[{"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-523":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},1458243,1906,"Chapter 523: Merit","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-523",523,"\u003Cp>Su Chong leapt onto the tree and took down the silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s Cloud Brocade,\" Prince NanAn’s voice trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they had never seen what Su Jin was wearing the day she disappeared, they all knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing had provided a detailed description of Su Jin’s attire to assist in the search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was indeed wearing the Cloud Brocade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jue Ying led them to the edge of the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was more Cloud Brocade at the bottom of the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after coming down from the cliff, they noticed the marks where a dagger had scraped along the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these signs indicated they had fallen off the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falling from such a high cliff, Prince NanAn and the others couldn’t imagine the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they did fall off the cliff, there was nothing at the bottom at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn and the others warned themselves not to let their imaginations run wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Jingchen had survived six years of poisoning, it made no sense for him to lose his life after the poison was cured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t that easy to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eldest sister-in-law even less so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever someone provoked her, wasn’t it always the others who got into trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who burned incense in bundles for the Bodhisattva wasn’t going to die so easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely, not, possible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chong wasn’t overthinking it; he searched in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not finding anyone, he continued to search further away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn and the others followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They completely forgot about the Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion waiting back on the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion felt anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jue Ying weren’t with him, he would have been scared facing the cliff alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called out towards the cliff a few times, but nobody responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion was getting restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could something have gone wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited and waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t wait any longer and grabbed the rope, jumping down the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the empty cliff bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion, \"....\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more daunting than staying on the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chong and the others were looking for Xie Jingchen and Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion was looking for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen was driving a carriage back to the capital, though there were guards at the city gate, no one searched him or recognized him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered the city unimpeded and headed straight to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, a servant watching the carriage pass by thought he was seeing things, thinking it looked like the son-in-law?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t sure, and asked another servant, \"Look quickly, isn’t that the son-in-law?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the other servant turned his head, all he could see was the back of the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, \"How could that be the son-in-law? Are you seeing things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servant hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he really have been seeing things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage came to a slow stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen got off the carriage and then helped Su Jin down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage was cramped, and with the Eldest Prince inside, it was truly uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them stepped up the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usually open Dongxiang Marquis Mansion was sealed up tightly today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen knocked on the door, but no one responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin tried to push the door, but it wouldn’t budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did everyone go?\" Su Jin knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could they all have gone out looking for us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is anyone there!\" Su Jin called loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Black heard the commotion and quickly ran to the door, barking at the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin’s mouth twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank goodness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Black was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, she would have truly worried Dongxiang Marquis Mansion was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Su and the others, seeing Little Black suddenly acting strange, followed him and heard Su Jin calling Little Black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s my sister’s voice!\" Young Master Su said joyfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran quickly to the door, peering through the crack, \"Sister, sister, is that you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s me,\" Su Jin said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t open the door,\" Young Master Su said anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother-in-law, you help me open the door,\" Young Master Su looked at Xie Jingchen through the crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen, \"....\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his forehead, then leapt over and into Dongxiang Marquis Mansion to unbolt the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bolt on Dongxiang Marquis Mansion’s door was particularly difficult to open; even Xie Jingchen had a bit of trouble with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servants had all been sent out to look for people, and to prevent Young Master Su from running out wildly, the door was tightly shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hard-to-open bolt was to guard against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the door was opened, Su Jin walked in and asked, \"Where did everyone go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Lin went to see the Old Duke, and everyone else went out to look for you,\" Young Master Su said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unexpectedly, they went out and couldn’t find you, but we stayed home and found you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Su looked extremely pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be what’s called a gift from the heavens falling into one’s lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin, \"....\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen, \"....\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Su Jin, Xie Jingchen said, \"Since father-in-law and mother-in-law aren’t here, let’s head to the palace first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds good,\" Su Jin agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them left the mansion the same way they came in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Su didn’t make a fuss about going to the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he eagerly wanted to tell Dongxiang Marquis and Mrs. Tang the good news of Su Jin and Xie Jingchen’s return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly ran back to the main hall and took out a signal flare used for communication from Qingyun Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The signal flare shot into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a signal for safety; anyone from Qingyun Mountain would recognize it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Young Master Su was too excited and forgot about Young Master Shen and the Ninth Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the flare, the two found it fascinating and each took one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ninth Prince lightly pulled the other flare, sending it into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Su, \"....\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a distress signal!\" Young Master Su exclaimed urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My father will see it and think something happened to us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ninth Prince panicked, \"What do we do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Su didn’t know how to remedy it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fired distress signal couldn’t be unseen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment, then went back inside to grab several more signal flares for safety and shot them into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fired seven or eight in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Lin ran over and said, \"Young Master, those aren’t for play.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, sister and brother-in-law are back,\" said Young Master Su.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are they?\" Uncle Lin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They went to the palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Lin didn’t believe Young Master’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master, be careful or the Marquis will thrash you when he gets back,\" Uncle Lin collected the remaining signal flares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Dongxiang, seeing the signal flares, rode back immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Uncle Lin said, he gave Young Master Su a good thrashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Su’s eyes were filled with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What gift from the heavens?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly a thrashing that fell from the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, I’m not lying to you; sister and brother-in-law really came back,\" Young Master Su insisted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I’m lying, then you’re not my father anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Shen and the Ninth Prince shakily said, \"We can testify; they really did come back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Dongxiang looked toward Uncle Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Lin shook his head, \"I didn’t see the young lady or the son-in-law. Marquis, why not check the palace first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen was driving the carriage to the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage was ordinary to the point of being plain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards at the palace gate had never seen such an ordinary carriage entering through the main gate before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the carriage approached, the guards’ eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... is this not the Heir of Prince Zhenbei?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards stared at Xie Jingchen until he drove the carriage into the palace, and then they snapped back to their senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the carriage stopped, two eunuchs approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen helped Su Jin down, then ordered the eunuchs, \"Help the Eldest Prince down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eunuchs, \"....\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eldest Prince was inside the carriage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two eunuchs lifted the curtain and their eyes widened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t the Eldest Prince inside the carriage, then who was it?\u003C\u002Fp>",1417,"2026-06-06T02:20:04.016Z",1,"novelbin.me","2740c9db117d379af1bca8b7113f53135aabc9ed091d5edcadf03b4a6e08ed79","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-524","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-522",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-cover.jpg"]