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

Chapter 172 Are You Coming Back?

Yin Ji's behaviour puzzled Xie Yun, so she simply put it behind her.

Anyway, no matter what the other party was up to, the convenience brought to her by this pass was real. Now she just needed to wait until she felt better, and then leave here after Yin Ji set off to return to Capital.

But she waited and waited, until summer came, her wounds were scabbed, and Yin Ji had no intention of returning to the palace. He just moved once in the middle, from the camp to the temporary palace.

Xie Yun didn't know what he was waiting for, and she also suspected that his shoulder injury had not healed yet, but she couldn't ask, so she could only wait patiently. Fortunately, the other party seemed to have gradually lost interest in her and rarely bothered her.

"Aunt, the emperor just passed by again."

Xiuxiu reminded in a low voice.

It's just that maybe the temporary palace is too small, Yin Ji often passes by here, and there is no need for Xiuxiu to mention it. Just when Xie Yun opened the window for ventilation, she saw it many times.

Without even raising her head, she said, "You should go back to the palace. If you don't leave, the skills of the Shangfu Bureau will be lost."

Xiuxiu looked at her with a complicated look in her eyes, and after a while she whispered, "What about you, aunt? When will you go back?"

Xie Yun paused slightly while turning the page, and then turned to the next page as if nothing had happened, "I will go back naturally after my injury heals."

Xiuxiu didn't say anything else, but Xie Yun could feel her eyes on her. After a long time, she grabbed her hand, "Aunt, if you need my help, don't hesitate. You are my only relative in the palace."

Xie Yun paused, and her mood became complicated instantly.

Ever since Xiuxiu fainted from the snake last time, she has become much more sensible, as if she had grown from a little girl to a big girl overnight. She no longer speaks and acts in a childish manner, and her temperament has become more stable.

Just like this matter now, if she had noticed something wrong in the past, panic would have been written on her face, and she would have begged her to stay, but now...

She touched Xiuxiu's hair with pity. She originally thought that she could protect Xiuxiu until she came of age, but now it seems that she did not do a good job after all, and let her be forced by the evil hearts and grow up little by little.

But she still would not tell Xiuxiu about her plan. Knowing more would not do her any good.

"After returning to the palace, you should stay in the Shangfu Bureau and study the craft with Sizhen. Listen less, watch less, and talk less."

Xiuxiu's eyelashes trembled obviously, but she just nodded: "I understand, aunt, don't worry about me..."

Her eyes were a little red, as if she didn't want to be seen by Xie Yun. She stood up in a panic: "It's getting hotter and hotter. I asked them to change the curtain..."

As she was about to get up, she happened to meet Cai Tianxi, who was followed by several palace servants, holding the snakeskin curtain to be changed in his hand.

Xiuxiu was stunned: "Eunuch, you came at the right time. I was just saying that I wanted to change the curtain..."

"How could I come at the right time?" He stretched his neck and looked into the inner room, and his tone became higher. "It was the emperor's order. When he summoned the court officials today, Lord Dou said it was hot, so the emperor quickly ordered us to send the snake skin curtain he used to block the heat for Miss Xie."