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

Chapter 147 To Go Or Not To Go

After sending away the old Prince An, Yin Ji leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. 

Cai Tianxi was furious: "This old Prince An is too much! He actually used filial piety to suppress you in front of so many court officials. No matter how senior he is, he is still a court official. He actually..."

"If you want to snatch something from me, you must suppress me first," Yin Ji sneered, "The Queen Mother is planning to tear her face with me for the Xun family."

Cai Tianxi also saw that Yin Ji was in a weak position in front of the aristocratic family before, so the Queen Mother could pretend to be a loving mother but seeing that he was becoming more and more powerful and the court officials had no power to resist, the Queen Mother could not sit still. She had other thoughts.

Then will the assassination in Shanglin Garden...

He was in doubt for a while, but he did not dare to say it out loud. Walls have ears. If this word got out, it would implicate Yin Ji.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to return to the palace?"

In order to force Yin Ji to return to the palace, the Queen Mother even took out the late emperor's will. If Yin Ji insisted on not listening, he would inevitably be criticized for being disrespectful and unfilial. But if he went back...

"Did the imperial physician go to take her pulse? What did he say?"

Cai Tianxi knew he would ask, and had someone to inquire about it, but the result was not satisfactory: "He went, but the situation is not good. Now she can't even get out of bed, let alone travel long distances."

Yin Ji seemed to have been prepared for this result. There was no surprise on his face, but his expression was still a little obscure.

He couldn't let Xie Yun risk her wounds to tear and return to Capital, but he couldn't leave her here alone.

In the years since entering the palace, he had never been by her side every time Xie Yun was sick. If he couldn't do it now that she had seen his feelings clearly, he would not have the face to ask Xie Yun to stay.

But if he didn't leave, the foreign ministers would laugh at the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty and see how he, the emperor, was suppressed by filial piety and couldn't raise his head.

How embarrassing...

He raised his hand and rubbed his brows, and didn't speak for a long time. Cai Tianxi also knew that he was in trouble, so he tactfully withdrew and planned to serve a cup of ginseng tea. Recently, there were too many things, and they were all rushed together. Yin Ji was visibly haggard. If there was no ginseng tea to nourish him, maybe his body would not be able to bear it.

But when he came back after serving the ginseng tea, he just saw the censor Qin Shi and several court officials entering Yin Ji's tent.

Those people looked familiar. They were rare upright officials in the court. Although the aristocratic families dominated the court, there were always some officials who could be fair and not be moved by profit. Yin Ji always respected these people very much.

But when they came at this time, it was a bit unsettling.

Cai Tianxi quickly added a few more cups of tea and hurried back to the tent. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Qin Shi say: "Since the late emperor's will has been issued, no matter what the inside story is, the emperor should set an example for the world and return to Capital immediately to show filial piety to the empress dowager."

Cai Tianxi's heart skipped a beat. These adults really came for this.

He knew that he could not interrupt, and he did not dare to speak. He just silently handed the ginseng tea to Yin Ji. Yin Ji was probably a little annoyed. He took it without waiting for him to put it down, and then raised his head and drank it all.