Detective Ghost Empress

Zhai Tianyu had never felt as inexplicably humiliated, saddened and hurt as he was right now. In his heart, his father though----- a man who was lustful and unkind was a good man, after all, his grandmother had often sung praises about his father, she had told him how he was a good man and an emperor who cared about his country and land.

That he was a smart emperor with a sensible head on his shoulders which was full of witty schemes and development plans. Zhai Tianyu who heard his grandmother's praises for his father like bedtime stories also believed them. Even when his mother often said that his father was not as good of a man as everyone made him out to be, he did not believe her after all, his mother had never treated him well.

Unlike his grandmother, his mother the Dowager Empress always despised him.

She hated it when he tried to get closer to her, this was even more so the case for his elder brother whom his mother hated to the point where she did not even wish to look at him—— the hatred which his mother had for him was so deeply engrossed in his head that he was surprised when she fought to make him the Emperor instead of his brother.

But now that he heard from Official Qin's mouth that his father was a man who was lawless to the point that he would even take the wives of his officials, a bitter taste surged in his mouth.

Disgust, anger and betrayal flooded in his veins as he turned on his heels and then walked away with a flick of his sleeves, he did not even look at the expressions on the faces of the Ji family and continued to stride away.

" Your son does not look good, cousin Jiu.

Are you not going to soothe his broken heart?" Liu Dong Ming turned to look at his cousin who snorted and then flipped her leaf-shaped fan open as she said in a light voice, " He is yet to know the kind of sins that the Ji family together with his father have committed, if he can't even withstand something like this then its better to have him killed and discarded."

Liu Jiu had no sympathy for her son, in fact, she blamed him for being too naive and foolish after all, he was the Emperor of this country but under the sweet words of the Ji family, he almost ended up becoming good for nothing, it was his good fortune that Liu Dong Ming was related to him in a way or another, if not then he would have become a puppet who only knew how to dance on the tune played by the Ji family.

With a haughty scoff, she turned on her heels and then walked away. Her pace was not at all faltering and remained steady, Liu Dong Ming watched her leave and shook his head before turning to look at Zhai Tianyu as he hummed and said in a low voice, " She is indeed really heartless, isn't she, your majesty?"

Zhai Tianyu did not hear Liu Dong Ming's words which were why he didnt answer and simply continued walking in the direction where he was heading.

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" Your majesty, are you okay?" Yu Lingyun who chased after Zhai Tianyu asked in a hurry, he heard the sound of thunder clapping over their heads and wanted to bring Zhai Tianyu back with him but he did not dare to do so, he could see that Zhai Tianyu was having a hard time controlling himself which was why he knew that it was nothing but dangerous to drag an angry Zhai Tianyu back to the hunting grounds with him.

Zhai Tianyu's eyes were red as he laughed mockingly and then said, " Do you think that I will be feeling good after finding out that the man, I respected all along was nothing but a bastard!"

Yu Lingyun immediately looked around and then hissed in a soft voice, " Your majesty please mind your words, if someone was to hear these words they will surely——"

" They will surely what?" Zhai Tianyu turned to look at Yu Lingyun with red eyes which were similar to that of a beast. " Do you … Do you have any idea how I feel? I feel like the life that I have lived for so long is nothing but a joke! Everything…everything was a lie—— those whom I trusted betrayed me and those whom I can think of trusting do not wish to trust me, what am I supposed to do ?"

Zhai Tianyu had never felt as aggrieved as he was feeling at the moment, he looked at the sky which was covered with clouds and threw his head back before wheeling around and punching his hand against the tree trunk! He did not hold back at all which caused a crater to appear in the centre of the trunk causing Yu Lingyun to suck in a breath.

" Even if you are angry you should not hurt yourself, your majesty." Yu Lingyun began speaking but Zhai Tianyu shook his head and remarked, " You don't understand, Lingyun. I wanted to drag prime minister Ji to the dungeons and have him locked up but I can't because I am too weak. So weak that I have to turn a blind eye to injustice in front of me even if I dont want to."

" If that is the case should you not focus on getting stronger instead of throwing a tantrum?" A voice called out causing Zhai Tianyu to turn around and look at Liu Hui Ying who was standing behind him. " My Queen, what are you doing?"

Liu Hui Ying scoffed as she looked at Zhai Tianyu who was looking at her with surprise and then said in a breezy voice, " I was worried that you will be so hurt that you will jump off the cliff and kill yourself, it's great that your skin is a bit on the thicker side."

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