After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband
Chapter 67 Scared to Death

Chapter 67: Chapter 67 Scared to Death

Su Jin’s joke might be cheap, but it’s certainly terrifying.

The whip in her hand has an impressive history, with countless battle merits.

The whip was a reward from the Emperor.

It whipped the Emperor’s daughter, Princess Shouning.

It bound up Xie Jingchen.

The little maid even used it to whip the Heir of Marquis Jingguo.

These are the incidents they know about, who knows how many more there are.

In the Imperial Garden, she picked the flowers Princess Shouning grew, and with just one disagreement, she whipped Princess Shouning. If she could be this domineering without reason, imagine today when she has a reason—she could whip someone until their skin splits!

What a female bandit!

She might say it’s a joke, but her actions were all real!

While Su Jin was contemplating whether her momentum was strong enough and if she should crack the whip to intimidate them—

The hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys of everyone else were trembling together.

This family of bandits fears nothing in heaven or earth.

Marquis Dongxiang once broke General Zhongwu’s nose, snapped a rib of Duke Chong.

Today, he went a step further by robbing all of this year’s tribute of Dongzhu at once.

The one who was robbed was the Emperor.

And all the Dongzhu obtained from the robbery was given to Su Jin.

A ruthless father raises a daughter who surely inherits some of his traits, right?

Everyone’s thoughts were racing, yet no one spoke.

The room was very quiet.

You could hear a pin drop.

The whole room was filled with people who cared about their reputation, and now being intimidated by a junior with a whip, retreating like this would bring them nothing but disgrace. If word got out, how could they maintain their standing in the Capital City?

Would they really let people say that the Duke Zhen Country Mansion has been dominated by this female bandit, and she’s now in charge?

This is disgrace they couldn’t afford to lose.

Princess Nanzhang couldn’t swallow her anger and couldn’t help but want to call someone to detain Su Jin, but in her mind were the harsh words left by Marquis Dongxiang.

For a moment, she was indecisive, weighing her options.

Su Jin grew impatient from waiting.

Holding the whip, she posed as if she was about to hit someone.

The Old Madam quickly glanced at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was the Old Madam’s confidante, one look, and she knew what the Old Madam was thinking.

If things really got physical, it would be hard to resolve.

She quickly offered the Old Madam tea, extending an olive branch as she said, "Old Madam, please have a cup of tea to calm your nerves. The Eldest Young Madam is genuinely short of money; unexpectedly spending ten thousand silver taels is causing her financial strain. It’s understandable that she’s upset. Let’s both take a step back; the silver goes to the Eldest Young Madam, and consider it that the Duke Mansion has bought another piece of land."

One could say both sides took a step back.

However, this kind of concession did not satisfy Su Jin.

Her whip was already out; did they really think she was so easy to talk to?

Forget it, grab the silver note first and deal with the rest later.

Since she didn’t object, everyone assumed she agreed.

Neither Princess Nanzhang nor the Third Madam spoke because their daughters were involved in this matter. If not the masterminds, they were accomplices.

This ten thousand taels would come from the public funds.

Seeing no objections, the Old Madam instructed the maid to ask Manager Li to bring over ten thousand taels for Su Jin.

Su Jin accepted the silver note and then handed the whip to Xingxing.

Xie Jinyu clenched her fist and said, "When will that land be transferred?"

Su Jin gave her a faint glance, "I never intended to transfer that land to you."

Xie Jinyu was so angry she nearly stumbled backward.

"You’ve already taken the money!" she shouted.

Su Jin looked at her and smiled, "That piece of land was bought by the Duchess Dingguo at the earnest request of your allies at the Duke Dingguo Mansion. Without their sentiments, ten thousand taels would not have been nearly enough."

"Because of your temporary joke, I designed the shop according to an incorrect blueprint. The construction based on it has already started. Returning the land to you would mean redrawing the blueprints and tearing down the constructed parts. This not only wastes resources but also delays the opening of my shop. Who will compensate for this loss?"

"Should you insist on that piece of land, I won’t withhold it from you, but you’ll have to go to Prince NanAn and his allies to resolve the losses incurred. And do it quickly; the longer it drags on, the greater the loss."

"If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now."

If they weren’t afraid of this issue getting out and causing damage to their reputation, they could go ahead and horse around.

Prince NanAn and his group are not to be trifled with; teasing them would result in them losing something significant.

Su Jin respectfully gave a salute and withdrew with Xie Jingchen.

Just a few steps after turning around.

Su Jin looked at him.

"Husband, for mistakes like the ones made by the young ladies today, how long should they kneel in the ancestral hall according to family rules?"

"...."

"At least three hours."

"...."

"For such a big mistake, only three hours of punishment? Last time I was punished to kneel for a whole day and night."

"...."

The voices grew distant.

The people behind them were trembling with rage.

Last time, they were punished to kneel for a whole day and night!

But the result?

They had barely started kneeling when the Emperor summoned them to the palace. Not only was the punishment nullified, but they were also promised not to be punished for any family rule breaches for half a month!

Though Xie Jinyu and her associates were punished for three hours, if no one came to rescue them, they were truly going to kneel for three hours!

Moreover, Princess Nanzhang had absolutely no intention of punishing Xie Jinyu.

Now that Su Jin brought it up, not punishing them would mark her as an unfair mistress.

Next time, this female bandit would certainly refuse to accept punishment!

They lost ten thousand taels, almost got whipped, and still ended with kneeling as punishment—

Princess Nanzhang grew more agitated the more she thought about it, a headache began to throb.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao quickly instructed, "Quick, call for the Imperial Physician!"

The maid hurried to pass the message.

Soon, the Imperial Physician arrived.

"How did you come so fast?" the Second Madam asked.

Manager Li quickly responded, "When the Eldest Young Madam returned to the mansion, knowing Marquis Dongxiang angered the Commandery Princess and that she had not taken her medicine, she specifically instructed me to summon the Imperial Physician back."

Second Madam, "...."

The Third Madam’s face turned purple as she glanced at Princess Nanzhang and said, "It seems the Eldest Young Madam anticipated she would vex the Commandery Princess, so she called back the Imperial Physician in advance. How considerate."

Is this considered considerate?

This is blatant provocation!

The Princess of Nanzhang was trembling with anger, and even the Imperial Physician worried she might faint from being unable to catch her breath.

...

The sky was a wash of blue.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, scattering a ground of dappled gold.

Su Jin happily counted the silver notes.

Xie Jingchen massaged his forehead.

If he hadn’t looked wrong.

This must be her third time counting.

Xingxing followed behind with a tray, her eyes curved into crescent moons with joy.

"Miss, when you have time, you should practice more with the whip. You nearly scared the wits out of this servant," Xingxing exhaled.

"I’m not going to whip you, what are you afraid of?" Su Jin laughed.

"This servant was worried they’d not relent and you’d have no choice but to actually whip them, and if by chance you hit yourself, that would scare someone to death," Xingxing said with lingering fear.

"...."

"Enunciate properly, it’s laugh to death, not scare to death," Su Jin rubbed her forehead.

"This servant means scare to death."

"...."

"Are you sure you’re saying scare to death, not laugh to death?" Su Jin asked puzzledly.

She whips herself, scaring others?

She was curious about where this maid’s mind was.

Xingxing nodded repeatedly.

"They won’t laugh. They’re not like us. They know Miss has amnesia and hit the Eldest Young Master was accidental, yet they say Miss is ruthless enough to even hit her own brother. If you accidentally whip yourself, they’d definitely say Miss would whip even herself."

Su Jin, "...."

Xie Jingchen, "...."