After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 770 - 768: Ulceration

The Empress Dowager was furious upon hearing that her daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter had all been poisoned.

When Princess Duanhui mentioned that the Imperial Physician was at a loss and suggested seeking treatment from the Princess Consort Zhenbei, the Empress Dowager’s face lit up with a mix of emotions like someone had spilled a palette of colors.

Nanny Li suspected that the poisoning of Princess Duanhui and the others was orchestrated by Su Jin.

But there were too many victims, not just them, but also maids and servants.

While they had contact with Su Jin, the maids and servants did not.

Moreover, the Imperial Physician had discovered that the poison was applied to the lanterns, and there was no way this could implicate Su Jin.

In front of the Empress Dowager, Princess Duanhui scratched incessantly, the sound making the Empress Dowager’s scalp tingle.

Princess Duanhui desired to save face and thus went to the palace to seek the Empress Dowager’s help.

But didn’t the Empress Dowager care about her own face?

Yesterday, she pressured the Emperor to decree the title of Commandery Princess using the poisoning incident, and now she needed Su Jin for treatment...

What did Su Jin owe the Empress Dowager?

This wasn’t a matter of utilizing someone in times of need and then plotting their demise when they’re not needed.

The Empress Dowager couldn’t bring herself to ask.

However, with her daughter and granddaughter poisoned with no cure in sight, she couldn’t bring herself to give up either.

In her anger, the Empress Dowager called all the Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Hospital to detoxify Princess Duanhui and the others.

She warned that if they couldn’t identify the poison, their heads would be on the line.

The Imperial Physicians were in utter distress.

Seven or eight of them deliberated on prescriptions.

Page after page.

But after Princess Duanhui took the medicine, there was no effect whatsoever.

Princess Duanhui hurried into the palace, and the Empress Dowager’s summoning of the physicians inevitably reached the Emperor’s ears.

The Emperor, "..."

Eunuch Fu, "..."

Though it is said that fortunes rotate.

This rotation was exceedingly swift.

It had just turned to the Empress Dowager’s hands, and after a night, it fell back to the Princess Consort Zhenbei.

Yesterday, they wanted to harshly punish the Princess Consort Zhenbei, and today they sought her help...

Eunuch Fu sympathized with the Empress Dowager’s continuously thinned reputation.

Simply put, even if poisoned, needing the Princess Consort Zhenbei to detoxify wouldn’t merit returning a Commandery Princess title to the Emperor, would it?

Eunuch Fu looked at the Emperor in confusion.

The Emperor sipped his tea lightly.

With an expression as if watching a show.

Princess Duanhui had taken seven or eight bowls of medicine, and her palms only itched more, nearly driving her to collapse.

She endured for two days.

The entire Capital City was plastered with notices.

The notices depicted a man and a woman wearing masks.

No one knew how many officials and soldiers were mobilized to search everywhere, yet they couldn’t find them.

And the people they were searching for were lazily resting on the Imperial Concubine’s Couch, munching on tributed fruits newly awarded by the Emperor.

Life shouldn’t be too comfortable.

Truth be told, after two days without suspicion falling on her, Su Jin was genuinely surprised.

After all, that day when Princess Chengxian’s cousin fought over the lanterns, Chu Shun and his cohort appeared.

Additionally, with the poison applied to the lanterns, it was easy to suspect her.

Had the Empress Dowager and her entourage suddenly developed a sense of shame?

Realizing they’ve seized a hot potato, and determined to hold on no matter how scalding?

Just how long could they possibly endure?

Once palms begin to fester, it’s beyond what ordinary people can bear. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

She watched with anticipation.

Before finishing the tributed fruit, a decree summoning her from the Empress Dowager was delivered to the Prince Mansion.

Bi Zhu ran in to relay the message, and Su Jin smiled faintly, "Go and reply that I’ll be there to receive the decree after I bathe and change clothes."

Bi Zhu’s mouth twitched.

To receive a decree from the Empress Dowager, there’s no need to bathe and change, is there?

The Princess Consort was deliberately vexing the Empress Dowager.

Bi Zhu hurriedly went to the front yard to convey the message.

The eunuch delivering the decree was anxious but dared not urge.

Who in the palace didn’t know the temper of the Princess Consort Zhenbei?

Afraid that summoning the Princess Consort Zhenbei to the palace might be refused, the Empress Dowager specifically issued an imperial decree, whereas ordinarily, a verbal message would suffice.

Su Jin bathed and then donned the dress from the Lantern Festival.

Before heading out, to be more memorable to Princess Chengxian, she went to find Xie Jingchen.

She dragged him inside, stripped him, and dressed him in the brocade robe from that day.

Her diligent teasing left Xie Jingchen frustrated.

Only at times like this did he witness her industrious and virtuous demeanor.

Inside the palace, they went directly to see the Empress Dowager.

Pitifully, in just three days, Princess Duanhui and the others had lost a significant amount of weight.

The Empress Dowager also looked much more haggard, lacking the radiance of that day.

Watching Su Jin and Xie Jingchen walk in.

Princess Chengxian widened her eyes, rage climbing up from her heart to her cheeks.

The maid recognized Su Jin and Xie Jingchen and said, "Princess, it’s them..."

Princess Chengxian raised her hand to cut off the maid’s words.

She clenched her teeth, suppressing the anger from her face.

Su Jin smiled inwardly.

That anger—

They could suppress it, but she couldn’t.

Needing assistance, the Empress Dowager’s demeanor softened significantly, asking Su Jin to check Princess Duanhui’s pulse.

Su Jin complied obediently.

But after a pulse diagnosis, her words were unpleasant to the Empress Dowager.

Su Jin said she couldn’t solve the poison affecting Princess Duanhui.

The Empress Dowager gripped the Phoenix Chair and said, "Princess Consort Zhenbei, are you holding a grudge against me for that day’s incident and refusing to help?"

Su Jin looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "Though I have high medical skills, I can’t cure every poison. That the many Imperial Physicians in the Imperial Hospital are unable to counter Princess Duanhui’s poison shows how challenging it is."

"The Empress Dowager need not suspect me. If I could detoxify, I’d charge ten thousand taels per diagnosis."

"I wouldn’t go against money."

Everyone knew Su Jin charged for healing.

Her words also assured the Empress Dowager.

Su Jin excused herself and left.

The Empress Dowager did not urge her to stay.

As Su Jin turned to leave, Princess Chengxian became anxious, "Empress Dowager, she’s lying!"

Su Jin’s lips curled slightly.

The Empress Dowager frowned, saying, "Behave."

Princess Chengxian was anxious, pointing at Su Jin, "The poison on the lanterns was planted by her!"

Su Jin turned to look at her.

"Princess, you can’t utter carelessly," Su Jin said.

"Misspeak and there are consequences."

Princess Chengxian couldn’t care less.

Now, not only her palms itched, but there was also a faint pain.

The physicians couldn’t detoxify their poison.

Were they to let the poison spread, allowing their hands to fester continuously?

Nothing mattered more than life itself!

The Empress Dowager looked at Princess Chengxian, "What’s going on?"

"How could the poison on the lanterns have been planted by the Princess Consort Zhenbei?"

Princess Chengxian’s throat stuck.

Her voice choked as if someone’s grip made it impossible to utter a word.

Su Jin watched her with a smile.

She wanted to see how she would condescend and strip her dignity for survival, beneath Su Jin’s feet.

Princess Chengxian remained silent, scratching her palms incessantly.

If she didn’t speak, Su Jin would leave.

Princess Chengxian was anxious and irritated.

But she couldn’t let Su Jin leave, in desperation, "Empress Dowager, I’m not lying. It’s truly her who poisoned the lanterns..."

Outside, the Emperor entered.

When Su Jin saw the Emperor, she turned and said, "Princess Chengxian, just accusing me of poisoning isn’t sufficient."

"Before the Empress Dowager sentences me, state clearly how I poisoned the lanterns and where I did so."

"If you’re embarrassed to explain, I can say it for you."