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

Chapter 077 Clay Figure

Xie Yun knew she had a fever, but she didn't want to talk or call for help. The coldness was creeping up on her. She buried her face in the quilt, wrapped herself tightly, but her body was still shaking uncontrollably. Cold sweat gradually soaked her clothes.

Wet and cold, she seemed to have returned to the time when she was imprisoned in the death row six years ago.

Pitch-black darkness, a nauseating stench, and a long interrogation that would never end.

During that time, she once thought that she would die there silently, and then rot slowly like a mouse.

But later, Yin Ji ascended the throne, and an imperial decree was issued, exiling the Xie family to southern Yunnan, and she was summoned to the palace as a maid.

The moment she received the imperial decree, she knew that Yin Ji hated her and that things would not get better in the future, but she was still happy, so happy that she lost her mind and was so happy that she forgot everything... Thinking about it now, that might be the happiest time in her life after the great change.

If she had not been so greedy and had not returned to the capital at that time, she could have kept that joy and spent her whole life remembering it.

Her throat was dry and sore, and she was forced to wake up. Just as she was about to touch the teacup, she touched a round object first. She picked it up in a daze and was surprised to find that it was actually a clay figurine.

The little clay figurine had a Yuanbao bun, a bright red palace dress, and raised its chin a little proudly.

Not sure if it was her illusion, but she actually saw a little bit of her own shadow in this little thing. She unconsciously reached out and rubbed it twice, and was a little curious about how there could be such a thing in the palace... Could it be that Xiuxiu dropped it?

She raised her eyes to look for traces of Xiuxiu’s visit, but she saw a clay figurine stuck in the mouth of the teapot at a glance. It was dressed in a moon-white student’s uniform and a student’s crown. It was obviously dressed in a scholarly manner, but it was winking inappropriately, and it looked like the familiar Xie Ji.

It seems that it was not her illusion. These clay figurines were made according to their appearance.

She stood up and took out "Xie Ji". She glanced around and was startled. The window was half open. Two small clay figures only showed their upper bodies. They looked like they were drinking.

They were a man and a woman. The woman was beautiful and elegant, but her eyebrows were stern. Although the man's face was weathered and noble, his expression was gentle.

They were her mother and father.

The two clay figures were particularly vivid, as if they were coming to life. She was a little dazed, as if she had seen this scene somewhere a long time ago.

She walked over unconsciously, took the two clay figures in her hands and rubbed them carefully.

"Do you like it?"

A gentle voice sounded. Xie Yun looked in the direction of the voice and saw Qi Yan standing outside the window looking at her.

"...Master Qi? Did you bring these?"

Qi Yan responded and took a wooden box: "You can put it in here and look at it whenever you want."

Xiuxiu came out from the side: "I knew that if I put it on the bedside, my aunt would see it as soon as she woke up. Aunt, do you like it?"

Xie Yun rubbed Xiuxiu's head through the window, and her eyes fell on the clay figurine again. She knew that she should not accept gifts without merit, but this gift was so touching that she couldn't refuse it anyway.