He really is a coward.

After that, Xu Yi never left the mansion and stayed there to recuperate.

Prince Jing also regained control of the Prince Jing's Mansion and swiftly sold off many people. He also discovered that his collection of rare books had diminished considerably.

Xu Cheng, who was standing next to Xu Yi, was arrested by Prince Jing's men and was also beaten with a rod.

After the fight, Prince Jing asked Xu Cheng where his collection of rare books was.

After being punished, Xu Cheng dared not hide anything and confessed in detail how Xu Yi had given those rare books to Shishi.

Prince Jing then sent Xu Cheng to find Shi Shi and retrieve the rare copy.

As a result, Shishi did not return the original rare books. Instead, she secretly replaced them with copies from the system and gave them to Xu Cheng.

After Xu Cheng confirmed that these were indeed the rare books that Xu Yi had given to Shi Shi, he left with the books.

Upon seeing the rare books Xu Cheng brought back, Prince Jing immediately ordered Shishi to be brought back to his residence. The official story was that Shishi was to become Xu Yi's concubine, and that her acceptance of the rare books was an agreement to Xu Yi's marriage proposal.

Many of the scholars who originally intended to cause trouble at Prince Jing's residence had seen Xu Yi indeed give Shishi a rare book, which Shishi accepted without hesitation.

Therefore, they dared not cause trouble anymore. After all, the common people cannot fight against the officials, and when Miss Shishi accepts rare books, she does not force people to do so.

However, Shishi, who was brought back to Prince Jing's residence, was unwilling to become Xu Yi's concubine, so Prince Jing ordered a fire to be lit, intending to burn Shishi to death.

Because when Xu Cheng went to find Shi Shi, Prince Jing had someone follow Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng didn't see Shishi conjure up several rare books out of thin air while he was outside, but the people sent by Prince Jing did see them.

Prince Jing was never a soft-hearted person. Looking at Shishi who was tied up, he asked, "Are you a demon who cultivates in the deep mountains, or a ghost who has been resurrected?"

Shishi was terrified by the scene; she didn't know where she had slipped up.

Prince Jing looked at Shishi and continued, "I imagine you have quite a few rare books on you. If you hand them over, I might spare your life."

Shishi wanted to say that there was nothing left, but Prince Jing had already ordered people to pour oil onto the fire.

Seeing that Prince Jing was not joking and really wanted to have her burned, Shishi could only grit her teeth and say, "Yes, I'll take it!"

Prince Jing then ordered his men to untie Shishi and have her take it out.

At this moment, Xu Yi was pulled by his mother to stand in the small house next to them, because Prince Jing wanted Xu Yi to take a good look at whether Shi Shi was human or not.