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

Chapter 131 It's Too Late to Wake Up

He didn't look at Xiao Baobao again, turned his back to the shrill cry, shook the reins, and galloped into the depths of the forest without looking back.

He wanted to bring Xie Yun back, he wanted to see her standing in front of him safely.

The horse carried him all the way, and he saw a little fire in the dark. He thought it was the torch in Zhong Bai's team, but the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and he realized that there was a fire in the forest.

The dead branches and rotten leaves accumulated for a whole winter are very easy to ignite. It is not uncommon for the forest to catch fire in spring. Long before the spring hunt, the imperial army had taken fire prevention measures, and this fire could not start.

But even so, Yin Ji was still a little uneasy. He unconsciously sped up and quickly chased Zhong Bai, but the more he went forward, the more uneasy he became, because the direction Zhong Bai and his team were heading was actually the sea of ​​fire.

Why go there?

Could it be Xie Yun...

His heartbeat suddenly became rapid, and he could not care about anything else for a moment. He whipped the horse hard and urged the horse to gallop to the sea of ​​fire.

Zhong Bai was in a mess, looking like he had just come out of a sea of ​​fire. Seeing Yin Ji rushing over, he quickly grabbed the reins of his horse: "Your Majesty, why are you here? It's too dangerous here, go back quickly."

Yin Ji jumped off the horse and was about to walk into the sea of ​​fire: "Is Xie Yun in there?"

Zhong Bai quickly stood in front of him: "Your Majesty is in danger!"

"I'm asking you if Xie Yun is in there?!"

Zhong Bai shuddered when he was yelled at, and subconsciously responded: "Yes, the person is in there..."

Seeing that Yin Ji's face was not right, he reacted with a start and quickly added: "We just went in and found someone and brought her out. Don't be impulsive."

Yin Ji paused, and his heart that had been raised to his throat fell back heavily. His tense face also visibly relaxed. 

He shook his hand and punched Zhong Bai: "Asshole, you found someone earlier, why didn't you tell me... Did you deliberately scare me? Where is she? Is she injured?"

Zhong Bai shut up again. Seeing his increasingly complicated expression, Yin Ji felt cold in his heart. He subconsciously stepped back: "Why are you looking at me like that? I asked you where Xie Yun is. Are you dumb?"

Zhong Bai gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, the fire is too intense. Although we tried our best, but..."

"She was burned?" Yin Ji interrupted him, his fingertips curled up unconsciously. He muttered something to himself, and suddenly came back to his senses after a moment. 

His voice was a little higher, as if he was talking to Zhong Bai, but it seemed to comfort himself, "It doesn't matter, as long as she is still alive, it doesn't matter... I brought the imperial physician with me, and I will definitely be able to save her life, Cai Tianxi, Cai Tianxi!"

Cai Tianxi, who was one step behind and caught up, quickly agreed. He just vaguely heard words like fire and injury, and quickly pulled the imperial physician forward: "Your Majesty, the servant is here."

Yin Ji grabbed the doctor and pushed him in front of Zhong Bai: "Take me and the doctor to see her."

Zhong Bai lowered his head again, motionless.

Yin Ji waited and waited, and finally couldn't help but grab Zhong Bai's chest armor: "Are you deaf?! I said I want to see Xie Yun!"

Zhong Bai looked up at him, his eyes were full of trepidation: "Your Majesty, have you thought about it? She was seriously injured, but, you may not recognize her..."

Yin Ji's pupils shrank suddenly, unrecognizable?

"What do you mean unrecognizable?"

Cai Tianxi's surprised voice sounded, his face full of shock, and after saying a word, he turned his head to look at the sea of ​​fire. Although the imperial guards were already putting out the fire, the fire was still getting more and more fierce.

"Is she disfigured?"

Zhong Bai didn't agree, but he didn't deny it either. In everyone's eyes, this meant tacit consent. Cai Tianxi couldn't help stamping his feet: "This, how could this happen? Isn't the most important thing for a girl's face? This..."

"It doesn't matter," Yin Ji suddenly said, his fists clenched tightly, but his tone was as gentle as possible, as if it was not worth mentioning at all, "It's good to be alive, it's just disfigured, just a face, what's the big deal? No one will care, Zhong Bai, take me to see her."

Zhong Bai looked up at him. Obviously, he had said so much, but he still refused to move. Yin Ji's patience finally ran out. He growled: "Zhong Bai, what do you mean?! Where is Xie Yun?!"

Zhong Bai seemed to see that Yin Ji had reached his limit. He gritted his teeth and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. Miss Xie Yun was brought out, but when we arrived, she was already dead and her body was burned beyond recognition. I was afraid that you would be sad to see her, so I didn't dare to let you see..."

Yin Ji felt a thunderbolt explode beside his ears, shaking his head, as if he had an extremely horrible nightmare.

Cai Tianxi shouted in disbelief: "How is this possible? Miss Xie Yun is so smart, how could she die here?"

Zhong Bai didn't dare to look up: "I dare not deceive the king, the person, the person is there..."

He raised his hand gently, and the densely packed imperial guards made way for him like a sea of ​​​​partition where his fingertips pointed.

The sky was getting brighter, and the warm yellow halo of the morning rose from the horizon, gently covering Shanglin Garden, and also clearly reflecting the charred body lying quietly in the grass.

Yin Ji seemed to be scalded. The moment the body appeared in front of him, he trembled all over and turned his head away suddenly: "That's not her!"

That body couldn't be Xie Yun's. He just saw his feelings clearly, and just decided to let go of the past grievances and start over with Xie Yun... How could she die?

"It's definitely not her!"

He turned his head and stared at Zhong Bai fiercely: "I won't blame you if you can't find someone, but how can you just find a corpse and say it's Xie Yun?! Do you know what deceiving the emperor is?! Ah!"

Zhong Bai knelt down on both legs: "Your Majesty, I dare not, Miss Xie Yun really..."

"Shut up!" Yin Ji roared, and his voice was hoarse in just two words, "I said, that's not Xie Yun, that's definitely not!"

Zhong Bai wanted to say something, but Cai Tianxi grabbed him and tried to shut him up with his eyes. Just as the two of them were in a stalemate, Yin Ji suddenly took a step into the sea of ​​fire.

He seemed to have thought of something. Although his pupils reflected a sea of ​​fire, his face was strangely bright: "She must still be in there. She must blame me for not taking care of her, so she found a place to hide. She is trying to scare me... I have to go find her..."

He was about to rush into the sea of ​​fire. Cai Tianxi hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't do that. It's too dangerous..."

Cai Tianxi tried his best to stop him, but he was old and weak after all, and Yin Ji seemed to be possessed by a demon, so he couldn't stop him at all. Seeing that Yin Ji was about to pry his arms apart-

"Your Majesty," Zhong Bai suddenly spoke. He pulled out a short arrow from his bosom and handed it over tremblingly, "Your Majesty, we found this in the abdomen of the corpse. Do you remember what Concubine Yue said?"

Yin Ji was like being struck by thunder and stopped moving in an instant. Concubine Yue's words?

"...I saw with my own eyes that she was seriously injured. She was shot in the stomach and bled a lot...Even she couldn't stand steadily..."

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