Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 483

The Xie family was furious and was preparing to expose Huo Tingsheng's conspiracy to the world when Huo Tingsheng preemptively struck and killed the Xie family.

By this time, the Xie family's reputation and prestige had declined significantly. Furthermore, Huo Tingsheng had ample reason to claim that the Xie family was plotting a rebellion due to their anger over Xie Qingmo's death. Without further ado, he issued an imperial edict to exterminate the entire Xie family on charges of treason.

The massacre stained half the capital with blood.

The Xie family fought back fiercely, but were ultimately almost completely wiped out. Of the 129 people, the vast majority died that night.

The Xie family was full of skilled assassins, so Huo Tingsheng spent a fortune to hire the most famous assassin organization in the martial arts world, "Naihe," to help them. The old Duke of Xie, the heir of the Xie family (Xie Qingmo's younger brother), and several younger members all died at the hands of "Naihe" assassins.

Huo Tingsheng originally intended to kill Huo Xiu as well. Although he was his biological son, Huo Xiu was only loyal to his mother's family, so there was no need to keep him alive.

Besides, he has more than one son.

Long before he married Xie Qingmo as his princess consort, he already had a concubine who had given birth to his son, but Xie Qingmo was unaware of this.

He knew that Xie Qingmo was intolerant of any imperfections and would absolutely not allow him to have a concubine or an illegitimate son, but at the time he really needed Xie Qingmo's support. So he sent the concubine and her son away early on.

When Xie Qingmo was crowned empress, he still showed great devotion, defying all opposition and allowing her to have sole control of the harem.

It wasn't until Xie Qingmo was banished to the Cold Palace that he began to bestow titles upon other concubines, bringing that concubine back with him and elevating her all the way to the position of Empress. The son she bore was also named Crown Prince.

Several concubines in the harem are already pregnant, so Huo Tingsheng has no shortage of offspring and there is no need to keep Huo Xiu, a son with rebellious intentions.

However, Deng An, a skilled eunuch in the imperial palace and Huo Xiu's martial arts teacher, led Huo Xiu out of the encirclement and escaped from Western Qi.

Huo Tingsheng sent the assassin Fu Shiyan, known as "Naihe," to pursue and kill Deng An, who died protecting Huo Xiu.

To escape being hunted down, Huo Xiu later infiltrated the Northern Yi Imperial Palace and became a eunuch, who is now known as Mo Chonggui.

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As Shen Lingjun listened to Mo Zhonggui finish speaking, his whole body felt icy cold.

No wonder Mo Chonggui once said that his biggest goal was to destroy the Western Qi.

What he wanted to overthrow was the ruler of the Western Qi state, so the country had to be destroyed.

Listening to Mo Zhonggui recount that tragic past stained with blood and hatred in a calm, cold, and extremely clear voice, Shen Lingjun felt a sharp pain in her heart.

For the sake of Mo Chonggui, the young man who fled thousands of miles to seek justice for his mother, and for Xie Qingmo, the brilliant and talented female marshal who lost everything and died tragically in the most humiliating way.

Looking at Mo Zhonggui, she suddenly felt a strong urge to hug him.

She subconsciously reached out a hand to Mo Zhonggui, wanting to hold his hand, but then hesitated and withdrew it halfway.

Mo Zhonggui probably didn't want her sympathy.