After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 909 - 904: Bandaging

Su Jin frowned deeply, put down the book, and quickly got up.

Bi Zhu lifted the door curtain, and the Hidden Guard entered.

Su Jin immediately noticed the wounded arm of the Hidden Guard.

Xingxing hurriedly fetched the medicine box, and Su Jin had the Hidden Guard sit down so she could bandage his wound.

The Hidden Guard, not daring to trouble Su Jin, quickly said, "It would be fine for Xingxing to bandage me."

Xingxing nodded quickly, "Miss, I can do it."

Su Jin stepped aside.

Xingxing skillfully tore open the brocade robe at the wound, revealing the injury.

The blood from the wound was bright red, suggesting there was no poison.

Xingxing wiped away the blood, then cleaned the wound, applied medicine, and wrapped it with gauze.

Su Jin then asked the Hidden Guard, "How did you get hurt?"

She really couldn’t figure it out.

The Hidden Guard was supposed to capture Nanny Zhou, could Nanny Zhou have injured him?

The Hidden Guard didn’t know how to report properly.

It was hard to speak about.

He went to capture Nanny Zhou, but unexpectedly saved her life instead, completely contrary to the plan.

The Hidden Guard looked at Su Jin and said, "When Nanny Zhou left Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, I was following her, but unexpectedly, assassins tried to take her life on the way, so I had to make the decision to save her."

The injury occurred during the fight with the assassins.

He fought with the assassins, and Nanny Zhou took the opportunity to flee.

By the time he drove off the assassins, Nanny Zhou was already out of sight.

The Hidden Guard never expected that the Young Master, who left him to be used by the Heir’s wife, would end up bungling the task commissioned by the Heir’s wife so badly.

After waiting all these days, they finally waited for Nanny Zhou to leave the palace, and after this event, who knows when she will leave the palace again.

Although the Hidden Guard failed to capture Nanny Zhou and even ended up saving her life, Su Jin didn’t blame him.

What she needed was a living person; Nanny Zhou’s life wasn’t worth much, but she must live until the truth is revealed.

She just didn’t expect there would be someone else waiting for Nanny Zhou to leave the palace, ready to take action.

The sent assassins could wound the Hidden Guard, indicating that those wanting Nanny Zhou’s life were no ordinary people.

Su Jin frowned.

She suspected the assassins were sent by the Empress Dowager.

She had only slightly instigated the Empress Dowager to misunderstand that the identity of Doctor Wei was leaked by Nanny Zhou.

Would that be enough to make the Empress Dowager want Nanny Zhou’s life?

If the Empress Dowager dealt with her subordinates in that manner, Su Jin dared not imagine what absolute loyalty those around the Empress Dowager must exhibit.

Phoenix Palace.

Nanny Zhou assisted the Empress in visiting the Old Duke Chong and helped convey a few messages from the Empress.

Taking the rare opportunity to leave the palace, Nanny Zhou wanted to take a stroll but didn’t expect to almost lose her life.

She practically ran all the way back to the Phoenix Palace.

It wasn’t until she stepped over the threshold that her heart, which was in her throat, could finally settle down.

The palace maid saw her and asked, "Nanny Zhou, are you alright?"

Nanny Zhou waved her hand and quickly entered the hall.

The Empress was eating bird’s nest soup when she noticed Nanny Zhou’s unsteady breathing and still-shocked expression. She said, "What happened?"

Nanny Zhou had the palace maids leave.

Once everyone had left, Nanny Zhou closed the door, knelt before the Empress, and said, "Your Majesty, please save this servant."

This kneeling from Nanny Zhou made the Empress freeze in astonishment, and she quickly asked, "What did you do wrong?"

Nanny Zhou shook her head, "This servant doesn’t know how I angered the Empress Dowager, but she wants my life." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The Empress’s face fell.

Nanny Zhou recounted to the Empress about the assassination attempt on the street.

She didn’t mention the part where the Hidden Guard saved her.

She recognized that Hidden Guard as the one who drove for the Heir’s wife of Prince Zhenbei.

At this point, Nanny Zhou’s back was cold, and her mind was too stunned to function.

The Empress Dowager’s people wanted her dead.

The Heir’s wife of Prince Zhenbei’s people ended up saving her.

She couldn’t distinguish who was enemy or friend.

Until she figured out why the Heir’s wife of Prince Zhenbei’s people saved her, Nanny Zhou felt it was best not to let the Empress know.

The Empress couldn’t believe it, "Are you sure they were from the Empress Dowager?"

Nanny Zhou nodded, "This servant saw that assassin in Yongning Palace; there’s no mistake."

The assassins didn’t expect to fail against an old nanny who couldn’t even truss a chicken, so they didn’t bother wearing masks.

Nanny Zhou was the Empress’s confidante, and the Empress was already disappointed in the Empress Dowager. Now thinking that she’d also kill Nanny Zhou, cutting off her left and right arms, how could the Empress endure that?

The Empress wanted to confront the Empress Dowager, but Nanny Zhou dared not go.

She would never dare set foot in Yongning Palace again.

The Empress, seeing her severely shaken, stormed off towards Yongning Palace with her maids in tow.

Yongning Palace.

The Empress Dowager was taking medicine.

The bitterly tasting medicine made the Empress Dowager’s nose crinkle just from the smell, let alone wanting to drink it.

Nanny Li advised her to drink it while it was hot, and the Empress Dowager had just reached to take the medicine bowl when she heard the voice of the palace maid announcing the Empress’s arrival.

The Empress Dowager looked toward the sound and saw the Empress entering.

The anger on her face wasn’t concealed at all.

The Empress walked forward and said, "Everyone else, leave."

The palace maids quickly retreated.

Nanny Li stood by the bed and didn’t leave.

The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress and asked, "Why such a fury, where has the Empress been wronged this time?"

The Empress Dowager thought the Empress had come seeking her advice like usual.

The Empress laughed mockingly, "These days, I haven’t been to Yongning Palace, nor has Nanny Zhou, let alone crossed the Empress Dowager. Why did the Empress Dowager send people to kill her?!"

Nanny Li was stunned.

This matter... how did the Empress find out?

She didn’t yet know that Nanny Zhou had narrowly escaped death and returned to the palace.

But the people sent by the Empress Dowager couldn’t even succeed in killing a nanny?

The Empress Dowager frowned.

Though the Empress spoke the truth, the Empress Dowager denied it, "Who told you that I want to kill Nanny Zhou?"

The Empress laughed in anger.

Even now, the Empress Dowager is still denying it.

She’s willing to send her daughter for a political marriage; would she even blink at killing a nanny like Nanny Zhou?

Just because she didn’t comply with the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager was taking out her anger on her associates, trying to wipe out all her confidantes so that she would have to rely on the Empress Dowager to survive?!

The Empress glared at the Empress Dowager’s face, which seemed to grow older with each passing day, and sneered, "Nanny Zhou was fortunate and got saved; she narrowly escaped with her life."

"She has seen many of the Empress Dowager’s people; she isn’t so old and blind as to mistake them!"

The Empress Dowager’s face darkened further upon hearing that Nanny Zhou was still alive.

Could she not even get rid of the Heir’s wife of Prince Zhenbei, let alone successfully kill a nanny?!

Seeing the Empress’s furious face only made the Empress Dowager angrier, "You even took the life of Princess Qi; what’s it to me to want Nanny Zhou dead?!"

"Don’t forget, she’s a knowledgeable person!"

"What she knows may even surpass what Princess Qi knew!"

"Don’t forget who failed to ensure Princess Jin Ning survived leaving the palace!"

"A nanny who almost buried a princess alive has survived until now; hasn’t the Empress wondered why the people of Dongxiang Marquis Mansion have spared her life?!"

The people of Dongxiang Marquis Mansion are known to repay grudges, and getting rid of a nanny would be a trivial task.

Yet in such a straightforward matter, the people of Dongxiang Marquis Mansion did nothing.

The princess’s identity is now publicly acknowledged, but no one has mentioned Nanny Zhou, as if the incident never happened.

Something abnormal must indicate something wrong.

They couldn’t bear any more failures.

In these recent days, the Empress Dowager had reflected a lot and grew more spiteful towards Nanny Zhou.

If Nanny Zhou hadn’t bungled things back then, they wouldn’t have faced such a complete defeat.

She should have died long ago.

She should have died sixteen years ago!