After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 893 - 888: Framing

This day marks the departure of Xie Jingchen alongside the Prince heading to the border.

Su Jin intended to see them off.

However, she ended up oversleeping until the sun was high in the sky. When she awoke, Xie Jingchen was nowhere to be seen by the bedside.

Xingxing brought in a copper basin and entered the room, saying, "Miss, you’re awake."

"Where is the son-in-law?" Su Jin asked.

"The son-in-law has already left for the border," Xingxing said.

"...."

Su Jin lifted the quilt to get out of bed, but her legs were weak, unable to support her.

Her ears turned slightly red as she pretended to be nonchalant and sat back on the bed, silently cursing Xie Jingchen in her heart. She then looked at Xingxing and asked, "Why didn’t you wake me up?"

Xingxing’s innocent face showed a hint of guilt.

She wanted to wake Miss up, but the son-in-law wouldn’t allow it.

"But the Princess Consort also didn’t see off the Prince," Xingxing said.

Su Jin glared at Xingxing.

The Princess Consort was pregnant; her belly was already quite big, so her not seeing off the Prince wouldn’t be criticized.

But she wasn’t pregnant, and with such a significant matter like Xie Jingchen and the Prince heading out on a campaign, how could she not send them off?

However, since this time Xie Jingchen and the Prince were delivering grain and grass, unlike when Marquis Dongxiang headed out, and the Emperor personally saw him off to the city gates, there wasn’t much fanfare this time.

Looking at the hour, who knows how many miles Xie Jingchen has left from the Capital already, so Su Jin didn’t get out of bed. She wouldn’t catch up anyway.

She lay back down on the bed, leaning against the large pillow.

Xingxing brought water for Su Jin to rinse her mouth, and Su Jin ate a bowl of bird’s nest soup while lying in bed, then took another nap.

When she woke up again, it was already lunchtime.

Xie Jingchen had left the Capital, but the Hidden Guard hadn’t.

Xie Jingchen left the Hidden Guard behind for Su Jin to command.

Though now the Prince Mansion’s household was managed by Su Jin, Princess Nanzhang had managed the Prince Mansion for over a decade; expecting those people to suddenly betray Princess Nanzhang wasn’t possible.

Su Jin wasn’t afraid of poisoning, but there were methods beyond poisoning to kill someone.

Su Jin felt using the Hidden Guard for her command was a waste of his talents.

All the medicines prepared before had been taken to the border by Xie Jingchen, leaving the medicine room empty again.

Su Jin planned to prepare some pills for future use, missing some medicinal herbs, she made a list and asked the Hidden Guard to buy them.

As soon as the Hidden Guard left, trouble erupted at the Prince Mansion.

Bi Zhu rushed into the mansion, exclaiming, "Heir’s wife, something terrible has happened, Princess Nanzhang is vomiting blood and has fainted."

Su Jin, "...."

Su Jin discreetly rolled her eyes.

The Prince just left, and trouble starts already?

Even though Su Jin managed the Prince Mansion household now, no matter how displeased she was with Princess Nanzhang, with her vomiting blood and fainting, she had to go to the Buddhist Hall.

And it wasn’t just her, the Princess Consort also had to go.

After all, Su Jin was still younger, and Princess Nanzhang was a member of the Prince’s inner quarters, so whatever needed doing had to be addressed by the Princess Consort.

Su Jin set aside her task and headed to the Buddhist Hall with Xingxing.

Before entering the room, the voice of Xie Jinyu could be heard, "Let go of me!"

"I want to go to the palace to complain to the Empress Dowager!"

"Father has just left, and they can’t wait to get rid of Mother Consort!"

Xie Jinyu’s voice was filled with tears and anger.

Su Jin’s head ached.

Princess Nanzhang fainted at just the right moment.

Compared to before, the number of people at the Prince Mansion hadn’t reduced significantly.

But the Third House was struggling, and the Second House remained so low-profile they barely had a presence.

Prince Mansion’s household was jointly managed by Su Jin and the Princess Consort.

Now that Princess Nanzhang vomited blood and fainted, if word got out, people would undoubtedly say that she and the Princess Consort couldn’t tolerate others, trying to eliminate Princess Nanzhang while the Prince was away.

Trying to stop Xie Jinyu from going to the palace to complain was Xie Jingchuan, "Calm down first; saving mother is the priority."

Xie Jinyu bit her lip, her tears like beads from a broken string.

Su Jin stepped forward, and Xie Jinyu glared at her fiercely, being pulled aside by a maid.

Su Jin walked to the bedside, glanced at Princess Nanzhang’s condition, then sat down and checked her pulse.

But after examining the pulse, Su Jin didn’t suggest a prescription, instead asked, "Has it been found out how she was poisoned?"

Manager Li replied, "The silver needle has been used to test; someone poisoned the Commandery Princess’s food."

Xie Jingchuan looked at Su Jin and asked, "How is my mother’s situation?"

His attitude was very good.

But remembering how Xie Jingchuan almost ended her life, Su Jin’s response wasn’t so cordial.

Su Jin glanced at Princess Nanzhang, speaking indifferently, "The poison Commandery Princess ingested is very tricky. We need to find the culprit and obtain the antidote quickly."

Xie Jinyu clenched her fists, her eyes cold, "What do you mean by needing an antidote?! I think clearly, you don’t want to save my mother!"

Xingxing’s temper flared; how dare they shout at her Miss.

Sticking out her chest, Xingxing glared, "Try shouting at my Miss again?!"

"My Miss is now a Princess; yelling once, and a beating of twenty planks would be light!"

Indeed.

Xingxing had read the Prince Zhenbei Mansion’s family rules several times; and had pored over palace rules about insubordination even more.

After all, Su Jin was now a Princess; few held a more distinguished position than hers.

Xie Jinyu was publicly rebuked by Xingxing, with a threat of a twenty-plank beating, twisting her face in anger.

Su Jin looked at Manager Li and said, "Call for the Imperial Physician, otherwise not prescribing medicine will make it seem like I’m intentionally not saving her."

Manager Li felt the big Miss was somewhat foolish; after all, Princess Nanzhang wasn’t particularly good to the Heir’s wife. When she first entered the mansion, she even tried to have her drink sterility medicine. If it weren’t for the Heir’s wife’s medical skills, who knows what would have happened.

Even so, they’re expecting the Heir’s wife to generously save her?

If she hasn’t poisoned Princess Nanzhang, she’s already being generous.

Manager Li quickly said, "Someone’s already been sent to call for the Imperial Physician."

After a tea’s time, the Imperial Physician arrived.

The usual Imperial Physician who checked Princess Nanzhang’s peaceful pulse.

After the pulse check, the Imperial Physician’s face showed a hint of difficulty, silently glancing at Su Jin.

Xingxing glared at him, "We called you here to treat the illness, what’re you looking at my Miss for?!"

The Imperial Physician replied with difficulty, "This poison... I can’t cure it." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Su Jin’s lips curved slightly, "Don’t look at me; I can’t cure it either."

"If I could cure every poison, wouldn’t that make me immortal?"

"...."

The Princess Consort sat there, saying, "Hasn’t the person who poisoned been found yet?"

Manager Li replied, "Mrs. Zhao has gone to the kitchen to find out who poisoned the food."

As they were speaking, Mrs. Zhao returned.

Along with her, came a maid.

The maid was brought in forcibly; seeing Su Jin, she struggled, pleading, "Heir’s wife, save me...."

Su Jin’s face sunk.

It turned out they were targeting her.

Mrs. Zhao signaled to the woman who was restraining the maid.

The woman’s foot lifted, and the maid was kicked directly to the ground.

The sound of her knees hitting the ground was cringeworthy.

Mrs. Zhao looked at Su Jin and said, "Heir’s wife, this maid has just confessed in the kitchen; it was by your instruction she poisoned the Commandery Princess...."

Su Jin laughed, "Such a clumsy poisoning tactic, did Mrs. Zhao believe it?"

If she wanted Princess Nanzhang’s life, did she need a maid to do it?

And if she did, why would she only cause her to vomit blood and faint?

On top of that, requiring her to personally help with the antidote?

Would she be so foolish?

If you’re stupid, don’t think others are just as stupid, can we?

Feeling exhausted.

Su Jin sat down, saying, "Continue questioning; let’s see when I supposedly instructed the maid to poison."

The kitchen was under Su Jin’s management.

But Su Jin had only seen the kitchen housekeeper.

This maid dared to slander her, so the act had to be committed fully.

Su Jin had many maids she could command, but the only one she could trust to send a message to poison Princess Nanzhang was Xingxing.

Xingxing was always with her, and slandering Xingxing wasn’t easy.

The maid, seeing Su Jin deny ordering her to poison, hastily said, "Heir’s wife, don’t you remember? It was in the garden; you called me over, gave me a small medicine packet, and instructed me to secretly place it in Princess Nanzhang’s food...."

Su Jin laughed, "Are you sure I only gave you one medicine packet?"

"There was only one," the maid said confidently.

"Then it’s over; without an antidote, Princess Nanzhang will undoubtedly die within half an hour," Su Jin said sympathetically.

"...."