"Take all these people back, lock them up in solitary confinement, and keep them under strict guard," Xiong Yingxiang shouted in a loud voice.

"Yes, sir!" The soldiers who followed were equally enthusiastic. They weren't joking; these weren't prisoners, they were all money!

After Ji Fengyao returned to the car, Shang Xiye lowered the partition on three sides of the car, reached out and held her chubby little hand, and asked in a low voice, "Are you feeling better?"

"Alright, alright," Ji Fengyao said happily.

This trip not only allowed me to beat someone up and vent my anger, but I also have the chance to make six million taels of silver for free. I couldn't be happier! Hahaha!

"Too much of a dream," Ji Fengyao muttered to herself, "It seems I'll have to let Chen Ziying, this money-giving girl, keep jumping around so that my wealth can keep rolling in!"

Shang Xiye: "..."

My little wife is so cute, I really want to hold her in my arms and give her a good squeeze.

However, we have to help our young wife fulfill her wish, right?

For the next two days, the spies from the Duke of Chen's mansion were able to "smoothly" find out about Xiong Yingxiang's progress in the case: those who were arrested vomited up like beans, they were so clean.

That's not all; some people even added fuel to the fire, making up all sorts of baseless tales.

What seemed like a simple case of defamation was about to escalate into accusations of forming cliques for personal gain and plotting nefarious schemes.

Zhang Wanyun was completely terrified and clung to Chen Ziying crying for eight hours a day.

Chen Ziying was driven to despair by Zhang Wanyun's crying. Knowing that the Empress would not see her anytime soon, she had no choice but to run to the Duchess of Chen for help: "Mother, you must save your daughter!"

Upon seeing her cry, Lady Chen's mind went blank for a moment, and she asked in alarm, "What... what have you done now?"

"It's all because of that shameless bandit. She shamelessly and vulgarly hugged another man in public, and then she wouldn't let anyone else talk about it..." Chen Ziying tearfully recounted how she had hired people to spread rumors, and how they had all been arrested by Xiong Yingxiang.

Upon hearing this, Lady Chen was so shocked that she plopped back into her chair, staring at Chen Ziying speechlessly for a long time: "...That bandit, how much is the bounty on her head?!"

"Five million taels, sob sob sob..." Chen Ziying cried bitterly. She was not short of pocket money, but she definitely did not have that much pocket money!

Five million...!

Lady Chen felt dizzy and, recalling the mysterious emptying of the treasury after Ji Fengyao's visit to the Duke's mansion not long ago, couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of blood.

If they hadn't robbed their Duke's mansion, how could those bandits have had so much money to offer as a reward?

Those bandits are taking their money and then coming back to beat them up!

If the charges of forming cliques for personal gain and plotting treason are proven true, the Chen family and the Crown Prince's Palace will likely be finished immediately!

With the Duke of Chen and his son having just gone to war, the family lacked a leader, so the Duchess of Chen had no choice but to go to the palace to ask the Empress for advice.

Upon hearing this, even the most composed and dignified Empress was so enraged that she smashed her cup: "Truly, a doting mother spoils her son! Didn't I tell you to confine her to the mansion, but you wouldn't listen! Do you only realize your mistake when the Chen family and the Crown Prince's palace are both buried with her?!"

"She was just seeing your father and two brothers off. She was right under our noses the whole time, but who knew she would still cause such a mess?" Lady Chen Guogong said helplessly, "The important thing now is that the witnesses and evidence are all in Xiong Yingxiang's hands. They may come to our door to ask for help at any time."

"What else can we do? Those people, including that bandit, can't be left alive!"