After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 694 Jade Pendant

Watching them play mahjong with high spirits, the prisoners opposite the partition were leaning against the door, seething with anger.

The Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice glared at the Heir of Marquis Beining and his group, completely ruining the atmosphere in the prison!

The Heir of Marquis Beining and a few others looked at him, but their attention was mostly on Xie Jingchen behind the Junior Minister.

Is it really necessary to visit so frequently?

With his frequency, he must visit at least three times a day, right?

"Open the cell," instructed the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

The prison guard opened the cell.

Hmm.

It was the cell where Su Jin was held.

Xingxing ran to the door, stuck her head out, and said, "Uncle, are you here to deliver dinner?"

It seemed a bit early for dinner.

But if Uncle delivered the meal, he could return to the mansion just in time for dinner after staying a while.

Xie Jingchen’s face was filled with black lines.

Su Jin remained seated without moving, and Xie Jingchen held his forehead and said, "We’re going back to the mansion."

Su Jin, "..."

"So soon?" Su Jin was surprised.

"Do you want to stay in the Ministry of Justice Prison for a couple more days?" Xie Jingchen smiled.

"...."

She definitely didn’t mean that!

She just thought it was a bit unexpected to return to the mansion after only two hours in the Ministry of Justice Prison.

But since Xie Jingchen came to pick her up, Su Jin naturally had to leave.

Su Jin stepped out of the cell.

The prison guard was about to unlock Prince NanAn and the others’ cell when the Junior Minister said, "Let them stay for two more days."

The Heir of Marquis Beining stood up and protested, "Didn’t the Minister of the Ministry of Justice say that when sister-in-law leaves, we also leave?"

"Aren’t you all having a good time anyway?" the Junior Minister said.

"We’re just making the best of a bad situation," the Heir of Marquis Beining called out.

The Junior Minister didn’t believe it at all.

However, he didn’t actually plan to keep them locked up any longer.

He understood his cousin’s character well, and besides, with Prince NanAn and the others locked up together, none of them were easy to deal with.

He detained them for three days, and when releasing them, he guessed he would have to lie in bed for three days.

The Junior Minister turned and left.

The prison guard quickly unlocked the door to release them.

Prince NanAn and the others caught up to Xie Jingchen and said, "What’s going on? Why are you releasing sister-in-law so soon?"

"The Old Madam Duke Chong has been imprisoned," Xie Jingchen said.

"What?"

Prince NanAn and the others looked at each other in disbelief. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The story goes like this—

Two hours ago, after Xie Jingchen sent Su Jin to her cell, he returned to the Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

He went directly to see the Prince.

Su Jin being imprisoned made him uneasy.

The Ministry of Justice Prison is less guarded than the Ministry of Justice itself, and even Elder Yong Cheng was silenced despite the strict guards there. The longer Su Jin stayed in the Ministry of Justice Prison, the more dangerous it became.

When he entered the study, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was also present.

The Prince handed the jade pendant over to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice for examination.

In terms of investigations, naturally, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was better at it, and the jade pendant was currently the only evidence they had.

In recent days, they had been busy with the old lady’s funeral and could only send servants to investigate the jade pendant, but they found nothing.

The Prince wanted to hear the Minister of the Ministry of Justice’s opinion.

Xie Jingchen caught a glimpse of the jade pendant, and things that puzzled him before suddenly became clear.

The Duchess intended to eliminate Old Duke Chong because of this jade pendant!

This jade pendant had disappeared along with the old lady for over thirty years, and few people could recognize it. Take the Prince Zhenbei Mansion, for instance, counting on two hands would suffice for the servants who had served for over thirty years.

Those who could serve for over thirty years were either trusted confidants or peripheral figures who didn’t partake in conflicts, which was how they managed to survive so long.

Old Duke Chong might be one of the few people who could recognize this jade pendant.

They had already suspected that the Duchess was involved in the swapping case of the fake old madam, and it was highly likely they would return to Old Duke Chong for verification. At that point, the Duchess would not only lose her reputation but might even pay with her life.

Under such circumstances, she had every reason to kill Old Duke Chong to silence him.

The Duke didn’t want Su Jin to rescue Old Duke Chong, so he kicked over the stepping stool, causing her skirt to get caught and the poisoned blood to spill.

But what the Duke never dreamed of was that the more he tried to protect the Duchess, the quicker she got hurt.

The speculation by Xie Jingchen seemed reasonable to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

Then they went together to the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.

The timing was just right; they also encountered the Duchess from Duke Chong’s Mansion demanding to see someone.

Yesterday it was the Duke, today it was the Duchess.

Moreover, the Duchess’s attitude was much worse than the Duke’s, threatening a fight at the slightest disagreement.

After all, the reason Dongxiang Marquis Mansion declined the Duke’s request yesterday was that Su Jin needed to detox Old Duke Chong. Now that Su Jin herself was imprisoned, she couldn’t protect herself.

Once in the prison, unless the case was resolved or there was an imperial decree, she wouldn’t be allowed out.

If the Emperor really decreed for Su Jin to leave the Ministry of Justice Prison to treat the Duke, would it matter if it was done in Dongxiang Marquis Mansion or in Duke Chong’s Mansion?

This person, she had to take away today!

Seeing the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Duchess even asked him to mediate, accusing Dongxiang Marquis of keeping her father captive with ill intentions.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice casually replied, saying he had important matters at Dongxiang Marquis Mansion and would help her mediate after dealing with them.

After entering the mansion, they directly sought out Old Duke Chong.

Initially, Old Duke Chong showed no reaction upon seeing the jade pendant, but once he turned it over and saw the engraved words, he blinked repeatedly.

This jade pendant indeed belonged to the Duchess.

Su Chong pushed Old Duke Chong onto a wheelchair and wheeled him out of Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.

Looking at them, it seemed like they planned to send Old Duke Chong back to Duke Chong’s Mansion.

The Duchess thought Dongxiang Marquis Mansion had finally given in, but of course, holding onto someone else’s father couldn’t be justified in any way.

The Duchess didn’t want Su Chong to escort him, but Su Chong frowned, "Is it wrong for me as a grandson to escort my own grandfather?"

Similarly, the Duchess couldn’t refuse him either.

Thus, everyone proceeded to Duke Chong’s Mansion.

Though it made sense for Su Chong and Marquis Dongxiang to go to Duke Chong’s Mansion, the presence of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Prince, and Xie Jingchen made the Duchess feel something was off.

The old lady of the Prince Zhenbei Mansion was just buried today, so there should still be a lot of affairs in the mansion, and he shouldn’t have the leisure to be involved.

The Duchess cautioned, "If there’re pressing matters in your mansion, please attend to them first."

"Not a matter of these few moments," the Prince coldly replied.

Su Chong wheeled Old Duke Chong to see Madam Chong.

Madam Chong lay on the sickbed, one eye covered with gauze, looking haggard, at least ten years older than before.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice showed her the jade pendant, asking, "Does Old Madam remember this jade pendant?"

Almost instantly upon seeing the jade pendant, Madam Chong turned pale.

She appeared flustered but soon composed herself again.

The Prince Zhenbei Mansion found the real Old Madam’s remains at the Great Buddha Temple, along with this jade pendant not belonging to her.

This matter couldn’t be covered.

Had the Old Lady of Duke Zhen not known about it beforehand, she wouldn’t have attempted to kill Old Duke Chong.