After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 935 - 930: Craving

Learning the Disguise Technique is not difficult, and within half a day, I’ve grasped most of it.

But mastering it to make false appearances seem real is not an easy task.

Su Jin spent three days to fully master it.

During the day, she learned the Disguise Technique, and at night, she sat outside the cage in the Agarwood Pavilion chatting with Nanny Zhou.

Although it was just chatting, for Nanny Zhou, it was unbearably painful.

Instead of chatting, it was more like interrogation, and the questions jumped widely, sometimes asking about the Empress Dowager, sometimes about the Empress, sometimes about Nanny Li, sometimes about herself, sometimes about the Emperor, sometimes about Consort Li...

A myriad of questions, and more importantly, some were repeatedly asked, once, twice, thrice...

Nanny Zhou, after all, is not young anymore, her head also got knocked by Xingxing, she’s not as sharp as she was when young.

The lies she told earlier, she couldn’t remember later; once she lied, when confronted with Su Jin’s circular inquiries, there were holes everywhere, forcing Nanny Zhou to tell the truth.

Nanny Zhou almost went mad, even if the Heir of Prince Zhenbei went to the border with only a maidservant to serve, why catch her to chat all the time?

What can an old nanny and a Princess Consort talk about?

Even if she is a princess, interested in palace matters, she’s already married, she won’t move back to the palace.

Considering the Emperor’s favor towards her, who in the palace, besides the Empress Dowager and Empress, would dare to cross her?

Why know so many things that are unnecessary to know?

In the blink of an eye, six days had passed.

On this day, the cold wind howled, blowing on the face, like being covered with ice.

After breakfast, Su Jin went to the Peony Garden to greet the Princess Consort.

The Princess Consort was teasing the Little Princess, Su Jin took the Little Princess from her arms, played for a while, and the Little Princess fell asleep again.

A newborn child, it is rare to catch her awake in a day.

Su Jin looked at the Princess Consort, "Mother Consort, I plan to go to the Great Buddha Temple the day after tomorrow to stay for a while and pray for my husband and my father."

Praying for them is a good thing.

The Princess Consort would not refuse, only said, "Is it safe to stay at the Great Buddha Temple?"

"My husband left the Hidden Guard to protect me, there will be no issues," Su Jin said.

The Princess Consort was still not at ease, "I’ll have Manager Li send some people to protect you."

Su Jin quickly refused, "Those are people Father left to protect Mother Consort, sending them to protect me, I’d worry about Mother Consort’s safety."

"If I go to the Great Buddha Temple to pray, I need Father Emperor’s approval, he will surely send someone to protect me."

This point, the Princess Consort did not doubt.

The Emperor would surely worry more about Su Jin’s safety than she does.

Seeing the Princess Consort still hesitating, Su Jin said, "I’m not in the mansion, publicly say I’m in a bad mood, moved back to the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, no one would suspect I’m at the Great Buddha Temple."

Seeing Su Jin’s persistence and comprehensive thinking, the Princess Consort agreed.

Moreover, she had no choice but to agree.

After staying for a while in the Peony Garden, Su Jin left the mansion.

She did not enter the palace, but went to the Marquis Jingguo Mansion.

Seeing the carriage from the Prince Zhenbei Mansion, which also seemed familiar, the servants of the Marquis Jingguo Mansion immediately said, "Go quickly and inform Madam and the Heir’s wife, the Princess Consort Zhenbei has come."

Saying this, rushed down to welcome Su Jin.

Princess Jin Ning’s presence graced the Marquis Jingguo Mansion.

After Xingxing got off the carriage, she helped Su Jin down.

Entering directly the Marquis Jingguo Mansion, not long after walking, the Marchioness Jingguo hurriedly greeted them, her steps fast and frenzied. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Su Jin felt quite apologetic, Marchioness Jingguo apologized for not welcoming properly, Su Jin said, "It was an impromptu decision to seek out Hanhan, troubling you."

Marchioness Jingguo smiled, "If there’s something with Hanhan, just send someone, I’d have Hanhan come to the Prince Mansion to find you."

Not knowing what urgency brought Su Jin to Qin Hanhan, Marchioness Jingguo personally led Su Jin to Qin Hanhan’s residence.

Not yet past the second gate, Qin Hanhan came over.

Marchioness Jingguo smiled, "I won’t interrupt you two sisters chatting."

Qin Hanhan curtseyed, and Marchioness Jingguo left.

Once Marchioness Jingguo left, Qin Hanhan looked at Su Jin, "What made you come to find me? I was thinking of visiting the Prince Mansion tomorrow to see you."

Su Jin chuckled, "You may not find me at the Prince Mansion tomorrow."

Qin Hanhan looked at her, Su Jin said, "Let’s talk in that pavilion."

The two went into the pavilion.

Qin Hanhan felt Su Jin must be here for something.

Although there is the Unity Gu, knowing Xie Jingchen is not dead, but so many days, no news from the border on the whereabouts of the Heir of Prince Zhenbei, it shows still missing.

At this time, where does Princess Consort Zhenbei have the leisure to come talk to her?

Especially after sending away the personal maid, leaving only her in the pavilion to talk.

Guessing Su Jin’s intention, Su Jin directly said, "I came to borrow your butterfly lure."

Qin Hanhan frowned initially, Su Jin widened her eyes, "You, you want to...."

Just as the words about going to the border were at her throat, Su Jin interrupted her with a "shh."

Qin Hanhan lowered her voice, "That’s too dangerous."

"Rather than staying in the Capital and worrying every day, I’d rather risk going to the border," Su Jin said.

Su Jin wanted to take risks, but Qin Hanhan couldn’t assist in doing wrong.

She shook her head, "I don’t have a butterfly lure anymore."

Su Jin looked at her, Qin Hanhan said, "In this freezing weather, butterflies cannot survive."

Indeed, butterflies are rarely seen in winter.

Su Jin thought the butterfly seeking the parasite might be an exception, but there was none.

A hint of disappointment appeared on Su Jin’s face.

Qin Hanhan urged Su Jin to abandon the idea, but once Su Jin had made up her mind, she wouldn’t change it.

Su Jin looked at her, "If something were to happen to the Heir of Marquis Jingguo, could you stay peacefully at the Marquis Jingguo Mansion?"

Qin Hanhan was speechless.

She didn’t try to persuade Su Jin further and only said, "Be extra careful when you’re outside."

Su Jin nodded.

Su Jin stayed at the Marquis Jingguo Mansion for less than an hour, and Qin Hanhan saw her off.

When Su Jin got into the carriage, Qin Hanhan handed her a bamboo tube and said, "The butterfly lure you wanted."

Su Jin accepted it and smiled, "I knew your butterflies were extraordinary."

"It’s true that in the cold, butterflies easily die," Qin Hanhan remarked.

She knew that there was a Gu worm in the Heir of Prince Zhenbei, and the butterfly lure could help find him.

But now it was freezing cold; once the butterflies were released, they wouldn’t fly far before freezing to death.

Otherwise, why wouldn’t she hand the butterflies to the Emperor for help in finding people?

But the Capital City was distant from the border. By the time they, master and servant, arrived by carriage, it should be warmer, right?

Su Jin thanked her and then got on the carriage to return to the Prince Mansion.

Imperial Palace, Imperial Garden.

The weather was unusually good, and the Emperor, tired from reading memorials, took a stroll in the Imperial Garden.

Knowing the Emperor was in the Imperial Garden, many concubines were eager to have a chance encounter with him there.

But seeing the Empress and Consort Li present, many concubines sulkily returned to their palaces to warm themselves by the fire.

With the Empress and Consort Li around, there was no chance for others to curry favor; if they accidentally outshone them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Emperor rested and drank tea in the pavilion within the Imperial Garden.

The Empress and Consort Li approached him.

Consort Li glanced at the Empress’s face and smiled, "After all these days of searching, has the Empress not found Nanny Zhou?"

The Empress’s face was somber.

Nanny Zhou had inexplicably disappeared, and the palace had been turned upside down by her people without a trace of news.

When she questioned the Empress Dowager, she got a scolding in return.

The Empress Dowager had sent people to assassinate Nanny Zhou outside the palace, and after a quarrel, the Empress Dowager stopped acting against her.

But if the Empress Dowager didn’t kill her, how could she have vanished?

Nanny Zhou had been with the Empress for over twenty years; her sudden accident left an empty spot in the Empress’s heart. Though there were plenty of people to command in the Phoenix Palace, none were as satisfactory as Nanny Zhou.

Seeing Consort Li’s gloating expression, the Empress suspected she might have been behind it, possibly aiming to weaken her support.

But without evidence, the Empress wouldn’t speak up, lest Consort Li take the opportunity to report to the Emperor.

The Empress went toward the pavilion to greet the Emperor and took a seat.

In the distance, a little eunuch ran over, murmuring into the ear of Eunuch Fu’s confidant eunuch.

The eunuch turned pale and quickly went into the pavilion to whisper in Eunuch Fu’s ear.

Eunuch Fu gasped in shock.

The Emperor asked, "What’s the matter?"

Eunuch Fu said fearfully, "Forgive this servant for disturbing Your Majesty."

"Speak if there’s something to say," the Emperor replied.

Eunuch Fu hesitated, and the Empress said, "Is it something that this palace and Consort Li shouldn’t hear?"

Eunuch Fu quickly said, "No, it’s not... ."

"Someone just reported from Chaohua Palace that there are rumors of a ghost haunting the palace."

"The tributes of pastries and fruits have mysteriously been decreasing these past few days."

The Emperor’s brow furrowed.

Consort Li wore an expression of shock.

The Empress’s face turned pale.

Matters involving spirits always invoke a particular awe.

She looked at the Emperor and said, "As for ghosts, it’s likely that the eunuch who guards Chaohua Palace is sneaking bites out of greed."

Consort Li countered, "There are only a few eunuchs in Chaohua Palace. Even if they did eat the pastries and fruits, wouldn’t they report it, informing the Emperor?"

Isn’t this akin to someone finding life too easy and satisfied, and creating trouble for themselves by putting lice on their body to itch?

Consort Li’s words, though in opposition to the Empress’s, made sense to her.

Consort Li continued, "In my opinion, someone might have hidden in Chaohua Palace."

"Yet there haven’t been reports of any missing persons in the palace recently, aside from the Empress’s Nanny Zhou."

Consort Li didn’t consider that Nanny Zhou might be hiding in Chaohua Palace; as the Empress’s close maid, who would dare do anything to her?

The Emperor furrowed his brows and instructed Eunuch Fu, "Take people to search Chaohua Palace personally."

Eunuch Fu quickly agreed.

After leaving the pavilion, a trusted little eunuch approached and whispered, "Do we really need to search?"

Eunuch Fu felt a headache coming.

Who knew why Princess Consort Zhenbei wanted him to spread rumors about ghosts in Chaohua Palace?

Now that it had reached the Emperor, and he ordered a search, how could they not search?

The Princess Consort was so clever; the Emperor’s search must be within her calculations.

Could they really find something in Chaohua Palace?

If she has something to show the Emperor, why didn’t she just present it directly—why go through so much trouble?

Eunuch Fu was exhausted mentally.