After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 848 - 845: Dragon’s Reverse Scale

Su Jin is skilled in making medicine, and also skilled in making poison. She is very interested in poisons that she doesn’t understand.

She had just examined that medicine for a long time but still could not tell what it was.

She sincerely wanted to keep it.

But that thing belonged to Duke Chong’s Mansion after all.

The Duchess said it was her medicine for heart pain, and she had no reason not to return it to her.

Even if she doesn’t return it now, she fears that it will be specifically brought back by the Duke for the Empress Dowager, and in the end, it still must be returned.

Mrs. Tang worried for Old Duke Chong. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Important medicine that the Duchess specially came to get is now brought back to the mansion, yet there is no antidote for his poisoning, and obtaining the antidote might not be so easy.

Old Duke Chong is the Duke’s biological father. How could he be so heartless with him?

Mrs. Tang felt sorrowful for Old Duke Chong, and the Duchess of Chong was even more worried.

If Old Duke Chong doesn’t get the antidote soon, who knows how long he can last.

Marquis Dongxiang said, "If Prince Qi can survive, then Old Duke must be able to live on."

Now that the Duke is in Duke Chong’s Mansion, he cannot do anything to him. But now that he’s in the Ministry of Justice Prison, it’s not up to him anymore.

It was late. Su Jin stayed for a while, and Xie Jingchen came to pick her up, so Su Jin returned to the Prince Mansion with him.

That night.

The party of the Duke was sleepless with worry.

No one expected a concluded case to send the Duke into the Ministry of Justice Prison.

Marquis Dongxiang was relentlessly pushing against the Duke, and it was unknown if the Duke could withstand it.

The days ahead were uncertain for those firmly standing by the Duke.

The next day, during the morning assembly.

The Duke’s party stood up to defend him.

The porcelain case was committed by Elder Yong Cheng, who had already died in the Ministry of Justice. Arresting the Duke was truly unjustified.

Marquis Dongxiang said coldly, "How did Elder Yong Cheng die in the Ministry of Justice Prison back then, have you all forgotten?"

"It was Prince Cheng from Beiyue who held the Duke hostage into the Ministry of Justice Prison, and that’s why Elder Yong Cheng died!"

"A short needle took Elder Yong Cheng’s life, it was to silence him!"

The ministers were responding, feeling increasingly uneasy.

But some defended the Duke to the end, saying that even though Elder Yong Cheng was silenced, it did not prove that the killing was done by the Duke.

The porcelain case happened years ago when Old Duke Chong was still in charge of the Duke Mansion. Marquis Dongxiang’s act was suspecting Old Duke Chong of embezzlement too.

With Marquis Dongxiang’s fiery temper, he almost assaulted someone in the Political Discussion Hall.

After harming Old Duke Chong so badly, they still wanted him to take the blame.

The Duke’s party argued that the Ministry of Justice Prison was dark and humid, and there was no solid evidence proving the Duke committed the porcelain crime, even embezzlement charges lacked sufficient proof.

The ministers suggested releasing the Duke first, allowing him to return to the Duke Mansion, and surround the Duke Mansion with guards.

The Emperor was caught in a dilemma, finally choosing a compromise.

He gave Marquis Dongxiang three days. If within those three days, he couldn’t find any further evidence, the Duke would be released.

Since the Emperor said this, Marquis Dongxiang remained silent for the rest of the morning assembly.

Three days were too short, and he needed to think of a solution.

The latter half of the morning assembly related to Nanliang.

Prince Jin of Nangang had already arrived in the Capital City yesterday, logically a welcome banquet should be held, but Princess Jiuling was severely injured, Prince Jin’s cherished Princess Fuqing was captured by assassins, her whereabouts unknown, Prince Jin had no mood to attend the banquet, so it was not held.

With Prince Jin of Nangang, the Nanliang envoy also arrived in the Capital City.

Prince Jin of Nangang came to take back Princess Jiuling, but her injuries were so severe that traveling by carriage was unfeasible, moreover, people were needed to search for Princess Fuqing.

Within three months, Prince Jin definitively couldn’t return to Nanliang; the Nanliang envoy, if wanting to stay longer, the court would welcome, if wanting to depart immediately, Daqi won’t retain.

The Nanliang envoy was quite vexed.

Twice they came, both times returning without success.

How coincidental was it, right before they arrived, Princess Jiuling fell off a cliff and got injured?

Seriously injured, they couldn’t forcibly take her back, fearing that raising the issue would get them chased out of the Capital City.

Having rushed to Daqi, their bodies almost falling apart from the journey. Coupled with the assassination attempts, they rode in carriages, anxiously scared, very shaken.

Nanliang had to leave, but they intended to rest for a day or two before departing.

With Prince Jin ahead, those envoys couldn’t attract Daqi’s attention.

No welcome banquet, and certainly no farewell banquet.

After court, the Emperor instructed the eunuch to summon Marquis Dongxiang to the Imperial Study.

Marquis Dongxiang ignored the Emperor, directly rode out of the palace.

On the way to Prince Zhenbei Mansion, he encountered Xie Jingchen heading to the military camp, Xie Jingchen approached to salute, "Father-in-law, what brings you here?"

"You fetch Jinjim to the Marquis Mansion, then extract a bit of poison from Old Duke Chong’s body," Marquis Dongxiang instructed.

After the instructions, Marquis Dongxiang rode off.

Xie Jingchen rode back to the Prince Mansion to fetch Su Jin.

Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen and said, "Extracting poison isn’t difficult, but it takes time for the poison to act."

Before the poison takes effect, the Duke is released back to Duke Chong’s Mansion, takes the antidote, won’t the poison be in vain?

At that time, the Duke will likely retaliate, accusing Marquis Dongxiang of poisoning him, even pulling out the case of Prince Qi’s poisoning.

Her father is taking a big risk.

Xie Jingchen also felt this was very risky. He said, "Prince Qi escaped, but Duke Chong did not leave. Father-in-law is worried he won’t be able to keep an eye on Duke Chong and let him escape."

"Once Duke Chong also escapes the Capital City, it will be as hard as climbing to the sky for Old Duke Chong to get the antidote."

For the sake of Old Duke Chong, Marquis Dongxiang has gone all out.

After thinking for a moment, Xie Jingchen said, "Perhaps Father-in-law is not acting impulsively."

Whether impulsive or not, they have no choice but to cooperate.

Xie Jingchen and Su Jin went to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion to force out the poisoned blood from Old Duke Chong.

After the last slight recovery and being poisoned again, Old Duke Chong’s body has not yet recovered, and indeed cannot wait any longer, otherwise even if the poison is cured, he might not live for more than three years.

Su Jin wanted to extract the toxin, but Xie Jingchen said, "No need to bother."

Su Jin looked at him.

Xie Jingchen said, "Since it’s poisoning, it doesn’t make much difference whether it’s done secretly or blatantly."

"Feeding it directly like this, the toxicity is greater and takes effect faster."

Extracting wastes time, and Su Jin couldn’t extract all the poison from the poisoned blood anyway.

Taking the tea cup from Su Jin’s hand, Xie Jingchen put it in the medicine bottle and left directly.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Justice Prison, the Prison Guards of the Ministry of Justice were surrounding the cell, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

Because Marquis Dongxiang was choking Duke Chong.

Duke Chong’s face almost looked like he was about to pass out.

"It’s just in time that the Heir of Prince Zhenbei is here, you should stop the Marquis," the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice said anxiously.

Xie Jingchen also didn’t know why Marquis Dongxiang was so angry.

He stepped forward and persuaded, "Father-in-law, please calm down."

Marquis Dongxiang’s hand did not loosen, so Xie Jingchen had to forcefully pull Marquis Dongxiang away.

Duke Chong coughed incessantly.

Marquis Dongxiang flung his sleeves and walked out of the cell, afraid he couldn’t resist directly choking Duke Chong to death.

Xie Jingchen looked at the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, who sighed, "I also don’t know what’s going on...".

Duke Chong was too cautious. As long as anyone other than Marquis Dongxiang approached the cell, Duke Chong would remain silent and refuse to say a word.

Before Xie Jingchen arrived, Marquis Dongxiang had tried to persuade Duke Chong to obediently hand over the antidote, or suffer the consequences.

Duke Chong chuckled, "Marquis Dongxiang wouldn’t be trying to repeat the trick and poison me again, would he?"

"Prince Qi was careless, I won’t be."

Ever since Prince Qi fell into the trap, Duke Chong has been cautious, taking a little antidote every day to prevent any accidents.

Knowing that he was being searched yesterday, he took all the antidotes and threw the bottles into the Lotus Pond.

Within three days, even if poisoned blood is fed to him, he won’t be poisoned.

As long as he survives these three days, Marquis Dongxiang won’t get another chance to poison him.

Marquis Dongxiang thought Duke Chong was being too naive, that if this poison was useless, there’s still the poison his daughter made; anyone in the world who can solve his daughter’s poison?

Duke Chong chuckled, "Taking my life is easy, but if I die, the Flying Tiger Army should forget about restoring their honor forever!"

"The strategic mistake that led to the complete destruction of the Flying Tiger Army, Daqi’s plea for peace by sending a princess in marriage, will forever be a blemish in history."

"Even if you rebuild the Flying Tiger Army, capture the King of Beimo alive, and achieve numerous military victories, it won’t erase this disgrace!"

Old Duke Chong, Marquis Dongxiang could still tolerate.

Mentioning Flying Tiger Army drove Marquis Dongxiang to completely lose control.

This was his reverse scale.

A forbidden scale that no one could touch.

Xie Jingchen glanced at Marquis Dongxiang, then pinched Duke Chong’s neck to feed him the poisoned blood.

Since it had already been forced out, not using it would be a waste.

Every drop of poisoned blood was fed to Duke Chong.

Duke Chong’s forehead veins bulged.

Xie Jingchen curled his lips, "The truth about the annihilation of the Flying Tiger Army, I don’t think you’re the only one in the world who knows it, Duke Chong."

"Since you refuse to speak, and the antidote is gone, what value do you have to be kept alive?"

"With the tree fallen, the monkeys scatter. If you, Duke Chong, die in the Ministry of Justice Prison, and Prince NanAn and others draw them over, do you think the courtiers who once sided with you would still pressure the Emperor to deal with Marquis Dongxiang for justice for you?"

What Xie Jingchen said was not heavy at all, yet Duke Chong’s face cracked inch by inch.

Those eyes looked terrifying, as if they wanted to cut Xie Jingchen into thousands of pieces.

Xie Jingchen was merely stating a fact.

Taking Duke Chong’s life would be easy for Marquis Dongxiang; it’s just that he wanted Duke Chong’s confession to clear the name of the Flying Tiger Army, to remove their disgrace, so that the souls of those wrongful dead brothers in the Flying Tiger Army could rest in peace. That’s why he allowed Duke Chong to live until now.

After all, getting the truth from Duke Chong was easier than going to Nanliang to seek it.

But if the path through Duke Chong proves to be impassable, is there still a need to continue?

Xie Jingchen said no more and turned to leave.

The Hidden Guard took out a medicine packet from his pocket and fed it to Duke Chong.

This was the poison concocted by Su Jin.

Not lethal, just a bit painful.

The Hidden Guard fed the poison and said, "If the pain is unbearable and you hit the wall, it would be you, Duke Chong, who committed suicide out of guilt."