Detective Ghost Empress

Liu Hui Ying sighed in all honesty she did not want to push someone into the pit but since someone was willing to be pushed into the pit then hehe, there was no need for her to be polite, right?

" My lord, whether I am not speaking nonsense or not wouldn't it be proven once I put my views in front of the court? I am present in front of the Imperial Family, certainly, I did not come here to play around," Liu Hui Ying stated gruffly as she acted reasonably.

She was neither submissive nor servile, she looked calm and collected which made many of the ministers in Liu Dong Ming's fraction look at her appreciatively.

Seeing that she was this calm while facing the enemy surely she came to the court with evidence, right?

Though Ji Yang was thinking the same, he looked at Liu Hui Ying with a wary look in his eyes as he stated coldly, " Lord Chu, if you dare to lie in front of so many officials. Then I am afraid that you will be tortured till you cry for your ancestors. The many weapons in the Yamen are not for display, they can be used on people who try to deceive the government."

His heart was like an ant on a hot pan but he had to act very calm on the surface if he let something slide what if Liu Dong Ming and this man called Lord Chu catch him? He swallowed the fear in his heart and then looked at the young man in front of him before saying, " I have never heard about you, what if you are a spy from another country? We cannot trust you."

" My lord must be joking," Liu Hui Ying said with a smile on her face. " This servant does not have nine lives, I wouldn't dare to gamble my life like this. Believe it or not, I am really happy with my life." She was indirectly telling him that no matter what she was not going to give up on her life.

Secondly, she had to put up an honest attitude in front of everyone such that they would trust her.

" And yet here you are," Ji Yang taunted Liu Hui Ying who smiled helplessly and then remarked,

" I am still a man who needs to earn money for his family," Liu Hui Ying shrugged casually. " There are old and young in my family, I cannot leave them to starve.

Especially after some crooks stole my rightfully earned money." She taunted Ji Yang and Grand Dowager Empress for taking her dowry away but since the two of them did not know anything about Liu Hui Ying replacing her identity they were unaware of what Liu Hui Ying said to them.

Ji Yu on the other hand was speechless. This Liu Hui Ying was really naughty, she was actually scolding her grandmother and father in front of them. She really was not scared of anything, was she?

Zhai Tianyu smiled at Liu Hui Ying's words and did not say anything. He simply arched a brow and asked, "Oh looks like Lord Chu has come up with a solution?"

" Thats right. According to this servant, this theft was not done by Liu Yu Yan but someone else did it and then deliberately planted the blame on Lord Liu's head."

" Nonsense!"

Liu Hui Ying had just finished speaking when Zhou Xuaran once again spoke up. He turned to look at Zhai Tianyu and then said, " Your majesty, this man is talking nonsense. I suggest that you better drag him to the Yamen and have him beaten up. Once he is skinned by planks, he will learn his lesson for lying in the imperial court."

Everyone in the court was also suspicious, the soldiers who were protecting the money themselves said that the money was stolen by ghosts, but this man was saying that it was taken away by someone. How could this be possible?

Ji Yang also chimed in between as he said, " Thats right, your majesty. There were soldiers watching the box which was carrying the tax money. From the small village to the town where the money was collected and kept, the box was never lost. How could someone else take the money? Who could have done it on purpose? I think this man is just trying to fool the court by confusing us.

Lord Liu must have appointed this man to delay the ruling nothing else. Other than the Liu family stealing the money, I don't think there is any other explanation!"

When Liu Hui Ying heard his heated argument, she arched a brow and then questioned, " Your majesty, have you ever heard of a case where a thief stole money and then went to the Yamen to prove that he was the one who stole it? If the Liu family stole the money then they would have come up with a countermeasure instead of bringing the empty box to the finance ministry.

The theft that the Liu family is being accused of is not of a hundred taels but more than a million gold taels! Is the Liu family so stupid that they will provide evidence to their enemies to execute them?"

" I believe that someone had deliberately done it and pinned the blame! I mean if anyone has seen a case like this before they can tell me? And if they have doubts answer one question, if Lord Liu Yu Yan was the one who stole the money then why would he take the lead? If he wanted to steal the money he would have taken a second job then to be the leader of the group.

That way he could have easily escaped suspicion!"

" To be honest, I have never heard of such a thing," Zhai Tianyu replied.

Once he spoke up, the other officials also showed a bit of hesitation before agreeing.

They have indeed not seen a case where the thief who committed the robbery brought evidence to light with his own hands.

When Ji Yang heard that everyone believed that little man's words, he panicked and then turned to look at Zhou Xuaran who hurriedly said, " Your majesty but what if this was done to avoid suspicion? What if Lord Liu did it deliberately such that no one would doubt him and he would be able to escape?"

" Thats right! Lord Liu must have thought that he could escape suspicion if he acted like this!"

One of the officials behind Zhou Xuaran shouted along with him.

Seeing that the officials were indeed making things difficult for her Liu Hui Ying was not surprised. She pursed her lips and then after sorting out her emotions, she patiently looked Ji Yang in the eyes and stated,

" If the Liu family had the guts to eat such a big amount in a jiffy then they wouldn't be serving in the court, they would have already swallowed the entire county followed by the capital and the country. Such treacherous actions need backing and without backing the Liu family would never dare to do something like this, is Lord Ji saying that the Liu family is stronger than the Imperial family?

If so what are you doing Lord Ji?"

" You are talking nonsense!" Ji Yang seemed to have lost his patience. He flicked his sleeves and then shouted, " Come here and drag this man! Give him a hundred hits and throw him to the suburbs! I want him dead!"

After hearing what Liu Hui Ying said Ji Yang felt like his tail had been stepped on. She was outrightly saying that he was making foolish accusations as there was no truth in his words. After all, if Liu Dong Ming had the courage to steal a million taels and even show it off in front of Zhai Tianyu and the rest then it meant that he was stronger than the imperial family and the court.

If that was the case then what were they doing? They should be kneeling in front of the Liu family!

Such arrogant and bold words to be used as a slap on his face, how could he withstand it?

" This servant still has to say something," Liu Hui Ying shouted just as Liu Dong Ming stood in front of her protectively such that the imperial guard could not touch her. " Your Majesty has granted the Liu family three days to prove their innocence and yet the hearing was pushed ahead of time even without evidence it can be seen that someone is trying to push the Liu family to a corner."

" If that is so, then shouldn't we be given a chance to fight back? I am the final chance that belongs to the Liu family. Your majesty, please give me a chance to speak up. Such that the truth will come to light and you will see the true faces of some people, Your Majesty."

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