After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 872 - 868: Old Scores

People sit on the swing, but trouble comes from beyond the courtyard.

Someone went to report her, and Su Jin still didn’t know what had happened.

She looked at Xingxing, "What have I done in the past few days?"

"Nothing, really," Xingxing appeared bewildered.

Bi Zhu quickly said, "It’s not about these past few days, it’s that a maid in the front courtyard saw Xingxing shooting a Gu worm at Princess Qi with a slingshot..."

Xingxing panicked, at a loss.

Su Jin frowned more deeply.

Princess Qi is already gone, isn’t it too late to pursue this matter now?

Or is there someone waiting for Princess Qi to die before deliberately settling scores?

But now that Prince Qi has fled, likely conspiring rebellion, what good would it do to stand up for Princess Qi now?

Before long, a maid came to invite Su Jin, saying that the Prince wanted to see her in the front courtyard.

Su Jin then took Xingxing to the front courtyard.

In the main hall, the Prince, the Princess Consort, Princess Nanzhang were all present, along with Manager Li and some maids and servants.

As Su Jin stepped inside, the look Xie Jinyu shot over was full of provocation: Let’s see how you escape this time!

Even if Prince Qi committed treason and Princess Qi had a bad end, it is not your place to use a Gu worm to poison her.

Even for a princess, killing Princess Qi is an unforgivable crime, especially now that Princess Qi is dead, there is no chance to make amends.

In the main hall, two maids knelt on the ground, trembling with fear.

Their admission of seeing Xingxing use the slingshot was not enough for Xie Jinyu, who also brought them to see the Prince, asking them to tell him personally.

The Prince’s brow was furrowed and couldn’t be loosened.

He knew Su Jin had something to do with Princess Qi being afflicted with a Gu worm, but he didn’t expect the maids to witness it.

This matter wouldn’t be easy to resolve now.

Su Jin walked in and paid her respects to the Prince and Princess Consort.

Although she was a princess, she never relied on her status, behaving as she always did.

The Prince and Princess Consort were initially a bit uncomfortable with this and mentioned it to Xie Jingchen and Su Jin twice, but Su Jin insisted, and they let her be.

The Princess Consort looked at Su Jin with concern, and the Prince asked, "Are what these two maids saying true?"

It’s true indeed.

Xingxing’s heart was rattling like a sieve.

Su Jin looked at the maids, "Are you certain you saw Xingxing shooting a Gu worm with the slingshot?"

The two maids looked at each other and shook their heads, "We only saw Xingxing aiming the slingshot at Princess Qi, then Princess Qi’s maid screamed saying she saw a bug."

"So, you concluded the Gu worm was shot onto Princess Qi by Xingxing?" Su Jin asked.

The maids seemed a bit guilty.

After all, whoever provoked the Heir’s wife would have bad luck.

They hadn’t even provoked anyone yet and were already punished.

Xie Jinyu glared at Su Jin and said, "If the maid didn’t shoot a Gu worm, then what did she shoot?!"

"Then what was it?" Su Jin asked.

This question was too hard.

Considering Xingxing was very skilled with the slingshot, even able to shoot down a wasp nest from a tree.

Regardless of what she used, the chance of missing was very small.

Su Jin was still thinking of how to brush this off when the maid kneeling on the ground suddenly said, "It was silver."

Su Jin, "...."

"What silver?" Manager Li asked.

The maid quickly said, "Xingxing aimed at Princess Qi, and after releasing the slingshot, a silver ingot fell into the grass...."

Su Jin didn’t know how that silver ingot happened to fall at that time, but she was sure that Xingxing wouldn’t be so extravagant as to use a silver ingot to hit Princess Qi.

Xie Jinyu didn’t expect the situation to turn around, and she looked at the maid and said, "You must be afraid of the Heir’s wife and making excuses for her!"

The maid, kneeling on the ground, quivered and said, "I am not lying, I really picked up the silver, at that time Chunhong also saw it, and claimed she dropped it, trying to take the silver from me, so eventually we split the silver ingot."

Since Chunhong the maid was mentioned, Manager Li called her in to confirm.

Chunhong could testify she indeed split the eight maces of silver with the maid and even bragged about it to her parents.

With more witnesses, Xie Jinyu became angrier.

She didn’t expect a silver ingot to serve as Xingxing’s alibi at this moment.

Because the Hidden Guard was not far from Xingxing at that time, saying the silver ingot was shot by Xingxing seemed a bit far-fetched, but perhaps the maid hiding in that spot couldn’t see, or even if she could, she wouldn’t dare offend Su Jin, preferring to offend Xie Jinyu, and so told a lie to acquit Xingxing.

Xie Jinyu clenched her fists and said through gritted teeth, "The maid fears you, but I do not!"

"You know very well that the Heir of Marquis Jingguo’s wife is skilled in using Gu. She’s married to the Heir of Marquis Jingguo, so why didn’t you have her extract the Gu worm from Princess Qi’s body!"

"You act as if you care now that Princess Qi is dead!"

"I don’t believe such a coincidence exists in the world!"

She knew people skilled at using Gu.

Xingxing aimed at Princess Qi, and Princess Qi’s maid saw a bug, then Princess Qi got affected by the Gu!

Princess Nanzhang had been sitting there without speaking until Mrs. Zhao came over and whispered a few words in her ear.

Princess Nanzhang’s eyes showed a hint of coldness, lucky she didn’t directly go to the Empress Dowager, or else they would have talked their way out with great eloquence again.

Princess Nanzhang said, "There’s no need to argue, I have already sent people to the Ministry of Justice prison to ask the prison guard what the Gu worm extracted from Princess Qi’s body looked like. It was exactly the same as the one seen by Princess Qi’s maid that day, what else do you have to say?"

This constitutes conclusive evidence.

But unfortunately, Su Jin was not afraid.

The Gu in Princess Qi was a protective Gu, not something harmful.

On that day, Princess Qi collapsed from poisoning at the Prince Mansion’s gate, and because the toxins dissipated, Su Jin didn’t pursue the matter further.

Now that Princess Nanzhang was holding onto it, she would dig this matter out.

However, before getting into this, what Xie Jinyu said reminded her that she’d forgotten to do something.

Su Jin glanced at Xie Jinyu, "Young Lady, you just said because I know the Heir of Marquis Jingguo’s wife, and she’s skilled in using Gu, that the Gu worm must be mine, right?"

Xie Jinyu said coldly, "Isn’t it so?"

Su Jin chuckled, "If you believe so, then I could also say that I’m not the only one in this mansion who has Gu worms."

Xie Jinyu frowned, "Besides you, who else has Gu worms?"

Su Jin didn’t answer her and looked at the Prince, "When Father interrogated the fake Old Madam, she suddenly bled from her seven orifices and was unable to speak, causing the investigation to be stalled."

"On the day the fake Old Madam died, the Heir of Marquis Jingguo’s wife happened to visit me, and while chatting, she mentioned that the symptoms of the fake Old Madam seemed like they were caused by a Gu."

"The Gu inside the fake Old Madam would be triggered by the sound of a flute."

"After returning to the mansion that day, I got busy preparing for the search for Princess Fuqing, and forgot to report to Father, but it’s still not too late to search now."

Not being able to question the fake Old Madam about who was behind it remained a frustrating point for the Prince.

Although finally, they managed to find the real Old Madam’s remains, by recognizing a jade pendant, imprisoned the Old Madam Duke Chong in the Ministry of Justice prison, where she died.

But what if they hadn’t found her?

Killing the fake Old Madam to silence her was openly opposing him!

The Prince would not tolerate it!

"Manager Li, take people and search," the Prince said in a cold voice.

Su Jin gestured with her hand, "It’s a short flute, about this long."

Xie Jinyu felt a chill down her spine, and Princess Nanzhang’s face didn’t look good either.

Nobody expected this matter to be brought up by Su Jin.

Xingxing had the silver to help acquit her from using the slingshot, but what about the short flute?

Manager Li took people to search around, while Su Jin sipped her tea calmly, quietly waiting.

Not only is she not clean herself, but she also wants to redress grievances for others.

Isn’t it just digging up old scores?

Who wouldn’t know how to do that?

Hmm.

Not only can they do it, but they can dig deeper, more unexpectedly than them.