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

Chapter 540

Two days later, on their homecoming, Mo Chonggui accompanied Shen Lingjun back to the Lin Yuan Marquis's residence. The Lin Yuan Marquis's residence was in a similar mood, too lazy to waste time on this young lady and son-in-law. From entering to leaving, it didn't even take an hour.

After that, Shen Lingjun returned to her peaceful life as before.

The Seventh Prince's residence is now full of Mo Zhonggui's people, and she and Mo Zhonggui are the only two masters, so she can basically do whatever she wants.

She still buries herself in researching poisons every day, and occasionally goes out in disguise as "Cheng Wu" to make her presence known.

Mo Zhonggui's side became much busier.

To put Huo Sizhen at ease, he first feigned two minor illnesses as a show, and then took the biggest step he had taken since arriving in Ancheng.

He secretly went to the Fourth Prince and surrendered.

His reasoning was perfectly logical.

The crown prince suspected him and wanted to kill him. He didn't have enough ability to protect himself, so he could only turn to the fourth prince for protection.

“Fourth brother, eldest brother is immoral and has homosexual tendencies. He is not worthy of sitting in the position of crown prince at all. Fourth brother, you are also the legitimate son. Except for being two years younger, you are far superior to eldest brother in every other aspect. Eldest brother was just lucky to be born early and occupy the position of eldest son. If it weren’t for him, the Eastern Palace should have been occupied by fourth brother.”

The fourth prince didn't think much of his seventh brother. He had no presence, no power or influence, and no outstanding abilities.

But he was at the height of his ambition, and Huo Jinghuai's words struck a chord with him.

That's right. They are both legitimate sons. Huo Sizhen is just lucky to be two years older than him. In other respects, how is he inferior to Huo Sizhen?

Not to mention that Huo Sizhen is a homosexual, how could such a homosexual inherit the throne? It would be a laughing stock if word got out!

It seems that this seventh brother at least has some foresight; he is pragmatic and can see the situation clearly.

The fourth prince coughed dramatically.

"Seventh brother, don't talk nonsense. In Xiqi, the eldest son of the legitimate wife is respected. The eldest brother has not done anything too wrong. Father has no intention of changing the crown prince. What you said is extremely disrespectful."

Mo Zhonggui didn't take it seriously: "Fourth Brother, I only dare to say this here. I've always been very careful, and I don't know what I did to offend Eldest Brother, that he would send assassins to hunt me down and still not give up on killing me. I can't fight against Eldest Brother, so I have no choice but to come and show my sincerity to Fourth Brother."

The Fourth Prince understood what Huo Jinghuai meant. Although Huo Jinghuai was not very useful, the Fourth Prince had far fewer supporters than Huo Sizhen. He was quite pleased that a prince had taken the initiative to come and pledge allegiance.

The fourth prince feigned composure for a moment, which was considered an admission of Huo Jinghuai's surrender.

Subsequently, Huo Jinghuai requested the Fourth Prince to arrange a position for him in the court, regardless of its size, as long as he had something to do.

"Fourth Brother, I know I come from an awkward background and have a low status, but since I have pledged my allegiance to you, it's not right for me to just sit idly in the Prince's residence every day. I have to be of some use."

The Fourth Prince thought it made sense, and besides, Huo Jinghuai's request wasn't unreasonable. There were plenty of low-ranking positions in the court that couldn't even be called official posts; he could just assign him one.

The fourth prince still possesses this much power and influence.

The Fourth Prince thought for a moment and said, "There is a vacancy in the Ministry of Justice for a chief clerk. You can go there first."

Huo Jinghuai was deeply grateful: "Thank you, Fourth Brother. I will definitely live up to your expectations."

After reaching an agreement with the Fourth Prince, Mo Chonggui indeed took up his post in the Ministry of Justice a few days later.

Previously, Huo Jinghuai truly had no power base or connections in the Western Qi court. With such a weak foundation, even if he eliminated all the other princes and killed Huo Tingsheng, he still wouldn't be able to truly inherit the throne.

This is now the first step Mo Chonggui has taken in seizing power in Western Qi.