The Aloof Prince Chapter 22 - Wrist Injury

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Wow! Mu Yunjin is smart... but reckless... Really, going to battle without a plan... Not even knowing where her target lives.. hahaha... but I sure admire her luck... Anyways... Let us see where that luck takes her.

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Translator: Rize

Editor: Erica Phantomhive

Chapter 22 - Wrist Injury

After the imperial guards finished talking they immediately went in the northern direction. Mu Yun Jin, who was hiding on top of the tree, thought to herself: “hiding here is very lucky.” Taking advantage of those guards who were walking away in some distance, she followed silently behind them until she saw the Glass Spring Palace’s Plaque. That must be where Chu Li lives.

Mu Yun Jin stayed outside the Glass Spring Palace for a while, somewhat apprehensive of those bodyguards that protect Chu Li. Those guards were unaware that on this dark night there was a person hidden nearby. For a moment Mu Yun Jin felt that her own actions were somewhat impulsive. But on second thought, the Jade ornament was relevant to her past, so Mu Yun Jin took a deep breath and immediately became cautious. She studied the area, found nothing unusual, and secretly entered the Glass Spring Palace. Now the fourth of the five watch periods passed it will be bright soon. She had to find Chu Li's bedroom as quickly as possible and take the Jade back. Fortunately, her Jade glows - finding it in the night won’t be too difficult.

After a long time, at the Glass Spring Palace, Mu Yun Jin was carefully snooping around. She soon stopped in front of one of the rooms. Through the door, in this quiet night, a faint white ray of light was coming out. Mu Yun Jin was delighted to see it. Suddenly she became active; with light footsteps and skillful, yet cautious movements, she opened the door and went inside, all throughout the process she didn’t make any sound.

Inside the room, Mu Yun Jin saw her Jade placed on the bedside, radiating a bright light. Mu Yun Jin could also see the sleeping countenance of the cold demon.

Mu Yun Jin walked over to the bedside, looked down at Chu Li. His usually raised-up hair at the moment was like ink that loosely draped over his shoulders. He was wearing a black nightgown. He slept deeply. He didn’t even produce a trace of any sound; even his shallow breathing had no sound.

Mu Yun Jin just had to sigh. This guy was really good at being constant. He was simply sleeping, but it was as if he was a dead person, truly ice-cold. Then, Mu Yunjin's line of sight fell towards her Jade ornament. You could see through the dim light of the night, that Jade's engraved words `Yun Jin` were especially clear. At the thought of this Jade's link to her past, Mu Yun Jin's face softened a bit but having no time to dawdle she stretched out her hand to take the Jade away.

Her fingers just barely touched the edge of the Jade when a cold hand held her wrist, followed by a strong force passing through her it. Mu Yun Jin frowned. She looked down to meet a pair of deep and pitch-black eyes. Oh No! Chu Li woke up. Again, a surge of strength came on her wrist as if he wanted to crush her wrist. Mu Yun Jin slightly wrinkled her eyebrows. Suddenly, between her fingers silver needles came out and as she was about to stab the back of Chu Li's hand she was stopped by Chu Li and was skillfully shaken off. Then Chu Li sat up from the couch, glanced at the Jade ornament on the bedside, and looked at Mu Yun Jin.

“Who sent you?”

His cold tone startled Mu Yun Jin; however, she felt glad that Chu Li did not recognize her. In her heart, she was a bit disappointed and frustrated. After all, she was once part of an anti-terrorism group, stealth and infiltration missions were all ordinary for her! She never made a mistake before, but today she was surprisingly caught in the act. Still, provoking is not good.

She recalled what Ding Xian told her about his skills. He said that Chu Li was even better than him. That Ding Xian's skills were already superb, Mu Yun Jin could not estimate Chu Li's skills. Although she had confidence in her skills, they are limited to close-combat, if the theory of mysterious fantasy-style moves was implied then she is ignorant of it. From the current situation, it is better to run off.

Earlier, on the way here, she stopped to understand the terrain; it shouldn’t be difficult to escape. Mu Yun Jin paused and turned her eyes and looked at the Jade on the bedside table. With lightning speed, she ripped cloth from her body and threw it in the direction of the Jade. In a flash, the Jade was covered with cloth. The room fell into darkness. Mu Yun Jin took the opportunity to dash out of Chu Li's room and went straight back to the wall and climbed it, and jumped out of the Glass Spring Palace.

“Who?”

Ding Xian felt strange. He ran out and from a distance, he only saw a black figure jumping from the rock wall. When he was just about to overtake him, he (DX) heard a loud bang from inside Chu Li's room.

“Your highness...”

..........

Mu Yun Jin felt that this was a death-defying escape. While she was running she was still worried whether Chu Li will catch up to her. Until she slipped away from the palace, she continuously waited only to discover that Chu Li did not chase after her. Seeing the opposite, she felt suddenly relieved; she leaned on a corner to gasp some air.

“Damn, I actually failed this operation.”

From the many years of her as an elite special agent of the anti-terrorism group, this was simply her greatest shame. Mu Yun Jin clenched her teeth. The thought of not succeeding to get the Jade ornament made her heart feel vexed. If I had known earlier, I would have prepared in advance a drop of confusing fragrance to handle Chu Li. After sitting for a while Mu Yun Jin propped her body to sit up, one hand supporting on the ground when suddenly she felt pain in her wrist. She looked at her hand and saw that a spot on her right hand was swelling. Chu Li must have injured her muscles and bones. Mu Yun Jin cursed loudly, not only did she not steal the Jade, she also hurt her wrist! This was truly a strenuous and unrewarding task.

When she returned to the Prime Minister's residence the color of the sky was already slightly brighter. Mu Yun Jin changed out of her black clothes and threw them under the bed. Then she lay down on the bed and laboriously sighed. Today's matter about the Jade, approaching it is even harder than reaching the sky. Mu Yun Jin rolled over, scratched her head, and disappointingly opened her mouth to speak.

“I don't care anymore, anyway my real family and my past, are not that important.”

Might as well seize the 30 thousand gold pieces and carefully cross the second half of this life.

When Mu Yun Jin thought of it her heart felt more comfortable, she yawned and fell asleep.

..........

Mu Yun Jin didn’t know for how long she was asleep when her wrist suddenly received a stab of pain jolting her awake. She opened her eyes, extended her right hand. Now she could see her wrist was red and was swollen more than before. Mu Yun Jin very much wanted to verbalize a bunch of cursing words. That Chu Li! In the end, just how much force did he use, to be able to turn her wrist like this? After last night's affair, Chu Li was probably tracking her down, she couldn’t openly try to find a doctor to come and provide medical treatment.

“Miss, you are awake! This servant has come to help you freshen up.”

Zi Xiang’s voice came from the side. Mu Yun Jin subconsciously hid her hand under the bed cover and looked at Zi Xiang.

“No need, I still feel like sleeping.”

“Miss, Imperial Concubine Qin sent someone to invite you to dinner at the palace today, therefore you still need to get up and make yourself presentable.”

Hearing it, Mu Yun Jin wrinkled her brows. She was truly alarmed about what might happen.

“Zi Xiang, you go and help me boil ten eggs, the hotter the better. I want to eat...”

Mu Yun Jin babbled on an excuse for Zi Xiang. Zi Xiang stared blankly and looked astonishingly at Mu Yun Jin.

“Ten?”

Mu Yun Jin nodded.

“Yes, ten.”

Although Zi Xiang was surprised, she couldn’t possibly question her master, so she went out of the door and walked into the kitchen. After Mu Yun Jin saw Zi Xiang go away, she (MYJ) hurriedly got out of bed to freshen up and change her clothes. After taking care of herself, she took a seat on the rattan chair on the side, waiting for Zi Xiang to come:

“Miss, here are the eggs you requested.”

“Good, place them down and then you may go.”

Mu Yun Jin glanced at the steaming eggs. Zi Xiang pursed her lips, nodded, and went out. When Zi Xiang left, Mu Yun Jin immediately took the eggs and placed them on her red, swollen wrist, rotating them around. She was hoping that before she entered the palace the swelling would disappear, otherwise, Imperial concubine Qin might get suspicious and it won't be good.

Moreover, Imperial Concubine Qin may have also invited Chu Li. Mu Yun Jin could not let herself be revealed. Otherwise, all of this will not be a happy event. She will be charged as a criminal and it would turn messy. I have to end this completely. Mu Yun Jin sighed, asking herself how it became this way...

After half an hour of treating her wrist, Mu Yun Jin felt the pain in her wrist dissipating. She rejoiced, fortunately, the injury did not reach the bones.

“Miss, the hour is late; let this servant comb your hair before going out.”

Zi Xiang's voice sounded at the door. Mu Yun Jin nodded. In front of the dressing table, Mu Yun Jin spread out her jewelry box. Inside she found four or five bracelets and a chain bracelet. She placed everything on her right hand. With everything in order she was able to cover up the swollen area, only the result was not very pleasing to the eyes.

“Did Imperial Concubine Qin also invite Mu Ling Zhu today?”

Zi Xiang was assisting Mu Yun Jin to put on the flower beads when she shook her head.

“Fourth Miss is already in the Palace invited by the Empress Dowager Zheng.”

“Empress Dowager?”

Mu Yun Jin thought of that woman and laughed a little:

“Apparently no matter where my enemies will always be enemies."

Zi Xiang heard her although she did not really understand, she smiled.

“This servant incidentally heard a few Pearl Building maidservants gossip; they said that the Empress Dowager intended to play a matchmaker between the fourth prince and the fourth miss.”

“Fourth prince?”

Mu Yun Jin slightly frowned. She had the impression that no one has ever mentioned this prince.

“Yes, the fourth prince is born from the Imperial Concubine Qing, but Imperial Concubine Qing is a beautiful woman and beautiful women suffer unhappy fates. She died shortly after giving birth to the fourth prince. Therefore, the fourth prince was brought up by Empress Dowager. That is why he is part of the Empress Dowager's fraction.”

Zi Xiang explained. Mu Yun Jin's mind understood clearly; no wonder Chu Li and the others called Imperial Concubine Qin grandmother and Empress Dowager Zheng as Empress Dowager. It seems that the harem has long been divided into Empress Dowager Zheng's fraction and Imperial Concubine Qin's fraction. Now this Mu Lingzhu, when she met Imperial Concubine Qin that day she met with a sharp rebuff. Now she took the olive branch thrown by the Empress Dowager Zheng to become part of her faction. This time, she was probably anxious.

.........

Walking on the road out of the Prime Minister's residence, Mu Yun Jin met Mu Xiarou again. Mu Xiarou smiled particularly well-behaved and was about to call to her elder sister with matchless affection.

“Fifth Sister, is there anything the matter?”

Mu Yun Jin put on a fake smile and swept her eyes over Mu Xiarou as she talked suddenly.

Mu Xiarou felt embarrassed, her eyes looking down at the ground and she shyly said:

“I heard that Imperial concubine Qin invited older sister to the palace, little sister also wants to go together with you to see the world...”

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