After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 845 - 842: Bribery

The Emperor entrusted the task of rescuing Princess Fuqing to Su Chong.

Su Chong and the servants from Dongxiang Marquis Mansion split into three groups and pursued.

Finally, they captured the assassin.

But Princess Fuqing was no longer in the assassin’s hands.

The two assassins were already injured at the cliff.

The people from Dongxiang Marquis Mansion relentlessly chased after them, their wounds festering, requiring medical attention.

Princess Fuqing, after days of rough travel with them, ate poorly and suffered, almost on the brink of death.

The assassins were careless. While bandaging their wounds at a pharmacy, Princess Fuqing excused herself to the lavatory, asking the pharmacist’s daughter to assist her to the backyard lavatory.

Since she was being supported while walking, the doctor said he would check her pulse and prescribe some medicine upon her return.

Who would have thought that after entering the lavatory, Princess Fuqing opened the backyard gate and ran away.

After applying medication, the assassins searched for her everywhere.

Unable to find Princess Fuqing, they saw the people from Dongxiang Marquis Mansion pursuing them, focusing on escaping for their lives without caring for Princess Fuqing.

Mounted, they fled.

Su Chong led the chase for half a day before catching up with them.

The assassin didn’t know that Princess Fuqing was the biological daughter of Princess Jiuling. Su Chong pursued relentlessly, and the assassin said, "To rescue Princess Fuqing, you’ve chased us for three days and nights."

"Why save her? If not for her cooperation this time, we wouldn’t have been able to eliminate Princess Jiuling."

Su Chong guessed that the cliff incident was related to Princess Fuqing.

Now, after hearing the assassin’s confession, he felt differently.

How foolish must a woman be to be manipulated and nearly lead to her own death and her mother’s?

The assassin not only told Su Chong that Princess Fuqing helped them but also kindly informed him where Princess Fuqing disappeared.

Princess Jiuling was the Emperor’s sister, and given the Emperor’s regard for Princess Jiuling, Princess Fuqing would surely meet a dire end.

After speaking, the assassin bit his tongue to commit suicide.

Su Chong led his men to search the location where the assassin claimed Princess Fuqing disappeared but found no trace of her.

Su Chong suspected that the assassin might not have spoken the truth.

Princess Fuqing might not have disappeared from the place the assassin mentioned.

Su Chong and his men searched backwards and coincidentally encountered an assassination attempt on Prince Jing, and he helped.

At that time, Young Master Qu was with Prince Jing.

Previously, Elder Yong Cheng embezzled, and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice assigned Young Master Qu to investigate the tribute matter. Upon his return, Elder Yong Cheng was convicted, and the case was closed.

But Marquis Dongxiang felt the matter wasn’t simple, that Elder Yong Cheng wouldn’t be so brazen, and the mastermind must be Duke Chong.

After Elder Yong Cheng’s death, Marquis Dongxiang let the Ministry of Justice close the case without further probing but secretly instructed Young Master Qu to continue investigating.

Young Master Qu was not in the Capital all this time because he was investigating the fake imperial edict case.

Because Duke Chong was unsuspecting, Young Master Qu didn’t encounter much danger while investigating, as he had already investigated once, finding only Elder Yong Cheng and not Duke Chong.

Somehow, word leaked, and assassins had been after his life for days.

Fortunately, Young Master Qu regularly practiced martial arts and had a good memory, having met Prince Jing once in his youth and still remembered him.

Young Master Qu is the eldest son of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice Mansion, not a particularly unusual identity, yet he’s also the nephew of Prince Zhenbei and the grandson of Old Prince.

Prince Jing would surely save him.

Returning to the Capital with Prince Jing, they were safe for a few days.

But nearing the Capital, assassins tried to kill Prince Jing...

Fortunately, they encountered Su Chong. Otherwise, Prince Jing likely wouldn’t have survived to return to the Capital.

Fearing the assassins might return, Su Chong was unsettled and personally escorted Prince Jing back to the Capital.

As for the search for Princess Fuqing, that task was left to the servant.

Prince Jing was anxious about his daughter and Princess Jiuling and opted to return to the Capital first.

Marquis Dongxiang flipped through the blueprints, furrowing his brow slightly when seeing one sheet—

It seemed familiar.

He thought about where he might have seen this vase before and finally said, "Follow me to the secret chamber and take a look."

As Marquis Dongxiang and his men entered the secret chamber, Su Jin opened the study door.

The study was empty, with no trace of anyone.

"Where are they?" Su Jin asked.

Xingxing looked towards the servant, "Weren’t you saying the Marquis and the Young Master were in the study?"

"They were," the servant scratched his head.

The Marquis and the Young Master liked jumping out of windows, but surely they wouldn’t jump out with Young Master Qu, right?

Not seeing any figures, Su Jin left the study.

She headed towards the inner courtyard and midway encountered Mrs. Tang and Princess Fu Yun approaching.

Just as Su Jin stepped forward and before she could speak, a servant approached, saying, "Madam, Young Master asked me to return with a message saying they won’t be back for lunch."

Young Master Su, under the guise of paying respects to the Old Madam of Jibei Marquis Mansion, went to play at Jibei Marquis Mansion, and Mrs. Tang didn’t expect them to return promptly after greetings.

"Are they once again insisting that the First Master and Third Master accompany them shopping?" Mrs. Tang asked.

The servant’s lips twitched, "As soon as they arrived at Jibei Marquis Mansion, the First Master and Third Master left through the back door."

"Young Master and the others persuaded the Old Madam to accompany them shopping, with the First and Third Madam along."

"... ."

Mrs. Tang held her forehead.

Only they could persuade the Old Madam of Jibei Marquis Mansion to accompany them leisurely shopping.

However, they’re having fun now, but surely a flogging awaits upon their return.

Inside the secret chamber.

Su Chong opened a box for a man to inspect.

The man was the steward responsible for crafting the tribute porcelains.

After searching three large boxes, in the fourth box, they found the porcelain that looked familiar to Marquis Dongxiang.

Previously, when the betrothal gifts for Prince Yun Mansion were prepared, Marquis Dongxiang and Mrs. Tang entered the secret chamber to find some decent porcelains as betrothal gifts for Prince Yun Mansion.

Items concealed by Duke Chong here must be fine goods.

Besides, these items were won by Su Chong and would eventually belong to him.

After inspection, the man said, "This piece is indeed one of the tributes crafted at our kiln."

Good then.

Marquis Dongxiang took the porcelain and the blueprints to the palace to see the Emperor.

Seeing Marquis Dongxiang placing the porcelain on the Dragon Desk, the Emperor was a bit baffled.

The Emperor, accustomed to fine items, recognized the quality of the porcelain, suspiciously asking, "Marquis Dongxiang, bringing porcelain to the palace, isn’t bribery, is it?"

Marquis Dongxiang, "... ."

Eunuch Fu, "... ."

Prince Jing arrived, making the Emperor happy, but this flight of fancy?

Would Marquis Dongxiang bribe him?

There wasn’t even enough time for robbery.

For ages, Eunuch Fu suspected that Marquis Dongxiang aimed to empty the Emperor’s private treasury.

Marquis Dongxiang glared at the Emperor, letting him see the blueprints and explaining his purpose.

This porcelain was one of the pieces of evidence.

But because the Heir of Duke Chong had lost Duke Chong’s Mansion to Su Chong, the people from Dongxiang Marquis Mansion lived there for a long time.

To only use this piece of porcelain to have the Ministry of Justice or Ministry of Justice dispatch people to search Duke Chong’s Mansion would not only fail to enter Duke Chong’s Mansion but also result in Duke Chong striking back.

To prevent Duke Chong from destroying evidence, Marquis Dongxiang came to the palace to obtain an imperial edict, ensuring Duke Chong dared not defy it.

The Emperor already knew someone had falsified an imperial edict to seize tributes, thinking the case was closed, but didn’t expect that the previous incident was just an appetizer.

The Emperor wrote a decree, sealed it with the Jade Seal, and Marquis Dongxiang took it to the Ministry of Justice.