"Yes, Your Highness!" Wuying replied, and led half of the armored men to scatter and capture the rest of the Xue family.

Upon hearing this, Xue Yanshou barely managed to snap out of his wailing.

He then rose from the ground like a lump of minced meat, finally managing to kneel upright, his face streaked with tears and snot: "Your Highness, I know I have committed a capital offense and dare not beg for mercy; I will take full responsibility for my actions, and only beg Your Highness to spare my wife and son."

"I never bargain with anyone. If you dare to offend my queen, you should be prepared to have your entire family executed." Shang Xiye's expression was cold and unmoved, showing no intention of interrogating Xue Yanshou.

Knowing that Xue Yanshou's power was waning and that the two of them had no way to turn things around, Yao quickly jumped in from the sidelines, adding insult to injury to make her presence known: "Ninth Prince, you must not let this beast go! He just said that your woman would belong to him, and the other maids would be given to his men. If you had arrived a moment later, who knows what this beast might have done!"

Upon hearing this, Shang Xiye suddenly unleashed a murderous aura.

Aside from Ji Fengyao in his arms, even Xi Que couldn't help but shiver.

"Did he really say that?" Shang Xiye asked the little bandit in his arms, his extremely gentle tone a stark contrast to the chilling aura emanating from him, yet they were perfectly blended in the same person, sending shivers down the spines of those around him.

If Xue Yanshou had felt despair before, now he felt the ultimate fear that followed that despair.

The terrifying legends about the Ninth Prince surfaced in his mind, filling him with unprecedented regret.

Just how arrogant has he become that he has forgotten that even his superior does not dare to challenge the Ninth Prince's power?

"Yes, I told you, so Your Highness must not let him die too easily." Ji Fengyao nodded truthfully, pouting her small mouth and grinding her pearly white teeth, with a hint of coquetry.

She's not some innocent white lotus; she wouldn't talk about morality or righteousness with scum like Xue Yanshou.

Shang Xiye smiled, but the smile was extremely cruel: "Anyone who dares to covet my little wife, I will not let a single one of them go. I will make them regret ever being born!"

Xue Yanshou was originally a person who was extremely afraid of death. After hearing the conversation between the two, he was so frightened that he hardened his heart and wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide.

With lightning speed, Shang Xiye flicked out a finger, using his unparalleled internal force to knock off Xue Yanshou's jawbone, and then struck his immobilization acupoint, rendering him unable to bite or move.

"Tie him up, drag him to the execution ground, and don't let him die until he's tasted every instrument of torture in the world!"

The cold, ruthless voice echoed in everyone's hearts, making them feel a chill run down their spines.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Wu Shang accepted the order and directed his men to bind Xue Yanshou.

Shang Xiye's incredible finger strike from a distance left those kneeling on the ground utterly astonished!

Who said that the Ninth Prince was severely injured and crippled, and had no fighting power or threat?

With skills like that, he could easily take on hundreds of them even if he just sat there without moving!

Before long, apart from Xue Mingtao who was out meeting friends, all of Xue Yanshou's other wives, concubines, and children were brought by Wuying.

The armored guards, who followed closely behind, carried pine crates studded with rivets, in pairs.

These more than one hundred armored guards made three or four trips back and forth before they finally carried all the boxes from the three warehouses.

The vast inner and outer courtyards of the Xue family estate were almost entirely filled with boxes.