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

Chapter 183 The Queen Mother's Show of Strength

The noise outside gradually became lively, and then slowly died down.

Xie Yun leaned against the carriage in a daze, her thoughts inexplicably confused. Suddenly, she thought of the scene of their family discussing poetry and writing in Meilin; suddenly, she thought of the situation in southern Yunnan described by Xie Huaian; suddenly, she thought of the way Yin Ji held her with shaking hands that day...

The more she thought about it, the more headache she had, so she simply closed her eyes and rested. In fact, she still didn't understand why Yin Ji wanted to go on a southern tour, and she didn't know whether this southern tour would go smoothly. If Yin Ji changed his mind halfway, what should she do...

The ups and downs of her worries soon tortured her to exhaustion, and she actually felt a little sleepy.

Fortunately, the dragon sedan was big enough, even if she stretched her arms and legs completely, it only took up a small space.

This carriage was as spacious as a room. It was fully equipped with everything, including two ice jars, which were placed at the diagonal corners of the carriage. The floor was also covered with thick sheepskin mattresses, and the walls of the carriage were wrapped with cotton yarn. Even if the carriage rolled out of control, it would never hurt. It also had the effect of heat insulation in summer and warmth in winter. It was really luxurious.

Xie Yun leaned her head against the carriage. She did not close the window, and hot wind blew in from time to time, but her forehead was not sweaty. She used to be very afraid of heat, but now she dared not get too close to the ice jar.

Yin Ji said something very right. This serious injury to Xie Yun did hurt her vitality.

She was sleeping in a daze. Suddenly, the carriage shook. She woke up from her sleep and realized that Yin Ji had got on the carriage. They should set off soon.

But she did not want to face Yin Ji, so she simply closed her eyes again and pretended that she had never woken up.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Soon someone sat down next to her. Perhaps because he was worried about her sleeping, someone was talking outside the window, so he stopped them in a low voice. Then the carriage became quiet.

A trombone hummed outside the carriage, and the imperial carriage set off.

The road to Shanglin Garden was not easy to walk, but the carriage was almost not bumpy. Xie Yun felt relieved. It was good to be stable on the road, otherwise her pretending to sleep would become too fake.

Yin Ji seemed to have never been suspicious and was very quiet. When the carriage was on the official road and completely stable, he called out softly: "Xie Yun?"

Xie Yun didn't say anything, as if she didn't hear it.

Yin Ji paused and called out again after a moment.

What was this for?

Xie Yun was a little confused, but still didn't respond. While she was thinking, her hand on the soft pillow was gently held by someone.

Yin Ji didn't speak again, and the carriage became completely quiet.

Xie Yun was stunned. Yin Ji...

The dragon sedan carriage travelled from early morning to afternoon and entered the palace gate before the sun set. Liangpin Huipin and the harem were waiting at the second palace gate. When they saw the imperial carriage coming, they hurried to greet it.

Xie Yun got up a little late. Yin Ji had already arranged his clothes. Hearing the movement, he turned his head and looked over: "The dragon sedan chair will pass through Qianyuan Palace and then return to Taifu Temple. If you are tired, you can sit for another ride."

Xie Yun shook her head. The emperor had already got off the dragon sedan chair, and she, a palace maid, was still staying on it. What kind of words did she say?

She refused naturally, unaware that Yin Ji's heart skipped a beat. There was only one thought left in his mind: Did Xie Yun want to get off the carriage with him? Did she want to appear in front of people with him?

He didn't know how many times he had imagined such a scene.

He suppressed the beating of his heart, got off the dragon sedan first, and then turned around and raised his hand, wanting to help Xie Yun, but there was no one behind him. Xie Yun got off from the other side of the carriage.

Yin Ji was stunned looking at her back.

Cai Tianxi felt embarrassed for him, but all he could do was lower his head and pretend that he didn't see anything.

Yin Ji didn't have the slightest intention of getting angry, and even withdrew his hand very calmly, as if he was used to such a situation.

Cai Tianxi sighed in his heart, shouldn't he be used to it? During those days in the palace, he didn't see a good face.

In the past, he always heard people say that the emperor had a good temper when he was in the Xiao family. He agreed with them on the surface, but he didn't believe it in his heart. It wasn't until he saw him being humble and humble these days, without the majesty of the emperor, that he vaguely realized that the rumours might not be groundless.

But people will change.

He sighed again, and seeing Yin Ji step forward, he quickly followed three steps behind.

"Your Highness, I respectfully welcome you."

The concubines bowed down, but Yin Ji didn't even glance at them. Even the preference he would deliberately show to Liangpin in front of others seemed to have forgotten today.

"Stand up."

He raised his hand coldly and asked a few polite words as usual: "I have been away from the palace for many days. Is the harem peaceful?"

The two concubines looked at each other, waiting for the other to speak first, but Huipin pursed her lips tightly and refused to be the first to speak. Liangpin had no choice but to put on a smile: "To reply to the emperor, everything is fine in the palace. I and other concubines are all law-abiding. Except for the morning and evening visits, we rarely go out."

As she spoke, she glanced past Yin Ji and quickly found Xie Yun in the crowd. Seeing that the other party was also looking at her, the smile on her face became sincere, but she smiled a few times before she turned her head to cough again.

Huipin quickly took out a crisp pear half the size of her face from her cloth bag and handed it to her: "Sister, take a bite."

Liangpin paused and politely but firmly refused.

But she couldn't stay any longer in this state, so Yin Ji took the opportunity to say: "Let's all go. Liangpin is weak, so you don't have to show up for such things in the future."

Liangpin quickly thanked him and made way for Yin Ji to pass first.

In the crowd, Xiao Baobao looked up. She seemed to have a bad time in the past few months since returning to the palace. She looked haggard and seemed to want to go forward when she saw Yin Ji, but not sure what she thought of, and she hesitated and didn't move.

In fact, according to Yin Ji's original treatment, she should still be imprisoned in Zhaoyang Palace. This incident of letting the snake go really made Yin Ji hate it. He wished to keep her in Zhaoyang Palace forever, but a few days ago, the Queen Mother sent a letter to the temporary palace, saying that she was ill recently and needed concubines to take care of her, so she took the opportunity to release Xiao Baobao.

As Qi Yan said, the Queen Mother really seized this opportunity and blatantly showed goodwill to the Xiao family.

Yin Ji naturally didn't want the Queen Mother to succeed, but filial piety was the most important thing. He couldn't blatantly ignore the Queen Mother's health and well-being, so he had to agree.

Before he returned to the palace, the Queen Mother really gave him a big blow.

His eyes darkened: "Cai Tianxi, take people back to Qianyuan Palace first, I will go to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

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