After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 771 - 769 Plea

The tone was gentle, without the slightest hint of anger.

The Emperor came over and asked, "What’s going on?"

Su Jinfu bowed to the Emperor in greeting.

"On the day of the flower lantern festival, there was a stage set up on the street, and Princess Chengxian’s cousin and my husband were both competing for a lantern."

"My husband was more skilled and won the lantern to give to me." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Who would have thought that Princess Chengxian’s cousin, with his insatiable greed, would send assassins to kill me and my husband."

"Unable to win with skill, he resorted to such despicable means to snatch the lantern. What a vile little person! I was somewhat annoyed, so I poisoned the lantern. Anyone who touched it would be poisoned."

"If Princess Chengxian were truly aboveboard, she wouldn’t have touched the lantern and naturally wouldn’t have been poisoned."

Unfortunately, she was poisoned.

She fell into the trap Su Jin set.

She, a dignified commandery princess, knew full well that the lantern was snatched, yet she took it for herself so brazenly.

It was her destiny to suffer misfortune.

The Empress Dowager sat on the Phoenix Chair, trembling with anger.

She originally thought she had the upper hand this time, only to lose face even more!

The palace attendants looked at each other in dismay.

Ever since the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion moved from Qingyun Mountain to the capital, they have only ever taken things from others. Who would dare take their things?

Princess Chengxian snatched her lantern. Wasn’t that like trying to dig at the King of Mountain Tai or pulling a tiger’s tooth?

The Emperor’s gaze moved from the Empress Dowager’s face to Princess Chengxian.

Princess Chengxian was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a thud.

"My cousin said that the lantern was willingly given to me by you," Princess Chengxian said tremblingly.

Hmm.

Dragging her cousin out to take the blame.

Are the feelings between these cousins as frail as tofu dregs?

Su Jin found it amusing, "That day was my birthday, and my husband won the lantern as a birthday gift for me. I have never met you, so why would I give it to you?"

"Moreover, your maid had already revealed your identity under the competition stage that day."

"You are the Empress Dowager’s most cherished granddaughter and the honored commandery princess of Prince Qi Mansion. Is there any lantern that you don’t already have?"

"Giving it to you in front of you, I might as well seize the chance to curry favor with you."

Curry favor...

Who would believe that someone who dared to have Princess Shouning brought back to the palace would understand currying favor?

No one would believe Su Jin’s words, so they also did not believe Princess Chengxian’s words.

Princess Chengxian’s face turned hot with embarrassment.

She was a princess. Why would she need someone to curry favor with a little commandery princess like her?

The Emperor looked towards the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager’s face turned various shades of green, red, and purple.

A few days ago, she found an excuse to claim Su Jin poisoned Princess Chengxian to force the Emperor to name Princess YiAn as Commandery Princess YiAn.

Now, with the Emperor and his daughter’s hands, could the Emperor let Princess Chengxian off easily?

The Empress Dowager couldn’t even bring herself to plead for mercy.

She was vexed at the failure to live up to expectations.

It was only a lantern, even if the wick were a luminous pearl, it was not worth the fight!

The Emperor sat down, and the Empress Dowager opened her mouth again and again, unable to say a word for a long time.

Princess Duanhui asked Su Jin to hand over the antidote.

Su Jin ignored her.

They hadn’t even dealt with Princess Chengxian yet, and they wanted the antidote?

After getting the commandery princess title, they would then spread rumors that she poisoned the antidote.

Getting taken advantage of once is enough, isn’t it?

The Emperor didn’t reprimand Princess Chengxian but took away her title as commandery princess.

The Empress Dowager couldn’t bear for her granddaughter to have her title taken away and pleaded, "It wasn’t Chengxian who snatched the lantern, and yet you still took away her title as punishment, it’s too severe. A few days ago, Princess Consort Zhenbei poisoned someone, and I didn’t even punish her...".

The Emperor chuckled, "It is precisely because the Empress Dowager was lenient that I spared Princess Chengxian from punishment, only taking away her title as commandery princess."

"It’s unclear who the mastermind is in this matter."

"But she clearly knew that the lantern came from dubious origins, yet she still took it for herself."

"And her cousin, thirty strokes of the cane and three months in the Ministry of Justice prison."

The Emperor’s tone was stern, leaving no room for doubt.

The Empress Dowager continued to struggle.

She knew that if she didn’t heavily punish Princess Chengxian today, the Emperor wouldn’t allow Princess Consort Zhenbei to provide the antidote.

But taking away the title of commandery princess was too harsh.

The Empress Dowager wanted to change it from taking away to demotion.

Demoting Princess Chengxian to Princess Chengxian County.

Unfortunately—

The Emperor didn’t agree.

The Emperor’s attitude was firm, and the Empress Dowager became somewhat angry, "The Empress Dowager has taken into account the father-daughter relationship between the Emperor and Princess Consort Zhenbei, and the Emperor doesn’t care anything about the brotherly bond with Prince Qi?"

A brotherly bond?

When has there ever been a brotherly bond in this palace?

Just as the Emperor was about to speak, Xie Jingchen spoke up, "The Emperor should still leave Princess Chengxian with a title as County Princess."

Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen.

The Emperor also looked at him.

Xie Jingchen said, "My wife poisoned the balm, yet the Empress Dowager didn’t punish her, instead, she used the opportunity to get a commandery princess title for Princess YiAn."

"Now Princess Chengxian snatched my wife’s lantern, and the Emperor wants to take away her commandery princess title."

"I think both matters haven’t been handled appropriately, and they should be dealt with according to official procedures."

The Emperor looked displeased.

When asked to persuade Su Jin for the princess title, he didn’t help.

Yet he leisurely helped the Empress Dowager plead.

The Emperor’s dissatisfaction was clearly written on his face.

The Empress Dowager looked at the Emperor and said, "Even the Heir of Prince Zhenbei thinks the Emperor’s punishment is overly severe, what else can the Emperor say?"

Su Jin silently sighed.

Isn’t it absurd to only listen to half the words?

Su Jin couldn’t help but remind the Empress Dowager, "My husband’s point is that the previous incident of you punishing me should also be handled according to official procedures."

The Empress Dowager’s brow furrowed.

The previous incident was already settled.

What else is worth handling officially?

Does she want to take back the commandery princess title from Princess YiAn and give her thirty strokes of the cane instead?

Instinctively, the Empress Dowager felt it’s not that simple.

The Emperor was confused as well and said, "You want a thrashing?"

Su Jin shook her head, "I’ve done nothing wrong, no need for a thrashing."

The Empress Dowager was annoyed, and even though she needed Su Jin’s help, she couldn’t help but scold, "You poisoned and still think you did nothing wrong?!"

"Just because you know medicine doesn’t mean you can act recklessly!"

"Your Highness, I am innocent and worthy of reward," Su Jin replied.

"...."

The Empress Dowager was huffing in anger.

However, Su Jin’s next words enraged the Empress Dowager even further.

Su Jin smiled faintly, "I did poison the balm."

"But the poison was to fight poison with poison."

"The balm was precisely the antidote to the poison I applied to the lantern that affected Princess Chengxian."

"My carriage accidentally bumped into Princess Chengxian and Princess YiAn, so I’m at fault. They were poisoned, and when the Empress Dowager asked me to help with the antidote, I couldn’t refuse."

"Since I couldn’t refuse, why make another trip to the Princess Mansion?"

"So I directly put the antidote into the balm."

"That day, when the Empress Dowager questioned me, I kept quiet for the sake of Princess Chengxian’s reputation ... ."

The following righteous words made Su Jin’s voice sound slightly unreal.

Even she didn’t believe herself; how could she convince others?

The poison was, in fact, the antidote.

Su Jin committed no wrongdoing, so naturally, she didn’t need punishment.

So the Empress Dowager had no grounds to use this as an excuse to force the Emperor to confer the commandery princess title to Princess YiAn.