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

Chapter 136 I Will Treat You Well in the Future

Xie Yun had a long and illusory dream.

In the dream, she was just fourteen years old, and the Xie family was at its peak. She was supported by her parents and brothers, and she was young and did not know worries. Even though the court was in a bloody storm because of the fight for the throne, she was only happy about the new white deer paper and was excited to go to the plum forest to paint.

Coincidentally, that day, the Xie family school was closed, and the students invited to visit the Xie family plum forest, but they were stopped by her maid Canghai.

The eldest daughter of the Xie family was here, so naturally no one could bump into her. The students had to give in, with a face full of disappointment and sighs.

Xie Yun knew that they rarely had time, so she allowed them to come in, but they were not allowed to approach the Zhongnan Pavilion where she was. The students were still grateful and wrote poems to thank her.

Canghai sneered: "Who can't guess what they are thinking? Do you think this is a folk storyteller's book? It's unrealistic."

Xie Yun also laughed. It's not Canghai's fault for being mean. Ever since she helped the disfavored queen out of trouble a few years ago, her reputation has risen. In recent years, it has become more exaggerated. Some people even call her the leader of noble ladies.

She didn't care in her heart, but she knew the disadvantages of this reputation. People who wanted to marry her almost broke through the high threshold of the Xie family.

Canghai had seen a lot, so she would naturally be more cautious. Even Xie Yun was a little bored. But there was something different in this calculation. Someone sent a plum blossom.

No name was left, no flattery was given, a plum blossom was used as an apology, to make up for the crime of disturbing her today.

Later she learned that the man was called Xiao Ji, oh no, now he is called Yin Ji.

Xie Yun slowly woke up in her dream, her vision was a little blurry, making it hard to distinguish between reality and dream. Someone was calling her intermittently, but she couldn't hear clearly, and she felt more and more like she was dreaming.

She blinked slowly, but her vision was not clear, but completely darkened. It took a while for her vision to become clear again, along with Xiuxiu's little face.

"Aunt, you're awake, you're finally awake... You scared me to death..."

Xiuxiu sobbed and cried, but Xie Yun was very confused. Wasn't she... dead?

She had come to that point, but she still survived?

She was stunned and couldn't come back to her senses, but she still opened her mouth to comfort Xiuxiu, but maybe she hadn't spoken for too long, and when she opened her mouth, she only uttered a hoarse and vague syllable.

Xiuxiu still heard it, and leaned down and hugged her tightly as if out of control: "Aunt, Aunt..."

Xie Yun was enveloped by her tender but warm embrace, and the reality of being alive finally became clear. She really escaped a disaster... Not sure whether it was lucky or unfortunate.

She closed her eyes tiredly, and her consciousness sank again. When she woke up again, the person next to her had become Yin Ji.

"Xie Yun? Are you awake? Open your eyes and look at me."

The familiar voice was calling her name softly, but what Xie Yun recalled in her mind was the sound of "Empress Yue".

So harsh.

She didn't want to compete with Xiao Baobao, she didn't want to see this person, not even a glance.

But she was no longer the noble and wealthy Miss Xie in her dream, but a slave who had to beg for mercy to survive, and she didn't even have the qualifications to refuse.

She closed her eyes, and at this moment, she felt clear about her escape from death. It turned out that this was really not something to be happy about.

Especially since she still had to face Yin Ji.

But she remembered the oath she made to her mother, that she would live well, no matter what would happen.

She forced herself to open her eyes and slowly sat up on the bed.

Yin Ji was overjoyed, and his eyes were hot for a moment. He hugged her tightly in his arms, as if he was holding a treasure that he had lost and found again: "Xie Yun, you are awake, you are finally awake..."

During the days when the other party was unconscious, he really felt like he was living a year.

Xie Yun let him hold her quietly, and after a long time, she gently pushed his hand.

She was injured, Yin Ji did not dare to disobey her, and let go of her hand very obediently. Seeing that Xie Yun was about to move, he reached out to help her, but could not help but persuade her: "You are still injured, you can't move..."

Xie Yun responded softly, then knelt on the bed, slowly leaned over, and bowed to him: "Your servant, kowtow to the emperor."

Yin Ji trembled all over, and held her shoulders in panic: "Xie Yun, don't be like this..."

He didn't expect that Xie Yun's first words after surviving the disaster would be this.

The most common greeting, when spoken from her mouth at this time, seemed to be drawing a line, saying that she didn't want him anymore.

Yin Ji was a little flustered: "You don't have to bow to me in the future, you don't have to bow to anyone."

Xie Yun just lowered her eyes, her expression was as quiet as dead water: "Your servant dare not overstep the mark."

Yin Ji felt a stab in the heart, it was not overstepping the mark, how could the relationship between Xie Yun and him be described as overstepping the mark?

"Get up first. You have an injury on your leg. You are very weak and cannot move..."

Xie Yun shook her head lightly, her voice full of indifference: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine..."

Yin Ji's hand froze in mid-air. Is it fine?

His voice could not stop trembling: "Xie Yun, do you know how badly you are injured?"

She knew something about her own body, but what did it have to do with Yin Ji?

Xie Yun smiled palely: "It's just a flesh wound."

Her tone was flat as if the wound was on someone else, but every word pierced Yin Ji's heart like a needle.

Flesh wound?

If these are all flesh wounds, then what is a serious injury?

Xie Yun, do you know that you have been through the gates of hell?

He wanted to ask Xie Yun a question, he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. Doesn't Xie Yun know the pain? She just refused to tell him again.

It was he who wore away Xie Yun's pride bit by bit, broke her bones, and made her no longer dare to have any extravagant expectations of him. 

She even dared not even cry out in pain after such a serious injury. What qualifications did he have to question Xie Yun now?

He tightly grasped Xie Yun's intact hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Xie Yun, I was wrong before, I will treat you well in the future, okay?"

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