Shang Chuyue was young and had always been arrogant and domineering, never having suffered a loss. Now, she was so angry that she didn't care about anything else and shouted loudly, "If I allow her to do it, then I, the princess, can't say anything. I, the princess, will say it anyway. She's a shameless brothel slut!"

"Smack!"

Shang Xiye raised her hand and slapped Shang Chuyue across the face, causing her to stagger and nearly knocking Zhao Ping to the ground.

"Ninth Imperial Uncle, how could you hit me?" Shang Chuyue covered her swollen face and cried out in grievance as she looked at Shang Xiye.

"As a princess of the royal family, how dare you spout such foul language! Guards!" Shang Xiye shouted sternly.

When the palace servants and imperial guards nearby heard him calling for people, they quickly gathered around to obey his orders.

Shang Xiye gently held Ji Fengyao's chubby little hand and said coldly, "The princess is in the palace and naturally doesn't know about those sordid things outside. It must be the people around her who have corrupted her. Tie up all the people around the Sixth Princess and drag them away to be beaten to death. If the Empress asks, just say that I said it. The princesses in the palace should be strictly disciplined."

Although the Ninth Prince was not the principal wife, his reputation as a war god made it easy for him to deal with a few lowly servants in the harem.

The Sixth Princess, in particular, was arrogant and domineering, which led to her maids and eunuchs offending many people as well.

At this moment, Shang Xiye gave an order, and the palace maids and eunuchs who had been bullied before acted with great speed. In no time, they grabbed all the palace maids and eunuchs around the Sixth Princess and prepared to drag them away.

"Princess, Princess, please save me!"

"Ninth Prince, I'm innocent!"

The Sixth Princess's personal maids, Caiqin and Caixin, and the eunuch Xiaoluzi panicked and cried out for help and begged for mercy.

"Stop! Without my orders, let's see who dares to touch my people!" Shang Chuyue was furious, glaring threateningly at the palace maids and eunuchs who were holding her captive.

After being intimidated by her, the palace maids and eunuchs who were about to take action were in a dilemma.

No matter how powerful the Ninth Prince was, he was still an outsider to the palace.

But the Sixth Princess is a mistress they see every day in the palace, and she is also the Emperor's most beloved mistress; if they really offend the Sixth Princess, they might not be able to survive in the palace in the future.

"You may all come out," Shang Xiye said calmly.

A squad of guards suddenly appeared from nowhere, standing in neat rows beside Shang Xiye, and said in unison, "Your Highness!"

"They dare not make a move, you make the move. Afterwards, send all the corpses of these people to the Empress's Qiwu Palace, and tell the Empress everything that happened today, including the Sixth Princess's threats against the palace servants, her contempt for me, and her insults to the Princess Consort."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The guards agreed, stepped forward to sweep aside the troublesome palace servants, and personally grabbed one person in each hand to leave.

Eunuch De led the Ninth Prince all this way, but they still didn't know how these people got into the palace or where they were hiding.

Seeing that they were about to get serious, Eunuch De finally recovered from his shock and stepped forward to plead, "Your Highness, the princess's slip of the tongue must have been due to a mistake by those around her, but Caiqin, Caixin, and Xiaoluzi have all been by the princess's side since childhood, so they naturally haven't had much opportunity to come into contact with the outside world. For the sake of their master-servant relationship with the princess for more than ten years, please forgive them this time?"

Shang Xiye remained silent with a gloomy expression, clearly enraged.

Putting aside the fact that Shang Chuyue's slip of the tongue was unbecoming of the royal family;

If he could tolerate such slander and defamation of his wife, he wouldn't be the fiercely protective Ninth Prince!