After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 833 - 830: Squatting Over the Pit

Agarwood Pavilion, backyard.

Returned late from the Marquis Beining’s banquet, and the sky was already dark.

But Su Jin had taken a nap during the day and needed to be fully prepared for entering the palace in the coming days.

The sound of pounding medicine reverberated loudly and continuously.

Initially, Xingxing was there in the study helping Su Jin with errands.

After Su Jin hadn’t called her for a while, the maid had vanished somewhere.

When Su Jin eventually called her, there was no response.

Where did the maid go?

Su Jin stepped out of the bamboo house.

A gust of wind blew, spreading the aroma of grilled fish.

Su Jin scanned the area with her eyes but didn’t see Xingxing.

It was only after she walked a few steps forward that she saw a flicker of firelight.

Su Jin rolled her eyes.

She was preparing poison late at night.

But the maid was the one truly spreading poison late at night!

Even when asked to keep her food intake in check, this maid dared to grill fish in the middle of the night?

Su Jin walked over.

Upon hearing footsteps, Xingxing quickly turned around. Seeing it was Su Jin, she appeared flustered.

Ever since that day at Marquis Dongxiang’s, when Mrs. Tang revealed Xingxing’s background, Su Jin had been ordering Xingxing to eat one less bun for breakfast and half a bowl less rice for lunch and had Bi Zhu supervise her.

With the food reduction not being much, Xingxing was a bit hungry, but she had persevered for a few days.

Why did she give up today?

Afraid of Su Jin’s anger, Xingxing quickly explained.

She really couldn’t take the hunger anymore.

Yesterday, Su Jin and Xie Jingchen went to the banquet at Marquis Beining’s mansion, and Xingxing went along.

The Marchioness Beining prepared food for the maids too, but amidst the crowd, Xingxing didn’t dare eat much.

Someone must have whispered to her that she ate too much, and the lady ordered her to eat less.

If anyone talked behind her back again, she feared the lady might order her to eat one less bun for breakfast.

To maintain her image, Xingxing ate as much as the other maids did.

She thought she could hold out until the next morning, but she was so hungry that her stomach was touching her backbone.

There was no food in the small kitchen, and the cook didn’t dare make anything just for her, as there’s no rule for preparing meals separately for maids.

Xingxing searched around and ended up gnawing on two pieces of sauerkraut, but the more she ate, the hungrier she got.

Seeing the fish in the water, she secretly grabbed one, ran to the backyard with it in fear that Su Jin might call her while away.

She started a fire in a place out of sight from the bamboo house and happily grilled the fish.

But she forgot while the fire could hide from the bamboo house, the aroma of grilled fish could not escape notice.

Seeing Xingxing’s pitiful look, how could Su Jin bear to scold her?

This maid has understood the blessing of being able to eat, having already restrained herself in public.

But about the fish —

Su Jin would definitely need to have half of it.

Xingxing regretted it; she wished she had taken the biggest one.

After eating the fish for a while, worried about indigestion at night, Su Jin stayed busy for a bit longer before going to sleep.

She didn’t know if it was the routine, but she used to be able to stay up until late at night; now she felt drowsy after the late evening hours.

Slept late, woke up late the next day.

After breakfast, Su Jin didn’t delay and brought Xingxing to the palace.

As soon as Su Jin departed the mansion, a servant rushed on horseback to the Prince Mansion.

He rode fast and stopped abruptly, causing sparks between the horseshoe and the ground.

The gatekeeper servant at the Prince Mansion recognized the rushing servant.

Isn’t this... Prince NanAn’s servant?

Why is he in such a hurry, did something happen again?

The servant dismounted and hurriedly said, "My Prince needs the Princess Consort Zhenbei urgently."

"The Princess Consort just left for the palace with her maid," replied the servant.

"How long has it been?" the servant asked.

"A quarter of an hour," the gatekeeper replied.

The servant mounted his horse again and pursued.

He was swift and quickly caught up with Su Jin’s carriage.

Xingxing lifted the curtain, and the servant appeared anxious, "Princess Consort, help!"

Su Jin’s brows furrowed, "Did something happen to your Prince?"

"Not only my Prince, but also the Heir of Marquis Jingguo, Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion, and Young Master Zhao," the servant replied.

"..."

Many people were involved, each with noble status.

Yet Su Jin felt relieved.

With many affected, it might not be a big issue.

Upon inquiry, indeed...

The servant actually came to ask Su Jin for antidiarrheal medicine.

Prince NanAn and Chu Shun were experiencing severe diarrhea at Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

The culprit was the Heir of Marquis Beining, who had just married yesterday.

Early in the morning, the Heir of Marquis Beining sent a servant to invite Prince NanAn and others, saying he was hosting a banquet at Drunken Immortal Pavilion to thank them for their actions yesterday, and he and Miss Zhou Qi have broken the ice.

As brothers, there was no way to repay, so he prepared a feast to express gratitude.

Well.

With the brothers hosting a meal, how could they not show respect?

Arrived early at Drunken Immortal Pavilion, with a table full of delicious dishes, all specialties of the pavilion.

Besides good dishes, there was a jug of excellent wine.

This wine had quite a backstory, it was granted by the Emperor to Marquis Beining.

Marquis Beining hadn’t dared drink it and stored it in the cellar, which the Heir sneaked out for them to taste.

He’s just married, and even if his father finds out, he wouldn’t do anything.

Thanks to his wife, he was fearless.

The delicious dishes, the fine wine, although the Heir of Marquis Beining hadn’t arrived, it didn’t dampen the good mood of Prince NanAn and others.

They feasted and celebrated, laughed and joked.

Then —

Their stomachs started to ache one after another, and they occupied all the toilets at Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

The feeling of diarrhea was truly unbearable, Prince NanAn couldn’t stand it any longer, and thus sent a servant to Su Jin for antidiarrheal medication.

Su Jin, "..."

Xingxing, "..."

Really can’t believe these guys.

Su Jin had the medication, but hadn’t brought it along.

Su Jin told the servant to get the medicine from the Hidden Guard.

The servant’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Fearing the delay, he worried the Prince and others might faint in the toilet.

The servant hurriedly returned to the Prince Mansion to retrieve the medicine from the Hidden Guard and rushed back to Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

Prince NanAn and the others were still in the bathroom.

But long enough to understand why the Heir of Marquis Beining gave them croton.

If not for being stuck in the bathroom, Chu Shun and others would have beaten Prince NanAn half to death.

Yesterday, impulsively decided to drug the Heir of Marquis Beining.

It was too late to buy the medicine then, so Prince NanAn, knowing many people, managed to get the medicine.

But he didn’t ask about its potency...

Being added into the wine, the Heir of Marquis Beining and Miss Zhou Qi drank it, and it took effect.

Except the medicine was too strong.

Miss Zhou Qi couldn’t withstand it, fainted and then woke up after it had taken effect again.

In the end, their wedding night wasn’t spent in bed but soaking in cold water in a bath barrel.

Morning came; sneezed at each other.

Not directly poisoning them with arsenic already showed the Heir’s brotherly bond to the utmost.