[{"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-544":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},1458264,1906,"Chapter 544 Spending Money","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-544",544,"\u003Cp>Su Jin didn’t know how to respond to Lady Chi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing stared at her with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, people shouldn’t lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How embarrassing it is when someone exposes your lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Su Jin was only embarrassed for a moment before she sold out the Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That jade pendant belongs to Young Master Zhao from Nanliang, the son of Prime Minister Zhao,\" Su Jin replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I originally planned to return it to him, but who knew that after Prime Minister Zhao got into trouble, Young Master Zhao hurriedly returned to Nanliang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... the Prince took the jade pendant away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi felt a storm of emotions surge within her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade pendant belongs to the son of Prime Minister Zhao?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin was unaware that Lady Chi’s shock was due to Zhao Xu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She assumed it was because of the Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though surprised, Lady Chi refrained from saying more, so Su Jin didn’t explain in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the hour was late, so Su Jin took her leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eager to relay what she’d learned to Xie Jingchen, the more Su Jin hurried, the more she couldn’t return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she left Qingqiu Garden, a maid approached, saying, \"Heiress, the Commandery Princess requests you visit Peony Garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin silently rolled her eyes upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Peony Garden, inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang was sipping tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin entered, bowed respectfully, and asked, \"Mother, for what reason have you summoned me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang lifted her eyelids and glanced at Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You went to Qingqiu Garden again?\" Her tone carried displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin nodded lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t refute the facts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang placed the tea cup on the small table with a heavy hand, speaking coldly, \"Even if the Prince never valued Lady Chi, she is still his concubine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the Heiress, associating so closely with a concubine given to the Prince by Nanliang, are you not afraid of losing your status?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin couldn’t refute this point either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just empathize with her,\" Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Empathy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are countless people more pitiful than Lady Chi. Even if her appearance is ruined, and she’s mute, she does not worry about food or clothes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This drought left many disaster victims without a grain to cook. You’re so compassionate; how much do you plan to donate to those victims?\" Princess Nanzhang mocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin looked at Princess Nanzhang, blinking her eyes, and said, \"Mother, do you think donating twenty thousand taels would be appropriate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, those silver notes were squeezed out from you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Donating them doesn’t hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it didn’t bother Su Jin, it pained Princess Nanzhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally meant to mock Su Jin, she was instead stumped by Su Jin’s response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty thousand taels, could she say it was too little?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it seemed too little, then she should generously donate more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it seemed too much, it showed how compassionate a person is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the room became awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid, seeing Princess Nanzhang left in a difficult position, exited and quickly re-entered, saying, \"Commandery Princess, I have something to report.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang waved her hand, signaling Su Jin to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Jin turned to depart, Princess Nanzhang slammed her hand on the small table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s really generous!\" she gritted her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t all her money conned from me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Zhao hurriedly calmed Princess Nanzhang and changed the subject, saying, \"Commandery Princess, isn’t the Empress just worried she lacks the chance to get back at Consort Li?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t now the perfect opportunity?\" Mrs. Zhao proposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang looked at Mrs. Zhao, \"What opportunity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The drought,\" Mrs. Zhao smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Consort Li requires the hundred officials’ wives to donate for disaster relief, she’s sure to anger them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Nanzhang’s eyes lit up with a touch of a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a good idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agarwood Pavilion, backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen sat at his desk, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin entered and handed him the painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen looked at her, \"Lady Chi doesn’t recognize the person in the painting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See for yourself,\" Su Jin pushed the painting forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin couldn’t vocalize such heart-wrenching words as ’executing nine generations.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, she included Lady Chi’s handwritten note with the painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jingchen needed calm, so Su Jin left the bamboo house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing looked back with each step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the bamboo house, Su Jin stood by the lake, gazing into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing thought of Lu Qiao watering the flowers, though she didn’t grow flowers, she planted a cactus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cacti don’t need frequent watering, but with a little water, they’ll grow better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing couldn’t stay idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she stayed idle, she’d want to sneak a peek at the young master’s expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing fetched a bucket and carried two buckets of water towards the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Hidden Guard came over, \"Let me carry it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing snorted loudly through her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bypassed the Hidden Guard and moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Guard, with his hand outstretched, looked awkward no matter how one looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly had he done to offend the Heiress’s maid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had specifically bought her osmanthus cake on his way out, but she hadn’t even glanced at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not at all like the personality of this maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, when she saw food, her eyes would gleam with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Guard turned to watch as Xingxing set the two buckets of water by the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed a dipper and poured water at the base of the cacti.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every cactus received just a little water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dipper of water caused the soil to scatter, revealing a small spot of white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The color was so strikingly familiar, it was Silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing quickly squatted down and dug out a silver ingot from the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full two taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of finding money couldn’t be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing, in high spirits, ran to Su Jin with the silver ingot, saying, \"Miss, I found two taels of silver in the cactus patch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can find money in a cactus patch?\" Su Jin was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing nodded quickly, \"I don’t know who dropped it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no name on the silver, can it be mine?\" Xingxing asked earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin couldn’t help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This maid has a complex about picking up things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s yours,\" Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing wiped the silver ingot clean with a cloth, saying, \"Money found must be spent immediately, or else you’ll lose more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m off to spend it,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for Su Jin to agree, the maid turned and ran off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the first time she’s seen Xingxing spending money without frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very soon Xingxing returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her hands were large and small packages filled with food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin was amazed at the purchasing power of that two taels of silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money without inflation is truly valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xingxing approached Su Jin and said, pouting, \"I couldn’t spend the money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then these snacks?\" Su Jin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The main kitchen gave them to me,\" Xingxing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I tried to pay, the housekeeper of the main kitchen nearly knelt before me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said not to accept money was unnecessary, but the more I refused, the more they gave me, and on the way, two packets of cakes even fell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin was both amused and exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing was her maid, and the most trusted one at that, with a notorious fierceness. When buying food from the main kitchen, how could the housekeeper dare to take her money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She probably trembled just seeing Xingxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would be happy if Xingxing visited less often, even if it meant the main kitchen bore more expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to say, Su Jin truly understood the mind of the main kitchen’s housekeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the usual allotment, anyone wanting better food could pay the main kitchen to make it, which was the tacit rule in the residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xingxing ran to buy food with money, the housekeeper seeing the silver ingot was simply dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was so unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heiress’s maid never lacked food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had to be something fishy about this money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The housekeeper feared accepting two taels and losing twenty taels later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she packed a bunch of food to send Xingxing away, still worried, asking a maid, \"Why did she spend money to buy food?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1388,"2026-06-06T02:20:04.016Z",1,"novelbin.me","a0e2bbf7a33e004e096b40d2b2f1034dd76487587807c6f94cd20be5da5f725b","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-545","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-543",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-cover.jpg"]