"They are bound to my Yuan Clan by a thousand threads!"
"If you exterminate my Nine Clans, at least half the people in this court will have to die! Their wives, their children, their relatives and friends—all of them will be implicated!"
"That is why they dare not!"
Yuan Shao laughed without restraint, arrogant to the extreme. "My Yuan Clan stands at the head of all the great houses under heaven!"
"Who under heaven dares to exterminate my Yuan Clan? And who could destroy my Yuan Clan?!"
"Exterminate my Nine Clans? Hahaha—"
Yuan Shao's laughter grew louder and louder. No longer concealing the wild arrogance in his heart, he displayed the imposing bearing of the overlord of Hebei, the foremost warlord under heaven, the heir to Four Generations of Three Excellencies. His sharp gaze fixed on Liu Xie, seated high upon the dragon throne, and he declared fiercely:
"You are not worthy!"
Chapter 264: Exterminate the Yuan Clan! Yuan Shao: Impossible, Absolutely Not
Arrogance. Utter arrogance.
Yuan Shao's words were treasonous and brazen to the extreme, a direct challenge to the Son of Heaven's authority!
At that moment, Xun Chen, Yang Biao, and the other ministers had already cursed Yuan Shao a thousand times in their hearts, wishing they could rush forward and stop his mouth.
Stop fucking talking!
They had stepped forward to plead for Yuan Shao because their ties to the Yuan Clan ran so deep, yet Yuan Shao seemed to have gone mad, casting aside all restraint as he frantically courted death.
"He has gone mad! He has gone mad!"
Yuan Xi was even more frightened, his face the color of dirt. Kneeling on the floor, he shook like chaff in a sieve, sweat pouring down like rain, with an urge to beg Yuan Shao to shut