After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 840 - 837: Setting Bones

Su Jin had just lifted the carriage curtain when the Hidden Guard had already jumped from the horse onto the shaft of the carriage and sat down to drive the carriage.

The little monk who was sending Su Jin down the mountain hadn’t even reacted, and the carriage had already sped off, with the faint sounds of Xingxing’s cries of pain still audible.

This part of the official road was wide and sparsely populated, and the carriage galloped all the way. Su Jin tightly grasped the carriage to minimize the bumps.

Her mind was unable to process anything now. The Hidden Guard had not mentioned whom she was supposed to rescue. The ones kidnapped were Princess Jiuling and Princess Fuqing, but the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion had seen the signal flare and would surely pursue.

Uncertain how long the bumping lasted, the carriage finally stopped.

Su Jin arrived at that place which had haunted her with nightmares for several days.

Princess Jiuling lay on the ground, covered in blood.

Seeing this, Su Jin was startled and hurried over to check Princess Jiuling’s pulse.

"How is she?" asked the Eldest Prince.

The Eldest Prince, despite having multiple injuries, suffered only superficial wounds that had already been bandaged.

He was tasked with ensuring the safety of Princess Jiuling and Princess Fuqing. Now with Princess Jiuling unconscious and Princess Fuqing abducted, he had failed in his duty and was subject to punishment.

Yet today’s events had evidently revealed that while the assassins appeared to target Princess Jiuling and her group, their real aim seemed directed at him, intent on exterminating him completely.

After checking Princess Jiuling’s pulse, Su Jin examined her body and said, "Her left leg is broken, and two ribs are fractured, but she shouldn’t be in mortal danger."

The Eldest Prince breathed a sigh of relief.

Although severely injured, as long as she was alive, everything would be fine.

Princess Jiuling was incredibly fortunate; a tree growing midway up the cliff had cushioned her fall, alleviating the impact when she plummeted from the cliff. Otherwise, could she have survived such a direct fall?

This was not the place for setting bones; Su Jin administered a hemostatic medicine to Princess Jiuling and bandaged the wound on her shoulder before returning to the city.

The carriage was given up to Princess Jiuling, while Xie Jingchen and Su Jin shared a horse, with Xingxing regularly lifting the carriage curtain to glance at the lying Princess Jiuling inside.

In the palace.

The Emperor was playing chess with the Left Minister, feeling quite pleased.

A Palace Attendant hurriedly entered to report the heavy injuries Princess Jiuling suffered after falling off a cliff, causing the Emperor’s hand to tremble, dropping the Warm Jade chess piece onto the board—its sound made hearts tremble.

The Emperor had always felt guilty toward Princess Jiuling. This time she had fled back to the Capital, and the Emperor wanted to try his utmost to make amends. Who would have thought, she seemed fine yesterday, yet now she had fallen off a cliff?!

"Where is the Eldest Prince?" asked the Emperor.

"The Eldest Prince is also injured," replied the little eunuch.

"Don’t worry, the Eldest Prince isn’t severely injured."

The Emperor was advised not to worry about the Eldest Prince but was given no such assurance regarding Princess Jiuling.

"Falling off a cliff—"

The very thought of these words sends chills down one’s spine.

The Emperor usually couldn’t leave the palace, but with Princess Jiuling injured, no one dared to stop him from visiting her outside the palace.

The Left Minister, who accompanied the Emperor in playing chess, followed him to the Palace.

When the Emperor arrived, Su Jin was setting Princess Jiuling’s bones, blocking the entrance, allowing no one inside.

Thus they waited for half an hour.

But just after setting the bones, Princess Jiuling regained consciousness.

As a princess accustomed to luxury, she had never endured such hardship. The effects of the anesthetic dissipated, awakening her in pain.

The palace maid reported that Princess Jiuling had awakened, and the Emperor strode rapidly into the hall. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The first question heard was Princess Jiuling asking Su Jin, "Where is Fuqing? Where is she?"

"Quickly, tell me."

Su Jin said nothing.

The Emperor was already furious, "You’re hurt this badly, and still worried about her."

If it hadn’t been for Princess Fuqing’s insistence on going to the Great Buddha Temple to offer incense, Princess Jiuling and the Eldest Prince wouldn’t have been ambushed, nearly losing their lives.

The Eldest Prince even reported Princess Fuqing’s previous close association with Li Yian and Mo Chengxian.

Princess Duanhui and Princess Jiuling had always been at odds.

Yet her close association with them clearly signaled a problem?!

Even with the Eldest Prince’s meticulous caution, they were still caught off guard.

Princess Jiuling anxiously insisted, "First, tell me, where is Fuqing?"

The Emperor refused to respond, in his anger.

Su Jin understood Princess Jiuling’s affection for Princess Fuqing but never imagined it would go this deep.

However, considering she wasn’t born to Marquis Dongxiang and Mrs. Tang, their treatment of her was akin to a biological child.

No.

Even better than a biological child.

Moved, Su Jin said, "After the Eldest Princess fell off the cliff, the assassins kidnapped Princess Fuqing while fleeing, and she is with them now."

Upon hearing this, Princess Jiuling’s already pale face turned even paler.

The Emperor sat down and said, "Enough about her, focus on recovering."

Certainly, the Emperor would deploy personnel to rescue Princess Fuqing.

Yet seeing Princess Jiuling severely injured and still preoccupied with her, the Emperor grew enraged. Was she certain Fuqing wasn’t colluding with them?!

Could Princess Jiuling refrain from mentioning her?

She implored the Emperor, by any means necessary, to help rescue Princess Fuqing.

The Emperor remained indifferent. Choked with emotion, Princess Jiuling said, "Imperial Brother, Fuqing is my biological daughter..."

At the time, the room contained the Emperor, Su Jin, as well as Xie Jingchen and Su Chong.

Upon hearing this, the two of them exchanged glances.

Their uncertainty lay in whether Princess Jiuling spoke the truth or stretched the truth just to prompt the Emperor to save Princess Fuqing.

Yet contemplating Princess Jiuling’s fall from the cliff to save her...

They frowned deeply.

The Emperor was shaken to his core, unable to believe, "How could she be your daughter?!"

"Wasn’t it supposed to be..."

Even Su Jin knew that after Princess Jiuling married Prince Jin of Nangang, she had been pregnant but was forced to terminate it by Nangang, who wouldn’t allow the child to be born.

This incident incidentally provided Old Madam an excuse to demand the abortion of the Princess Consort’s unborn child.

Yet Princess Jiuling now declared that the adopted Princess Fuqing was indeed her biological daughter?

Su Jin was utterly bewildered.

Princess Jiuling, having just suffered grave injuries, spoke weakly, yet despite her lack of strength, intermittently managed to convey the truth.

She feared the Emperor’s wrath against Princess Fuqing, refusing to deploy aid.

Indeed.

At the time, she was pregnant, and Nangang opposed her childbirth.

However, adamant to give birth, Prince Jin, sympathetic, also desired to save the baby, using coercion and enticement to bribe an Imperial Physician for assistance.

Princess Jiuling was compelled within the palace to ingest an "abortion pill," and while exiting the palace, stabbed her leg with a dagger, bleeding profusely, deceiving everyone.

On the pretense of recovering from the arduous abortion, she lay bedridden within the Prince Mansion for two months.

However, being the Princess Consort of Prince Jin of Nangang, her health was consistently poor, prompting the Empress Dowager to dispatch an Imperial Physician for checkups.

To trick the Empress Dowager’s personnel, Prince Jin enlisted a disguise expert into the mansion, where a personal maid disguised as her, lay on her bed for examination by the Imperial Physician, while she concealed in the hidden chamber.

Fuqing was her daughter, born within the confines of Prince Jing Mansion’s hidden chamber.

Due to the arduous birth, her adoration knew no bounds, recognizing she would only ever have this one daughter in her lifetime.

To openly and justly shower affection upon her daughter, she falsely declared her daughter to be born of a concubine, formally recorded beneath her name.

Although Prince Jing conferred a title upon Fuqing, bestowing her the status of a Commandery Princess, her alleged birth from a concubine was secretly mocked behind the scenes, alongside numerous intrigues alleging Princess Jiuling’s apparent affection as insincere, merely wielded for Prince Jin’s favor.

Princess Jiuling dreaded the exposure, believing such a revelation would inflict harm upon Princess Fuqing, hence her intent to bring her to Daqi, and select a suitor for her.

Being the Emperor’s biological sister, the Emperor’s decree of marriage would ensure Princess Fuqing’s lifelong security, provided she didn’t court disaster herself.

Yet Princess Jiuling hadn’t anticipated, upon exiting Prince Jing Mansion, surviving multiple near-death experiences to reach Daqi — to at last, encounter calamity.

She possesses but one daughter, beseeching the Emperor for her rescue, regardless of the cost.

Princess Jiuling, ragged and injured, struggled to speak, yet persisted in kneeling to plead with the Emperor—how could he bear to refuse? He declared, "Rest assured, I shall send people to rescue her."