Detective Ghost Empress

296 The attacker from that night

” You saw me,” the ghost woman who was dripping with water spoke in a sing-song voice as she scurried down and then sat right in the centre of the table where Liu Hui Ying was sitting. With her hollow-like eyes, she stared at Liu Hui Ying who was sitting in front of her and smiled until her jaw was on the verge of snapping and falling. “I saw you helping that new ghost in moving on to the next life, help me too——ne, ne, I want to move to the next life as well.”

Liu Hui Ying did not look at the ghost woman instead she looked at the porridge that the ghost woman has ruined and pursed her lips in anger. She was seriously going to go on a strike one of these days because two consorts died in the imperial palace, the grand dowager Empress and the Dowager Empress called for two priests to clear up the dark energy in the palace.

The two priests were of course duds because Liu Hui Ying who attended the ceremony was not caught by the two priests even when she walked into the funeral hall with three ghosts behind her this morning.

In her view, the entire thing was completely stupid and pointless that did nothing but waste her time, though she was slightly entertained when she saw those two priests hop and jump as if they were really banishing evil energies. But her amusement soon died down when the two priests said that they have to exercise being vegetarian for the next thirteen days, she was already suffering enough with the bland food that was being handed to her but now even that bland food was ruined by this ghost woman.

Liu Hui Ying’s left eyebrow twitched in anger as she looked down at the porridge that was now spoiled because of the sudden drop of Yin energy in it and then raised her head before turning to look at Nanny Chang calmly as she handed the ruined porridge bowl to the old woman and said, ” I want a warm bowl of porridge this one has gone cold.”

Nanny Gong looked at the bowl that still had lukewarm porridge while holding it in her hands and blinked her eyes before looking at the annoyed expression of the Queen. Though she wanted to ask why the Queen was asking for a hot porridge in this weather when the sun was still hot in the morning, she chose not to say anything after seeing the twitch of Liu Hui Ying’s eyebrow.

She has stayed with the Queen for long enough to know that the Queen was currently very annoyed by something and as for what was annoying her —— she did not dare to ask seeing the death grip of Liu Hui Ying on her chopsticks.

” Ne~ I know you can hear me, you just exchanged the bowl because it is spoiled by my Yin energy, didn’t you? Then help me out or else I will not leave.” The ghost woman said again and this time she even dragged her body forward and then stared right into Liu Hui Ying’s face. ” If you don’t help me then I will continue to haunt you.”

As she spoke she opened her mouth and caused her stinky and rotten breath to waft over to Liu Hui Ying’s nose who scrunched up her nose and then raised her hand before bringing it down with ——

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A loud smack.

“Ouch!” The ghost woman looked at Liu Hui Ying in surprise who stared right back at her with a smile and then said with an innocent expression, ” Aiya, it seems to me that you did not know that I can actually touch the ghosts, did you think that I can only command and help them as they wish?”

As she spoke Liu Hui Ying cracked her fingers and approached the ghost woman who shook her head and said, ” Stay away from me, stay away! Ah, not my jaw, you will break my jaw!”

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” Little Ai, why is the Queen wrestling with air ?” Nanny Gong asked as she looked at Qui Ai while standing at the door as she watched Liu Hui Ying give a rack attack to the air.

“It’s the Queen’s way to de-stress herself,” replied Qui Ai with complete ease as she turned to look at Nanny Gong who stared at her with an expression of wanting to scream but did not dare to scream because she will be punished. ” Why do you look like that Nanny Gong?”

“Oh, it’s nothing,” Nanny Gong nursed her forehead as she handed the bowl of porridge to Qui Ai and then turned around on her feet. ” I think I will have to go and look for a way to de-stress as well.”

Or else the Queen was going to send her to the underworld before her time.

” I am sorry, I apologize, I will not dare to threaten you anymore,” the ghost woman groaned in pain, this was the first time she realised that even after death she will be able to feel pain like this. She looked at Liu Hui Ying and then grovelled on the floor while kowtowing.

” And,” Liu Hui Ying prodded the ghost woman who let out an embarrassment-filled wail and then said, ” I will never ever dare to ruin your meal, master.”

” That’s correct,” Liu Hui Ying flicked her sleeves as she sat down back on the cushion to eat her warm porridge and then said, ” You can leave now, there is no need for you to stay behind and find trouble with me.”

” But..But—— I have been wandering in this palace for a long time.”

” I don’t care.”

“It has been more than fifty years.”

” I really don’t give a damn.”

” Even my evil daughter-in-law who poisoned me is reincarnated as a dog now.”

” I really couldn’t be bothered.”

Seeing that nothing was working on Liu Hui Ying, the ghost woman smacked her hands together and then said, ” I can tell you about that ghost who attacked you that night.”

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