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

Chapter 037 Refusal but Welcome

Xie Yun slept for a long time. She didn’t remember how long it had been since the doors and windows were sealed. At first, she could still light candles, but when the candles burned out, she didn’t know if she was overthinking it. 

Yin Ji heard some resistance from Huipin. This woman seemed to not want him to go to Jiuhua Palace.

He was too lazy to be polite. He always felt that if he spoke in a roundabout way, this person would answer the question.

"You don’t want me to go there?"

Huipin hesitated for a moment: "It’s not that I don’t want to... Your Majesty, you are scary when you don’t speak. I am a little scared."

Yin Ji was a little amused. Scary when I don’t speak?

If it was Xie Yun, let alone not speaking, even if he was furious, she would not give in.

People are really different.

"The Queen Mother asked me to do this, I can't afford to offend her, I'll take you to Jiuhua Palace and then I'll leave."

Xun Chengjun breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."

After a pause, she realized that she was a little rude, and quickly added another salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yin Ji didn't say anything else, and he just walked forward. Xun Chengjun followed him and didn't say anything, but she was not idle, looking around, as if she was very interested in Changxin Palace.

"First time here?"

Xun Chengjun scratched her head embarrassedly: "I don't like to hang out with people, but my parents told me to get closer to the Queen Mother, so I came here."

Yin Ji looked at her sideways, his expression a little obscure, he didn't believe that people who entered the palace would be simple-minded and say whatever they wanted. This Huipin was either deliberately pretending or deliberately testing.

But no matter which one, he was too lazy to respond.

He remained silent for the rest of the journey. Xun Chengjun did not speak again, but she looked around everywhere, curious as if he had never been here before.

Yin Ji sighed in his heart, and suddenly became curious about how far she would go. He simply quickened his pace without making a sound, and soon he left Xun Chengjun behind. A voice came from behind: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty? It's over, I lost your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

She raised her voice and started shouting. Cai Tianxi was about to remind her, but Yin Ji raised his hand to stop him.

He stood in the corner, watching Xun Chengjun running around in a panic, as if she was really lost. Then he sneered in an ambiguous way and spoke slowly: "I'm here... Why don't you follow me carefully? What are you looking at?"

Xun Chengjun came over following the sound and laughed awkwardly: "I don't go out much, so I'm curious about everything."

Yin Ji turned around and continued to move forward. Perhaps because she was afraid of getting lost again, Xun Chengjun followed him honestly this time and didn't waver again. When he saw Jiuhua Palace, Yin Ji stopped and said: "I'll take you here."

Xun Chengjun thanked him again and stood at the door without moving, as if waiting for Yin Ji to leave.

Yin Ji turned his head to look at her, but he didn't raise his leg for a long time.

Xun Chengjun seemed a little embarrassed and lowered her head guiltily: "How about the emperor come in and sit down?"

Yin Ji slowly approached a little, and his tall and slender shadow shrouded him, which was very oppressive. Xun Chengjun's heart was pounding, and she vaguely felt that the queen mother's hope would come true today.

She looked a little uncomfortable and whispered: "Your Majesty..."

"I'm here," Yin Ji said slowly, his tone was soft, but his words were like a basin of cold water, "I won't go in, sugar water is harmful to the body, Huipin should also drink less."

After the voice fell, he took a step back and turned away.

Xun Chengjun was stunned for a moment before kneeling to see him off. There was footsteps behind him. It was the eldest maid Doubao.

She saw everything that happened outside the palace gate clearly, and couldn't help but say: "Master, why did the emperor really leave? Can't he understand the play of wanting to refuse but also to welcome?"

Xun Chengjun didn't speak, Doubao didn't get a response for a long time, and frowned and looked over: "Master?"

Xun Chengjun shook her head, didn't understand? He just didn't want to cooperate.

Sugar water hurts the body... This emperor is more difficult than imagined.

But as long as he is not a person who is blinded by lust, she doesn't have to spend a lot of effort to please him. Who doesn't want to live a quiet life behind closed doors?

"Let's wait and see, there's no hurry."

Cai Tianxi quickly caught up with Yin Ji in front of him. When Yin Ji sent Huipin back to Jiuhua Palace just now, he followed behind not far away and vaguely heard what the two said.

Women like Huipin are rare in the palace. When Yin Ji was chased away but did not move just now, he thought that there would be a second concubine who would be favored today, but it turned out that he thought too much.

The emperor really doesn't like women.

But it's not right to say that. Before Xie Yun was not punished, Qianyuan Palace almost asked for hot water every day.

If he was so interested because he liked Xie Yun, he never had a good face for Xie Yun and always criticized her.

Cai Tianxi sighed in his heart. Maybe he was really old. He used to be very clear about people's hearts, but now no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't guess Yin Ji at all.

It's true that the emperor's heart is hard to predict.

He sighed, and suddenly saw Yin Ji stopped, and hurriedly stopped as well, but his heart still skipped a beat. Fortunately, he saw it in time, otherwise he would have bumped into him.

But although Yin Ji stopped, he didn't do anything. He just stood in the dark, silently.

Cai Tianxi was a little confused, and suddenly thought of the wine that Yin Ji had just drunk. Although it was just a wine to help him, the effect would not be too great, but the emperor was young and strong after all, and the empress dowager was not the emperor's biological mother. She might do something drastic to help Huipin.

He became worried: "Your Majesty? Do you want to summon Xie..."

He stopped talking suddenly. Although Qianyuan Palace was close at hand, it would be most convenient to summon Xie Yun to serve, but after all, she was being punished, and the emperor's face was not very good every time he mentioned her recently, so after hesitating, Cai Tianxi changed his words.

"Do you want to go to Changnian Palace?"

Yin Ji raised his hand and rubbed his brows: "Liangpin is delicate, and I will inevitably hurt people when I am drunk. Let's go back to Qianyuan Palace."

Cai Tianxi quickly responded: "Then I will pick an honest palace maid..."

Yin Ji paused, his face was weird for a moment, and then he sneered: "Isn't there a ready-made one? Why look for someone else? She must be useful, right?"

Cai Tianxi heard a hint of mockery in his words. He felt that Xie Yun would not have a good night, but he didn't dare to persuade her. He was about to send someone to tell Xie Yun, but when he looked up, he saw Yin Ji striding towards the side hall.

The door of the side hall was sealed yesterday. The emperor personally ordered that the doors and windows were naturally very solid. Except for a small opening for delivering food, there was not even a place for light to pass through. It looked like a cage.

Cai Tianxi's heart tightened. He felt depressed just standing outside and taking a look. How should the people inside live?

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