Detective Ghost Empress

Zhai Tianyu felt a shiver crawl up his spine as soon as he heard Yu Lingyun's words, he turned to look at the man who was looking at him with a subtle frown along with some fear in his eyes, Yu Lingyun could not see what Zhai Tianyu could see which was why he was really wary of the thing that was in front of them, he even took a step back instinctively as if he was worried that the unclean thing will suddenly pounce on him and possess his body.

On the other hand, Zhai Heng was fairly calm, he knew that his brother could see the ones who have passed on but hadn't moved to the underworld which was why he politely asked, " Who is it, your majesty?" Though he was pretending to be fine, his hands were trembling inside his sleeves.

No matter how courageous he was, in the end, he was just a man who was afraid of things that he could not see and fight.

Seeing that neither of his two loyal aides was joking, Zhai Tianyu turned to look at Xiao Lin with wide eyes and disbelief written all over his face as he asked, " You…You are dead?"

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Zhai Tianyu was not the only one who was in shock, Ji Yu who was looking at the bloodied and mangled body of the maid in front of her was shocked beyond belief.

She stared at the maid's body and at once noticed the mole under the chin which was Xiao Lin's birth identity and heaved a heavy breath as she walked forward and with a thump fell on the ground before cradling the dismembered head of the maid, she did not care whether the corpse in front of her was scary or not, she only cared about one thing and that was —— her Xiao Lin was dead.

She was dead!

" Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin! Ah Lin! My Ah Lin!" Ji Yu's sobs were heart-wrenching as long as the person who was standing in front of her was not cold hearted they would feel sorry for her but it was just that Ji Yang had no emotions in his heart, he watched Ji Yu cry her eyes out for a maid and his lips twitched in annoyance.

They were clearly very careful while raising their kids, he had even made sure that each of his kids would be more ruthless than the other but how come Ji Yu turned out to be so …. He shook his head ignoring the cries of his daughter and thought of how to use this pain that she was feeling at the moment to his advantage.

" Ah Yu, I told you that if you want to protect the people that you care about, then you will have to think of a way to keep your position firm in the imperial palace," Ji Yang sighed as he patted Ji Yu on the head, his lips twisting when he saw his daughter cradle the head of the maid whose body he had ordered to dismember, he wanted to make Xiao Lin's death look as cold-blooded as possible, that way he will be able to make use of Ji Yu properly which was why he sent one of his guards to chop her body up before bringing it back.

" You see what happened to Ah Lin?"

Ji Yu continued to sniffle as she hugged Xiao Lin, it was as if she was trying to remember the past when Xiao Lin would lay her head on her lap and tell her stories. As she thought about this, a small memory came to her head ——

' Missy, do you know the dragon boat festival is just around the corner,' Xiao Lin who was lying on her lap told her while Ji Yu smiled at her little sister like maid and neatly tucked a peach blossom in her hair.

' Is that so?' She asked with a kind smile and Xiao Lin nodded her head before catching a peach blossom that was fluttering in the air and then said, ' I want to see the dragon boat race, missy. Will I be able to see it?'

' Of course,' Ji Yu replied as she looked at the sky that was shiny blue with cheering peach blossoms.

Back then Ji Yu had no idea what was going on in the future thus she promised Xiao Lin that she will bring her to see the dragon boat festival but now —— her Xiao Lin was dead, and she could not even show her the dragon boat festival, she could not bring her to eat candied hawthorn and she could not even embroider the veil for her Xiao Lin's wedding watching her grow up from a young girl to a maid.

Ji Yu stared at the dismembered body as she helplessly looked at the face that was always filled with a smile when she looked at her but now those eyes were full of dread and unspoken words which Ji Yu will never be able to hear ever again.

Her throat burned and Ji Yu wished she could scream in agony but she knew she could not her father will not allow it. If anything even her shedding tears for Xiao Lin must be upsetting him.

Ji Yu's suspicions were correct, Ji Yang was indeed running out of patience if not for the fact that he knew that a smile was worth a thousand swords, he would have scolded Ji Yu by now.

But he continued to patiently coax her as he caressed her hair and then softly said, "It is Yu, it is not that father does not understand your problems sometimes I will be harsh with you but that is only because I care, you have no idea how dangerous will it be for you if you do not keep a firm foothold in the palace, today if your position in the imperial court was unshakable, do you think that the Liu family would have dared to touch your maid?

Listen to me Ah Yu, learn from this incident and become stronger."

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