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

Chapter 586

Huo Sizhen stared at Mo Zhonggui, speechless.

Is this Huo Xiu?

That was the nine-year-old child who was banished to the cold palace with Xie Qingmo back then, who was bullied by him countless times, and who was beaten until his head bled, yet still protected his mother.

He was only about ten years old at the time and didn't really have much of an impression of Huo Xiu, so when he saw Mo Zhonggui in Beiyi Capital, he didn't recognize him at all.

If he had recognized her back then, perhaps none of this would have happened!

No wonder he always felt that "Huo Jinghuai" gave him a strange feeling. It turns out that under this shell was actually Mo Zhonggui, and actually Huo Xiu!

His intuition that he wanted to get rid of "Huo Jinghuai" was incredibly sharp and accurate!

Huo Sizhen suddenly shouted loudly.

"Guards! Guards come quickly! The Seventh Prince Huo Jinghuai is an imposter! It's the head of the Northern Yi Eastern Depot in disguise!"

His shouts echoed through the empty Beiying Palace, but only deathly silence answered him.

Mo Zhonggui looked at him with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"Huo Sizhen, save your energy. Now that I've gotten into Beiying Palace, do you think anyone around here can hear you? Even if they could, would they come and arrest me?"

Huo Sizhen looked at Mo Zhonggui and subconsciously took a step back.

"What...what do you want to do?"

Mo Zhonggui smiled.

“My mother lived for three months in Beiying Palace, so you will live longer than three months here. I’m giving you a little last time to cherish your mother-child bond. Once your tongues are gone, you won’t be able to say anything.”

After saying that, he turned and left Beiying Palace.

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During the sacrificial ceremony to Heaven, Empress Jiang Yunwan's human skin tore off, revealing the true face of a monster beneath. The rumors spread like wildfire, causing a sensation throughout most of Western Qi.

In the end, it was Huo Tingsheng who stepped forward to explain, and the matter was forcibly suppressed.

Huo Tingsheng told the truth that Jiang Yunwan's face was injured and ulcerated, and she didn't dare to let anyone see it, so she used a hood to cover it up, but the hood broke.

Although this truth isn't exactly pleasant to hear, it's still much better than monsters and evil spirits appearing in the sacrificial ceremony.

Because the sacrificial ceremony to Heaven was interrupted and could not be completed normally, Huo Tingsheng had to issue an edict of self-reproach and hold a new ceremony, exhausting himself for a long time before finally calming things down.

But the rumors outside still couldn't be completely quelled. Many people still secretly believed that Huo Tingsheng was just putting on a show, that Jiang Yunwan was a monster in disguise, and that the Fourth Prince was also a monster's son.

The Fourth Prince was also guilty of concealing Jiang Yunwan's injuries and was severely reprimanded and confined by Huo Tingsheng.

He was imprisoned in the prince's residence for a month. When he came out, he heard that Huo Sizhen and Jiang Yunwan had gone mad in the Beiying Palace and were probably in a state of living hell.

With Jiang Yunwan no longer the Empress, the Fourth Prince naturally lost his status as the legitimate son. Furthermore, Jiang Yunwan's reputation is now completely ruined, and he is even considered to have the blood of a monster. His previous advantage in the struggle for the throne has vanished.

No emperor would appoint a prince with such a terrible reputation as crown prince, otherwise his subjects would suspect that he had been bewitched by a monster.

The Fourth Prince was completely distraught. After leaving the Prince's residence, the first thing he did was go to the Seventh Prince's residence to look for "Huo Jinghuai".