After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 767 - 765: The Benevolent Father

Su Jin signaled to Xingxing, who could only rummage through the bag.

She counted three thousand taels of silver notes for Su Jin.

Su Jin motioned for her to place them on the brocade box and then said, "These are for the Commandery Princess to buy swallow’s nest and Cordyceps to nourish her body."

Her attitude was so humble that even Xie Jingchen glanced over.

Princess Duanhui was also quite surprised, but Su Jin smiled with no faults to be found.

Feigning reluctance, she accepted the three thousand taels of silver.

Su Jin smiled faintly, got up, and took her leave.

As she and Xie Jingchen stepped out, Princess Chengxian commented, "Why is her attitude so good?"

"Offering help without reason, either a traitor or a thief!" Princess Yi An snorted.

Outside the courtyard, Xingxing looked around several times before looking at Su Jin, saying, "Miss, about that ointment..."

"Shh, we’ll talk about it when we get back," Su Jin whispered.

The master and servant gradually walked away.

In the shadows, a maid in a goose-yellow dress stepped out and hastily entered the courtyard.

She reported what she had heard to Princess Duanhui.

Princess Duanhui looked at the ointment in her hand, which had a faint fragrance, and said, "Go call for an Imperial Physician."

Soon, the Imperial Physician arrived, carrying his medicine box.

He walked swiftly, panting, fearing he might be too late and delay the treatment.

Seeing Princess Chengxian sitting there with bandages, the Imperial Physician was startled.

The maid handed him the ointment to examine—

Imperial Physician, "..."

Taking the ointment, the Imperial Physician glanced at the maid.

They rushed him here, and he thought someone was seriously ill—was it just to examine ointment?

Not daring to complain, the Imperial Physician opened the brocade box and sniffed.

The ointment was a good scar-removing medicine, but it seemed to contain something extra.

As the Imperial Physician sniffed repeatedly, Princess Chengxian asked, "Is there a problem with the ointment?"

"Don’t worry, Your Highness," said the Imperial Physician.

He took out a silver needle and stuck it into the ointment.

When he pulled the needle out, the tip was blackened.

The maids and matrons gasped.

This time, it was poisonous.

Princess Duanhui’s face darkened slightly, and she slammed the table, exclaiming, "What a Princess Consort Zhenbei!"

Princess Yi An fumed, "Good thing we were cautious, or we would have been harmed by her!"

"What poison is in the ointment?" Princess Chengxian asked.

The Imperial Physician looked troubled.

The medical skills of the Princess Consort Zhenbei far surpassed his own.

The poison she used—how could he detect it?

The Imperial Physician was somewhat apprehensive—why would the Princess Consort Zhenbei give ointment to Princess Chengxian and them?

Even if it was just for ointment, why poison it? It was too strange.

The Imperial Physician had a suspicion.

He suspected Princess Duanhui poisoned the ointment to frame Su Jin...

The Princess Consort Zhenbei was too clever; she couldn’t have done something so foolish.

Princess Duanhui grew angrier the more she thought about it.

They had been informed of Su Jin’s actions in the palace these past two days, and several times it had angered the Empress Dowager.

Now poisoning the ointment, attempting to harm her daughter—Princess Duanhui couldn’t stomach this.

It was still early, so she took Princess Chengxian and Princess Yi An to the palace to complain to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager, upon hearing this, frowned and said, "Did the Princess Consort Zhenbei truly poison the ointment?"

Princess Duanhui looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "Mother, why would you ask? If it wasn’t her doing, I wouldn’t come to the palace to complain to you."

The Empress Dowager had psychological shadows.

She hadn’t only been tricked by Xie Jinyu but also by Shangguan Feng’er.

Complaints only presented what was favorable to them, and if she summoned the Princess Consort Zhenbei for a rebuke, she’d end up embarrassed.

Though she held the noble title of Empress Dowager, she couldn’t afford to lose face repeatedly, especially now that the Emperor treated her less favorably, and Duke Chong was in mourning at home.

After confirming Princess Duanhui’s truthfulness, the Empress Dowager ordered someone to summon Su Jin to the palace.

At that time, Su Jin had just returned to the Prince Mansion, had just entered the Agarwood Pavilion, and had just lifted a teacup.

Su Jin, "..."

This was a bit too quick to take the bait, wasn’t it?

She thought it would at least be by tomorrow...

Silently carrying her teacup, Su Jin left the room.

Xie Jingchen approached, and Su Jin said, "No need for you to accompany me to the palace."

She didn’t want Xie Jingchen to see her being reprimanded in the palace.

"I’m not at ease," Xie Jingchen said.

"Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to others," Su Jin said, feeling down.

"..."

He wasn’t worried about others; he was worried about her.

Xie Jingchen felt weary.

Either way, Su Jin simply didn’t want him accompanying her.

What could Xie Jingchen do but let her have her way?

For going to the palace, Xingxing was most enthusiastic because almost every time Su Jin went to the palace, she didn’t return empty-handed.

Especially when summoned by the Empress Dowager; she came back fully loaded.

In Xingxing’s eyes, the Imperial Palace was her miss’s domain. What could possibly happen on her own turf?

Once on the carriage, Xingxing’s eyes gleamed with excitement, "Miss, there’s a beautiful Red Jade Plate in the Empress Dowager’s hall. If you like something else, take that plate too."

"Last time, I almost couldn’t resist taking it myself."

Su Jin, "..."

Hidden Guard, "..."

Truly.

You have to admire it.

When others were summoned by the Empress Dowager, they were always uneasy.

But with the Princess Consort Zhenbei, before she could even say anything, her maid was so excitedly coveting the Empress Dowager’s belongings.

Su Jin’s mouth twitched.

Couldn’t this maid show a little respect for the Empress Dowager?

Without needing her to act, Xingxing could almost have the Empress Dowager enraged and bedridden.

Seeing the light nearly spilling from Xingxing’s eyes, Su Jin lightly tapped her forehead, saying, "Stop dreaming. This time, I’m going to the palace for a punishment."

"Impossible, Miss won’t be punished," Xingxing replied, smiling with all her teeth.

Trying to deceive her?

She wasn’t that easy to fool.

As much as Miss had grown, she’d never been really punished, except for being sentenced to kneel in the Buddhist Hall by Princess Nanzhang.

With Xingxing’s blind confidence, Su Jin couldn’t bear to dampen her spirits.

But she was indeed going to the palace for a punishment.

Upon arriving at the palace, Su Jin went to Yongning Palace and sent Xingxing to the Imperial Study to find Eunuch Fu.

Su Jin’s instructions left Xingxing bewildered.

She left hesitantly, turning back every few steps.

When she was some distance away, Xingxing ran back like the wind to ask, "Miss, are you really not joking with me?"

Su Jin, "..."

"Quick, go."

"Mess it up, and you’ll have no dinner tomorrow," Su Jin said.

This time, Xingxing got serious.

She ran all the way to the Imperial Study and happened to bump into Eunuch Fu coming out, directly knocking him against the wall.

Xingxing, "..."

Eunuch Fu, "..."

The gatekeeper, holding back a laugh, could hardly contain it.

Eunuch Fu was quite sore, but he couldn’t scold her, "You, this maid..."

Xingxing, "Eunuch, did it hurt?"

Eunuch Fu was gasping from pain but couldn’t scold her, "You... this little maid, that’s quite some strength to knock me like this."

Xingxing grabbed his sleeve to stop him from returning to the Imperial Study and whispered several sentences in his ear.

Eunuch Fu was startled enough to hurry away after realizing how anxious it made Xingxing.

He turned back to enter the Imperial Study, while Xingxing was still clinging to his sleeve, whispering something more into his ear.

The Emperor, hearing eunuch Fu report the Princess Consort Zhenbei’s bizarre request, frowned, wearing a troubled expression and said, "Isn’t this putting me in a difficult position?"

Scolding the Princess Consort Zhenbei only to find it was in his own son’s favor?

"I am a compassionate father."

"..."