After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 801 - 799: Are You Sick?

Regarding Prince NanAn and their roundabout way of finding her, Su Jin couldn’t help but chuckle.

Although she had an additional identity, she was still herself.

She truly regarded Nie Yao as a friend and felt sorry for her—a young lady who had lost her parents, relying on her grandfather, and was caught in the conflict between Prince NanAn and the Heir of Duke Chong, nearly losing her life.

Even if it were a stranger, knowing her plight, Su Jin would not refuse.

But it was getting late, and if she rashly went to the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, she feared that the matter Nie Yao wanted to hide would surely be exposed.

Helping someone heal is a good deed, but one must also respect the patient.

Su Jin said, "She’s returning to Yinzhou. Tomorrow, I’ll go see her off and take her pulse as well."

If the illness is severe, then keep her.

If she only needs medicine, then prescribe a remedy and let her return to Yinzhou to recuperate.

Zhou Jingyi felt that Su Jin’s arrangement was excellent, and as Su Jin was feeling a bit bored, the two of them strolled in the garden to pass the time.

The next day, after breakfast, Su Jin left the mansion with Xingxing.

Xie Jingchen had things to attend to and couldn’t accompany Su Jin, but she didn’t want him to accompany her either.

After paying her respects to the Princess Consort, Su Jin got on the carriage headed towards the city gate.

Su Jin had already acknowledged her ancestry and was now a princess of the Daqi Dynasty, her status higher than that of the Prince and Princess Consort.

Technically, she didn’t need to pay her respects to the Princess Consort.

But Su Jin didn’t see herself as superior just because she was a princess.

Since she married Xie Jingchen, dropping by to pay her respects to the Princess Consort after breakfast wasn’t a big deal.

She hoped everything would remain as it was before.

Moreover, the Princess Consort had never troubled her, and her relationship with the Princess Consort was even more harmonious than that of the Princess Consort and Xie Jingchen.

Su Jin quite liked this atmosphere.

City gate.

Nie Yao’s carriage was parked there.

The Marquis of Yangnan did not come to see her off. Nie Yao was returning to Yinzhou, and the Marquis felt that with his granddaughter not present, staying in the Capital City was meaningless. Moreover, Marquis Dongxiang and the Prince decided to first send several Generals to the border just in case, so the Marquis decided to go there first.

Since the decision was made, it was best not to delay, and there was much to take care of.

Nie Yao sat inside the carriage, and Prince NanAn was on horseback.

The maid lifted the curtain, looking around and whispering, "Why have we not left yet?"

"Wait a bit longer," Prince NanAn replied.

The maid felt very guilty.

On that day at the pleasure boat, she had used all her strength to hit Prince NanAn.

Prince NanAn almost died at her hands.

But Prince NanAn didn’t blame her, and Nie Yao didn’t punish her either.

Still, the maid was filled with remorse.

Especially since Prince NanAn was injured, and after being slapped by Prince NanAn, he coughed blood and fainted.

Prince NanAn never revealed that she was the one who hit him.

Otherwise, her life would have been forfeit.

To make amends, the maid took every opportunity to speak highly of Prince NanAn, praising him to the skies.

Now Prince NanAn told them to wait a bit longer, so the maid quickly looked at Nie Yao and said, "It must be urgent, Miss, please be patient."

Afraid that Nie Yao would become impatient, she offered tea and snacks, and most importantly, preserved plums.

Through the curtain, Nie Yao gazed at Prince NanAn, clutching a plum tightly in her hand.

Prince NanAn looked towards the carriage; although he couldn’t see her through the curtain, Nie Yao hurriedly turned her face away.

After putting a preserved plum in her mouth, she lifted the curtain to look in another direction.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhou Jingyi arrived to see her off.

They waited for another half cup of tea’s time before the carriage from the Prince Zhenbei Mansion appeared.

Prince NanAn rode up and said, "Elder Sister-in-law is here."

Su Jin came to see her off, and Nie Yao quickly got off the carriage to pay her respects to Su Jin.

Even Nie Yao’s maid panicked.

Why did her lady’s departure from the Capital City alarm the Princess Consort Zhenbei?

Su Jin helped Nie Yao up and said, "I wanted to invite you to the Prince Mansion, but I didn’t expect you to be returning to Yinzhou."

"Let’s talk over there."

Su Jin took Nie Yao’s hand and led her aside.

She placed her hand on Nie Yao’s pulse.

After walking a dozen steps, Su Jin stopped.

She turned to look at Nie Yao.

Nie Yao hurriedly pulled her hand away.

Su Jin wanted to speak, but Nie Yao pulled her further away.

Su Jin said, "Is this why you’re in such a hurry to leave the Capital and return to Yinzhou?"

Nie Yao stopped, looking at Su Jin with a face full of pleading, "Could you not tell Prince NanAn about this matter?"

Su Jin was in a dilemma.

After all, she was entrusted by Prince NanAn to help diagnose Nie Yao’s illness, and she should truthfully inform Prince NanAn about Nie Yao’s condition.

But Nie Yao begged her, and it was hard for Su Jin to refuse.

Nie Yao lowered her eyes and said, "I just don’t want Grandfather and Prince NanAn Mansion to be troubled. As long as I return to Yinzhou, everything will be fine."

The biggest obstacle to Nie Yao marrying Prince NanAn was the Empress.

The Empress, having lost her beloved daughter, was greatly shaken by Nie Yao’s pregnancy.

The Empress was unwilling to accept Princess Shouning’s death and demanded Prince NanAn remain celibate for three years; she might not permit Nie Yao to give birth to the child.

Even if she formally agreed, who knows if she would secretly undermine it?

Nie Yao looked at Su Jin, seeing her silence, anxious and unsure of what to do; she thought of kneeling to implore Su Jin, yet feared this act would only raise suspicion.

Su Jin nodded lightly.

Xingxing stood beside Su Jin, completely bewildered.

She looked at Su Jin, then at Nie Yao, and felt even more confused.

"After you return, I’ll have the Hidden Guard send you some pills. If you’re feeling unwell, take one," Su Jin instructed.

Nie Yao was extremely grateful and bowed in thanks.

She and Su Jin walked back, said goodbye to Zhou Jingyi, and then rode a carriage away.

Zhou Jingyi and Su Jin also returned to their respective carriages.

Prince NanAn escorted Nie Yao away.

But after a few steps, he rode back and asked Su Jin, "What illness does Yaoyao have?"

Su Jin, "...."

"It’s nothing serious; she just needs to rest for ten months," Su Jin said.

"...."

"Rest for ten months?" Prince NanAn furrowed his brows into a tight knot.

"Is that really nothing?"

"Big Sister-in-law, tell me the truth. Did Yaoyao catch some incurable disease?" Prince NanAn asked anxiously.

"...."

Su Jin’s mouth twitched wildly.

She had promised Nie Yao not to reveal to Prince NanAn that she was pregnant.

But she couldn’t bear it in her heart.

Pregnancy is hard work for ten months, and Su Jin didn’t want Nie Yao to endure such hardships alone, hoping Prince NanAn would be with her, with more people caring for her.

But she hadn’t expected Prince NanAn to be this clueless; didn’t he realize what he had done?

He didn’t know? Couldn’t he connect the dots that the Young Lady of Uncle Wenyuan Mansion was pregnant?

Telling him she needed to rest for ten months, he suspected Nie Yao had an incurable disease.

Su Jin felt exhausted.

Not wanting to speak to him, she put down the car curtain and said, "Let’s go."

Prince NanAn watched the carriage as it went far away.

In the distance, Nie Yao’s carriage rode farther and farther.

He chased on horseback.

He escorted her all the way without saying a word.

At Ten-mile Pavilion, Prince NanAn couldn’t hold back, lifted the carriage curtain and asked Nie Yao, "What illness do you have?"

"You’re the one who’s sick!" Nie Yao glared at him and retorted without thinking.

"If there’s no illness, then why did Big Sister-in-law say you need to rest for ten months?" Prince NanAn asked persistently.

"...."

Nie Yao gave Prince NanAn a hard glare.

She snatched the curtain from Prince NanAn’s hand and commanded, "Start the journey!"

The coachman hurriedly drove the carriage forward.

Prince NanAn watched the carriage go farther and farther.

Su Jin let down the curtain, and so did Nie Yao.

Was it because he asked the wrong question?

When he could no longer see the carriage, Prince NanAn rode back to the Capital and directly returned to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.

He asked Chu Shun and the others to help him analyze what was going on.

After Chu Shun’s analysis—

Nie Yao’s incurable disease turned into a heart ailment.

"It must be a heart ailment. A heart ailment requires soothing medicine for treatment. Big Sister-in-law didn’t prescribe medicine and let her leave the Capital to return to Yinzhou, indicating the illness is not serious," Chu Shun said.

"After ten months she returns, perfect time for preparing for a wedding celebration, and then she marries grandly," the Heir of Marquis Beining agreed.

The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo patted Prince NanAn’s shoulder and said, "No wonder Big Sister-in-law and Miss Nie both dropped the curtains. You’re just too dense."

Chu Shun looked at the back of his head, lightly slapped it, and said, "Could it be a head injury leaving some lasting effects?"

Prince NanAn, "...."