After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 788 - 786 Exhaustion

Su Jin thought that being conferred the title of Princess was just a matter of an imperial decree.

Who would have expected that for the next three days, she was so exhausted that her feet barely touched the ground.

She was conferred as a Princess, and one wave after another came to the Prince Mansion to congratulate her.

As soon as she sent away one group and returned to the Agarwood Pavilion thinking she could catch her breath, another wave arrived.

Even if Su Jin was exhausted, she had to entertain those who came to congratulate.

Moreover, she was the only one entertaining the guests.

Xie Jinyu did not have a good relationship with Su Jin, and the relationship between Princess Nanzhang and the Princess Consort was self-explanatory; those people came to flatter Su Jin, so Xie Jinyu wouldn’t go up to them to court a snub.

As for Xie Jinxiu and Xie Jinhuan, they were willing to help Su Jin, but the noblewomen who came to congratulate were apathetic towards them.

The Third Master was not the real son of the Old Madam Duke Chong; the Old Madam Duke Chong resorted to trickery, and someone even eloped during her maiden years. This was something already bleeding from six orifices, otherwise, those rumors couldn’t have drowned her half to death.

The Second Master was born to Aunt Ding. Although Aunt Ding was not the mastermind, she knew the truth of the matter, yet didn’t report it and used it for blackmail, proving she was no good either.

Both the Second Master and the Third Master were enemies of the Prince.

Xie Jinhuan and Xie Jinxiu were daughters of the Second and Third Houses, so those who wanted to befriend Su Jin naturally drew a clear line from them.

No one wanted to upset Su Jin for the sake of two people with no future.

They greeted the guests with enthusiasm, but were repeatedly met with cold shoulders. Xie Jinhuan and Xie Jinxiu, being proud girls, couldn’t bear such neglect.

After several times, the two of them stopped appearing, returned to their rooms with red eyes, crying to the point of breathlessness.

They hadn’t done anything wrong, so why were they treated like this?!

Seeing them like this, the Second Madam and Third Madam felt even worse in their hearts.

Before the incident with the Second and Third Houses, countless people tried to flatter them, hoping to marry their daughters, wanting them to give their daughters in marriage to their sons.

Ever since the disgrace of the Old Madam Duke Chong was exposed, not a single person had sought to marry Xie Jinhuan and Xie Jinxiu.

Both girls were of age, at an age where they should be having suitors breaking down the door, yet no one came to propose.

To say there were none is not entirely accurate; a few days ago someone sought to marry Xie Jinxiu. Her maternal aunt’s brother-wife Madam Fang proposed a match with a general who had lost his wife for six months, asking Xie Jinxiu to be his secondary wife.

Upon Madam Fang opening her mouth, the Third Madam almost severed ties with her.

Having her daughter be a secondary wife?!

How could she even say that aloud!

If it weren’t for the collapse of the Third House losing the Old Madam as support, the Third Madam, having only her maternal family to rely on, wouldn’t have hesitated to fall out with them.

Swallowing her anger, the Third Madam politely declined Madam Fang.

However, what Madam Fang said pressed on the Third Madam so heavily that she couldn’t breathe properly and tossed and turned without sleep.

"The story of the Old Madam is known by all. With the Third Master in morning duty at home, there’s no hope for his career, and no one proposes a marriage. How can Xiuxiu still hope to marry into a good family?" Madam Fang said.

"I know you are unwilling to part with Xiuxiu; I watched her grow up. How could I be willing to let go? But as a daughter has grown, she can’t remain home unmarried forever."

"She can still be wed at this young age, but as she grows older... Who on the whole court would dare risk offending the Prince to marry Xiuxiu?"

The Prince holds military power, not only being in-laws with the Marquis Dongxiang but also marrying into the Emperor’s family.

When he stamps his foot, the entire Capital City trembles for half a day.

Men may love beauty, but they love power more.

With power comes more beauty.

Marrying talks of matching in door and window alignments, marrying is about the strength behind. What can the Third Master, who can’t protect himself, help a future son-in-law with?

How thick must the future son-in-law’s thigh be to not fear being implicated by him?

Madam Fang’s words were still fresh in her ears, and the Third Madam knew them to be true. However, hearing them said so plainly chilled her heart to ice.

Xie Jinxiu’s marriage was a large stone pressing on her heart.

Her daughter, pampered and raised, had grown to the age of a blossoming flower, and yet couldn’t marry...

The Third Madam felt as if her heart were cut with a knife.

She didn’t know what to do.

She had already gone to see the Old Madam Duke Chong more than once.

Her heart brimmed with hatred.

She couldn’t understand why the Old Madam had eliminated her own sister but didn’t harden her heart to eliminate the Prince and the Great-aunt as well?!

Even if the Empress Dowager and the Old Madam Duke Chong tried to suppress them, so what?

If they dared to plot and seize the military power of the Old Prince, they wouldn’t dare touch her!

At worst, it would be a fish dies, and the net splits.

She had enjoyed a lifetime of wealth and honor but brought them immense suffering.

The Old Madam reclined in a chair, still alive but emaciated to skin and bones, almost at her last breath.

Because the Prince had said whatever length of time the Old Madam lived, Aunt Ding would live just as long.

Though such an existence was worse than death, better a miserable life than a good death. Who knew what would happen after death, Aunt Ding was terrified of dying.

So she attended to the Old Madam conscientiously, and with the Third Master’s filial piety, doctors were called, and good medicine came as if money was no object, sustaining the Old Madam until now.

The Old Madam still had one ear that functioned, so she heard the Third Madam’s accusations and regretted them dearly.

A single misstep leads to lasting hatred.

A single wrong move turns the entire game awry.

She continued to endure because she wanted to see whether the Third Master could avenge her.

She wanted to live to see those people fall into hell.

Although they lived under the same roof, Su Jin scarcely saw people from the Second and Third Houses; even if she strolled into the garden, she would not encounter the Second Madam or Third Madam.

It’s better not seeing, saves from vexation.

But with no one to help entertain guests, Su Jin ended up with blisters on her feet from exhaustion.

Seeing this, Xie Jingchen felt heartache and applied ointment for her, saying, "If more people come tomorrow, do not see them."

Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen, frustrated, and said, "Why isn’t anyone coming to congratulate you on becoming a Prince Consort?"

The arrivals were either noble ladies or aristocratic daughters.

While she was running back and forth, Xie Jingchen leisurely practiced swordsmanship and read in the backyard.

Comparing oneself to others is indeed infuriating.

Xie Jingchen believed Su Jin was truly worn out.

Without a Princess, there would be no Prince Consort.

Moreover, aside from Prince NanAn and them, probably not many would call him Prince Consort.

The Prince Consort, while it seemed glamorous, lived dependent on the Princess, and few had real power.

Xie Jingchen, on the other hand, was different. He was the Heir of Prince Zhenbei and the future Prince Zhenbei.

Comparing a powerless Prince Consort with a Prince Zhenbei who held military power, the weigh is obvious.

Those who called him Prince Consort likely worried it would upset him.

As for Prince NanAn and them—

If Xie Jingchen were in a good mood, they might not even call him that.

Xie Jingchen advised Su Jin to close her doors to guests, and though she wanted to do just that, after careful consideration, she chose to persist.

Having entertained guests for a day already, if she didn’t the next day, those people would probably be anxious. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Moreover, closing the door to guests required a reason, didn’t it?

Sick?

The Emperor would be worried, and so would the Marquis Dongxiang and Mrs. Tang.

Too tired?

Xie Jingchen would probably be summoned to the palace to be reprimanded.

Most people have been entertained, so one more day or half a day wouldn’t hurt, better to endure through it.

Su Jin thought everything through well, yet the real exhaustion was just beginning, with even more fatigue still to come.