Chapter 35

35 Just tickled

” What are you ...” at first the grand Dowager Empress was surprised at Liu Hui Ying’s actions, after all, what kind of medical treatment can Liu Hui Ying give her with no instruments whatsoever in her hands? But then she felt a warm current flow inside her body, surprised she blinked her eyes as she touched her shoulders and then moved them slightly, her expression full of astonishment as she looked at Liu Hui Ying. ” How did you...How did you do it, no doctor has been able to ease my pain, even with their skilled hands they couldn’t take the pain off my shoulders, so how did you?”

Liu Hui Ying smiled at the Grand Dowager Empress, with her arms behind her back as she softly asked instead of answering the Grand Dowager Empress’s question, ” Your majesty, you are feeling all right, right? Your shoulders are no longer in pain, am I right?”

” That’s...That’s right, they no longer hurt,” Grand Dowager Empress was stunned, when she agreed to Liu Hui Ying’s request, she truly had no intention of believing that Liu Hui Ying would be able to help her. She was, in fact, waiting for her to perform some lousy set of skills but instead, she actually healed her years-old pain with just a slight massage, how was it possible? Did Liu Hui Ying really learn some medical skills? If so, why didn’t they have any idea about it?

Zhai Tianyu’s eyes widened after he finished listening to his grandmother’s words, it seemed like Liu Hui Ying truly knew what she was doing. He clenched his fingers even tight, so tight that his fingernails dug into his palms, what else was the queen hiding from him?

Liu Hui Ying sensed a glare at the back of her head, a bit surprised she turned to look at the person glaring at her but when she turned her head, her gaze met with the Emperor’s smiling face and her mood turned sour, surely this two face was the one who was glaring at her but seeing that she was turning to look over her shoulder, he started smiling.

Such duality, why was he born a man? He should have been a woman playing schemes like a white lotus in the palace.

She smiled at him in return before she returned to her seat and sat down and placed her hands on her lap while waiting for the grand dowager empress to bring out the wheel of fortune, she could already feel the powerful grudge from those beads surely, she might be able to raise her spiritual energy to level five? That way she can share more spiritual energy with her ghosts, at present only Li Gang was the one who could turn into a poltergeist and that too for a very short amount of time.

Those beads can help her a lot!

” Little Mimi, go and bring the beads of bloodwood,” Grand Dowager Empress didnt want to give those dangerous beads to Liu Hui Ying but a promise was a promise, she has already given her word that she will reward Liu Hui Ying with those beads if she was to take care of the pain in her shoulder.

.....

Now that she has given her word, she of course couldn’t take it back.

Little Mimi squeaked in surprise causing everyone to turn and look at her, seeing that everyone’s attention was on her, the little girl shivered. ” D..Do I have to bring it out, your majesty?”

The beads of bloodwood were cursed, it was said that whoever touched it would have to see their worst memories, the last time Grand Dowager Empress touched them, she cried in pain and agony for three days every night. For her to touch such a thing she was really terrified at the thought of it!

” What else do you want me to bring it out?” Grand dowager Empress asked in an exclaiming voice as she looked at her maid, her maid was really quick and efficient but she was too straightforward and didn’t think before speaking. This was one thing that she was really afraid of and unsatisfied with.

” I... I will go and get it,” the little maid replied with a teary sort of voice as she hurried behind the screen. Liu Hui Ying watched her take the beads out of the cabinet that was locked with a talisman.

Even though the talisman did not have much Yang power left in it, the second it was pulled away from the cabinet, everyone felt the sudden change in the temperature as the entire room plunged into darkness and they all shivered. Little Mimi who was in charge of bringing the beads out of the cabinet was shivering so much, she resembled a shivering cat in rain.

” Here, here you go your majesty,” she rushed to Liu Hui Ying’s side with the beads tied in a white handkerchief before opening her mouth as she said, ” Your majesty please be careful don’t–” she wanted to tell Liu Hui Ying not to touch the beads by her hand but before she could say anything Liu Hui Ying has already picked up the beads from the handkerchief and placed it on top of her palm.

No sooner did she touch the beads, a familiar voice rang in her head—

” Ying! Run! Don’t come here!”

The image of her bleeding sister popped into her head and she clenched the beads tightly in her head as her right eye twitched, ah she forgot how her sister looked when she died.

” Hui Ying, are you okay?” She was snapped out of her daze as she heard Grand Dowager Empress’s voice and raised her head to look at the old woman who was looking at her with an inquisitive gaze. ” You look rather pale, is everything okay? Did you see anything unsightly?”

” I am fine, your majesty thank you for your concern,” Liu Hui Ying closed her eyes as she looked down at the blackend beads and smirked. ” I am just tickled a little by the cute attempt.”