throat and then said in an unhurried voice, " What her majesty is saying is indeed correct, in case something like this happens with you all then I hope you will be willing to take on the responsibility."

No matter whether they were women or men, this was not the time for them to act unreasonably!

When the concubines heard the words of the emperor they were upset but they did not dare to say anything anymore just as someone thought of rebuking Liu Hui Ying, they heard Ji Yu agree with Zhai Tianyu with a shy voice,

" If that is what his majesty wants then I think that there is nothing wrong with listening to what he says." She then turned to look at the rest of the concubines and then added with a charming voice, " His Majesty is only doing this because he worries about us sisters, there is no need to be upset with something like this …and it is not like his majesty will not create a barricade between the men and the women space to separate the two sides?

Right, your majesty ?"

She turned her gaze and looked at Zhai Tianyu who nodded his head, he was a bit awkward when he agreed with Ji Yu since he was worried about leaving her with the rest of the concubines after all, he did know that Ji Yu fell in love with a woman than a man. But then he wiped that worry clean since he knew that there was no way Ji Yu would do anything as unimpressive as jumping on his concubines.

When the concubines saw that even Ji Yu agreed, they looked at each other and frowned unhappily, now what were they supposed to do? Since the imperial concubine and the empress, both agreed they will look unreasonable if they were to not agree with what the king said!

In the end, everything happened just as Liu Hui Ying wanted, in the middle of the night a separation barricade was constructed in the middle of the hunting grounds on the left side were the men while on the right side were the women.

And no one was allowed to leave the hunting grounds except the queen and the king along with the rest of the members of the imperial family even prime minister Ji and prime minister Liu were not allowed to leave which caused a lot of strife between the two men as Ji Yang pointed to the bed which was in the innermost corner of the hunting grounds and declared,

" I will be sleeping here, prime minister Liu…please take a look at another bed!" The innermost bed was the safest one since if there was someone who was indeed massacring the people on the hunting grounds then he or she would have to walk past the lines and lines of beds to come close to him which was why Ji Yang wanted the innermost bed but it was just his bad luck that Liu Dong Ming wanted the same bed as well.

Liu Dong Ming looked at Ji Yang and then very calmly opened his mouth as he said, " Left prime minister Ji, I am afraid that there is a saying that says—— first come first served, I came here first which means that I am going to sleep here."

" But I saw this bed first!"

" I placed my pillow first!"

" What do you mean by placing your pillow first? You cheated! You threw the pillow in the air causing it to fall on the bed! I was the one who arrived in front of this bed first!" Ji Yang snapped as he loudly declared in front of the crowd that he was the winner while Liu Dong Ming was a cheater.

Liu Dong Ming took a step back when he saw that Ji Yang was so agitated that his spit was flying around when he quarrelled with him, only then did he open his mouth and then spoke in an unhurried voice, " The correct word which you are looking for is a smart move,"  he arched a brow and looked at the man who was so angry that his expression was turning purple and then continued speaking as he said, " I mean don\'t you think that you could have used your internal energy to throw the pillow instead of running like a commoner?

I am wiser than you because I kept a firm head in the face of trouble, you can\'t call me cheater because I performed better than you."

Unlike Ji Yang who was agitatedly breathing in and out like a bull, Liu Dong Ming was calm which made the onlookers look at the two of them with varied gazes. Ji Yang\'s fraction was full of pity as they all looked at the poor man who was being harassed by Liu Dong Ming and the fractions which supported Liu Dong Ming were all filled with glee as they snickered at Ji Yang\'s stupidity.

Behind them the entire group of men continued to stand and no one dared to sleep since these two were the ones who were the top dogs in the imperial courts after the Emperor and his subordinates. In the end, when their quarrel reached to another height, it was the second official Liu who opened his mouth and then said, " Why don\'t you two sleep in the same beds?

Forgive me for being blunt but all the beds are already chosen and the one which belonged to his majesty has been chosen from the biggest bed in the hunting grounds which means there is one less bed …if you two like this bed so much then share it——-"

" Shut up!" The two men roared at Second Official Liu who promptly shut his mouth as he looked at the crowd before shrugging his shoulders as if trying to say —— well, I tried but since they are not willing to listen you all can continue to stay awake all night!

The crowd: "..."

On the other side, a similar scene was going on between Dowager Empress and Grand Dowager Empress.