Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 527: Compensation

Ji Yu who had stepped out of the palanquin paused when she saw Chu Yanqing. She blinked her eyes and furrowed her brows, as she could not understand why Chu Yanqing was looking at her in this manner. Her gaze was similar to a lover who had been wronged, but Ji Yu was certain that the two of them had never clashed head-on before.

"Concubine Chu?" Seeing that the latter was not speaking, Ji Yu decided to speak to her first.

In fact, it would have been better if she hadn't spoken to Concubine Chu because the latter narrowed her eyes and glared at her as if the hatred that she held for Ji Yu upped one level more.

"Imperial Ji seemed to have really wonderful timing. It hasn't been less than two seconds before his majesty arrived at the Phoenix Palace and Imperial Ji came after him just as soon," Chu Yanqing stated sarcastically before bowing her head and then walking towards her palanquin.

Behind her, Nanny Meng apologetically bowed to Ji Yu before chasing after Chu Yanqing. Her expression was distraught as she knew that she had to train Chu Yanqing from the start, this missy of hers was fine before she arrived at the Imperial Palace, what happened to her all of a sudden?

Ji Yu stared after Chu Yanqing. In fact, she wanted to tell her that she did not come here to look for Zhai Tianyu and that she was seriously here to congratulate Liu Hui Ying but given that her surname was 'Ji' and Ji Yang was her father, Ji Yu knew that regardless of what she said nothing was going to help her.

She sighed and then looked at the Phoenix Palace in front of her and sighed.

"Let's go back," she said to the palanquin bearers but as soon as she turned around, her new maid who took the place of Xiao Lin spoke up, "What are you doing, your Highness? Are you going to leave just like this ?"

Xiao He looked at Ji Yu as if she were a fool. The Emperor was right behind the doors, and yet, she was choosing to leave.

Ji Yu closed her eyes and then turned to look at Xiao He. Her lips curled up in a smile which was not a smile, she looked down at Xiao He without hiding her contempt for her and asked, "Xiao He, do you know why you are a maid, and I am an imperial concubine?"

She had seen Xiao He trying to catch Zhai Tianyu's attention when he was coming to her palace these past few days. Of course, it was only because he wanted to use her palace as a base to change his clothes and head to the army base where he was raising his army.

Nonetheless, he did arrive at her courtyard and Xiao He had always tried to catch her attention Zhai Tianyu, however, she had failed again and again.

After all, Zhai Tianyu was in love with Liu Hui Ying, how could he fall for someone like Xiao He?

What was more, even though she could not compare with Liu Hui Ying, how could Xiao He be compared to her?

Xiao He's contempt for Ji Yu vanished for a few seconds as she asked, "W… What do you mean, your Highness?"

"I mean what you are understanding," Ji Yu stated with a cold voice.

" The reason you are a mere maid, and I am the imperial concubine is because I understand when to retreat and when to stride front up and charge ahead, do you understand?" She paused and added with a sneer, "And I am not foolish enough to see what you are trying to do, I will suggest you control those thoughts of yours because I will certainly have it relayed to the grand empress dowager if you do not stop."

Xiao He felt something knock against her gut. She thought that she was far too clean but she seemed to have underestimated Ji Yu who was crowned as the only Imperial Concubine. Her power was next to Liu Hui Ying and of course, she was not a fool, who could not see what she was trying to do.

"I understand, Your Highness," Xiao He lowered her head as she closed her eyes and clenched her hands in resistance.

On the other hand,

Nanny Gong and Xiao Ai took their leave when they saw Zhai Tianyu arriving. Even though the two of them were worried about Liu Hui Ying's health, they couldn't possibly tell Zhai Tianyu to leave, could they?

But even so, they looked at him with wary looks in their eyes, which caused Zhai Tianyu to glance at them.

The second his gaze met with the two women, they flinched and lowered their heads.

"What's wrong with them? Why are they staring at me like I am some predator who is going to eat you, my queen?" Zhai Tianyu asked with a raise of his brows.

Liu Hui Ying gave him a fake smile and then replied, "They are only worried about me. Who knows, you will throw me in the cold palace again, Your Majesty?"

"You know I had no choice," Zhai Tianyu retorted with a pout. He turned into a baby in front of Liu Hui Ying as he said, "I really did not want to do it, but Lord Ji made a fuss and I had no choice left in front of me. And I did give you as much freedom as possible, didn't I? You even stuck that odd note on my back."

He finished with a bite of his tongue. He still could not believe that Liu Hui Ying called him a pervert. From where was he a pervert?

The more he thought about it, the more angry Zhai Tianyu became as he turned to look at Liu Hui Ying and said, "I still haven't demanded compensation for what you did to me. At least I compensated you, my queen."

He took a step forward as his voice went dangerously low, and he asked, "How are you going to compensate me, Hui Ying?"

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