Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 415: Field cress grass ——2

While Liu Hui Ying had already prepared herself for the incident which was going to take at night, the Ji family still naively believed that they were the smarter ones of all.

" From tonight you will have nothing to worry about," The Grand Dowager Empress patted Ji Yu on the back of her hand as she looked at the cage which was being shaken by the tiger which was locked inside of it while going crazy.

This was a plan which she and Ji Yang came up with after a very long time, they did not believe that Liu Hui Ying will get lucky each time.

What happened with Xiao Lin was deemed as nothing but sheer luck by Ji Yang and the grand Dowager Empress, they believed that Xiao Lin was the one who messed up at the crucial moment and then caused their plans to be exposed by her.

It never occurred to them that there might be a chance that Liu Hui Ying cottoned on the fact that they were trying to poison her. In fact, they simply thought of that incident as a blind cat catching the mouse.

But this time they were certain that they will succeed, even though Liu Hui Ying was lucky enough to escape back then, there was no way she will be able to escape from the clutches of a fierce tiger.

What was more they used field cress which was exceptionally rare to find and on top of that, the field cress grass did not have a strong scent or any other attribute which can be detected by someone who was not an expert, only the imperial physicians and the medicinal practitioners were the ones who knew how to find the field cress grass which was similar to the wild grass which grew on the side of the road.

Though it looked similar the field cress grass had small, very small fibre-like thorns which cannot be seen with the naked eye.

The medical practitioner who searched for herbs used special glasses to find these herbs and because they were really hard to find, these herbs were sold for a very high price in the market by the medical practitioners, the grand dowager Empress had to fork out a fair share of silver taels from her private stash for the sake of buying this herb.

And that too in a huge bulk that it will drive the tiger crazy to the point that it will become impossible to control it.

Ji Yu turned her head to the tiger which was pacing inside the cage and her eyes flashed with a mocking glint. She knew that when her father supported this hunt, he already made up his mind to attack Liu Hui Ying as many times as he could to make sure that she will die but ——

The memories from last night where Liu Dong Ming showed her just how different he was from the rest were enough to tell her that there was no way Liu Hui Ying will die.

In fact, her eyes flickered left and right as she remembered the day when Liu Hui Ying caught the maid who was going to poison her and then turned to look at the tent with a complicated look in her eyes, back then she thought that Liu Hui Ying was just lucky enough to dodge the sword which was aimed at her but after meeting with Liu Dong Ming, she had a feeling that Liu Hui Ying was not as simple either.

That woman was given poisoned wine and her maid even saw her drink it which was why she created a very loud ruckus—— but somehow Liu Hui Ying managed to survive what was more she did not even need an imperial physician to detoxify her, this was enough to let her know that Liu Hui Ying was not a woman that can easily be taken down.

Now that her eyes were no longer covered with the blindfold of foolishness, she could see that Liu Hui Ying and her were worlds apart, that woman was the sky and she was the ground beneath everyone's feet.

It was no surprise that Zhai Tianyu choose Liu Hui Ying instead of her.

" Is that so, aunt? Then I will be waiting for tonight," with her eyes filled with obedience, Ji Yu smiled at the grand dowager Empress who was telling her how she will make sure that the throne of the empress will fall into her hands.

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Zhai Tianyu received the word that Ji Yang's side hunted a tiger as well, as the Emperor it was necessary for him to hand out praise to Ji Yang's fraction which was why he returned with his pitiful rabbits which he caught after playing hide and seek for a very long time.

" Your majesty," Ji Yang smiled at Zhai Tianyu with his hands in front of his abdomen as he bowed and then said, " I have hunted this tiger in your name, I hope you will accept the goodwill of this small minister."

" Of course,  Prime Minister Ji, of course," Zhai Tianyu chuckled as he looked at the tiger which was ramming his head against the metal bars which made up the wall of the cage and frowned upon seeing the wild look in the eyes of the tiger which was pacing inside the cage. " What's wrong with that tiger, did you catch a mad one to honour me, prime minister Ji?

Is …Is there something that you want to say to me?"

Ji Yang was stunned upon hearing the words which were spoken by the Emperor, he looked at the tiger's eyes which were itching for blood and cursed the soldiers for doing a poor job, they should have turned the head of the tiger to the side, that way Zhai Tianyu would not have seen the bloody look in the eyes of the tiger.

Were they trying to get him killed? Did they not know that the mood of the Emperor was like changing weather? If Zhai Tianyu was to get angry with him, he will end up losing at least an inch of his skin.  These fools!