[{"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-543":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},1458263,1906,"Chapter 543: Bewildered","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-543",543,"\u003Cp>Su Jin had this intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi was brought to the Daqi by the Nanliang envoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to become an envoy and even able to place someone with the Prince, her identity must be exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Lady Chi might truly know the person in the painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she doesn’t, asking wouldn’t take much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that Xie Jingchen couldn’t conveniently visit Qingqiu Garden, so Su Jin and Xingxing went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was evening, and the weather was no longer so hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Qingqiu Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao was watering the flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caiju was cooking swallow’s nest on the veranda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Su Jin and Xingxing walk in, Caiju happily shouted towards the inner room, \"Madam, the Heir’s wife has arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xique soon came out to greet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room, Lady Chi leaned against a large pillow, looking much healthier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin stepped forward, and Lady Chi attempted to get out of bed, but Su Jin said, \"You just lie there comfortably.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin sat by the bedside and took Lady Chi’s pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After retracting her hand, Su Jin smiled and said, \"The pulse has stabilized after taking the medicine. You only need to take the fetus-preserving medicine for three days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep the rest safely. Take one if you feel unwell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the morning, Princess Nanzhang had ordered the maid to call for a doctor to take Lady Chi’s pulse, which Su Jin knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that Lady Chi’s pregnancy hadn’t been revealed truly surprised Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s the medicine prescribed by the doctor?\" Su Jin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was worried the doctor might not have mentioned it on purpose and could have tampered with the medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xique showed the medicine to Su Jin. Although the prescription was ordinary, it wasn’t harmful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was perplexing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xique quickly explained how they had tricked the doctor in the morning, and Su Jin understood what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a needless worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prescription was based on Caiju’s pulse signs; Lady Chi wouldn’t take it regardless of any issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since Su Jin said the medicine was okay, Caiju thought it over and decided to decoct and take it after the Heir’s wife left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she didn’t feel any discomfort, after all, the medicine was prescribed by a doctor and paid for, so she treated it as a tonic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin looked at Xique and the others, \"Please step out. I have a few words to say to your Madam privately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xique was startled, then quickly bowed and retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi looked at Su Jin, probably not understanding why Su Jin wanted to avoid Xique and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, few in Prince Zhenbei Mansion knew Su Jin had medical skills, and Xique and the others all knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was trust, why ask them to leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing stood beside Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin glanced at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing took the painting from the brocade box and slowly unfolded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the painting, Lady Chi’s heart trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin watched her unblinkingly, not missing the surprise in Lady Chi’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She recognized the person in the painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi composed herself and moved her gaze from the painting to Su Jin’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin said, \"Could you tell me who the person in the painting is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing was anxious, \"Can’t you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi still shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing handed the painting to Su Jin and then went to fetch brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi wrote on the paper: I don’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You clearly know!\" Xingxing said impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an honest yet gossip-loving maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping secrets is like teasing her with a feather, it’s bothersome for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi lowered her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no embarrassment on her face from Xingxing exposing her lie, just an indescribable loneliness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin stared at her and said, \"This painting was found in the Prince’s study, drawn by my husband from memory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The woman in the painting is no longer in this world, but my husband wants to know who his birth mother truly was.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He originally planned to go to Nanliang to inquire personally. I thought since Lady Chi is from Nanliang, you might recognize the person in the painting, saving him a trip.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Lady Chi truly unwilling to speak?\" Su Jin looked into Lady Chi’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi’s gaze flickered, not daring to meet hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin looked disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began to roll up the painting, and Lady Chi reached out to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi changed the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dipped the brush in ink, but hesitated to make a mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drop of ink fell from the brush, spreading on the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clenched the pen tightly and wrote a few words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is the daughter of Prince Donglin of Nanliang, Princess Hengyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When writing the words \"Prince Donglin,\" Lady Chi’s hands trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears glistened in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words seemed to have exhausted her strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as if she saw that scene again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A useless daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Held hostage, standing on the city tower, watching helplessly as her parents and brothers were slandered and beheaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood splattered three feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin hadn’t even sorted out which Princes existed in the Daqi Dynasty, let alone the Princes of Nanliang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing, not thinking much, said happily, \"Who would’ve thought the young master’s mother was of such noble lineage, also a Commandery Princess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi looked at Su Jin and shook her head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin had no idea what her shaking head meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi hurriedly wrote: Don’t tell Chenchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin’s eyes fell on \"Chenchen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi actually called Xie Jingchen so intimately?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a concubine, this was already overstepping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Su Jin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi was silent for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing dared not rush her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi’s pen and ink soaked through the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was clear on the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing’s little face turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Execution of nine generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t anything heavier than these three words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young master’s entire maternal family was exterminated by the Emperor of Nanliang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin’s heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the Prince refused to tell Xie Jingchen about his heritage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a lineage was too heavy; not knowing was better than knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Emperor of Nanliang who eradicated the Donglin Prince Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xie Jingchen went to Nanliang to inquire about Princess Hengyang and was labeled as a remnant of the Donglin Prince, the danger would be unpredictable in enemy territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing looked at Lady Chi and asked, \"Did Princess Hengyang give birth to two sons?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi looked at Xingxing, confusion in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrote on the paper: Why do you ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin’s brows furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Lady Chi’s hand no longer trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi looked at Su Jin, and Su Jin said truthfully, \"Young Master Zhao, son of Prime Minister Zhao of Nanliang, carries a painting to our Daqi, searching for his mother. Prime Minister Zhao told him that his birth mother is still alive, located in the Capital City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person he’s searching for in his painting is the same as in this one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin had hoped Lady Chi would clarify things for her, but after she finished speaking, Lady Chi was even more at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to get further answers, Su Jin prepared to take her leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she was leaving, Lady Chi clutched her hand, begging her not to tell Xie Jingchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin did not promise her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I don’t say anything, my husband will find out. Instead of letting him take risks, why not tell him the truth?\" Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She no longer obstructed, but instead asked another question: To whom does the jade pendant left in Qingqiu Garden belong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin did not speak, and Lady Chi looked at Xingxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing shook her head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t ask her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know how to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi hurriedly asked Su Jin for the jade pendant, thinking it hadn’t been found yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade pendant had been given to Prince by Prince Zhenbei.\u003C\u002Fp>",1368,"2026-06-06T02:20:04.016Z",1,"novelbin.me","8dd2e90e9eb5c923d607fdddd0ee27a47bdc33276ef6cba7d5a39b9c713f67b0","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-544","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-542",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-cover.jpg"]