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

Chapter 551

Kitayome Palace.

This is the most remote corner of the palace, a desolate and lifeless place with dilapidated houses, crumbling palace walls, and eaves and brackets covered in cobwebs.

In the beautiful early spring of March, when the grass was growing and birds were singing, and the spring sunshine was bright, there was only a desolate place overgrown with weeds, as gloomy and desolate as a graveyard, as if even the sunlight outside could not shine in.

This is the place where Xie Qingmo and Huo Xiu were imprisoned back then.

Huo Sizhen had only been imprisoned for two days, and unlike the concubines and princes who were confined to the cold palace, he hadn't gone mad or become stupid. At this moment, he was like a trapped beast, pacing anxiously back and forth within the narrow palace walls.

His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was disheveled, and he had completely lost the demeanor and composure he usually displayed as the crown prince.

Suddenly, a very slight sound came from the top of the wall. Huo Sizhen turned his head and saw Fu Shiyan fall down from the top of the wall.

Fu Shiyan's complexion was much better than before, basically normal, with only a faint trace of dark energy between his brows, but it was barely noticeable without close inspection.

Judging from his light and agile movements, like a dragonfly or a swallow, his martial arts skills have probably recovered quite well.

Perhaps because the poison was neutralized by the Gu worms raised by many living people, he had an indescribable aura of blood and death about him.

Huo Sizhen was overjoyed to see the Talisman Master's banquet.

"How was it? The prescription I gave you really worked!"

Fu Shi Yan nodded: "It was indeed effective. 'Naihe' is a man of his word. I owe you a mission, so I came to find you. Now that you have been deposed as crown prince, has the mission you wanted 'Naihe' to assassinate the emperor for you changed? If you want to change it, for example, to kill someone else, or I can rescue you now, that's fine too."

According to the rules of "Naihe", if the employer dies during the mission, the mission will automatically terminate and become invalid.

Huo Sizhen is still alive, so the mission should continue. However, Huo Sizhen has been deposed as crown prince, so even if he successfully assassinates the emperor, it may not mean anything to him. That's why Fu Shiyan came to ask Huo Sizhen personally if he wanted to change the mission.

Huo Sizhen understood what Fu Shiyan meant. He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"No change! You'll still carry out the assassination!"

He essentially saved Fu Shiyan's life. Fu Shiyan owed him a significant task, and he knew he could now make many demands of Fu Shiyan.

But even if he escapes, he can only live a life of hiding and living under an assumed name. What's the point then?

This is not the second half of his life he wanted!

Rather than living a life of ignominy, it's better to make the most of this last deal and go all in!

If Huo Tingsheng were assassinated, the court and the public would be in chaos, and no one would care whether he stayed in the Cold Palace or not. He might still have a chance then!

Fu Shiyan did not object: "Okay. But let me make it clear first, 'Naihe' will do its best to complete the mission, but given that you are unable to pay the remaining half of the reward, we will only carry out this assassination once. If it succeeds, great; if it fails, we will not do it again."

Huo Sizhen clenched his fist: "...Okay."

He no longer had the means to negotiate with Fu Shiyan; whether it would succeed this time was up to fate.

If it fails, then it's fate that he's doomed; but if it succeeds, he might still be able to turn his life around!

Fu Shi Yan said nothing more and turned to leave.