"By His Majesty's decree, leave none alive!" Ma Shunde gave a sinister smile and waved his hand. The armored soldiers surged forward at once!
"Your Highness, Your Highness! Save me, save me! Ah!" Prince Qi had recently favored one of his secondary consorts. She was seized by the hair and dragged away, and in her struggles, her head was cut off with a single stroke. The beauty's head rolled across the ground as she gave her final cry.
"No!"
Prince Qi had always prided himself on his martial prowess, believing that even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, his expression would not change. Yet faced with this, his entire body went rigid. He wanted to resist, to shout, to curse, but his body was held fast. He could neither move nor speak.
He could only watch helplessly as the armored soldiers swept through like locusts, leaving no survivors in their wake!
Treasures were unearthed one after another. Some were smashed, while others were packed into chests and carried away.
His secondary consorts and concubines screamed and wailed as their lives were ended one by one.
One concubine even ran to Prince Qi and begged him for help. Yet right before his eyes, she was cleaved into two with a single slash. Her entrails and blood sprayed not only across the ground, but over Prince Qi's body and face as well!
The stench of blood filled Prince Qi's nostrils. Everything he saw, smelled, and heard was utterly horrifying!
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" The scream that rang out again was painfully familiar—it was his consort!
Secondary consorts and concubines were all playthings in his eyes. Though playthings had their ranks, they were ultimately different from a principal wife.
Now, hearing his consort's mournful cries, Prince Qi, who had been stunned rigid, abruptly