Chapter 767 - 768 The Prince is Deposed (4)_1
Huo Yuan leisurely finished his meal, putting down his bowl and chopsticks. Seeing this, the prison guard immediately brought in freshly washed fruits and tea, placing them on the small table. He then collected the leftovers from Huo Yuan’s meal, conveniently tossing them into the nearby cell.
Seeing this, the waiting prisoners immediately turned red-eyed, scrambling for the scraps. Some even started to fight for them. The stronger ones managed to grab some, while the weaker and meeker inmates could only squat helplessly in the corners, salivating as they watched the others eat.
Huo Yuan glanced at these pitiful souls, shook his head, and pulled out an ingot of silver from his bag. He then said to the prison guard, "Go buy some roasted chickens for them to eat."
"Thank you, Young Master Huo, thank you, Young Master Huo...."
The inmates were immensely grateful. Some had been imprisoned for years and hadn’t tasted meat in all that time. Their desire for meat was so intense that they wished they could chew their own tongues out of frustration. Hearing that Young Master Huo was offering them meat, several inmates were so moved that they almost burst into tears!
However, Huo Yuan didn’t have the time to care about their expressions of gratitude. At this moment, all his thoughts were focused on Jin Guifei.
The Prince had been assassinated, and Jin Guifei would certainly leave the palace to visit him. If she were to leave the palace, the assassins he had arranged would...
His eyelids dropped, and he started to smile.
This was what he had planned. However, the fact was that Jin Guifei had not left the palace at all. It was not that she didn’t want to, but upon hearing that the Prince had been attacked, she had wanted to go to him immediately. However, she fainted due to the intense shock, and when she woke up, she was so weak she couldn’t even get out of bed. She had fallen ill, and her condition was deteriorating so fast that she had to rely on others to even turn in bed, let alone visit someone.