The Queen Mother jumped from the tower, and His Majesty was reborn with fear

Xie Yuxiu stopped when only one light was left. He was not surprised to hear Yu Jinzhi's voice just now.

He knew that Yu Jinzhi was afraid of the dark. He knew it in his previous life, and this was probably the shadow left by the time he was imprisoned.

So from the very beginning, even if Yu Jinzhi hadn't called him, he had no intention of turning off all the lights.

Looking at Yu Jinzhi's appearance, Xie Yuxiu felt a little pain in his chest for some reason. If it were in the past, he would be satisfied with Yu Jinzhi's appearance, because only when he was afraid would he not dare to do it again, and only when he was afraid would he know the consequences he would face.

But now seeing her like this, Xie Yuxiu actually felt a little distressed. Was what he had done... really too cruel for her?

"I'll leave a light on for you, go to sleep." Xie Yuxiu was unusually gentle.

He sat down on the bed and said, "I will send someone to take you back home tomorrow."

Although Yu Jinzhi couldn't believe that Xie Yuxiu would let her go so easily, she was sensible enough not to say anything.

Early the next morning

When Yu Jinzhi woke up from her bedroom, there was no one around her. At this time, Xie Yuxiu should be attending the morning court. She sat up from the bed. She didn't know when the locks and manacles beside the bed had been put away and were no longer in their original places.

When Qingyu came in from outside, she was holding a bottle of hot water in her hand.

"Is the princess awake? I have already asked someone to prepare breakfast." Qingyu put down the hot water and walked in front of Yu Jinzhi: "Is the princess injured? Last night, His Majesty..."

Qingyu hesitated to speak. Whenever Xie Yuxiu came, Yu Jinzhi would be covered in wounds. Qingyu felt sorry for her master, so she asked this question.

Yu Jinzhi shook her head: "It's okay, nothing happened last night." She said softly.

"Nothing happened?" Let alone Qingyu, Yu Jinzhi couldn't believe that this matter would be so easily turned over. She was actually still uneasy in her heart, because she was afraid that this was some new punishment that Xie Yuxiu had thought of.

Also, he said he would send someone to take me back to the general's mansion today. Would I see the miserable situation in the yard when I got back? Would he... use my father to threaten me? All these made Yu Jinzhi feel uneasy.

After a simple breakfast, Yu Jinzhi sat by the window in a daze all morning with a heavy heart. She didn't dare to leave Jiayu Palace because Xie Yuxiu didn't allow it.

A bird flew in from the window, and Yu Jinzhi's eyes were attracted by it. She watched the bird land on a branch outside the window, spread its wings and fluttered its body.

She stared at the bird intently. Where did it come from? Did it fly to many places? Just as Yu Jinzhi was lost in thought, someone seemed to come, and the bird was startled and flew away.

Yu Jinzhi came back to her senses, and then she heard someone outside shouting: "Your Majesty!"

It was Xie Yuxiu who came. Yu Jinzhi's heart instantly rose to her throat. She stood up from her seat, and Xie Yuxiu just walked in and saw him.

"Your Majesty" Yu Jinzhi knelt down immediately.

Xie Yuxiu walked over and said: "Stand up, you don't have to kneel every time you meet in the future."

Yu Jinzhi stood up: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

"What were you looking at just now?" Xie Yuxiu walked over and sat down.

"A bird. A bird just landed on a branch outside." Yu Jinzhi didn't dare to lie, nor did she know how to lie.

She stayed in the palace every day, and it seemed that there was nothing else to do except sitting by the window and watching the birds flying outside from time to time.

"Sit down." Xie Yuxiu didn't know whether he heard it or not.

Yu Jinzhi sat down facing the panel, her body straight, not even daring to sit firmly. Xie Yuxiu saw all her movements, but said nothing.

"Just now they said you didn't eat much for breakfast. Why?" Xie Yuxiu stared at her and asked.

"I can't eat much..." Yu Jinzhi also became nervous when she heard this question. She was afraid that Xie Yuxiu would misunderstand that she was deliberately throwing a tantrum and not eating much.

Xie Yuxiu also remembered what the imperial physician said yesterday. It was understandable that one could not eat if he had anorexia, but it was impossible for him not to eat.

"You have to eat regardless of whether you can eat or not. From tomorrow on, there will be someone specifically responsible for your meals. You can ask them to prepare whatever you want to eat." Xie Yuxiu picked up the teacup in his hand and drank it all in one gulp.

"...Yes." Yu Jinzhi knew very well that she had no room for rebuttal, let alone rejection.

Xie Yuxiu put down the cup in his hand and looked at Yu Jinzhi, who didn't even dare to raise her head. He felt mixed emotions.

"I have asked someone to prepare a carriage, which will take you back to the general's mansion in a while. Come back before dark, and I will wait for you here. If you don't come back before dark, I will personally send someone to bring you back." Xie Yuxiu looked at him and said word by word.

Yu Jinzhi clenched her hands again and again. She didn't think about escaping because she knew very well that she couldn't escape now.

"I will return to the palace before dark..." Yu Jinzhi made a promise.

Xie Yuxiu stopped talking after hearing that. He did not intend to change the status quo so quickly. Yu Jinzhi was always thinking about someone else in her heart.

If you want to keep someone by your side, the only way is to make her not dare to have other thoughts. Xie Yuxiu knew that he would scare Yu Jinzhi, but many times, it was because of fear that people would restrain their behavior.

She was afraid of him, so he would just let her be afraid for now. As long as she could stay by his side, he wouldn't care what means he used...

He pushed her too hard in his previous life, so he could be tolerant of her in this life, but he would never indulge her. All his tolerance was based on the basic condition that she stayed by his side, otherwise... he would not be lenient.

Yu Jinzhi was escorted back to the General's Mansion by Xie Yuxiu's men. In addition to these people in the open, there were also many in secret. Today, their every move in the General's Mansion would be under Xie Yuxiu's surveillance.

Xie Yuxiu didn't like anything that was beyond his control, and he didn't like anything unexpected happening to his things.

Yu Jinzhi also knew that there was someone in the dark. She sat in the carriage and watched it leave the palace. She felt dazed for a moment. Because even she herself could not remember when she last left the palace.

It seemed that ever since Xie Yuxiu ascended the throne, she had never been able to step out of the palace, and later... she couldn't even step out of Jiayu Palace.

So it had been a long time since she had smelled the air outside the palace. She opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the busy city outside. It seemed different from before...