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

Chapter 113 The Slave Has Learned Well

Yin Ji's heart was so clogged that he didn't think anything of it when he said it. Now that he heard these words coming from Xie Yun's mouth, he realized how harsh they were.

"I was..."

"Your Majesty," Cai Tianxi suddenly came in, "Concubine Zhuang is here and wants to see you."

Yin Ji swallowed what he said before he could finish. He was not surprised that Concubine Zhuang would come. When he asked Xie Yun to rectify the Shang Palace Bureau, he had already guessed that Concubine Zhuang would be unable to sit still once the news got out.

But he didn't expect that the other party would be so impatient that she came today.

Could it be that she have other thoughts?

He thought of the eunuch who had not yet been interrogated about his credentials, and his face sank slightly, but when there was a thorough investigation of imperial examination fraud, he could not alert the enemy.

He looked at Xie Yun, and suddenly he didn't know how to talk to her: "You..."

"Slave, please leave."

Xie Yun was very sensible and didn't give Yin Ji a chance to be embarrassed. She retreated after she finished speaking. Yin Ji opened and closed his lips. It wasn't until the other person's back disappeared outside the door that he spoke in a complicated tone: "She has been there recently, have you become too sensible?”

Cai Tianxi also glanced at Xie Yun's back, and said in a complicated tone: "It's quieter, but people change."

Yeah?

But why did Xie Yun's changes make him feel so unhappy?

He stared at the empty door in a daze for a while. When he came back to his senses, he saw that Concubine Zhuang had not come in yet, and he suddenly became impatient: "Didn't you say that Concubine Zhuang is here? Where is she? Let me wait for her, she is too much."

Cai Tianxi knew that he was a little angry, so he opened the door without delay to look for the person, but he couldn't see the shadow of Concubine Zhuang in the yard. He couldn't help but be startled: "Your Majesty, has she waited too long? Concubine Zhuang Just go back first?”

Yin Ji frowned and glanced outside, but immediately saw Xie Yun squatting on the ground picking something up.

His irritability disappeared, and he patiently squinted his eyes to take a closer look. After a few glances, he recognized that what Xie Yun picked up were individual Phoenix Eye Bodhi beads, but this thing was very rare. Xie Yun had once, it's not unusual for her to have such a string of identities, but where can she get it now?

It also broke.

He was a little curious, so he simply walked out, but as soon as he reached the door, he saw a figure walking from the corridor to Xie Yun.

It's Concubine Zhuang.

It turned out that she didn't leave, but was just standing in the corridor, so Cai Tianxi didn't see her.

Yin Ji just thought she was going to help and didn't care, but the next moment he saw Concubine Zhuang lift her foot and step heavily on the back of Xie Yun's hand.

His pupils shrank, and he felt as if the foot was stepping on his heart. He tensed up unconsciously, and blurted out in a scolding voice: "Concubine Zhuang, what are you doing?"

Concubine Zhuang probably didn't expect him to come out. She was stunned for a moment before moving her feet and turning to look at him. 

She obviously wanted to maintain calm, but her face was still a little pale and she didn't dare to look directly into Yin Ji's eyes: "It's Xie Yun My aunt broke the hyacinthia bodhi that I wanted to give to the Queen Mother, and the beads scattered all over the floor, so I asked her to pick it up, but she was too slow to pick it up, so I wanted to help."

Yin Ji's face was dark, help? Is this how you help?

He strode over. Xie Yun had already stood up and was looking at Concubine Zhuang with a heavy look.

Yin Ji didn't care about anything else and grabbed her hand. The hand was swollen and there was half a clear shoe print on the back of the hand.

In addition, the injuries she had suffered before had not had time to deal with, and the blood was mixed with the soil, which looked very miserable.

"Let's go see the imperial doctor first..."

Xie Yun seemed not to hear, still looking at Concubine Zhuang.

Yin Ji's heart convulsed, Xie Yun couldn't be mad and wanted to fight Concubine Zhuang here, right?

It's not that he can't protect her, but what reason does he have to quarrel with the Wang family for her?

He grabbed Xie Yun's hand unconsciously and tightened his grip: "Xie Yun, don't mess around."

Xie Yun was stunned for a moment, then turned to look over. This was the first time in the past few days that she looked at him squarely, but Yin Ji subconsciously dodged. He didn't want to see the grievances and accusations in Xie Yun's eyes.

However, Xie Yun's eyes were very calm, and there was not even a trace of the emotion that Yin Ji thought existed. She even smiled lightly.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry," she said softly, "This slave will not do anything."

Yin Ji didn't expect that she would react like this, and was a little stunned for a moment: "What did you say?"

Xie Yun slowly pulled her hand out: "I said that I would not do anything to Concubine Zhuang, so Your Majesty does not need to rush to warn me."

She slowly took a step back, knelt down and saluted: "Your slave, please leave."

After the words fell, she really turned around and left. As expected, she didn't mean to care at all.

Yin Ji's heart suddenly jumped, and an inexplicable bad premonition came to him. He almost subconsciously grabbed Xie Yun: "Wait a minute."

Xie Yun stopped. There was still no other emotion on her face, which was almost strangely peaceful. However, Yin Ji suddenly remembered that he had not seen any other expression on Xie Yun's face for a long time.

Whether it was provocative, forbearing, or angry, he hadn't seen it in a long time.

In the past, he only felt unhappy, but compared with now, he was full of life.

If he had to choose between the two, he would rather she be the same as before. This peaceful look now makes her whole person false. Even though Yin Ji is holding her hand now, there is no trace of humanity in her heart. The solid feeling of being right next to you.

"Call back."

 He suddenly spoke, knowing that the consequences would be very troublesome, but he still couldn't hold back.

Concubine Zhuang was stunned, and her expression suddenly changed, but it was Tengluo beside her who spoke: "Your Majesty, my master is the head of the concubines, how could you let a palace maid touch her?!"

Yin Ji acted as if he hadn't heard anything and looked straight at Xie Yun: "Just do what she did to you and fight her back."

Xie Yun was startled again, but slowly broke away his hand: "The emperor is joking, how a slave can hold a grudge against her master?"

Yin Ji trembled slightly, and his heart was stabbed again. It seemed that these words were also said by him.

"Xie Yun, I..."

"Your slave has learned well," Xie Yun took a step back. She was still calm. 

The grievances and sadness that were once so clearly displayed in front of him were now put away by her. 

She was as calm as a porcelain doll without emotions. 

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that this servant will never provoke your Majesty's people again."

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