After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 940 - 934: Duty

Inside the carriage, Xingxing took out a small medicine box containing ointment for bruise removal.

She bent down to hold Su Jin’s leg.

Su Jin exerted force secretly, yet Xingxing still managed to place the leg on her knee.

Su Jin: "..."

She quickly said, "I’m fine."

"Wasn’t the lady supposed to nurse her sprained ankle for several days?" Xingxing asked in confusion.

"Applying medicine early helps recover faster."

Su Jin felt mentally exhausted.

If deceiving others was only as easy as deceiving Xingxing.

Every time the bait was thrown, others kept watching, while this maid bit onto her hook, never letting go.

Su Jin put her foot down and said, "I didn’t sprain my ankle."

Xingxing’s eyes widened, "Then why did you deceive that little eunuch?"

After speaking, Xingxing added, "No, it was to deceive the Emperor."

Su Jin sighed lightly and said, "If I don’t pretend to sprain my ankle, the Emperor may summon me into the Imperial Palace once I reach the Great Buddha Temple."

Especially during this time, after having toppled the Empress and the Empress Dowager.

In terms of evidence, no one should know better than her.

Although there are confessions, the confessions wouldn’t be detailed.

Xingxing thought it made sense.

Her husband was at the border and she wasn’t sure where he was; the lady, blessed with good fortune, sincerely praying for her husband would surely cause the heavens to favor her husband more.

Not having a sprained ankle, Xingxing felt relieved and put the ointment back.

The carriage slowly moved forward, with a very stable speed.

Suddenly, the carriage pulled tight on the reins. Su Jin’s body leaned forward, and she momentarily experienced a bout of motion sickness, feeling dizzy and slightly nauseous.

Xingxing lifted the curtain and asked, "What happened?"

The coachman wasn’t a Hidden Guard but was Manager Li’s trusted servant.

The servant looked into the distance and said, "There are officials capturing someone."

Su Jin looked a few times; quite a number of officials were deployed.

The servant asked a nearby passerby, "Who are they capturing?"

"Seems like they’re capturing some Prince," said the passerby.

He didn’t know clearly, just overheard it randomly.

Never seen such a fanfare to capture a Prince before. Could it be a Prince is rebelling?

The passerby shook his head and turned away.

Inside the carriage, Su Jin’s brow furrowed tightly.

The incident of the Empress and the Empress Dowager’s downfall had just occurred, and people were already being captured right out of Chaohua Palace. Did the Second Prince somehow keenly smell the danger and escape?

Su Jin had considered sending people to keep an eye on the Second Prince, but feared alerting the snake, with gains not worth the risk.

Moreover, once the Second Prince’s lineage is exposed, his prospects as Crown Prince would be entirely lost.

Su Jin had already contemplated the worst possible outcome—that the Second Prince might escape.

But even if the Second Prince escaped, the Empress Dowager definitely couldn’t avoid capture; even if the Second Prince fled to his father, Prince Qi, he would ultimately be caught.

Furthermore, the Second Prince might not even manage to escape.

If Duke Chong managed to escape and joined Prince Qi, considering how the Empress Dowager and Prince Qi harmed the Empress’s unborn child, leading to the bait-and-switch tactic, Duke Chong would surely feel bad upon hearing it.

However, this matter was not handled well, and the Emperor ordered the Second Prince to be captured back. Following orders, they earnestly went to capture the Second Prince.

As a Prince, with officials sent by the Emperor to capture him, even a fool could see something big had happened.

Who would willingly be captured like that? Surely, they’d hide first to understand the situation before entering the palace to confess.

The Second Prince escaped, with soldiers searching the streets thoroughly.

The crowded streets parted, and only then did the carriage continue onward.

After returning to the Prince Mansion, Su Jin hobbled with Xingxing’s assistance back to the Agarwood Pavilion, then instructed the Hidden Guard to escort Nanny Zhou into the palace.

Nanny Zhou, gagged with cloth, resisted, trying to remind Su Jin of her promise.

Su Jin hadn’t forgotten; she kept her promises and said, "Incidentally, inform the Emperor that to make Nanny Zhou confess, I promised to let her leave the Capital safely."

The Hidden Guard escorted Nanny Zhou out of the mansion.

Aside from the maid Bi Zhu, no one knew Nanny Zhou was inside the Agarwood Pavilion.

Seeing Nanny Zhou walk out of the door, the maids and old women of Agarwood Pavilion were stunned.

After all, Prince Zhenbei Mansion wasn’t an ordinary residence, and Nanny Zhou’s disappearance had spread across the mansion. No one expected Nanny Zhou to be in Agarwood Pavilion.

To imprison the Empress’s trusted nanny, isn’t the Heir’s wife afraid the Empress will cause trouble for her? Though the Empress often tried to cause trouble, she has never succeeded...

Everyone was surprised, including Manager Li.

The Hidden Guard escorted Nanny Zhou into the carriage and went to the side courtyard to pick up the little palace maid who merited achievement.

Though the little palace maid had left the palace, she still felt anxious outside; even if the world were vast, finding a hiding spot for a little maid was possible, yet she couldn’t help feeling apprehensive.

Without travel permits, going anywhere would be hard; worried she might get caught.

She had merited achievement, so Su Jin would surely treat her well.

The Hidden Guard escorted the two to the palace and, in Nanny Zhou’s presence, reported Su Jin’s words to the Emperor.

The Emperor’s face was gloomy, "Let you leave the Capital safely?"

Thinking how Nanny Zhou was one of the true culprits causing Consort Yun’s fall, he was livid—should she be let go?

However, Su Jin had agreed to it, and the Emperor wouldn’t want his daughter to be seen as someone who reneges on promises.

The truth had been revealed, further questioning was unnecessary, and seeing her admit candidly without remorse, the Emperor showed leniency, sparing Nanny Zhou from a death sentence, instead sentencing exile for eight hundred miles.

Nanny Zhou’s face turned ashen.

Exiled for eight hundred miles might spare her life, yet it takes away much of her vitality.

Nanny Zhou dared not plead, knowing the Emperor had shown restraint due to the Heir’s wife’s pledge to her.

Nanny Zhou was hauled away.

The little palace maid was rewarded for her deeds by the Emperor, she wished to leave the palace, which the Emperor granted and endowed her with twenty acres of fertile land and two hundred taels of silver.

The little palace maid expressed boundless gratitude.

Also, the Eldest Princess Jiuling and Prince Jing received lands as imperial rewards.

Though these things hardly mattered for the Eldest Princess Jiuling and Prince Jing, don’t forget Princess Fuqing’s wedding is imminent, and these can serve as her dowry to ensure luxury in Daqi.

The Emperor asked the Hidden Guard about Su Jin’s foot injury, though he didn’t know, he had only seen the Heir’s wife limping back to the inner courtyard. He said, "The Heir’s wife is skilled in medicine; it’s just a sprain, and it’ll heal in a few days."

The Emperor knew too, yet concern was inevitable.

Rewards were easily given to others, but as for Su Jin, the Emperor truly didn’t know how to appropriately reward her.

She lacked nothing in terms of land or shops, even money wasn’t lacking; the Emperor said, "Go back and have the Princess think about what reward she wants."

The Hidden Guard acknowledged.

Returning to Agarwood Pavilion, the Hidden Guard conveyed the Emperor’s message to Su Jin.

Su Jin tossed him a bamboo tube and said, "Inside is the butterfly lure, it can help locate the Young Master."

"I’ll immediately dispatch someone to the border," the Hidden Guard said.

"..."

"You should personally take the trip," Su Jin said.

"..."

The Hidden Guard looked at Su Jin and said, "My duty is to protect the Heir’s wife."

Su Jin looked at him and said, "Even when the Empress and the Empress Dowager were powerful, they couldn’t harm me, what more now, when they’re struggling themselves."

"Once I leave the mansion, Manager Li will surely assign people to protect me."

"This butterfly lure is rare; trusting it to others makes me uneasy."

Su Jin mentioned how butterflies easily die in freezing conditions.

She instructed the Hidden Guard to care for it attentively.

She needed to find Xie Jingchen and ensure the butterfly was returned safe to Qin Hanhan.

This important task must be entrusted to the Hidden Guard.

At that moment, the Hidden Guard felt the light bamboo tube in his hands becoming heavy.

He pondered and indeed agreed that finding the Young Master was more important, thus complied.

Xingxing stood aside, watching the Hidden Guard tuck the bamboo tube into his clothing.

Her small brows furrowed; she recalled that the bamboo tube given by the Heir of Marquis Jingguo’s wife didn’t look like this!

The lady chatted with Nanny Zhou daily yet still found time to discreetly change the butterfly’s abode...