After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 928 - 923: Falling Into the Water

After giving several telescopes to Young Master Su, the steward made a few more and sent them over.

Su Jin had someone send the same ones to the border.

As for the steward’s suggestion to sell them in the Beauty Pavilion, Su Jin didn’t agree.

This item is quite useful on the battlefield, helping Marquis Dongxiang and others see the enemy’s battle formations clearly.

But once they’re sold in the Beauty Pavilion, who can guarantee they won’t end up in the hands of Nanliang’s soldiers?

She isn’t lacking money; selling them after the war ends won’t be too late.

The steward felt it was a bit of a shame; clearly, there’s a huge pile of money sitting there, but the Princess Consort doesn’t want to earn it.

Having a master who isn’t keen on making money makes the steward a bit vexed, but if Su Jin isn’t willing, their regrets are useless.

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After two days of calm, a winter rain arrived.

This rain was exceptionally heavy.

The howling wind blew the windows with bang-bang sounds, keeping people awake at night.

Su Jin only fell asleep in the dead of night after being troubled by the storm.

Sleeping late made her wake up late.

After breakfast, the rain stopped for a while, and Su Jin went directly to the back yard.

Just crossing the courtyard made her shoes soaked.

Sitting on the small divan, Su Jin took off her socks, and Xingxing gave her fresh ones to wear.

Outside, Bi Zhu ran in and said, "Princess Consort, the Emperor has gifted you a large chest of items."

Xingxing responded happily, "Quickly, have them carry the chest into the backyard."

"The ground is wet, better to put it directly in the room," Su Jin said.

Xingxing thought this made sense too.

Bi Zhu went to convey the message.

Yet the large chest ended up being carried to the backyard.

The little eunuch, a confidant of Eunuch Fu, brought the chest into the bamboo house and said, "Eunuch Fu instructed to carry the big chest to the Princess Consort."

The two eunuchs placed down the chest, and Xingxing untied the rope and opened it.

As soon as the chest was opened, Xingxing was dumbfounded.

Because the contents of the chest were completely different from what she had imagined.

She thought the Emperor’s gift would be food, toys, or useful items.

But inside the large chest was a person—

Nanny Zhou.

Seeing Nanny Zhou inside the chest, Su Jin was stunned too.

She looked at the little eunuch, "What’s going on here?"

The little eunuch hurriedly recounted the situation to Su Jin.

This person was sent by Eunuch Fu.

Usually, whatever the palace sends to Prince Zhenbei Mansion is gifted by the Emperor, so naturally everyone assumed...

Since Nanny Zhou was attacked outside the palace, Su Jin had passed a message to Eunuch Fu, asking him to assign someone to watch over her, so she wouldn’t be harmed again.

Even though Eunuch Fu thought nobody would dare harm Nanny Zhou, he couldn’t disobey Su Jin’s orders.

So he found a trusted eunuch to handle the matter.

Days passed, and Eunuch Fu had forgotten about this.

Who would’ve thought that last night, during a heavy rainstorm, his trusted eunuch didn’t dare slack off. When Nanny Zhou left Phoenix Palace, she was knocked unconscious and thrown into the Lotus Pond.

Those two eunuchs left after throwing the person.

The trusted eunuch endured the icy cold water and dragged Nanny Zhou out, placing her in a rockery area before reporting to Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu instructed the trusted eunuch to take Nanny Zhou to Chaohua Palace and report to Su Jin when the rain stopped.

Who would’ve thought that Nanny Zhou, after falling into the water, would develop a high fever that night.

Eunuch Fu didn’t dare get her the Imperial Physician, given Nanny Zhou was the Empress’s person.

If caught in his hands, and discovered, the Empress would surely take Nanny Zhou back.

But fearing her illness was too severe, Eunuch Fu had a eunuch fetch some medicine from the Imperial Hospital to dispel cold and reduce fever and feed it to Nanny Zhou.

Yet despite taking the medicine, it wasn’t very effective.

Eunuch Fu, wondering when the rain would cease, directly had the little eunuch pack Nanny Zhou into the chest and send her to Su Jin.

Su Jin didn’t expect that the rainstorm which kept her up the night before would turn out to be a timely savior.

With the rain making grounds slippery, Nanny Zhou’s accidental slip into the pond and dying, though unfortunate, wouldn’t raise any suspicion of an assassination on the Empress’s close nanny.

The Empress Dowager disposed of Nanny Zhou while preserving the Empress’s dignity.

Otherwise, if Nanny Zhou were murdered with the killer unidentified, the Emperor’s reputation would be tarnished.

Su Jin reached out to feel Nanny Zhou’s forehead and knew her illness was grave.

The two eunuchs helped Nanny Zhou out of the chest to rest on the small divan. Su Jin asked Xingxing to reward each of them with ten taels, and also send a box of health preservation pills to Eunuch Fu with a message, "Thank Eunuch Fu for me."

The little eunuch, in fear, said, "Being able to assist the Princess is our blessing."

Su Jin smiled and instructed Bi Zhu to escort them out of the mansion.

Su Jin fetched medicine and instructed Xingxing to brew it while she used wine to wipe Nanny Zhou’s forehead to reduce fever.

Remembering what Nanny Wei once said about Consort Yun’s death, Su Jin wished she could kill Nanny Zhou with her own hands.

But now wasn’t the time for her to die.

She would save her, and when the truth was fully revealed, the Emperor would naturally deal with her.

She busied herself all morning.

After lunch did Nanny Zhou finally wake, instantly seeing Xingxing looking at her.

In that moment, Nanny Zhou felt a chilling fear.

"Miss, Nanny Zhou is awake," Xingxing said excitedly.

Nanny Zhou turned her head and saw Su Jin.

Nanny Zhou’s face turned pale.

Seeing her surroundings in one glance, she knew where she was.

Though she’d never been here, she knew there were two bamboo houses in the back yard of Agarwood Pavilion.

Princess Nanzhang once confronted Su Jin before the Empress; a mountain bandit after good things—and that resulted in her having to build one.

Nanny Zhou shook with fear.

Su Jin looked at her and said, "It seems Nanny Zhou knows who knocked you unconscious."

Nanny Zhou let out a bitter laugh.

She was well aware who struck her.

Though she was knocked out, upon being thrown into the Lotus Pond, the icy cold water brought her to her senses.

She figured out she’d been tossed into the pond.

Now being at Prince Zhenbei Mansion made it clear: Princess Consort Zhenbei saved her yet again.

Nanny Zhou felt a chill in her heart.

The Empress Dowager is too heartless in handling people; no wonder the Empress has alienated her.

Sure, she bungled the job, but she wasn’t deliberate. All these years, she’d remained by the Empress’s side, doing countless tasks for her, advising her earnestly to heed her advice, staying unwaveringly loyal. Yet, in return, she was marked for silencing.

Nanny Zhou’s nose felt sour, with sneeze after sneeze.

Xingxing handed her an embroidered handkerchief.

Taking it, Nanny Zhou coughed several times before raising her head to look at Su Jin, "Prin-Princess Consort, why did you save me?"

Su Jin smiled.

Was she planning on playing dumb?

"Nanny Zhou is a clever person. Why I saved you, can’t you guess?" Su Jin replied.

Nanny Zhou fell silent.

She knew why Su Jin saved her; she wanted her to betray the Empress.

The Empress Dowager aimed to kill her, but the Empress hadn’t thought to.

Her true mistress was the Empress.

Even if the Empress Dowager and the Empress have split, they’re still on the same boat.

To reveal the Empress Dowager also meant exposing the Empress, didn’t it?

Nanny Zhou didn’t know what to do. She didn’t want to betray the Empress, yet she also knew clearly, given Su Jin’s efforts in saving her, saying nothing wouldn’t lead to a good end.

Xingxing brought over a chair, and Su Jin sat down. She got straight to the point, "Back then, didn’t Nanny Zhou nearly bury me alive? You definitely know how my mother, Consort Yun, died, right?"

"I want to know the details."