Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Ye Zhishao sneered: "Bah, I dared to come in today and never thought about escaping!"

Yang Zhenguang was furious: "You don't care about your wife, children, and parents anymore?"

A trace of grief flashed across Ye Zhishao's face. He closed his eyes deeply and said fiercely, "That is their fate."

"Then don't blame us for being rude. Kill!" Suddenly, the East Palace grounds became a scene of fighting.

Although Ye Zhishao was determined to die and acted ruthlessly with a group of men in black, the number disparity was too great.

In just a cup of tea, the man in black was forced into a desperate situation.

At this moment, there were less than ten of them left.

Gu Xingcheng walked down the stairs step by step and said in a cold voice: "Ye Zhishao, if you confess the mastermind in court, I can leave you with an intact body."

Ye Zhishao dropped the sword in his hand with a clang, tore off the black veil on his face, threw it on the ground, and spat out a mouthful of blood: "Your Highness is magnanimous, but I am ashamed to accept it. If it weren't for Concubine Chen pleading for me in front of the emperor, the grass on my grave would be taller than mine. After I boarded Concubine Chen's boat, my life was already hanging on my belt. Today I am just returning it."

He spread his hands and closed his eyes: "Your Highness, please kill me if you want to. Whether you cut me into pieces or chop me into pulp, I will accept it."

Gu Xingcheng waved his hand and asked Yang Zhenguang to withdraw the imperial guards he brought with him, leaving only the East Palace guards to surround the remaining nine men in black, including Ye Zhishao: "You are not afraid of death!"

Ye Zhishao opened his eyes and laughed at himself: "Everyone is afraid of death. There is no one in this world who is not afraid of death. It depends on how to choose. Your Highness, stop talking nonsense. Just kill me if you want to."

When Qiao Shun and his grandson heard the noise, they came over as well.

However, just as they turned the corner, Ye Zhishao saw it out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly pulled out a whip from his waist, swung it in the air, and immediately rolled Qiao Zhenzhen in front of him.

He moved so fast that the guards had almost no time to react, and Qiao Zhenzhen had already been held hostage by him.

The guards of the Eastern Palace were shocked and protected Gu Xingcheng behind them.

Ye Zhishao's hands were like a pair of pliers, tightly grasping Qiao Zhenzhen's neck, and he said fiercely, "Back off, everyone, back off!"

The guards of the Eastern Palace did not dare to move. They followed step by step with swords in hand, not daring to retreat or approach.

Ye Zhishao glared at Gu Xingcheng: "Gu Xingcheng, let us go, otherwise, I will kill her!"

Seeing that there was still hope of survival, the other nine men in black immediately formed a circle to form a barrier, surrounding Ye Zhishao in the middle. This was not only a talisman for Commander Ye, but also theirs.

Qiao Zhenzhen was so frightened that her face turned pale: "Grandfather, save me, save me quickly."

Qiao Shun was so angry that he stamped his feet: "Why did you catch my granddaughter? You caught the old man. The old man came and exchanged with her. Don't embarrass my granddaughter."

“Oh.” Ye Zhishao sneered, digging his nails deeply into Qiao Zhenzhen’s soft neck. “Dr. Qiao, you are a world-famous doctor who has saved countless lives. If I kill you, I, Ye Zhishao, cannot bear such a huge sin. I am afraid that even if I die, the King of Hell will make me fry in oil in the underworld.”

He pointed the whip in his hand at Gu Xingyan and Gu Xingcheng: "But if they want to kill me and disregard the safety of your granddaughter, then you can't save such ungrateful people, and my goal has been achieved. Everything depends on how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince chooses."

The torch shone on his blood-spattered, sinister face, half bright and half dark, making him look even more ferocious, like a demon in the sky. "Your Highness, Your Highness, do you think what I said is right?"

Su Chaoquan was so anxious that he turned around and around. He tried to persuade her with his hoarse voice, "Hey, Commander Ye, what's the point of holding Miss Qiao hostage? Not to mention that you can't leave this city, even if you do, what will happen to your family? You should just let Miss Qiao go."

Ye Zhishao sneered: "I, Ye Zhishao, am unfilial. Ever since I boarded Concubine Chen's ship, my whole family has been hanging on the belt. Now, I can't care about my old mother and father. If His Royal Highness wants to implicate them, then kill them."

He looked at Gu Xingcheng and smiled coldly: "Your Highness, my Ye family has eighty-six people in total, from my old father and mother to my wife, children, concubines, and servants. If you go to confiscate our house, don't forget to count the heads."

Tears seemed to be flowing down Ye Zhishao's face, but he didn't wipe them away. He let the tears wash the blood on his face into grooves, and pointed at the men in black surrounding him.

"These people were all implicated by me. I forced them to do it. Just kill my family members. Eighty-six people will vent your anger. But their families are unaware of this. Just let them go."

Gu Xingcheng stared at him with his cold eyes and ordered: "Listen to my orders, everyone retreat and let them out."

The guards all stepped back.

Ye Zhishao held Qiao Zhenzhen and the men in black back step by step.

"Please prepare a good horse for each of us, and some silver. It doesn't have to be much, one thousand taels per person will be enough. I don't want it. There are nine of them in total, nine thousand taels. This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for you, Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will help. Tomorrow morning at noon, please send someone to the City God Temple in the suburbs to pick us up. I will wait there and return Miss Qiao intact to Zhao."

"Su Mingxue, get ready immediately." Gu Xingcheng ordered in a cold voice.

"Yes." Su Mingxue took small steps and ran quickly to prepare.

Ye Zhishao heaved a long sigh of relief, and whispered in Qiao Zhenzhen's ear with a smile: "Little sister, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, I just need you to cooperate with me and let this general send them all out safely. I will be at the City God Temple, waiting for your grandfather to take you back."

"You, you're not going to run away?"

Ye Zhishao smiled sadly: "I won't run away. My family is all dead. What's the point of me living? In fact, I should thank you. If it weren't for you, they would have died with me. Why bother..."

The rest of the words came to an abrupt end, and Ye Zhishao's pupils suddenly dilated, because at this moment, his neck was already bleeding, and a few steps away from him, Gu Xingyan was wearing a white pajamas, with one hand behind his back, and the sword in the other hand was slowly dripping with blood.

No one saw how the Ninth Prince made his move. It seemed as if a white shadow flashed before their eyes, and the sword had already touched Ye Zhishao's neck.

"You, Gu Xingyan, you..." Ye Zhishao never knew until his death how a prince who was abducted by human traffickers since childhood, sold into the mountains and only found two and a half months ago, could possess such superb martial arts.

They always thought that even if Gu Xingyan had some martial arts skills, they were just some weak self-defense techniques. They never expected that...

He was once again teased by Concubine Chen.

Yes, General Chen sent so many masters to assassinate Gu Xingyan, how could he not know that he was a top martial arts master.

Unfortunately, from the very beginning, he was the one who was abandoned.