After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 781 - 779 Wounds

The Heir of Marquis Beining’s jade pendant was stolen, and he pursued the thief on the street.

The scene was chaotic with people and horses in disarray.

The Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice happened to pass by and reprimanded him a few times.

Then the Heir of Marquis Beining blamed the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

Someone stole his family jade pendant; was he wrong to catch the thief?

His cousin actually sided with the thief...

The Heir of Marquis Beining threw up his hands in exasperation, saying that if the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice didn’t catch the thief and retrieve his family jade pendant, he would bear the consequences.

The Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice had once been knocked unconscious by his own cousin and had to see a doctor.

Although the matter was resolved satisfactorily in the end, it left him with a great psychological shadow.

If the jade pendant wasn’t found, who could predict what his unreliable cousin might do next?

He couldn’t afford to provoke him, so he could only set aside his own affairs to help catch the thief.

He never expected to coincidentally encounter assassins attempting to kill the Princess Consort Zhenbei.

Xie Jingchen helped Su Jin onto the carriage and bandaged her wound.

The government official said, "Sir, the thief has escaped."

"If he escaped, then so be it," said the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

"But the Heir of Marquis Beining will..."

"I’ll go back and apologize to Aunt; I won’t avoid a beating from him," he replied.

"...".

The government official was speechless.

No wonder the Heir of Marquis Beining always clashed with Lord Shaoqing.

He hadn’t noticed that sometimes Lord Zhao was particularly infuriating too.

The Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice took the government official and the only surviving assassin back to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation.

Inside the carriage.

Xie Jingchen applied ointment to Su Jin’s wound.

Su Jin stared at Xie Jingchen, "Aren’t you going to give me an explanation?"

Just as Xie Jingchen was about to speak.

Xingxing emerged from under the bridge.

Soaking wet and quite bedraggled.

She lifted the carriage curtain, looking at Su Jin, saw blood on her arm, and exclaimed anxiously, "Miss, are you hurt?"

Xie Jingchen helped Su Jin with the medicine.

Xingxing, in a fit of anger, scolded the assassin fiercely.

Xie Jingchen, "...".

The Hidden Guard, "...".

After bandaging Su Jin’s wound, Xie Jingchen said, "We’ll talk about it when we return to the mansion."

He got out of the carriage.

Xingxing climbed into the carriage.

She changed out of her soaking wet skirt and asked Su Jin, "Miss, does your wound hurt?"

"It’s fine, it doesn’t hurt that much," Su Jin replied.

"We must find out who sent someone to kill you and have the Emperor wipe out their entire clan!" Xingxing said fiercely. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The Hidden Guard drove the carriage forward while Xie Jingchen rode beside it, guarding.

By the time they returned to the capital, the news of Su Jin’s assassination attempt and injury had already reached the Emperor’s ears.

The Dali Temple Constable had delivered the news to the palace.

The Emperor was thunderously angry upon learning of it.

As the carriage arrived on the street where the Prince Mansion was located, Eunuch Fu was waiting there.

Seeing the carriage approach slowly, Eunuch Fu dismounted and came over, saying, "I heard the Princess Consort was injured in an assassination attempt. Is the injury severe?"

"Just a superficial wound; sorry to have worried you, Eunuch Fu," Su Jin replied.

"It’s nothing for this old slave to worry about, but the Emperor was deeply concerned. If the Princess Consort’s injury is not severe, perhaps it’s best to visit the palace to set the Emperor’s mind at ease," said Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu had served the Emperor for many years and understood his temperament.

If the Emperor wasn’t reassured, who knew how anxious he would get?

There were few people left in this world for the Emperor to care about.

Ever since Princess Shouning was killed, the Emperor was even more worried when he heard about Su Jin.

Xie Jingchen looked at Su Jin and said, "Let’s go to the palace first."

Su Jin went to the palace.

Seeing the blood on Su Jin’s dress heightened the Emperor’s anger even more.

The Emperor glared at Xie Jingchen.

Blaming him for not protecting Su Jin well.

Anticipating the Emperor’s scolding for Su Jin’s injury, Xie Jingchen pleaded for forgiveness, "It is my failure to protect her; I beg the Emperor’s pardon."

Xingxing looked at Su Jin’s wound, teary-eyed, and said to the Emperor, "It’s not the son-in-law’s fault."

"If the son-in-law hadn’t arrived in time, the young lady would have been in danger."

"Emperor, you must find out who wanted to assassinate her; otherwise, she won’t dare to go out to play in the future."

The Emperor not only knew that Su Jin had been attacked but also knew that the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice coincidentally aided Xie Jingchen and Su Jin, leaving one assassin alive, who was now at the Ministry of Justice.

The Emperor had already ordered the Ministry of Justice to thoroughly investigate the assassination case.

Considering Su Jin’s previous incidents—falling off a cliff and being shot at with hidden weapons by assassins in a carriage—she remained unharmed.

This time, however, an assassin managed to graze her arm.

The Emperor would not let anyone who dared to harm his daughter off lightly.

After consoling Su Jin with a few words and rewarding her with a heap of supplements, he scolded Xie Jingchen a bit more and then sent them back to the Prince Mansion.

During the Emperor’s reprimand of Xie Jingchen, Su Jin did not speak up for him.

But Xingxing found it unbearable and tugged at Su Jin’s cloud sleeves several times.

Su Jin acted as if she hadn’t noticed.

Not letting him endure the Emperor’s criticism for a few more words, he wouldn’t speak the truth.

She endured all the way until they returned to the Prince Mansion.

After being scolded by the Emperor in the palace, he was then scolded by the Princess Consort upon returning.

Just like the Emperor, they blamed Xie Jingchen for failing to protect Su Jin.

Xie Jingchen, "..."

He had acted with restraint.

In a while, the wound would have healed.

If her being injured hadn’t enraged the Emperor into thoroughly investigating and severely punishing the matter, he wouldn’t have done it.

Xie Jingchen felt that the psychological trauma he endured was a hundred times greater than Su Jin’s superficial wounds.

Back at the Agarwood Pavilion, Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen.

Xie Jingchen said, "Your guess was correct; I lured Princess Duanhui to send someone to assassinate you."

"Why would you do that?" Su Jin was puzzled.

"Father-in-law has set his eyes on Princess Duanhui’s fiefdom."

"...".

Su Jin was a smart person.

As soon as Xie Jingchen explained, she understood the significance of his actions.

Princess Duanhui’s fiefdom couldn’t be claimed just because her father coveted it.

Only by first having the Emperor demote Princess Duanhui and reclaim her fiefdom could it be granted to them.

Once it was her fiefdom, her father could do whatever he wanted with it.

She figured it out but still glared at Xie Jingchen, "You could have just told me."

"In my plan, you would cry and complain to the Emperor," Xie Jingchen said, holding his forehead.

"...".

He didn’t tell her because he feared if she knew, her acting might not be convincing enough and people would see through the ruse.

As it turned out, she didn’t cry or cause a scene, just stared at him.

This was completely contrary to his plan.

Instead, the maid unknowingly cooperated perfectly, stirring up the Emperor’s anger layer by layer.

Even now, the Emperor’s anger hadn’t dissipated.

The Ministry of Justice was under immense pressure.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice personally interrogated the assassin, while the Junior Minister investigated the token.

He was quite certain he had seen this token before but just couldn’t remember where.

He had a good memory; although not photographic, he could remember the gist on the first glance.

He couldn’t recall it no matter how hard he tried, which confirmed that he hadn’t seen this token in the past few months.

After asking around, no one at the Ministry of Justice recognized it, so the Junior Minister decided to inquire at the Ministry of Justice; they might know.

However, halfway there, he happened to see Princess Duanhui’s sedan hastily entering the palace.

The Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice suddenly remembered.

He had seen this token on a guard beside the Long Prince Consort last year.

Did Princess Duanhui send someone to assassinate the Princess Consort Zhenbei?