"Are we seeing a ghost?"

"Why are you still raiding the house? There's nothing left."

The commander of the imperial guards waved his hand to signal his men not to speak. He walked in, found a gorgeously dressed girl, kicked her twice, and the girl slowly woke up.

Because he was in a daze, he forgot to disguise himself and his true nature was revealed.

"Ah! How dare you kick me? Do you know who I am? I am a talented woman famous throughout the capital, and the sweetheart of the fifth prince!"

Xu Youyou, Xu Jinhuan's non-blood-related sister, looked at the commander of the imperial guards with dissatisfaction.

The commander of the imperial guards reports directly to the emperor, and even the princes have to be respectful when they see him. After hearing this, he kicked Xu Youyou hard again.

"Don't talk nonsense. You haven't married the fifth prince yet. Wait until you marry into the royal family before you show off to me. Next time I ask a question, you answer it. Otherwise, I'll send you to jail."

Xu Youyou woke up instantly after hearing this. She remembered what happened before she fainted. The Xu family was surrounded by the imperial guards. The Xu family was finished...

But when she saw everything around her clearly, her face was filled with surprise. "Your house-raiding technology is so advanced that you even took away the buildings?"

After hearing this, the commander of the imperial guards knew without asking that this guy had no idea what had just happened.

Then, he randomly found a girl who was dressed decently and was about to kick her awake, but his instinct made him stop and he hit the girl twice with his sword.

Xu Jinhuan then opened her eyes. If the commander of the imperial guards had dared to kick her, the sole of his foot would have been pierced by an invisible dagger.

"Do you know why the buildings in the mansion disappeared out of thin air?" The commander of the imperial guards looked at Xu Jinhuan.

Xu Jinhuan immediately pretended to be scared and terrified, muttering, "There is a ghost, there is a ghost here, he is standing above the Xu Mansion, sucking the house there, and eating it up bite by bite!"

The commander of the imperial guards frowned upon hearing this, and ordered his men to wake up all those who had fainted to see if anyone had noticed anything else unusual.

As a result, most people fainted while scrambling for property and had no idea what was happening outside.

Occasionally, there were people outside who said things similar to Xu Jinhuan’s, saying that houses flew up out of thin air and then suddenly disappeared.

"Watch as the women of the Xu family take off their hairpins and jewelry and take them to jail along with the men. The servants and maids will all be sold again. I need to go back to the palace first and report this matter to His Majesty."

The commander of the imperial guards left immediately after he finished speaking.

Without any restraint, these subordinates acted more casually.

"Stand still, or else don't blame me for being blind with my knife."

Mother Xu was a little confused due to her headache, but she became completely sober when she heard these words. The first thing she did after waking up was to call her child.

"Tian Zhu, You You, where are you? Come to me quickly!"

Xu Jinhuan happened to be behind her. Hearing this, he curled his lips and said sarcastically, "Tsk, mother's love is really as strong as a mountain."

Mother Xu was stunned when she heard the voice behind her, and then she realized that she had just called out to two people, one of whom was not her biological child, and yet her biological daughter heard it...

"Mother!"

"Mother, Youyou was just scared. Does your head still hurt? Do you want Youyou to rub it for you?"

Xu Tianchu and Xu Youyou ran over immediately when they heard Xu's mother calling. Xu Youyou even threw herself into Xu's mother's arms and started to act coquettishly.

It was like this in the past, but now under Xu Jinhuan's scorching gaze, Xu's mother actually felt a little embarrassed.

Then he remembered that it was this evil creature who had made him so mad, and the slight sense of guilt that had just arisen in his heart disappeared.

However, looking at her eldest daughter who was still acting coquettishly in her arms, she sighed slowly.

"Youyou, you are already an adult and you still act like a spoiled brat. Our family is in trouble now. You are the big sister. You should set a good example for Tianchou. It's time for you to grow up."

Upon hearing this, Xu Youyou got up from Xu's mother's arms somewhat awkwardly, but after seeing Xu Jinhuan not far away, her eyes flashed, and it was unknown what she was thinking.

"Sir, I am just a concubine, please let me go."

"Yes, sir, we have never given birth to any children for the Xu family. If we stay, we will just suffer for nothing."

There was a sudden commotion ahead, as if someone wanted to leave.

Xu Jinhuan showed no expression when he heard this, but Xu's mother and Xu Youyou's expressions changed.

Xu's mother walked over first and said loudly, "Even if the Xu family is ruined now, I am still your master. Don't forget that your indentures are all in my possession!"

The aunts were stunned; they had actually forgotten about this matter.

A captain of the imperial guards walked over and gave a direct solution after hearing what was said, "If you don't want to be exiled, then stand with the slaves and we will be sold together when the time comes."

The aunts looked at each other, and some of them made a decision quickly.

"I would rather be sold again than be exiled. What kind of life would I have in exile? I might not even make it to the north."

Her words were like a wake-up call, awakening many people.

Therefore, not only the concubines mentioned above, but also other concubines who had not given birth resolutely joined the ranks of servants.

"Divorce. Yes, sir, I want a divorce!" A woman dressed like a woman in her twenties said while crying.

Xu's mother immediately scolded, "Hui Ru, you are so cruel. You have been married to the Xu family for so many years and have no children. I have never blamed you."

Xu Jinhuan leaned over to look and discovered that it was none other than the eldest daughter-in-law with a distinguished family background that Xu's mother boasted about every day. Now, this eldest daughter-in-law who brought honor to Xu's mother was about to embarrass her.

The captain of the imperial guards asked impatiently, "Are there any others who want to divorce? If so, please tell me now, don't tell me one by one, or I will put you all in jail."

Therefore, Xu's mother's second daughter-in-law also took this opportunity to propose a divorce. Once the divorce documents were completed, she would have no relationship with the Xu family at all.

Before Xu's mother could feel sad, something even sadder happened.

"Brother from the Imperial Guards, I, I am not the biological daughter of the Xu family. I am just adopted from a side branch. Can I not be exiled?" Xu Youyou asked carefully.

Mother Xu looked at Xu Youyou in surprise. She obviously didn't expect that her daughter, whom she had carefully cared for for more than ten years, would be like this...

Xu Tianchu looked even more betrayed, "Big sister, how could you abandon our entire family?"

The captain of the imperial guards glanced at Xu Youyou and asked, "Are you from a branch of the Xu family?"

Xu Youyou nodded expectantly, "Yes."

The captain of the imperial guards waved his hand impatiently, "That's inevitable exile. The imperial edict includes the Xu family's side branches."

Xu Youyou was stunned, then her body swayed, obviously not expecting to be in this situation.

She glanced at Xu's mother and Xu Tianchu awkwardly, quickly thinking of excuses in her head.