Detective Ghost Empress

213 She committed suicide.

” Isn’t that so? If she cannot even grind an ink stone and there was no spare ink left then how come she was able to write my name before jumping down the pond? And even if she was planning to jump ahead and even wrote a letter then I can only say that the servants here were not doing their jobs up to the mark because how come it is possible that no one here knew that she was going to jump in the pond?” Liu Hui Ying pointed out as she looked at Nanny Cheng who was kneeling on the floor.

She was slightly nervous because this place was where no one cared about the life of a human and she knew that if she did not carefully tread on thin ice then there was a possibility that the Emperor might barge in and declare her as a criminal after all she was someone who was being targeted by him because of the Liu family, she did not think that the man would let her leave just because she helped him a little bit.

Men were all selfish.

Liu Hui Ying had learned this lesson the hard way, being touched, groped and bullied by a bunch of them.

Which was why she was not going to be trusting of that man even if they solved a simple case together. She smiled and then looked at Dowager Empress with a calm voice and continued speaking, ” Maybe….”

“Maybe?” Dowager Empress asked as she looked at Liu Hui Ying who was looking at the corpse and was hesitating to say something, seeing her hesitate, Dowager Empress immediately said, ” What do you want to say? Just say it without any worries.”

Liu Hui Ying was just waiting for this, she licked her lips and nervously continued speaking, ” Your majesty, Liu Fei Fei was killed and I was blamed, Don’t you think that someone is trying to target both of us at the same time? Maybe they want to kill Liu Fei Fei and dethrone me, if that happens then wouldn’t the Liu family suffer? I will be removed from the post of the Empress and Liu Fei Fei is dead as well which means that the influence of the Liu family on the harem will be significantly reduced.”

When Liu Hui Ying said this Dowager Empress who was thinking about the incident immediately understood what was going on and she gritted her teeth. ” The Ji family!”

In the imperial city no one other than the Ji family no one wanted to see the Liu family fall. They had a lot of enemies but only the Ji family could be this bold, since they dared to do something like this they must have thought that she would punish Liu Hui Ying or maybe they were giving an opportunity to the Emperor to dethrone Liu Hui Ying as well when she thought about this Dowager Empress’s eyes flashed and then she turned to look at the maids who were standing in the room with a nervous expression on their faces.

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They were young and naive but this did not matter to the Dowager Empress, for the sake of keeping her family’s power stable and punishing those who have wronged her family and her. Her eyes flickered as she looked at her nanny An who was sturdy and nodded, once she did that Nanny An whistled in a low voice.

As soon as she did that three shadows appeared out of thin air, the maids realised what was going on and wanted to scream but were stopped by Dowager Empress who narrowed her eyes and said, ” If you listen to me then your family will still be able to get out of this situation alive but if you don’t then you will be buried with your families.”

At once those maids who wanted to scream turned silent and were taken away by the shadow guards when Liu Hui Ying saw this her smile faltered as she looked at the expression of the maids who had their heads lowered, she wanted to stop Dowager Empress but she knew her limits. Even if she did not agree with the killing of the innocents, she knew that the Dowager Empress was too distrustful, if she said anything to save those women then she will be attracting more attention to her.

Once the maids were taken away, Dowager Empress then turned to look at the woman who was kneeling on the floor.

“You...Your majesty, I have served the Liu family for so many years…——” Nanny Cheng started pleading but was stopped by Dowager Empress who interrupted her with a scheming look on her face. ” You are right.”

She motioned to Nanny An who tugged the paper out of Nanny Cheng’s grip and threw it in the stove that was still burning next to the corpse. Immediately the paper started burning with a flicker of sparks, one could see that Nanny Cheng wanted to save the burning paper but did not when she saw that the Dowager Empress was standing in front of her with a blank look on her face.

“It’s a pity that poor Fei Fei could not withstand the pressure of staying in the imperial palace, I am saddened by her suicide but you know Nanny Cheng, such deaths cannot be avoided, so I hope that you will be able to forget this incident and move forward,” Dowager Empress calmly told Nanny Cheng as if she has not just killed someone with just a few words. ” But because you have been working so hard for the Liu family, I will give you a reward. From now on you will start working for the Empress, take care of her just as you took care of Fei Fei, do not let me down, do you understand?”

Anyone could see that Dowager Empress was threatening Nanny Cheng, and from the defiant look in the eyes of Nanny Cheng, it could be seen that she wanted to fight back since she was not reconciled but before she could say anything Dowager Empress repeated with a cold voice, ” Do you understand?”