Detective Ghost Empress-Chapter 498: Discussing about fees

Liu Hui Ying turned to look at Liu Dong Ming who came to stand behind her at some point. She did not know when he came to stand behind her, it surprised her nonetheless.

' Does this man walk on air or something? How come he did not even make the slightest bit of noise?' Liu Hui Ying thought in her head, she even glanced at Liu Dong Ming's feet to make sure that he was standing on the floor or not. When she saw that he was indeed standing straight on his feet that were on the ground, she dropped her suspicions about him being something else.

Of course, Liu Dong Ming noticed that Liu Hui Ying was looking at his feet. His lips curled up in a smile but he pressed his lips down, when he was young, his wife used to say the same thing. Sometimes she would even look at his feet saying that he walked without making a noise and complained that he walked way too softly and scared her.

' You walk like an agile cat,' his wife had once told him and though Liu Dong Ming had tried to change his habit, he was used to walking with a grace and elegance that made it impossible for him to make any noise when he was walking. Thus, he often caused others to jump. He never thought that his daughter would be the same.

' How come the two of them were so similar? His daughter inherited all the habits of his wife,' Liu Dong Ming thought in his head as he looked at Liu Hui Ying who had pushed herself from the chair. However, upon seeing that Liu Hui Ying was staring at him solemnly, he pushed his thoughts to the back of his head and then arched his brows before saying, " Lord Chu?" Experience exclusive tales on novelbuddy

Liu Hui Ying raised her head lazily before saying, " I have more or less figured out a way to deal with this matter, Lord Liu. All you need to do is to make sure that the county magistrate stays in his lane and pretends that he cannot see anything. As long as he is willing to do that, nothing will go wrong."

Hearing her words, Liu Dong Ming nodded. Looks like his daughter had figured a way out to deal with this matter if that was the case then he did not have to make a move this time around. He gave Liu Hui Ying another nod and then said, " I am glad that you are willing to help, Lord Chu."

" Then … what about my payment?" Though Liu Hui Ying was doing this to save her crown, she was still as poor as a ghost.

When Liu Dong Ming heard Liu Hui Ying ask about payment he blinked his eyes. Payment? Didn't he hand more than ten thousand gold taels to Liu Hui Ying when she married Zhai Tianyu? Why was she asking for payment?

" Lo...Lord Chu? You … are you in urgent need of money?" Liu Dong Ming asked. He wanted to clarify whether Liu Hui Ying was in need of money or she just wanted to earn money.

Liu Hui Ying scratched her cheek with slight embarrassment and then replied, " Well it's quite embarrassing to say …but I am indeed poor."

Liu Dong Ming who worked for years to make sure that his daughter lived a comfortable life: "…"

Very good. It seemed like that old hag pulled a stunt when he was not looking.

His eyes narrowed slightly in anger. After this matter was over, he would visit that old woman.

" I understand. As long as this matter is over, you can come over and take your payment, since this case concerns our family's safety—— your reward will be generous," stated Liu Dong Ming coldly.

His peach blossom eyes were carrying a hint of mockery and his melodic voice held no mercy as he said, " For the sake of my family, I am willing to do anything so you do not need to worry about your rewards being any less generous." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Only then did Liu Hui Ying heave a sigh of relief, looks like she did not have to worry about anything else.

" You do not need to worry about anything then Lord Liu, just leave this matter to me," Liu Hui Ying smiled brilliantly as she bowed her head and then walked out of the corridor where she was sitting. She needed to arrange a bunch of things before making a move.

Liu Dong Ming slowly turned around and watched Liu Hui Ying walk away, his eyes turned cold as he summoned his aide,

" General Liang."

A ghost with a burning skull appeared from the dark corner of the corridor, he bowed his head before kneeling on the floor.

" Is there anything that I can do for you, Master Liu?" The ghost called General Liang questioned with a polite voice. He was once a General who held his head high in the air but then he ended up getting caught in the hands of Ji Yang and lost his life, even till now his family's name hadn't been cleared up.

They were still living in exile and he was following Liu Dong Ming as his servant in the hope that one day his family would be cleared up from the charge of being traitors.

" Go and take a look at what Grand Dowager Empress is doing these days. And lurk around for a while, find out where my daughter's dowry went," Liu Dong Ming ordered. For the sake of Liu Hui Ying, he made sure that her dowry was generous and he even made sure that some of the shadow guards would bring extra money to his daughter.

But looks like those shadow guards were caught and killed with the money vanishing in between.

He was usually busy and never cared about the shadow guards, whether they returned or not, he could not pay attention to it as he was too busy protecting this family—— every day he was locked up in the prayer hall while making sure that dark spirit would never harm the descendants of the Liu family, spiritually.

However looks like while providing spiritual protection to his descendants he forgot the materialistic protection.