[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as":3,"chapter-after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-468":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1458188,1906,"Chapter 468: Coincidence","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-468",468,"\u003Cp>South Courtyard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi was stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had lived in the Prince Zhenbei Mansion for more than a decade, the place still felt very unfamiliar to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most familiar path to her was the one leading to Qihao Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she had to attend a family banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she knew the direction to the South Courtyard, she was just focused on searching for the sound of music and couldn’t think of anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince held her hand with a firm grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi winced at the pain, furrowing her brows, and struggled hard to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result of her struggle was not escape, but rather the Prince gripping her even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince held Lady Chi’s hand and started walking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a dozen steps, Lady Chi realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had come out with Xique and Caiju, leaving Lu Qiao to watch over Qingqiu Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where had the two maids gone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worried about the maids, Lady Chi was reluctant to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince did not stop, so Lady Chi stumbled behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She vigorously slapped the Prince’s hand holding her wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few slaps, the Prince stopped and turned back to look at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night sky was beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stars were brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such a sky was not to be liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it foretold yet another sunny day tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness of the night did not hinder the Prince’s vision at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not have a deep impression of Lady Chi, only remembering that she dared not look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hidden in the night, Lady Chi showed no fear, even trying hard to see him clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore a veil, obscuring her features, with a pair of eyes more dazzling than the moon and stars above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince was lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those eyes gradually overlapped with a pair deep in his memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hengheng,\" the Prince called out softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi felt a pinch in her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince reached out his hand, and Lady Chi instinctively turned her head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snapping out of his trance, the Prince quickly released her hand and walked away in large strides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi was left in tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The South Courtyard was quite a distance from Qingqiu Garden, and Lady Chi barely remembered the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wandered around lost for quite some time before reaching the lakeside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She returned to Qingqiu Garden under the dim night’s haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tear stains were still on her face, unnoticed by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing her return, Lu Qiao cried out, \"Madam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why haven’t Xique and Caiju returned?\" Lu Qiao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi walked directly back into the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao tapped her head, wondering why she couldn’t remember that Madam couldn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wondered if she could pretend Madam had just been muttering to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for a quarter of an hour, there was still no sign of them returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao was getting a bit anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the weather so sultry, and having left without lanterns, what if they stepped on something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao was restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madam, I will go find them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao took a lantern and headed out of the courtyard gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After only a few steps, Xique and Caiju returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two maids were crying terribly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\" Lu Qiao went to meet them and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madam went missing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could Madam go missing when she had been good and well in Qingqiu Garden?\" Lu Qiao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xique and Caiju were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t lie to us?!\" Xique shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao nodded repeatedly, asking, \"Why would you think Madam was missing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xique couldn’t believe it and quickly walked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caiju explained to Lu Qiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madam walked ahead, we chased from behind, then suddenly felt pain in our necks and fainted,\" Caiju said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When we woke up, Madam was gone, and after searching for a long time, we still couldn’t find her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mansion was large and it was easy to get lost even in the daytime, let alone at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Lady Chi rarely went out, leading Xique to firmly believe that she must have gotten lost, or worse, abducted...or even killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Lady Chi had just offended Princess Nanzhang, and the inner courtyard was Princess Nanzhang’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more the two maids thought about it, the more frightened they became, and they began to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qingqiu Garden, inside the pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi sat there, gazing blankly at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her forlorn expression pulled at one’s heartstrings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, in one of the large trees, the Prince frowned deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that not only was Third Master acting senselessly due to drink, but he was as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving Lady Chi just now, he intended to head to the front courtyard, but stopped midway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, women couldn’t tell the directions of east, south, west, and north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lady Chi was allowed to run around wildly and something happened, it would be his face that was lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the Prince came back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having left her and now returning was quite disgraceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since Lady Chi kept crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Prince did not make himself visible but watched as Lady Chi wandered around the mansion, making him anxious just watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince thought he might have been overthinking things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using such a woman, who couldn’t even tell directions, as a spy was underestimating the Prince Zhenbei Mansion too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lady Chi carried ten thousand taels of silver notes, brought from Nanliang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the Prince felt that he could not let his guard down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Prince wanted to see whether Lady Chi would expose any flaw after the maids left and the Qingqiu Garden only had her remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out, she just stayed in the pavilion until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince thought this might have been the most foolish thing he had done all year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spending the middle of the night at Qingqiu Garden feeding mosquitoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands and neck were bitten numerous times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint footsteps approached, prompting the Prince to leap away and disappear into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Prince hadn’t noticed that the purse he wore at his waist had caught on a tree branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Prince left, Xique and the others ran in. Seeing Lady Chi in the pavilion, Xique rushed over, crying, \"You scared us to death, Madam. Are you alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since being sold into the mansion, after learning the rules in the front courtyard for a month, Xique was assigned to Qingqiu Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had come to see Lady Chi as family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her worry for Lady Chi was far greater than that of Caiju and Lu Qiao, who had only been around for a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi wiped her tears away, covered her face with the veil, and gently shook her head, signaling to Xique that she was alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Prince returned to the outer courtyard, only to discover the purse that had been hanging from his waist was missing upon entering his study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Steward Li, having just bathed and about to retire for the night, was summoned by the Prince, who ordered him to gather people to search for the purse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Steward Li was bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really necessary for the Prince to make such a big fuss over the loss of a purse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servants were all very weary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did the Prince lose?\" the servants asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A jade pendant,\" Chief Steward Li replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, and also the purse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop dawdling, hurry up and find it. If you can’t find it, don’t think about sleeping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Steward Li hurriedly took the maids and servants with lanterns from the study all the way to the South Courtyard gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They searched back and forth a few times but found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peony Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang sat in the courtyard, drinking tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night was sultry, making it hard for her to sleep, so she came out for some fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a bit sleepy, she got up and prepared to return to her room to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she stood up, a maid quickly approached and said, \"Princess, the Prince lost something in the inner courtyard and is sending people to search for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was lost?\" Princess Nanzhang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A jade pendant,\" the maid replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purse carried by the Prince’s side was known to be made by the embroideress in the embroidery room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was just about losing a purse, or even ten, the Prince wouldn’t have cared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A jade pendant?\" Princess Nanzhang sneered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t the jade pendant he cared about given to the Princely Heir? Does he actually have any other pendant he cares about?\" Princess Nanzhang scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1456,"2026-06-06T02:19:46.083Z",1,"novelbin.me","6bcca9468f7545969737e24e7d12ed7ef5e6fb3805e8f1a23bf04fb5bfe73a06","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-469","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-467",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-cover.jpg"]