Detective Ghost Empress

" Why is he refusing? If the Liu family is in the wrong there is no way they would be able to fool the finance ministry. After all, the taels that were stolen belong to the government and have the stamp of the imperial treasury as they belonged to the imperial family," one of the officials said with a questioning look.

" What do you know? This is the opportunity that Prime Minister Ji has been waiting for ages, how can he let go of it so easily?" Another official spoke with an eye roll. " With Lord Liu watching the Liu family none of the children dare to do anything too out of the line.

There is no way they would do a crime that would lead the family to execution or exile and even if it does, Lord Liu will be the one to kick that person out. With such a careful guard dog do you think that Prime Minister Ji will get a chance to attack the Liu family?"

" Thats right. This is the only time where Prime Minister Liu has slipped up, if Prime Minister Ji let this opportunity slip away from his hands, who knows when he will get another chance?"

With Liu Hui Ying stating that she had evidence to prove that the Liu family was innocent it would be a surprise if Prime Minister Ji could stay calm.

Ji Yang's heart was on fire, as he glared at the officials who were talking nonsense in the court. Were they little women on the street why were they speaking too much nonsense? They were causing trouble for him by speaking such stupid things in the imperial court at that!

Upon receiving the glare the officials all turned silent they did not dare to say a single word as they stared at the ground as if there was something very unique on the surface. However, inwardly they were very dissatisfied with the glare that was pointed at them.

It wasn't as if they were saying anything wrong and the useless Emperor did not even practice martial arts with him sitting so high up on the throne how could he hear what they were saying?

The useless Emperor: "…"

At this moment Liu Dong Ming's fraction which was silent till now started to revive. In the past few days, they have been looking for evidence but they did not find anything. Every time they questioned those useless guards they would say that it was the ghost who stole from them.

It was such a nonsensical confession that they wanted to beat the sh*t out of those soldiers, how dare they speak nonsense to them but no matter how many times they punished the soldiers, their confession remained the same.

That it was the ghost that stole the taels.

Where were they supposed to get the taels anyway if they were stolen by a ghost? Were they supposed to draw a portrait of a dead man and paste it on the city for others to dig up a corpse?

In the end, even they thought that the Liu family was not going to survive this tragedy and were really worried. But they were loyal to Liu Dong Ming and did not think of jumping sides, though there were some who changed the fractions, their numbers were insignificantly smaller and neither they nor Liu Dong Ming cared about those ministers.

" Thats right, Prime Minister Ji! Are you trying to hide something why don't you let this young man speak the truth? It's not as if he is going to lie in front of so many officials. Who dares to have such guts?"

" Do you think that this man who is not even an adult yet do something so severe? If there is no evidence you can always turn the situation around Prime Minister Ji."

" Thats right, at least listen to what the young man has to say for himself."

" Your majesty we beseech you that you let this young man say his part. Or else who knows the Liu family might suffer for no reason?"

As the ministers spoke they stood up from their chairs and then knelt in front of Zhai Tianyu causing Ji Yang's face to turn red in anger, he knew that with the entire fraction supporting Liu Dong Ming, there was no way the Emperor would be able to withstand the pressure and sure enough a second later Zhai Tianyu said in a low and hesitating voice,

" Then..Then listen to him?"

Ji Yang closed his eyes in disgust when he heard Zhai Tianyu give up so easily in the past he used to think that he did a good job by training Zhai Tianyu to be a good-for-nothing useless man but now he seemed to have realized that he had smashed his foot!

That man! He made such a well thought scheme and he was willing to listen to the quibbling of that man. Now he could only hope that the young man who was appointed by Liu Dong Ming was not a smarty pants.

Though it was impossible for anyone to deal with this scheme that they had come up with, they could not be sure. What if this man did something to turn the situation around?

" Let him come in," Grand Dowager Empress saw that the matter was escalating and more and more people were questioning their family which was why she could only step back for now.

However, in her heart, she was thinking the same as Ji Yang. She wished that this young man was just here to fool them!

After all, the scheme that they had come up with goes beyond human comprehension, it should be impossible for anyone to turn it around.

Liu Hui Ying heaved a sigh of relief when she was allowed to step inside. She was really afraid that the people from the Ji family would stop her but now that she was given permission to enter the court, she did not show any nervousness and calmly strode inside.

Ji Yu who was sitting next to the fake 'Liu Hui Ying' was a bit surprised. Though no one had paid attention to Liu Hui Ying who was sitting on the throne, she had taken a good look at her.

The Liu Hui Ying next to her was sitting with her head lowered as if she was really nervous but Liu Hui Ying was the woman who would never lower her head and she did not think that a woman who dared to kill someone by pulling their heart out was afraid of anything.

Thus her sudden nervousness caught Ji Yu off guard, at first she thought that it was because Liu Hui Ying was worried about the situation of her family but now that she was looking at the young man who was striding inside the court, she could see Liu Hui Ying's shadow in him.

His pace and confidence were very similar to the usual Liu Hui Ying.

' So, she can change faces as well?' Ji Yu thought in her head but when she thought about how Liu Dong Ming could summon the dead she did not think that there was something weird about Liu Hui Ying changing her face.

Liu Hui Ying did not know that she had been seen through, she cupped her hands and then bowed in front of Zhai Tianyu before saying, " Your majesty, this one is called Lord Chu. I belong to the land of the sea and I am well experienced in dealing with cases like this, if you give me permission then I would like to explain the robbery and the process of it."

" Bold of you to say such words! You are despising the court and talking nonsense by saying such things, Do you think that Yamen has not a single good officer?"

Looking down the court? Liu Hui Ying felt her lips twitch. She turned to the man who was speaking and pursed her lips, she knew who he was. If her memory served her right then this man was none other than Zhou Xuaran, the brother-in-law of Ji Yang and the brother of Ji Yu's mother.

She glanced at him before she turned her attention to Ji Yu who was sitting on the throne. Though she did not feel sympathetic toward this woman as she had caused a lot of trouble but with how things were going she was afraid that Ji Yu was going to end up alone.

As not a single person in her family was decent!