Chapter 446: Chapter 446 Spitting Blood

Su Jin supported her forehead.

Can’t we have some tacit understanding?

Just as Xingxing finished speaking, she looked at Su Jin with a proud air of wanting praise.

Su Jin glanced at the Old Madam out of the corner of her eye.

That face looked awful—

Su Jin didn’t doubt that one day if the Old Madam had a stroke, it must be Xingxing who drove her to it.

The Old Prince was also dumbfounded.

He was thinking of compensating Su Jin and Xie Jingchen for the grievances they suffered.

With Xingxing’s words, the Old Prince was at a loss for words.

The atmosphere in the room was eerily quiet.

Xingxing belatedly realized her mistake and shrank her neck to hide behind Su Jin.

She seemed to have said something wrong.

The Old Madam was unfortunate, and she was boasting about how the girl has a good fortune and isn’t harmed by anything. If she made the Old Madam faint, she could be punished.

Xie Jingchen broke the silence, looking at the Old Prince, “Grandfather, you summoned us for…?”

The Old Prince looked at Xie Jingchen and said, “Your grandmother has confessed about the ointment, admitting her mistakes and changing her ways is the greatest good. A small punishment and big warning, if she errs again, she will live permanently in the Buddhist Hall.”

“The eldest daughter of Yongcheng Bo Mansion is innocent. If the poison in the ointment was due to you, Grandfather hopes you can provide the antidote to detoxify her.”

The Old Prince’s voice still echoed in the room.

Su Jin looked innocently at the Old Madam, “The antidote has already been given to you.”

The Old Madam’s face darkened, “When did you give it to me?!”

Su Jin blinked her eyes.

“The antidote was sent to you in yesterday’s brocade box with swallow’s nest,” Su Jin smiled.

“You are the Old Madam of Zhenbei Royal Mansion. Yesterday, Mrs. Li publicly stated that you and Princess Nanzhang instructed her to steal Lady Chi’s ointment. How could I let you lose face in public?”

“The maids in the mansion are quite talkative. If this gets out… ”

“I specifically had the maid go to Lady Chi to urge her to firmly deny that the ointment was hers to save your face.”

“Only after the matter did I send the antidote to you, unbeknownst to anyone.”

“How come you didn’t notice?”

“….”

Xie Jingchen’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

In terms of being aggravating—

You couldn’t find anyone in Capital City better than this mistress and servant duo.

The Old Madam was trembling with anger.

She suddenly looked at Mrs. Wang, “Is there an antidote in the swallow’s nest?!”

Mrs. Wang shivered at the Old Madam’s cold voice.

She understood the Old Madam’s intention.

The Old Madam hoped she’d say no.

Before Mrs. Wang could speak, Su Jin said, “The antidote is unique, hidden in the brocade box. Be cautious when opening it; if it falls on the ground, it could be lost.”

Mrs. Wang, “….”

The Old Madam’s throat tickled, and she vomited a mouthful of blood.

She fainted.

Su Jin, “….”

Xie Jingchen, “….”

“Quick!”

“Quickly fetch the Imperial Physician!” Mrs. Wang said urgently.

The room was chaotic.

Afraid Su Jin might get bumped by the maids, Xie Jingchen pulled her aside.

Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen, asking with her eyes: Did I go too far?

Xie Jingchen’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

No sense of this while doing it.

Having made the Old Madam vomit blood, it’s too late for reflection now.

No wonder the Old Madam was infuriated into vomiting blood.

She gave everything up to admit her mistake to the Old Prince for the antidote.

She could lose face to steal the ointment but wouldn’t lower herself to confess this wrong.

Yet Su Jin’s firm attitude forced her to do it.

And after all was done, she was told the antidote was already in her hands.

The anger from being toyed with—

Vomiting blood was already mild.

But openly infuriating someone into vomiting blood, yet can’t blame her.

She was reasonable from start to finish, considering the Old Madam’s dignity.

This time she was punished.

If there’s a next time, she’d go straightforward, knife in white, knife out red.

The Old Prince sat on the bed, just staring at Su Jin.

Su Jin felt a bit guilty.

“You may leave,” the Old Prince said while supporting his forehead.

Her temperament really… follows the Marquis Dongxiang.

Xie Jingchen took Su Jin to leave.

Outside the door, Xingxing looked at Su Jin worriedly, “Miss, will the Old Prince start despising you?”

Su Jin’s heart ached.

This maid finished stabbing others, now began stabbing her.

This is what happens when not proficient in martial arts.

Can’t stop the knife in hand.

Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen, eyes filled with concern.

She overestimated the Old Madam’s tolerance, not expecting her to vomit blood in front of the Old Prince.

Xie Jingchen glanced sideways at Su Jin.

So she can be afraid too.

It truly was rare to see.

“Do you regret doing this?” Xie Jingchen asked.

“No.”

Xie Jingchen, “….”

“With such a plan that both shows I’m considerate and provokes others achieving two goals with one act, why wouldn’t I use it?” Su Jin sighed.

“….”

Just didn’t expect the impact to be slightly big, somewhat out of control.

But in terms of regret, Su Jin indeed felt a bit.

“I should’ve waited until the Old Madam went to the Buddhist Hall before mentioning the antidote,” Su Jin reflected.

Xie Jingchen, “….”

Why expect her to reflect?

Her reflection means making people continue to vomit blood.

After leaving Wutong Garden, with no one around, Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen and said, “Why does the Old Madam treat Elder Yong Cheng so well?”

Su Jin didn’t know about Elder Yong Cheng saving the Old Madam.

But Xie Jingchen knew, yet still frowned even then, “Indeed, it’s remarkably excessive.”

Father is her biological son.

He never saw the Old Madam do anything for Father.

Instead, she pressured Father into doing things he disliked, favoring Princess Nanzhang.

However, in terms of treating Princess Nanzhang well, it was merely superficial.

But towards Elder Yong Cheng, it was heartfelt.

This time, she even put down her dignity.

Old Madam isn’t someone who would treat others well without reason.

His intuition told him there must be something wrong.

Back at Agarwood Pavilion, Su Jin continued busying over concocting pills for nourishing the vocal cords.

After half an hour, Su Jin finished.

Having packed the pills, she took Xingxing to Qingqiu Garden.

As soon as she left, the Prince summoned Xie Jingchen to the study.

In the study, the Prince was frowning.

Seeing Xie Jingchen enter, he asked, “Why didn’t the Heir’s wife come along?”

“She went to deliver ointment to Lady Chi,” Xie Jingchen replied.

Again Lady Chi!

After being in Prince Zhenbei Mansion for so many years, she rarely left Qingqiu Garden; how did she win the favor of the Heir’s wife, with her siding everywhere?

Or is it that, after waiting so long, she finally couldn’t hold back?

The Prince looked at Xie Jingchen, “The Old Madam stealing the ointment is certainly wrong, but you can’t infuriate her to the point of vomiting blood as she’s your grandmother!”

“Just making the Old Madam vomit blood was already showing leniency,” Xie Jingchen said.

“Father knows she has high medical skills. On the day she came to salute, the Prince Mansion gave her a bowl of sterility medicine.”

“Being treated like that by the Prince Mansion, she never complained to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.”

“Given how she’s treated, how can Father ask me to persuade her to let it go?” Xie Jingchen retorted.

The Prince’s eyebrows knitted into a dead knot.

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