Detective Ghost Empress

353 Forced to spend time together ———” I did not ask grandaunt for her help,” once they were out of earshot where the grand dowager Empress could hear them, Ji Yu told the truth to Zhai Tianyu. If this was before she would have needed to say such things pr much less explain herself but their relationship was now so bleak that Ji Yu was afraid that even a single misunderstanding could break it into pieces.

Something that she did not wish to see.

” I know,” said Zhai Tianyu as he continued to walk towards the carriage in which he was going to ride. When Ji Yu heard him say that he knew that she did not ask for the help of grand aunt but was still angry with her, it confused her. She looked at him with confused eyes and asked, ” If so then why are you angry, your majesty?”

“I am not angry,” replied Zhai Tianyu as he blinked his eyes and casually shrugged his shoulders. ” I am just disappointed, when we were kids there was one time when I sneaked out of the palace and you were the one who lied to grandmother such that she will not catch me missing from my courtyard and your lies were so excellent that till this day, my grandmother does not doubt anything which makes me wonder, why was it that you could not throw her off when she asked you what was going on between us, was it because you could not or was it….” He finally turned to look at Ji Yu but only to pin her with a pair of cold eyes such that she could not even move an inch from her spot. ” Or was it that you did not want to?”

Ji Yu stayed silent, she did not tell the grand dowager Empress the truth but at the same time, she did not try to give her best excuses while lying to her grandaunt when the latter called her to ask what was going on between her and Zhai Tianyu. She knew what she was doing was wrong but she also knew that there was no other choice in front of her, she had tried to talk with Zhai Tianyu by trying to get closer to him in the past few days but he had not given her a chance.

He did not even meet with her when she went to apologise to him and asked him to have lunch with her just like old times, she even went ahead and said that she will not force him to choose her this time but he did not listen to her pleas.

It was when she was running out of time when the grand dowager Empress called her which was why she decided that she might as well take advantage of this opportunity, but she did not want to let Zhai Tianyu know this which was why she opened her mouth to say something but just as she spoke the first syllable, she was interrupted by the sound of the palanquin bearers as they walked inside the grounds with a resplendent figure sitting in the palanquin.

When Ji Yu saw the woman on the palanquin she felt her breath hitch as she had seen this figure before but because the woman had never cared for her appearance, she thought that the woman was not much to look at but now as she sat on the palanquin wearing the robe and dress that belonged to the Empress with a golden crown and delicate makeup that was neither too loud nor too soft, she felt her heart sink a little when she saw Liu Hui Ying in her full glory.

The hand that was holding her let go and Ji Yu immediately turned her head to look at the King who was looking at the woman who was sitting in the palanquin, his eyes not even wavering an inch as he looked at Liu Hui Ying who was not even looking at him.

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He let go of her hand because he was worried that Liu Hui Ying will see them but the funny thing was that the woman did not even glance his way!

Though Ji Yu thought that Liu Hui Ying was not looking at the King, it was not the truth. Liu Hui Ying’s senses were better than the rest since her mystic arts were better than the other celestial masters, she could easily see and hear things that others could not see or hear.

When she arrived at the grounds, she saw Zhai Tianyu holding Ji Yu’s hand, and when her gaze fell on his hand that was holding Ji Yu’s, Liu Hui Ying felt a bit stuffy and had to raise her hand to rub the knot in her chest but she did not think much of it. She simply blamed it on the humid weather and the layers of clothes that she was wearing before she looked down at the palanquin bearers and then said,” Where are you taking me?”

” To his majesty, your majesty, the queen” the bearer who seemed to be the leader replied as Liu Hui Ying rolled her eyes and snapped at him, ” What am I? A baby that you bringing to her parent? Bring me to my carriage. Back gear Hit the back gear right now!”

The palanquin bearers did not understand what the queen meant by back gear which made Liu Hui Ying annoyed as she rolled her eyes and groaned, ” I mean turn around, you all! Turn around and march to my carriage, right now! We can leave on our own, I am an independent being and do not need a man, come on turn around!”

Liu Hui Ying made the palanquin bearers turn around as she did not want to face that rat face, poopy head Emperor. She did not know why his face annoyed her but she did not wish to see him at this moment!

As Liu Hui Ying turned to leave, Ji Yu watched her leave and commented, ” It seems that the Queen cannot care less about you, your majesty.”

Zhai Tianyu watched Liu Hui Ying leave and when he heard Ji Yu’s comment, he turned around and sneered, ” At least, I will not be rushing to left prime minister Dong Ming to make her spend time with me.” With that, he flicked his sleeves and climbed up inside his carriage leaving an embarrassed Ji Yu outside.