After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 606: Dismissed

Xie Jingchen called the Hidden Guard in, gave a few instructions, and the Hidden Guard jumped out the window.

Xie Jingchen stared at Su Jin’s neck.

There was not a single flaw on her snow-white neck.

Su Jin covered her neck and said, "I’m not hurt."

In terms of shock, she might not even be comparable to Princess Beimo.

After all, the knife was in Princess Beimo’s hand, and she was the one who got hit.

She was held captive, facing away from Shangguan Feng’er, and had no direct contact with her.

This situation could be described in one sentence—

If it weren’t for Princess Beimo’s quick reaction, she might have died without knowing how.

Having survived a fall off a cliff with Xie Jingchen, her psychological endurance had improved significantly.

Xie Jingchen moved Su Jin’s hand away and touched her neck.

His fingertips were calloused, grazing over Su Jin’s skin.

One felt a prickly pain.

The other felt like touching silk.

The neck was a sensitive area for Su Jin, and when Xie Jingchen’s hand touched it, her neck shrank back, her skin turning a light pink.

Thinking about Princess Consort Ning’s labor, her cries of anguish.

Eldest Madam Yan had a difficult labor, almost losing her life.

A chill swept over her, and Su Jin quickly moved her neck away and changed the subject, "Princess Beimo resorted to kidnapping me just to see King Beimo, it seems Beimo won’t be easy to deceive."

Everyone familiar with King Beimo.

It’s not easy to fool with mere disguises.

No one knows if King Beimo has returned to Beimo.

They were helping King Beimo, yet Princess Beimo treated them like this.

Su Jin felt terribly frustrated inside.

Once the truth comes out, she’ll make sure to get even with Princess Beimo.

Xie Jingchen said, "Princess Beimo kidnapped you, which gives the court a chance to keep Beimo waiting for a few more days without Beimo Cheng King having anything to say."

"So I was startled and achieved merit simultaneously today?" Su Jin said with a laugh.

She laughed but soon furrowed her brow.

She clutched her stomach.

A sharp pain twisted her lower abdomen.

"What’s wrong?" Xie Jingchen asked worriedly.

Su Jin blushed.

Could she say her period had arrived?

Last time, the shock from falling off the cliff and emotional turmoil delayed her period by seven or eight days.

Today, being startled actually brought her belated period on suddenly.

Su Jin pushed Xie Jingchen out.

Xie Jingchen furrowed his brow tightly.

"Last time, were you deliberately deceiving me?" Xie Jingchen asked with a dark face.

"Who deceived you?!" Su Jin glared.

"Get out, get out!"

With furrowed brows, Xie Jingchen reluctantly left, casting three glances back with every step.

After Xie Jingchen left, Xingxing ran in and asked, "Miss, what’s wrong with you?"

"Nothing, just go and boil me a bowl of medicine," Su Jin said, rubbing her stomach.

Xingxing hurried to the backyard to cook some medicine.

After drinking the medicine, Su Jin used a hand warmer on her lower abdomen while waiting for the Hidden Guard to bring news.

She waited, and it was so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of you.

Lanzhi, the Old Madam’s most trusted maid, stayed close since Mrs. Wang was not there, attending to the Old Madam without leaving her side.

When she went out, maids followed her around, trying to curry favor, leaving the Hidden Guard with no opportunity.

Fortunately, Lanzhi wasn’t on night duty today. When she returned to her room to rest, the Hidden Guard entered through the window, knocked out another maid in the room, and held a knife to Lanzhi’s neck.

Lanzhi’s legs went weak from fear, and she couldn’t make a sound since her acupoint had been pressed.

After the scare, the Hidden Guard unsealed her mute acupoint and started questioning.

This maid, fearing death, confessed quickly.

By the time the Hidden Guard returned to Agarwood Pavilion, Su Jin had already gone to bed.

He didn’t report it; when dawn came, and the curfew ended, he went to the Great Buddha Temple to look for someone.

When he returned, Su Jin had just finished breakfast.

The Hidden Guard reported every detail of Lanzhi’s confession to Su Jin, then said, "I went to the Great Buddha Temple at daybreak; the maid probably didn’t lie. I checked the place she confessed, and there were indeed traces of someone rolling down a slope."

"I also found a purse near a bloodstain at the bottom of the slope."

The Hidden Guard handed over the purse he found.

The style of the purse was simple, and Xingxing recognized it at a glance, "This is Mrs. Wang’s purse."

"Then where is Mrs. Wang?" Xingxing asked.

The Hidden Guard glanced at the maid.

Thankfully, this maid was willing to talk to him now.

But when the Hidden Guard glanced over, Xingxing remembered not to talk to him and turned her head away.

The Hidden Guard thought, "...,"

What kind of grudge is this?

The Hidden Guard looked at Su Jin and shook his head, "I searched everywhere on the slope and asked the little monks at the Great Buddha Temple, but none of them knew Mrs. Wang’s whereabouts."

Su Jin pursed her brows tightly.

Was Mrs. Wang trying to strangle the Old Madam?

Did the Old Madam want to get rid of Mrs. Wang?

Yesterday morning before leaving, Mrs. Wang even handed her a message saying her guess was wrong.

How did it turn out like this after just one outing?

Hope Mrs. Wang is still alive.

Su Jin got up to go to Qihao Hall to pay respects to the Old Madam, but as she stood up, a sharp pain stabbed her lower abdomen.

Xingxing stopped her and said, "Miss, you shouldn’t go."

"I must," Su Jin said.

She promised to help Hongxiu and couldn’t go back on her word.

After resting a while, when her stomach wasn’t as painful, Su Jin got up.

Su Jin rarely encountered the Old Prince returning directly to the estate after his morning duties.

It seems that Mrs. Wang holds some weight in the Old Prince’s heart.

The Old Prince feared the servants might not search diligently enough, so he inquired personally.

The Old Madam looked mournful, full of regret, "If I’d known she would disappear, no matter what, I wouldn’t have let her go down the mountain yesterday."

Act.

Truly good at acting.

Finished, the Old Prince comforted her for fear of her sorrow, "Mrs. Wang is blessed and will be fine."

"Let’s hope," the Old Madam wiped tears from the corner of her eyes.

Seeing Su Jin, Hongxiu turned to change the Old Prince’s tea.

With the tea tray, she just reached in front of the Old Prince.

With a crash, the teacup on the tray fell to the ground, but the tray remained in Hongxiu’s hand.

This scene happened so fast.

So fast that everyone was bewildered, only to see Hongxiu kneel on the ground with a thud, "It was not intentional, please forgive me, Old Prince, Old Madam."

"No discipline!"

"Can’t even hold a cup of tea!" the Old Madam reprimanded.

Hongxiu’s right hand trembled.

The shake was quite pronounced.

Seeing it, the Old Prince asked, "What’s wrong with your hand?"

Hongxiu cried, "I don’t know either. Since last night, my hand has been shaking and has no strength."

Returning from Agarwood Pavilion.

Last night at dinner, Hongxiu broke a bowl.

Before bed, she dropped a basin used for washing feet.

This morning, she dropped a meat bun, couldn’t even pick up vegetables with chopsticks.

And just now she dropped the teacup.

Su Jin watched from the side, satisfied with Hongxiu’s acting.

"Send her to the country," the Old Madam waved her hand.

Hongxiu begged for mercy repeatedly.

For a maid to be demoted from a head maid to the country, any maid would find it hard to accept.

But she couldn’t remain a head maid if her hands were shaking and she was dropping things.

Su Jin looked at the Old Madam and said, "I think Hongxiu might be sick; why not let me take a look at her?"

Hongxiu shuffled on her knees to Su Jin to have her pulse checked.

Su Jin furrowed her brow tightly.

After finishing, she brightly gazed at the Old Madam, "Old Madam, can you give Hongxiu to me?"

"To you?" the Old Madam frowned.

"I’m interested in Hongxiu’s illness," Su Jin said eagerly.

"..."

Xingxing agreed, "Yes, my Miss is particularly interested in strange illnesses. Initially, that’s how she ended up taking the Young Master by mistake."

Xingxing’s voice trembled a little because she was lying.

Everyone, "..."

The maids looked at each other.

Wasn’t it for the Young Master’s looks?

Why was it for his illness?

The Old Madam disagreed.

But with the Old Prince there.

"Since you intend to send this maid to the country, you might as well give her to the Princess Consort," the Old Prince said.