After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 886 - 882: Leaving the Palace

The next day, after having breakfast, Su Jin took Xingxing into the palace.

She went to Yaohua Palace to treat Princess Jiuling with acupuncture and change her medicine, then wandered around for a bit and ended up at Chaohua Palace.

Chaohua Palace was forbidden to others, but not to Su Jin.

Consort Yun was her birth mother.

As a daughter who had never met her own mother, who would dare stop her from walking around the palace hall where her mother once lived?

Moreover, the Emperor’s favor towards Su Jin was well known.

Not to mention entering Chaohua Palace, where in the Zhenhuang Palace could she not go?

Young Master Su entered Chaohua Palace through a dog hole; Su Jin directly walked through the main gate.

The large doors were closed tightly, and Xingxing pushed them open with force.

The eunuch inside heard the commotion and ran out, asking, "Who is barging into Chaohua Palace?"

If it were the Emperor, a little eunuch would have come in advance to inform them.

A little eunuch wouldn’t just push the door open like that.

The eunuch ran over, saw it was Su Jin, and was so frightened he hurriedly knelt, "This servant pays respects to the Princess."

"No need for formalities," said Su Jin.

The eunuch stood up.

However, his face showed a deep, unshakeable confusion.

The young master of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion had come to Chaohua Palace several consecutive days, and today even Princess Jin Ning personally came.

What is it about Chaohua Palace that makes them keep coming back?

He stood guard at Chaohua Palace every day and saw no changes.

Su Jin walked ahead, the eunuch following closely behind.

Su Jin turned her head and said, "No need to accompany me, carry on with your duties."

He really didn’t have anything to be busy with.

But since Su Jin didn’t want him to follow, the eunuch withdrew.

Su Jin entered the main hall, and Xingxing closed the door.

Su Jin went forward and lit three incense sticks.

Previously, Chaohua Palace had burned down, and Consort Yun’s portrait was turned to ashes; now this painting was newly drawn by the Emperor.

This time only the main hall of Chaohua Palace was destroyed in the fire, resulting in minimal loss. Moreover, with Su Jin’s true lineage revealed, no one opposed the Emperor’s wish to rebuild Chaohua Palace.

This was Su Jin’s first visit to Chaohua Palace since its reconstruction.

"Come out," Su Jin said.

A head poked out from under the altar table and then quickly crawled out.

The palace maid knelt on the ground and paid her respects to Su Jin, "This servant, Xue Liu, pays respects to the Princess."

"Get up," Su Jin instructed.

The palace maid quickly rose.

Su Jin looked at her and asked, "Is there something you need to tell me?"

The palace maid stammered.

Xingxing frowned, "Just say it."

She had been curious all night, and now that they met, the maid still wouldn’t talk.

Xingxing felt as if someone was teasing her heart with a feather.

The palace maid looked at Su Jin with fear and caution on her delicate face, her voice trembling, "Can I tell you after leaving the palace?"

Su Jin chuckled, "Are you afraid I’ll burn the bridge after crossing it?"

The palace maid shook her head fervently, "I wouldn’t dare. It’s just that this matter is too grave, I...I..."

"Just speak your mind," Su Jin encouraged.

The palace maid glanced at Su Jin and quickly knelt down, "This servant is guilty. This servant asked Young Master Su to send a message to the Princess, hoping that the Princess could take me out of the palace. I have crucial matters to report to the Heir of Prince Zhenbei."

Su Jin, "..."

Xingxing, "..."

"Tell His Grace?" Xingxing blinked.

"Why can’t you just tell my lady directly?"

The palace maid looked troubled and said, "Let me report to the Young Master first, and then the Princess can decide my fate accordingly."

The palace maid’s face showed constant caution, fearing that one wrong move would anger Su Jin.

She was already hanging by a thread.

She wanted to live.

She also didn’t want to implicate her family, her parents.

The entire palace, no, the entire Capital City knew Su Jin was not someone to be trifled with.

The palace maid wouldn’t dare act rashly in front of Su Jin.

Saving her from the palace was to see Xie Jingchen, entering the Agarwood Pavilion; for a little palace maid like her, escaping was as hard as ascending to the heavens.

Even if a little palace maid couldn’t escape, Xingxing was still a bit upset, "If you wanted to see His Grace, why didn’t you tell our Young Master directly, making us come for nothing."

The palace maid replied anxiously, "I was afraid the Young Master couldn’t take me out of the inner palace if he entered... "

Chaohua Palace was an inner palace, and Xie Jingchen couldn’t enter freely, let alone take someone out.

Indeed a clever little palace maid.

Su Jin was assessing whether this little palace maid genuinely wanted to pledge allegiance or if it was a trap set by the Empress.

With the Emperor’s favor, taking one or two palace maids out of the palace was no issue at all.

But she wondered what this palace maid had done to anger the Empress.

Su Jin decided to take a gamble.

"Go fetch a set of clothes from the eunuch for her to change into," Su Jin instructed Xingxing.

Xingxing then ran off to the find the eunuch. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The eunuch didn’t know why Xingxing needed eunuch clothes, but he didn’t dare refuse to give them.

He handed her a brand-new set upfront, and Xingxing, holding the clothes, said, "I’ll return these when I get a chance. Go to the Imperial Kitchen and get a few dishes, saying they’re for my lady."

The eunuch promptly agreed and ran off quickly.

The dishes were meant to be a reward for him.

The little palace maid changed into eunuch attire and followed Su Jin out of Chaohua Palace.

Su Jin intended to leave the palace directly but saw the Second Prince approaching from a distance.

Going directly might lead to an encounter; the palace maid was from Phoenix Palace, and the Second Prince would surely recognize her.

To avoid complications, Su Jin decisively changed course to the Imperial Study, but unfortunately bumped into Consort Li.

Fortunately, the palace maid kept her head down all along, and Consort Li did not pay attention to a mere guide eunuch, seemingly not noticing anything.

Consort Li and Su Jin walked together to the Imperial Study, and along the way, Consort Li spoke to Su Jin in a very gentle manner.

Su Jin felt exhausted.

Avoided the Second Prince, only to run into Consort Li.

Su Jin maintained her composure and, upon entering the Imperial Study, requested several bolts of Cloud Brocade from the Emperor.

The palace maid carried the Cloud Brocade following Su Jin.

Having the Cloud Brocade, Su Jin had a carriage arranged to deliver the Cloud Brocade out of the palace, as at the carriage stop, with many people around, seeing a eunuch get into her carriage would be too conspicuous.

In this way, it wasn’t as noticeable.

Upon leaving the palace, the palace maid breathed a sigh of relief.

The carriage stopped in front of Prince Zhenbei Mansion; the palace maid carried the Cloud Brocade, following Su Jin, directly into the backyard of Agarwood Pavilion.

Xie Jingchen was inside the bamboo house writing; Su Jin walked in.

Xingxing directed the palace maid, "Put the items here."

Xie Jingchen raised an eyebrow, "Did you meet the palace maid?"

Su Jin glanced at the eunuch with a touch of complaint, "This is the palace maid, and she actually wants to see you."

With that, Su Jin turned and walked out.

Xingxing followed along.

However, the two sat down right in front of the door and did not go far.

The sound insulation of the bamboo house was practically negligible, and Su Jin heard the conversation inside crystal clear.

Xie Jingchen looked at the palace maid, his brows slightly furrowed, "You wanted to see me?"

The palace maid knelt down and said, "This servant truly didn’t know who else to turn to. Seeing Young Master Su, I thought of seeking the Heir’s wife, but her temper is impatient; I feared speaking would cause trouble, hence I wanted to see you."

Su Jin, "..."

Su Jin was speechless.

Her temper was impatient?

How come she didn’t know her temper was impatient?

Su Jin reflected; she did hit Princess Shouning in the palace, causing her to be carried back, and she did talk back to the Empress Dowager, robbing the Empress Dowager...

It indeed gave others the impression of being fearless and unreliable.

Su Jin held her forehead, and the palace maid’s voice came from inside, "On that day, in order to save Prince NanAn, Princess Shouning was injured by the Heir of Duke Chong. The Duchess entered the palace to seek help for the Heir from the Empress. At that time, the Empress had all the palace maids leave, but this servant was under the bed cleaning dust and didn’t know, so I happened to hear the Empress talking to the Duchess..."

"The Empress said she only had Princess Shouning as her daughter in this lifetime."