Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 381: Xiao Lin killed someone

The grand dowager Empress had long thought of a way to solve the crisis that came on their family when Ji Yu was poisoned, that girl was supposed to be the Empress of the imperial family and give birth to an heir for the throne with Zhai Tianyu but after she was poisoned that hope died along with Ji Yu's disappointing womb.

In fact, the grand dowager Empress wanted to replace Ji Yu from the very day when she found out that she was poisoned and could no longer become a mother but the thing was Zhai Tianyu's guilt was enough to bind him to her, which was why the grand dowager Empress ignored everything else and turned a blind eye to Ji Yu's in the ability of not being able to become a mother but now that the guilt that Zhai Tianyu held for Ji Yu was turning into affection of the Empress, it was all right for her to start replanning everything from the start because she did not want to lose the taste of power that she had in her mouth right now.

" You mean to say that we are going to kill Ji Yu?" Ji Mo questioned with a startled look on his face which caused Ji Yang and Old Grand Dowager Empress to turn and look at him with questioning looks in their eyes as the two of them exchanged a look with each other before the Old Grand Dowager Empress looked at her grand-nephew and then asked with a smile, " What do you feel pity for your sister?"

Ji Mo rolled his eyes as he scoffed, " Yeah right."

There was no way he will ever feel sorry for Ji Yu, if anything it did not matter to him whether she died today or tonight.

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Xiao Lin did not have any idea that Ji Yang and the Old Dowager Empress had come up with such a terrible plan for her mistress and her.

In her heart, she only knew one thing and that was to make sure that Ji Yu will remain forever happy which was why she did not even think of anything anymore nor did she question what was going on in actuality and why Ji Yang was asking her to poison Liu Hui Ying when he had more than enough shadow guards to do the same.

Instead, she snuck inside the tent where the maids were boiling the water for the Empress and everyone else to take a bath since the sky was turning dark slowly, with the moon and the stars slowly coming into view.

With her small stature, she wasn't detected by anyone and hid behind the small box of wood that was chopped and placed inside the box for the comfort of the members of the imperial family.

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Xiao Lin hid behind the tree that was closest to the carts that were being parked behind the tent and waited for the group of maids that were going to come and get the water for the Empress. She did not have to wait for long as she saw Nanny Gong rushing in front while leading the maids who were walking behind her.

" Is the after ready?" The old woman asked the mammies who were putting the large vessels that were filled with hot water that was steaming with white fumes wafting in the air.

"It is ready!" A mammy replied with a groan as she piled another vessel in the cart. " You can take it away just wait for me to place one more vessel."

"Please hurry up, her majesty had been waiting for her bath since the afternoon.," stated Nanny Gong to which the Mammy nodded and replied with a slight chuckle, " I am not even surprised, with all the things that she was carrying on her body.,. I am sure that her majesty must have sweated a lot in this weather."

" Mammy Xue, do not make fun of her majesty like that," said Nanny Gong reproachfully which only made the Mammy laugh even more as she started to order the maids to hurry and pour the hot water into the vessels fast.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the maids who were silently standing behind Nanny Gong, Xiao Lin took out a poisonous flower from the pouch and headed to the maid who was standing at the last where she took one last breath to hype herself up and then rushed at the maid before covering the nose of the maid at the back.

The maid who realised that something was happening immediately started to struggle frantically as she thrashed against Xiao Lin while her eyes started to turn red as blood started to pour out of the corner of her eyes.

But Xiao Lin did not stop even though it was her first time killing someone this one was for her mistress and thus she did not even shake when she was holding the woman by her face and waist and pulled her along with her to the back of the forest where no one could see them.

The poisonous flowers were indeed potent, the maid who continued to thrash against Xiao Lin soon turned limp while bleeding from her eyes and mouth and Xiao Lin let her go. With a thump, the body fell on the ground and only then did Xiao Lin start to tremble as she looked at her hands that were covered in blood as she scampered away from the body that was lying on the floor.

" I ... I killed someone." She muttered to herself as she tried to calm her trembling body but then again she did not have the time to have a mental breakdown with her hands trembling, she covered her mouth and stopped herself from hurling everything that she ate and then closed her eyes before she turned to look at the body that was lying on the floor and then started to take the clothes of the maid as she crouched down.