Only his young wife's mind could be quick to adapt to such sudden changes.

He was all excited just a moment ago, but now he's urging us on.

Upon hearing that they could choose daggers, the Qin family's sons excitedly ran to the pile of daggers and carefully selected one.

General Qin's eldest grandson immediately took a liking to a sapphire-encrusted dagger and quickly picked it up.

"Hehe, I want this one!"

Seeing that he had already chosen a dagger, the others also began to select their own.

General Qin's eldest son picked out three daggers from the pile.

He held the dagger and looked at it with a grin.

At this moment, after admiring the dagger in his hand, General Qin's eldest grandson turned and looked around.

When he saw his father picking three handfuls and grinning foolishly.

So he asked, "Dad, why are you picking out so many daggers?"

When General Qin's eldest son heard this, he was surprised to hear his foolish son asking him a question.

He quickly pulled the dagger to his side and said to his silly son, "I'll pick one for your mother and one for your sister. You go play somewhere else."

General Qin's eldest grandson touched his nose and muttered under his breath, "You're the one who knows. You spoil my old mother so much that she's almost as much as your daughter. You have two precious treasures in the family, while your son is treated like a weed. Where is the justice in this world?"

General Qin's family was large, and after much deliberation, they selected more than twenty daggers.

The main thing is that they listened to Shen Yingying's words and gave a handful to each of their family members.

On the road to exile, whether for self-defense or for cutting vegetables and grass, one needs a sharp weapon, right?

When Shen Yingying saw that the people from General Qin's family were still wearing shackles, she said to Ouyang Yuqing, "Yuqing, find the head of the escorting officers and have them take off their shackles."

That bastard attacked us from behind, why should we be polite to him?

Ouyang Yuqing nodded at her daughter-in-law after hearing her words.

He thought to himself: My wife is right. Who am I supposed to be polite to? They've all attacked me. Who's going to give me any face?

So Ouyang Yuqing walked towards Yang Yi.

At this moment, Yang Yi was furious.

In this assassination mission, their entire force was wiped out. How is he going to explain this to the Emperor?

Just as he was at his wit's end, Ouyang Yuqing walked towards him.

Yang Yi's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself: Had he revealed something? Had he been discovered?

Could it be that the War King came to settle scores with him?

Yang Yi's mind was racing with all sorts of thoughts, and he felt extremely uneasy.

But he maintained a calm demeanor, if one ignored the knife hilt he was gripping tightly in his hand.

Ouyang Yuqing came up to Yang Yi and spoke to him directly.

"Remove the shackles from the exiled prisoners."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yi realized that the person hadn't come to settle accounts, but rather to discuss the shackles of the exiled prisoners.

His tense heart was temporarily relieved.

He turned to Ouyang Yuqing and replied in a pretentious manner, "I'm afraid that doesn't follow the rules."

Upon hearing Yang Yi's words, Ouyang Yuqing said to Yang Yi with great annoyance, "You saw it tonight, you should know in your heart, don't pretend with me that you're not buying it."

Either send someone to remove your shackles immediately, or kill you and then remove them—it's the same thing.

"you……"

We'll keep our tacit agreement: you'll dutifully escort me, and I'll peacefully exile myself.

Then let's leave each other in peace. If you don't know your place, then let's settle this with our fists.

Having heard Yang Yi's words to this extent, what else could he say?

There was no point in saying anything else; he couldn't defeat the War King, so he could only swallow his anger and have his subordinates unlock the shackles of the exiled prisoners one by one.