Chapter 3

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The bleak autumn wind blew, and countless yellow leaves fell from the few sycamore trees in the courtyard. They spun in the wind like fallen butterflies. Under the sycamore trees, the white figure looked abnormally lonely.

“Princess, it’s cold. You’re still injured. Why don’t you follow me back to the room?”

In the dilapidated courtyard, Yin Chujin, who was sitting on a stone bench in a long white dress, looked at the falling leaves. Her eyes were empty. As the maidservant Zhu’er spoke worriedly, a cloak fell from her shoulders. Only then did she come back to her senses.

She touched the blood-red jade pendant around her neck. One look and one could tell that this was a high-quality jade. It was smooth and shiny, so red that it looked like it was about to drip blood. Upon closer inspection, there was a fire phoenix engraved on it. It felt cold against her chest. According to Zhu’er, it was given to her by Consort Zhao during her coming-of-age. She had always liked this jade pendant and had been wearing it for two years.

As for her, she was also deeply attracted to it when she first saw it. It turned out that her preferences were similar to the Princess’s. She thought of the strange incident a few days ago, where she woke up in an instant and everything had changed. This was no longer the modern world where she had lived for twenty years. From now on, Yin Siyue no longer existed. She was only Yin Chujin! Then, from now on, she would protect it for the Princess!

Yin Chujin raised her head and looked at the courtyard. It had been around for many years and looked extremely dilapidated. Many of the paint on the walls had fallen off, revealing the original dirt yellow color. It had probably been abandoned for a long time and no one had renovated it. How could a princess be thrown here? She found it funny.

Xiao Yelei must have been watching her every move. It had been three days since she woke up. During this time, servants from the Prince’s Manor had sent food over, but it was always rice and vegetables. Moreover, it was obvious that they were leftovers. A princess was actually treated like this… But he had not appeared until now. Had he found what he wanted? What would happen to her fate? In her previous life, she had too many uncontrollable factors. She had been controlled by the organization and had been developing poison all day long. After obtaining a new life, she still felt like she was living in a huge cage. Where was the freedom she had yearned for all her life?

The visit back to the bride’s family on the third day of marriage had passed, but Xiao Yelei did not care about it at all. It could be seen that he really had the ability to cover the sky.

She sighed and nodded in accordance with Zhu’er’s words. She stood up and was about to walk into the house when the small wooden door of the courtyard was forcefully kicked open. A sense of oppression followed closely. It seemed that what would come would always come!

“Yin Chujin, how have you been these past three days? You still want to live a carefree life? I advise you to be smart and hand it over!”

Xiao Yelei’s cold voice came from behind. Yin Chujin turned around expressionlessly and looked coldly at his dark face. “Prince Xiao, I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

So this was his goal. He wanted the princess, who had been pampered since she was young, to bow down to him because she could not stand the hardships. Then he was really wrong. Not to mention that she was no longer the Yin Chujin from before, what kind of hardships had she not experienced in the modern world? This kind of “hardship” was really insignificant compared to the dark twenty years of training.

As soon as she finished speaking, he grabbed her chin. Xiao Yelei glared at her from above. When he saw her emotionless eyes, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. He seemed to have a feeling that the woman in front of him had become very unfamiliar. She was no longer the Yin Chujin he knew.

“Don’t play dumb with me!”

“Your Highness, look at the thick cloth wrapped around my head. You were the one who hit my head on the table last night. I’m sorry, but I can’t remember anything after I woke up, let alone know what you want. I’m under your control like a trapped beast. Everything I have is in the room. You can find whatever you want yourself!” Yin Chujin smiled sarcastically and pointed at the cloth that was still stained with blood on her forehead.

There was no medicine in this simple courtyard at all. There was no medicine to treat such a huge wound on her forehead. She had only casually bandaged it with a piece of cloth. It had been three days. If it weren’t for the Princess’s good physique, the wound would probably still bleed like a new one.

“Very well, you’re pretending to have amnesia, right?” Xiao Yelei smiled coldly. With a wave of his hand, the weak woman in his hand fell heavily to the ground. “I’ll see how long you can pretend! Since you’re so tight-lipped, I’ll let your maid suffer physical pain for you. Someone, drag that cheap servant away and give her fifty beatings!”