After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 680: Water Leakage

In front of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.

Mrs. Jiang was pacing back and forth, her expression anxious and uneasy.

When the sedan chair stopped, she hurried to greet it, and Mrs. Tang, upon seeing her, said, "Why does Mrs. Jiang look so pale?"

Mrs. Jiang replied, "I just went to pay respects to Diedie and ended up running into someone from Wenyuan Bo Mansion..."

Afraid of being discovered, she hastily packed the offerings into a food box, but she was still caught.

Fortunately, she was clever enough to play it off, but she didn’t know if it would spoil things for Mrs. Tang and the Dongxiang Marquis, so she waited at the mansion to report this matter to Mrs. Tang.

Mrs. Tang smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I ran into Madam Wen Yuan today."

"Madam..."

Mrs. Jiang worried.

Mrs. Tang held her arm as they entered the mansion, "The Capital City is only so big, it’s inevitable to run into them. You can’t just stay behind closed doors to avoid them, can you?"

"Since we chose to return to the Capital, it’s impossible to keep it hidden forever."

The two had just walked about a hundred steps away when a maid approached, saying, "Madam, the Old Madam of Duke Chong’s Mansion has come to visit the Old Duke."

The Dongxiang Marquis’s wife turned to look and saw the Old Madam Duke Chong being supported by a maid as she entered.

Towards Mrs. Tang, the Old Madam Duke Chong showed no good face and ignored her, heading straight to the courtyard where Old Duke Chong resided.

She was a regular visitor to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion; they could stop them from taking the Old Duke away but couldn’t stop her from visiting.

When the Old Madam Duke Chong entered the room, she coincidentally encountered a maid bringing over some medicine.

"Let me feed him," the Old Madam Duke Chong said, reaching out her hand.

The maid then handed the medicine bowl to her.

As the maid released her grip, the Old Madam Duke Chong subtly flicked something between her fingers into the bowl.

She turned and gently stirred the medicine with a spoon, kindly feeding it to the Old Duke Chong.

...

Today was the third day since Old Madam Zhen’s remains were found.

Su Jin got up early, changed into mourning clothes, and headed to the front courtyard with Xingxing.

Xie Jingchen had not returned all night; he was the eldest grandson and had stayed to keep vigil with the Prince.

Originally, Su Jin was also supposed to accompany, but the Prince did not allow it.

Even when Su Jin knelt on the prayer mat burning paper, the Prince cast sidelong glances several times, wanting to speak but holding back.

There were many dignitaries in the Capital, and many had come to offer their condolences today.

While they were receiving guests, someone from the palace arrived with a message, a little eunuch came to deliver a message asking Su Jin to enter the palace to discuss trade matters.

This was stated openly, but covertly there was another message: asking the Heir’s wife to bring some medicine for bruises.

This was said to the Prince.

The Prince, though not entering the palace, was aware of the Emperor’s "accident with the door" incident. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Was the palace’s medicine so poor that it hadn’t healed after several days?

Since she was entering the palace to see the Emperor, Su Jin naturally couldn’t wear mourning attire, so she returned to Agarwood Pavilion to change into a simple dress, wearing a white jade orchid hairpin in her hair, which was respectful but not ostentatious.

Considering that a few days ago Su Jin had almost been killed by a hidden weapon in the street, Xie Jingchen was worried about her going to the palace, but he couldn’t accompany her himself, so he sent several Hidden Guards to escort her.

The Hidden Guards escorted her to the palace gates and would wait for her to come out to escort her back home.

Assassins might dare to make a move on the street, but they couldn’t kill inside the palace.

After Su Jin entered the palace by carriage, a little eunuch led her to the Imperial Study.

Halfway there, another little eunuch came over, saying, "The Emperor is in Chaohua Palace. He wants you to bring Princess Consort Zhenbei to Chaohua Palace to see him."

The little eunuch then led Su Jin in the direction of Chaohua Palace.

Su Jin remembered that Xingxing had said, if they caused trouble in the palace, they should run to Chaohua Palace to hide.

That place was a forbidden area in the Imperial Palace, and no one dared to enter except the Emperor.

They could quietly hide there and wait for someone to rescue them.

Having only heard of Chaohua Palace, Su Jin hadn’t actually seen it. Being summoned there to a place where one isn’t allowed entrance was indeed strange.

Xingxing was pleased, saying, "The Emperor meeting the young lady at Chaohua Palace surely means he regards the young lady as a confidante."

This explanation sounded reasonable.

Su Jin then followed the little eunuch towards Chaohua Palace.

Although there were people everywhere in the palace, upon reaching Chaohua Palace, it was strangely quiet.

They didn’t see a single person for quite a while, and there were no guards in front of the vast Chaohua Palace.

The little eunuch pushed the palace doors open, looked at Su Jin, and said, "Heir’s wife, Chaohua Palace is forbidden. Without the Emperor’s permission, we servants cannot enter. Please go in by yourself."

Su Jin didn’t think much of it, stepped inside, and Xingxing followed closely.

Although Chaohua Palace was forbidden, it was spotlessly clean inside, lacking the gloomy atmosphere often accompanying long-deserted places.

Su Jin headed towards the main hall.

With the hall doors tightly shut, she pushed them open and entered, seeing only a little eunuch standing inside. Upon seeing her, he quickly bowed and paid his respects.

The little eunuch then stepped back outside.

Su Jin thought the Emperor might be inside but upon entering, she found no one.

"Where is the Emperor?" Xingxing looked around curiously.

She even called out a couple of times.

Su Jin had a bad premonition flash through her mind, "I’m afraid we’ve been tricked!"

She turned to leave, but unfortunately, the little eunuch had already closed the door and tied it shut with a rope.

Xingxing banged on the door, the little eunuch outside pulling a rope that released something hanging on the door to spray down knockout powder.

Xingxing coughed once and collapsed immediately.

Su Jin covered her nose, quickly popped an Antidote Pill into her mouth, but people outside the hall poured oil on the door.

A fire was started, and flames shot up quickly.

The oil-fueled fire caused the knockout powder to spread faster.

Su Jin, covering her nose, still needed to breathe, inevitably inhaling some of the knockout powder.

Seeing the door burning and threatening to burn Xingxing, all Su Jin could do was drag Xingxing a bit further from the door.

Just after dragging her to the center of the main hall, Su Jin’s head grew heavy, and she passed out.

The dry weather and the oil accelerated the fierce blaze that quickly consumed Chaohua Palace.

The maids and eunuchs all looked on in fear at the thick smoke and flames above Chaohua Palace.

That was the direction of Chaohua Palace.

The Emperor had decreed that no one is allowed to approach Chaohua Palace, so how could it catch fire, and such a large fire at that?!

The fire spread through the palace, and guards hurriedly brought people to put out the flames at Chaohua Palace.

In Changchun Palace.

Eunuch Fu was pacing outside the door. What was going on with the Emperor today, seeing the Imperial Concubine, seemed to be under a spell, even during the daytime...

His heart was inexplicably uneasy and panicked.

While worrying, he suddenly heard someone shouting about a fire.

Walking a few steps forward, he saw the towering smoke.

"Oh no! Chaohua Palace is on fire!" Eunuch Fu’s face turned pale.

Chaohua Palace had burned once before.

Almost all of Consort Yun’s belongings were destroyed, and the Emperor flew into a rage, causing countless deaths.

The remaining items from Consort Yun were placed in Chaohua Palace.

If they were burned, who knows how the Emperor would react in his fury again.

"Quickly, go put out the fire!" Eunuch Fu shouted.

He then tried to enter the hall to report to the Emperor.

The palace maids blocked the entrance.

Eunuch Fu pushed the maid aside and opened the door to enter.

The Emperor’s head felt dizzy as he was about to rise, while the Imperial Concubine remained asleep.

Seeing the Emperor, Eunuch Fu quickly turned his back and reported, "Your Majesty, there’s a fire in the direction of Chaohua Palace."