Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 515: We need an heir

In the end, the imperial decree of building a bank was passed even though there was a lot of silent objection from the ministers.

Liu Hui Ying who stepped out of the court brushed shoulders with Ji Yang who stared at her with cold eyes and sneered, " Lord Chu is really wise, he could solve the case that most men could not. Makes me wonder if you are more special than others?" Ji Yang knew that this man was a celestial master. If he wasn't one then he could not have solved this case without using his powers.

" Maybe I am," Liu Hui Ying offered with a smile. She knew that this man very much wanted to kill her but he could not as he had a fake persona to maintain. By the time he would get the opportunity to shed his mask, Liu Hui Ying would have taken off her mask as well.

Ji Yang might not even find Lord Chu at the surface of the Imperial City, not unless there was another unsolved case that required Liu Hui Ying's hand.

Ji Yang curled his lips before flicking his sleeves and then walking away. Thirty thousand taels of gold and on top of that the construction of a bank, he could not believe how big of a loss he made!

Liu Hui Ying did not care what Ji Yang was thinking in his head, now that the truth has come to light, she did not have to deal with these people anymore. As she did not want to cause a commotion, she slipped past the crowd and rushed to the cold palace where she had kept the ointment which helped with her with her allergy.

' Damn, I really feel like I am going to die!' Liu Hui Ying thought as she hurried out of the court and headed towards the cold palace but just as she was about to paste an invisibility talisman on her clothes, she heard Liu Dong Ming call her from behind.

" Lord Chu,"

His voice put a sudden halt on Liu Hui Ying's pace as she skidded to a sudden stop.

" My lord?" Liu Hui Ying tilted her head politely wanting to know what happened to Liu Dong Ming and why he was suddenly stopping her. Did she not hold onto the side of her promise? Or was there something else?

" Here," Liu Dong Ming held out a pouch of money that seemed to be stuffed with taels. " You were in such a hurry that you forgot to take this pouch of money with you. Have you forgotten that you need to take your fees?"

Only then did Liu Hui Ying remember that in her hurry she seemed to have completely forgotten about the money that Liu Dong Ming owed her.

' Gah! This is all because of that man who knocked into me if not for her why would I be in a hurry,' Liu Hui Ying cursed the man who knocked into her in the afternoon before taking the pouch from Liu Dong Ming. However, she made sure not to touch him as she did not want to flare her allergy even more.

Of course, Liu Dong Ming noticed that Liu Hui Ying was avoiding him which made him furrow his brows but then his gaze fell on the puss-filled pimples that were scattered on her arms.

This…

" Thank you for your patronage, Lord Liu," Liu Hui Ying bowed, she would have told him that if he needed her help he could invite her again but she knew the people of this era were superstitious who knows in what way he might take her words. In case he thought she was cursing him, what was she supposed to do?

Liu Hui Ying however was thinking too much as Liu Dong Ming was not even paying attention to her words. All of his attention was on the boils that had puss inside of them, what was this? Why was his daughter's skin covered with blisters filled with pus?

What happened to her as far as he knew Liu Hui Ying never had such a problem when he and his wife were alive and living in the modern world.

' Hui Ying…'

Liu Dong Ming wanted to question Liu Hui Ying but he realized that he was in no position to such. He watched as she bowed and turned on her heels before running away, he narrowed his eyes before summoning his aide.

" General Du,"

" Yes my lord," General Du bowed his head with a hand around his abdomen.

" Look into my daughter's matters, let me know why she is suffering from those blisters," Liu Dong Ming ordered his aide. He hoped that it was nothing severe or else he would not leave that jackass who thinks that he could do anything just because he was blessed by God of Death.

….

" Damn it!" Grand Dowager Empress flicked her sleeves sending everything that was on the tea table on the floor. " We not only lost more than thirty thousand taels of gold but we also lost the chance to jump right back! This is going to put a strain on our finances but we are also going to suffer double the loss as we have lost the ability to embezzle a bit of money from the paid taxes.

If the commoners pay the taxes straight into the banks where will our family get the chance to make an extra sum of money!"

Ji Yu watched her grandaunt go crazy. She did not even want to be here but if she had not followed her grandaunt, her grandaunt would have called her from the courtyard anyway.

" Grandaunt, you need to calm down," Ji Yu poured a cup of cooling tea in a cup and then placed it in front of Grand Dowager Empress before helping her down on the seat. " We can always look for new ways to embezzle money but if you hurt yourself it will be too troublesome. Nothing is more important than your health."

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However, the Grand Dowager Empress was in no condition to hear a word that Ji Yu was saying instead she covered her head and while muttering, "This won't do… we need an heir…if nor the throne will be out of our control! It looks like we need to make sure that Xinyi would be chosen as the concubine."