Part 1 - Yu Nu Jiao / Jade Slave / Enslaved By Love

Chapter 032 Admit Your Mistakes before You Come Out

Xie Yun wandered outside for most of the night. As soon as she returned to Qianyuan Palace, she felt a pain in her head like a needle. She was too lazy to pay attention. 

Anyway, Yin Ji said that she should face the wall and reflect on her mistakes. During this period, she was naturally not allowed to go out. She had plenty of time to slowly recover and wait for this headache to heal by itself.

She curled up on the bed and read a book, but she clearly heard the movement outside. It was Yin Ji who went to court and didn't come back all day.

When Xiuxiu came to deliver the meal, she mentioned that Yin Ji stayed in Changnian Hall again. Xie Yun was stunned for a moment before she remembered that Changnian Hall was the residence of Liangpin, and that was the only concubine that Yin Ji had visited.

It seems that he likes her very much.

Xie Yun suddenly felt a little fortunate that she was being punished now, otherwise she didn't know if Yin Ji would come back one day and get interested again, and she could still persuade him to take a bath.

Today's request to Yin Ji to expel her from Qianyuan Palace was not an angry remark. She had had this idea since the new concubine entered the palace. Later, the appearance of Xiang Sui made her even more reluctant to stay, so she took the opportunity to speak up.

But Yin Ji probably felt that it was inconvenient to negotiate without him, so he did not agree.

She was actually very disappointed, but she could only find another opportunity later.

Xiuxiu took a bowl of ginger soup out of the food box: "Aunt, drink it quickly, if you really catch a cold, it will be uncomfortable."

It was not easy for the palace maid to ask the imperial kitchen to cook a small stove, even if it was just to make ginger soup. She doesn't know how many people Xiuxiu asked for this bowl of ginger soup.

Xie Yun couldn't bear to waste her kindness, so she endured the spiciness and drank it up.

A bowl of bitter medicine was also sent to Changnian Palace.

Yin Ji raised his hand to take it, and tested the temperature with his fingertips. He passed it to Liangpin when he found it was not hot. Liangpin frowned and drank it, and her pale cheeks wrinkled.

When the bitter taste in her mouth dissipated, she said with guilt: "I am really sorry for the emperor. You have to smell this medicine every time you visiting."

Yin Ji tilted his head to indicate, and Cai Tianxi hurriedly stepped forward to support Liangpin. When the people sat safely on the head of the bed, he spoke: "I promised your brother that I would take good care of you."

Liangpin coughed a few times, and a blush rose on her cheeks, but it was very unnatural. She smiled weakly: "The emperor allowed me to enter the palace and recuperate quietly. It is a great favor. Brother is very grateful."

Yin Ji said nothing more, just tilted his head to look at the dark sky outside.

Although he had an awkward position in the Xiao family at first, he had made friends with the children of various aristocratic families because he had studied in the Xie family's school. Among them, Liangpin's brother Dou Jing and Xie Ji, the eldest son of the Xie family, were the best friends.

But now the world has changed. Xie Ji was exiled to southern Yunnan, and Dou Jing also went to the border to join the army.

Before leaving, the other party begged him to choose his sister Dou Ankang to enter the palace, and he agreed. If it weren't for this secret promise, Dou Ankang, who had lost her biological mother, would not have been able to enter the palace.

"The emperor seems to be worried."

Liangpin coughed and spoke slowly: "Could it be... because of the matter between Concubine Yue and Miss Xie Yun?"

Yin Ji did not speak, Liangpin looked at his face and said carefully: "I am also a friend of Sister Xie. She does not seem to be someone who would regret the engagement. Has the emperor ever asked the reason? You two loved each other at the beginning, it is a pity that it has come to this day."

Before Yin Ji spoke, Cai Tianxi was shocked. Whenever Yin Ji mentioned this topic, he would always be furious. He looked at Liangpin helplessly. This master really talked about things that were not related to the topic.

But she was a patient after all, and even Yin Ji could not get angry. His face became particularly ugly, and his hand unconsciously covered his heart.

Through the cotton coat, no matter how thick the scar was, it became blurred, but the pain of being pierced was clear and vivid, as if a sharp blade was inserted into the heart at the moment.

Liangpin said that they were in love with each other. He thought so once, but later he realized that it was just wishful thinking.

He treated Xie Yun with all his kindness, and they were together for life. Every word he said was from the heart.

But such friendship was exchanged not only for the humiliation of breaking off the engagement and marrying the King of Qi, but also for the cruelty of killing him. If he hadn't been lucky, he would have turned into a pile of bones by now.

Xie Yun, I will never forgive you in this life. You are ambitious, right? Then I will crush your pride bit by bit and trample it under my feet.

"Your Majesty?"

Liangpin looked at him worriedly, Yin Ji came back to his senses, his eyelids drooped, covering the hatred in his eyes: "I'm fine... Let's all go down."

Cai Tianxi hurriedly led everyone to retreat, Yin Ji stood up and took two steps towards the bed, but just raised his hand to put down the curtain: "You rest."

Liangpin seemed to be accustomed to it, and did not say much. After a while, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, but Yin Ji walked to the soft couch and lay down.

Dou Ankang's body could not bear love, and he didn't have the heart to do so. Every time they slept separately, tacitly becoming chess pieces to hide each other's ears.

But Yin Ji couldn't fall asleep. He thought about Xie Yun's previous smile, and was a little upset, but he didn't regret it. She deserved it.

He turned over and tried to drive out the messy thoughts, but it was useless.

Liangpin coughed through the curtain. Yin Ji knew that he had disturbed her. He couldn't stay any longer, so he simply got up and left Changnian Palace and went back to Qianyuan Palace.

But halfway through, he was stopped by Xiao Baobao, who was squatting on the road. She cried so hard that her eyes were red. When she saw Yin Ji, she grabbed his clothes: "Brother Ji, I want to avenge Shen Guang. You release Xie Yun and I will beat her to death."

Yin Ji's expression was not clear in the dark, but his voice was still gentle: "The Queen Mother personally tried the case and convicted Shen Guang. If you touch Xie Yun, how will the Queen Mother look at you?"

"But if Xie Yun didn't complain..."

"Okay, I heard that the Queen Mother said that you are not strict with your subordinates, so she punished you to be confined to reflect on yourself. I won't care about you sneaking out. Don't do that in the future."

Before Xiao Baobao could say anything, Cai Tianxi came forward to stop her: "Empress Yue, you'd better go back quickly. If someone finds out that you went out during the punishment and reports it to the Queen Mother, you will probably be beaten."

Xiao Baobao was frightened and left reluctantly.

Cai Tianxi shook his head and sighed, and whispered: "After this Miss Xie Yun comes out, I'm afraid her life will be difficult."

He just said it to himself, but he didn't expect to hear a sneer in his ear.

"You care about her."

Cai Tianxi froze and was about to deny it, but Yin Ji spoke up: "It's time to teach her a lesson. Go and tell her that if she doesn't admit her mistakes honestly, she will stay in the side hall for the rest of her life."

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