Chapter 620 She Wants to Send Assassins Again
Within the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, Lady Guo, through her own methods and beauty, gained immense favor with Prince An.
Prince An doted on her and often told people that his new imperial concubine was a fairy descended from heaven.
However, he was unaware that his bedmate was as venomous as a snake.
"How is it? Is that kid dead or not?" Guo asked the man in black beside her.
The man in black was an assassin hired by the Guo family at a high price. He had accompanied the third prince of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom to the Xuan Yue Kingdom and had ruthlessly tried to kill the prince.
He lowered his head and replied coldly, "No trace of his remains has been found."
The Third Prince, Aruo, was always puzzled as to why Lady Guo hadn't taken his life.
Actually, it wasn't that Guo didn't want his life, but rather that the assassin showed him mercy, remembering their past encounter and leaving him a way out.
Not only did they not kill him, they also let his little white wolf go.
He was able to reach the capital safely thanks to the little white wolf.
When Lady Guo heard the assassin say that the Third Prince was dead, she was overjoyed and had long forgotten about her appearance.
She smiled and said, "Okay, thanks to you this time. Here, the silver."
After saying that, she handed him a bag of silver.
The assassin caught it and weighed it in his hand.
Guo walked slowly up to him, her phoenix eyes slightly upturned as she smiled charmingly, "You are still the most capable. Unlike the people the Prince sent to assassinate Du Wanchun, who not only failed but also caused Qilin Mountain to be burned down."
She said with a hint of resentment, "I developed the most potent poison for him and assigned him the two best archers with the best lightness skills, but he still accomplished nothing."
The assassin gradually understood her meaning: "You want me to assassinate Du Wanchun."
Guo smiled and said, "You're really smart. That's right, I want you to kill Du Wanchun for me. I'll give you double the money if you succeed."
The assassin paused for a moment, then asked Guo, "Your Highness, why are you so determined to assassinate the Empress of Xuan Yue Kingdom? I've heard that she used to be just a rice merchant."
A cold glint appeared in Guo's eyes. "Killing her will surely throw Xuan Yue Kingdom into chaos, which would be a good thing for the Prince."
The assassin shook his head. "No, no matter how bad Xuan Yue Kingdom is, how could it possibly place its fate on a woman? Those are just rumors. The princess must have other reasons."
Guo gently placed her hand on his shoulder, "You seem to be talking a lot today."
The assassin remained cold and unafraid of her. "I just don't want to kill an innocent person without any reason again."
Guo gently patted his chest twice with her slender fingers. "You killed him, so it seems a bit hypocritical for you to say these things now."
The assassin looked down at her fingertips without moving.
Guo grabbed his collar and said in a cold and forceful tone, "Listen to me, do your job well. If you do it well, I'll find out where your sister is. If you don't, you can go to the underworld yourself."
Upon hearing this, the assassin softened his tone and did not ask any further questions. "Yes, Your Highness."
Guo slowly released him and helped him straighten his clothes. "That's more like it."
The assassin suppressed his previous coldness and turned to take his leave.
Guo turned around, picked up the incense pills beside her, and then crushed them into pieces in her palm.
Upon hearing that the imperial concubine resembled her somewhat, Du Wanchun assumed she was an enemy she had met in heaven.
The eerie poison, in particular, made her quite anxious for a moment.
It wasn't until Miss Ren's accident that she gradually realized that she and Zhou Ruiyuan had been worrying too much.
There's something wrong with the flowers on Qilin Mountain; she accidentally knocked them over herself.
She had nurtured that flower for several years, absorbing some of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but unfortunately, a flower is still just a flower, and no matter how powerful it is, it can never amount to anything.
When it made its deal with the Guo family, it couldn't think of any beautiful women, so it created a new face for the Guo family based on Du Wanchun's appearance.
That's why she looks somewhat similar to Du Wanchun.
Guo was unaware that the reason she hated Du Wanchun was entirely because of the incense shop run by Du Wanhun and Aunt Zhou.
In her earlier years, she and her daughter made incense pills from the fruits grown on Qilin Mountain.
The fruit has a unique fragrance, and the fragrant pills made from it can make people feel relaxed and have a calming and sleep-inducing effect, so they became very popular for a time.
Her daughter's incense shop business is getting better and better.
About three years later, a shop called Zhou Family Incense Shop actually made the same incense balls as them.
As a result, their business plummeted.
Her daughter later drowned in the lake as a result.
Her daughter's sudden death drastically changed her personality, and she blamed all her hatred on the Zhou family. Later, she found out that a doctor surnamed Xu had brought the fruit seeds from Qilin Mountain to Cheng'an County, which is why the Zhou family was able to develop the same fragrant pills as them.
She harbored deep hatred for the Zhou family. A year or two later, she learned that it was Du Wanchun who had suggested using the fruit to make incense, and she focused all her hatred on Du Wanchun alone.
After becoming Prince An's favorite concubine, besides power and status, she also plotted to kill Du Wanchun to avenge herself.
Guo scattered the crushed incense pills to the side, then picked up one of the few remaining pills and ate it.
Although the flower gave her a beautiful face, it could not last forever; she could only maintain it by using the petals as medicine.
The medicinal properties of the peony made her forget many things without realizing it.
In her memory, it was the Zhou family who stole their business.
Actually, that's not the case. Her daughter's scented balls were indeed quite good, but in order to earn more money, she reduced the recipe and ingredients, which made the scented balls smell increasingly unpleasant.
Business naturally got worse and worse.
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