Chapter 116 Goodbye, Little Princess

Ji Jinyou tilted her head and asked him, "Why? Don't you want to go out and play? Haven't you been riding a horse for a long time? I'll ask my sixth brother and the others to give you a horse when the time comes?"

Xue Yili looked into those pure dark eyes. He didn't want to lie to her, but he couldn't tell the truth. He was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand to smooth the girl's hair, shielding her sight, and said ambiguously: "I'd better not go to that kind of occasion."

Ji Jinyou pulled away his hand that was covering his eyes, looked at him and asked, "Are you afraid that my father won't agree?"

Xue Yili shook his head gently: "No, it's just that you also know that Yao and Sheng have been fighting for many years, and most of those who followed His Majesty to hunt were military generals..."

Xue Yili stopped talking halfway, but Ji Jinyou already understood.

Yes, for so many years, Da Sheng and Dayao have been fighting each other, and countless military officers have been killed or injured. This is all blood debt and unforgivable deep hatred. If the little hostage appears in the hunting ground, even if Emperor Wen Zhao orders not to embarrass him, it is inevitable that someone will secretly hurt him or even take the opportunity to kill him.

Ji Jinyou looked at the little boy's drooping eyelashes, sighed in her heart, stretched out her arms to hug his neck, patted his back, and comforted him in a childish voice: "My little prince, I will bring you a gift when the time comes."

Xue Yili: "Okay, thank you very much."

Ji Jinyou smiled.

Xue Yili also laughed and asked, "Little Princess, what do you wish for?"

Ji Jinyou thought about it seriously and said, "I hope everyone is fine, my mother, my seventeenth brother, my father, my mother, my imperial concubine mother, my six, seven, eight sisters, my third sister, my eldest nephew, my fifteenth brother, my fourth brother, my sixth brother, my eldest brother..."

Ji Jinyou mentioned all the people who were kind to her, even Jin Xing Hai Tang, and finally said solemnly: "I hope everyone is doing well."

After saying that, she looked at Xue Yili again and poked his chest with her small round hand: "And you, little prince, I hope you are doing well too."

Xue Yili touched her little head, his eyes shining like stars: "Okay."

Ji Jinyou asked again: "What about you, Your Highness? What do you wish for?"

Xue Yili smiled and said, "Same as you."

The two chatted for a while, and when Ji Jinyou saw that it was almost time for lunch, he prepared to go back.

Xue Yili held the little girl tightly and refused to let go: "Little Princess, you will leave the palace tomorrow. Would you like to have dinner with me today?"

Ji Jinyou thought about it and nodded. Xue Yili smiled and asked Cong'an to run to Miaoyunxuan to tell Concubine Ru that she didn't need to wait.

After lunch, Ji Jinyou sat on the couch and yawned repeatedly. Xue Yili then spread a small quilt on the couch and asked the girl to sleep on it.

Ji Jinyou was really sleepy, so he didn't refuse and lay down on the small quilt.

Xue Yili pulled the quilt to cover her and patted her gently. The little girl quickly closed her eyes and her breathing gradually became slow and even.

After she fell asleep, Xue Yili carefully picked up the chubby girl and her quilt and held her in his arms. He stroked her head with one hand and patted her gently with the other.

He stared at the little girl's rosy face for a long time, then lowered his head, kissed her forehead gently, and said softly, "Little princess, I'm leaving."

The chubby girl was sleeping so soundly that she couldn't hear what he said and naturally couldn't respond to him.

He went on to say, "If there is a chance, I will definitely pick you up to go to Dayao and take you to ride horses on the grassland."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "If we are not destined to meet again in this life, then we must be reborn into the same family in the next life, and I will be your brother."

After that, he put the little girl back on the couch, took out a small, shiny jade pendant from his arms, wrapped the rope around the little girl's neck, tied a knot, and whispered, "Little princess, thank you."

Ji Jinyou took a nap in Xue Yili's courtyard. When she woke up, Shiqi came with Haitang to pick her up, saying that Concubine Ru asked them to take her back in preparation for the trip tomorrow.

Ji Jinyou and Xue Yili said goodbye, and Xue Yili carried the little girl to the gate of Miaoyunxuan as usual. He did not leave until she entered the courtyard.

When she was taking a bath at night, Concubine Ru was undressing the little girl and she found a jade pendant on her neck. She asked curiously, "Youyou, where did you get this jade pendant?"

Ji Jinyou reached out and took it off from her neck. She took a closer look and saw that it was a small wolf head. She guessed, "It should be given to me by the young prince. Youyou fell asleep before."

Concubine Ru took it and looked at it carefully, and said, "Youyou, this thing looks extraordinary, and it's not good to give away jade pendants casually. You can return it someday."

Ji Jinyou nodded her head: "Okay, then I'll give it back to him tomorrow."

Concubine Ru first put the jade pendant back on the girl's neck, then picked up the wet handkerchief and wiped her chubby shoulders: "We have to leave the palace early tomorrow morning, and we will return it after we return from the autumn hunt."

Ji Jinyou agreed.

The next morning, just before dawn, Ji Jinyou was awakened from her dream by Concubine Ru. She washed, combed her hair, got dressed, and after she was ready, she was carried out.

Xue Yili hid in the corner and saw from afar the chubby girl in a pink cloak being carried by Concubine Ru to the dragon chariot that Emperor Wen Zhao rode on, and then the group of people marched out of the palace in a mighty manner.

He waved his hand gently, his deep eyes glistening with tears, and said in a choked voice: "Goodbye, little princess."

(End of Volume 1)