Detective Ghost Empress

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With Zhai Tianyu joining in the fun, Liu Hui Ying dreaded going to the Yue Village even more. She did not want to spend time with her so-called husband and the man who made her heart jump every time he appeared in front of her.

She was thinking of making a mask that was too ugly, but before Liu Hui Ying could charge ahead with the plan in her head, Zhai Tianyu sent her a portrait of the man whose face he wanted as a mask. According to him, that man was an official in the Finance Department and he would have a good reason to go undercover to the Yue Village for a visit.

And of course, the man whose portrait was sent was a handsome one, Liu Hui Ying was half certain that Zhai Tianyu was aware of her plan and deliberately sent the portrait of a good-looking man to stop her from doing her own thing.

It was supposed to be 'Her way,' but that man turned it into—- It is going to be my way or no way.

Jia Li even told her that maybe Zhai Tianyu was trying to seduce her something that Liu Hui Ying knew but did not want to admit because the first step of getting seduced was to admit that you were getting seduced as long as the person getting seduced acted as if they had no idea that they were getting seduced the plans of the seducer was bound to fail.

Liu Hui Ying stuck to her guns while trying to pretend that she had no idea what Zhai Tianyu was trying to do. She handed the portrait to Grandma Lan Fen and left her to prepare the mask as Zhai Tianyu wanted before sending it away.

At the same time, Liu Hui Ying decided that since Zhai Tianyu wanted to be the seducer she would make sure that it would be impossible for him to even make a move on her.

On the other hand, Zhai Tianyu took a look at the mask which was sent to him by Liu Hui Ying and snickered softly. He had to admit that his wife was really amusing.

Though she did it as he asked, Liu Hui Ying did not hide her feelings that she had at the moment, for example, she actually asked her ghosts to dump this mask in his bedchambers carelessly such that he couldn't find it but Zhai Tianyu was a step ahead of her and carefully searched his bed chambers.

Since he knew that Liu Hui Ying was not going to make it easy for him to follow her, he was prepared for everything which included getting attacked and pranked by the five ghosts at times when he was not ready.

Sometimes he would find laxatives in his food and sometimes he found small puddles of water inside his bedroom.

However the more Liu Hui Ying acted like this the more he knew that he was affecting her thus, Zhai Tianyu was not upset at all.

With Liu Hui Ying trying to make things difficult for him, the night before the departure arrived, Zhai Tianyu called Yu Lingyun to his bed chambers.

"What do you want, your majesty?" Yu Lingyun questioned Zhai Tianyu. He couldn't understand what made Zhai Tianyu call him to his bedchambers and that too at such an odd hour.

"Lingyun, do you remember? When we were young, you said to me that you want to become the Emperor and sit on the throne of the Emperor," Zhai Tianyu said to Yu Lingyun who sensed that something was wrong with what Zhai Tianyu was saying to him.

He frowned and then said, "That was when we were young, your majesty. Why are you bringing it up now?" Discover exclusive tales on empire

He did say that but that was because he saw that the Emperor could get anything that he wanted to eat or drink. Other than that he did not mean anything else, this was something Zhai Tianyu also knew so why was he bringing it up now?

Zhai Tianyu smiled at him. His smile was bone-chilling causing Yu Lingyun to take a step back. He looked at Zhai Tianyu and then questioned, "Why are you looking at me like that?" His gaze made him feel weirdly wary.

"I am going to make your dream come true, Lingyun," Zhai Tianyu stood up from the chair on which he was sitting. His expression and voice told Yu Lingyun that something was very wrong but before he could run, it was already too late.

He tried to turn around and run but Zhai Tianyu caught him by his collar. He clutched his jaw with his finger and thumb causing Yu Lingyun to tremble.

"Why are you trembling, Lingyun?" Zhai Tianyu asked his hot breath skimming over Yu Lingyun's ear.

"Your Maj…majesty… let me go," Yu Lingyun trembled. He did not know what had gone inside Zhai Tianyu's head but he did not want to get entangled with him!

"It's too late, Lingyun. Now that you are in my grasp …how can I let you go?"

A shudder rolled down Yu Lingyun's back before he let out a scream which echoed in the silence of the night.

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"So…what happened?" Zhai Heng looked at Yu Lingyun who was lying on Zhai Tianyu's bed listlessly.

Yu Lingyun raised his head and looked at his 'only' best friend as he was cancelling the other one. He looked at Zhai Heng and then replied in a choked-up voice, "I am glad that you are asking me this question, first he caught me and then he beat me up until I was knocked out. He then took off my clothes and made me change into an Emperor's robe.. lastly, he pulled this mask on my face.

I can't get it off because he escaped before I could stop him."

Yu Lingyun felt like crying, he had never been groped around and tossed like this ever before like this. He really wanted to rebel and resign from his post. Because it was too much!

The emperor went to have fun at what cost?