With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

The three of them arrived at the "Drunken Plum Courtyard" they had visited before.

From afar, two old women could be seen standing guard at the courtyard gate, each holding a handful of melon seeds, chatting quietly about gossip about the mansion as they cracked them open.

Suddenly seeing someone approaching, the two old women immediately put away their melon seeds and stood up straight.

But upon seeing that it was Nangong Wu, the respect on his face immediately disappeared, and he gave her a perfunctory bow.

"Greetings, Princess."

Nangong Wu glanced at them indifferently, said nothing, and looked up at the courtyard gate.

The gate to the courtyard is still the same, but the words on the plaque have changed. The original "Zui Mei Yuan" has been changed to "Bao Lian Yuan".

"Li Shuang, smash it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Shuang leaped up and slashed fiercely at the plaque with her sword.

"Bang!"

The plaque was instantly shattered into pieces, with fragments falling to the ground and dust rising.

The two old women were startled and sensed that the newcomers were up to no good. They exchanged a glance and ran away.

Nangong Wu's voice came from behind, "Go tell Nangong Jing that she has half an hour to move all her things out, or I will personally help her clean up."

The two old women ran even faster.

Li Feng stepped forward and opened the half-closed courtyard gate. "Princess, please come in."

Nangong Wu stepped into the courtyard and saw that the furnishings and scenery in the courtyard were very different from the original owner's memories.

It seems that Nangong Jing redecorated the courtyard after moving in.

There were six maids in the courtyard, but they were only second and third class maids. Hearing the commotion just now, they thought that Nangong Jing had returned and was throwing a tantrum again. They were all frightened like startled birds, kneeling there trembling.

"Princess, I will go and tidy up the main room so you can go in and rest," Li Shuang said.

The princess just gave birth yesterday and is still weak; she needs to rest.

"No need, let them carry it themselves. We'll wait a bit." Nangong Wu waved her hand, knowing that people would arrive soon.

The kneeling maids only realized that the person who came was not Nangong Jing when they heard the voice, but judging from the aura of Li Shuang and Li Feng, they knew that they could not afford to offend them, so they remained kneeling and did not move.

Nangong Wu sat on a swing in the courtyard, which was made for her by the original owner's father.

In the original owner's memory, this father loved her the most, and she lived a carefree life from childhood to adulthood.

Because of her privileged life and her naivety, she was unaware of the wickedness of human nature.

I had just sat down for a short while when people came in from outside. Judging from the noisy footsteps, there were quite a few people.

Soon, those people appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

It was Xie, Nangong Qi's wife, who arrived, and Nangong Jing came along, arm in arm with her.

Madam Xie was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. She was dressed in fine clothes, with thick makeup on her face. Her features resembled those of Nangong Jing. She wore a large gold necklace and an exquisite headdress made of gold wire. Her hair was piled up high and adorned with several gold and jade hairpins. She wore rings on all ten of her fingers.

Seeing her nouveau riche-like attire, Nangong Wu couldn't help but curl a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth.

This woman thought that by wearing all the nice things on her body, she could highlight her noble status, but little did she know that she was utterly vulgar.

As soon as Xie entered, she questioned, "Nangong Wu, why aren't you staying at the Duke of Wei's mansion? What are you doing here?"

Nangong Wu ignored her and turned her gaze to Nangong Jing's face. "Are you moving your things out yourself, or should I help you throw them out?"

"What did you say? You still want to live here?" Xie was furious upon hearing this.

She had already heard from Nangong Jing what had happened outside the mansion gate, and she couldn't believe that Nangong Wu, who was so easily bullied, had changed so much.

"Mother, don't rush." ​​Nangong Jing quickly pulled Xie Shi back.

They had already witnessed Nangong Wu's prowess; the two people she brought were extremely capable. If they continued to insult her as before, she would truly take action against them.

"Sister Wu, I've gotten used to living here. If you just want to come back for a few days, I'll arrange another place for you to stay. I'll make sure you're comfortable."

"I'm back this time, and I won't leave again," Nangong Wu said coldly.

"What did you say?" Madam Xie was furious again. "Nangong Wu, what kind of behavior is it for a married woman to come back to her parents' home?"

I heard that the bastard child you were pregnant with gave birth yesterday and should be in postpartum confinement now.

The Duke of Wei's mansion didn't look down on you. Instead of staying at your husband's home to recuperate after childbirth, you've come back to your parents' home. Do you want to bring bad luck back to the Prince's mansion?

Nangong Wu's face turned cold.

"How dare you!" Li Shuang shouted, "Madam Xie, you are nothing but the wife of a concubine's son, how dare you be so disrespectful in front of the princess?"

"Princess?" Madam Xie scoffed. "Who in the capital doesn't know that she had an affair and became pregnant with an illegitimate child, and that the Duke of Wei's son demoted her from wife to concubine?"

"Now I am the Princess Consort of Zhenyuan, and the Prince is the mistress of this manor. You are nothing more than a concubine. How dare you put on airs in front of me?"

"Your Highness? Your Highness? Who bestowed these titles upon you?" Nangong Wu asked her coldly.

After her father's accident, the original owner put away the prince's golden book and seal, which are currently in her space. The emperor has not issued an edict to confer the title of Prince Zhenyuan on her. How can this woman have the face to call herself a princess?

Xie's face twisted into a ferocious expression. "Nangong Wu, your father Huo Jing is dead, and your reputation is now ruined. You've become Zhou Shizi's concubine. The Prince's mansion will belong to our Prince sooner or later."

After Huo Jing fell off a cliff and died, Nangong Qi went to the palace to see the emperor, wanting to inherit the title of king. However, the emperor always said that Huo Jing was nowhere to be found, and refused to pass the throne to him on the grounds that he might still be alive.

Xie cursed inwardly: They are the true bloodline of the Prince's Mansion. Why should the dog emperor pass on the title to Huo Jing, that outsider?

"Xie has spoken disrespectfully to this princess. Slap her twenty times," Nangong Wu ordered.

To deal with this kind of mad dog, just beat it up.

Li Shuang had long disliked Xie Shi, and upon hearing her words, she immediately stepped forward.

"What do you want to do?" Nangong Jing's expression changed, and she tried to stop Li Shuang.

"Get lost." How could Li Shuang let her get close? She kicked her away, grabbed Xie Shi who was trying to retreat to the servants, threw her in front of Nangong Wu, and slapped her hard.

"Nangong Wu, how dare you?" Nangong Jing rushed over to save Xie Shi.

Suddenly, a cold sword appeared in front of her. "Don't move if you don't want to die," Li Feng's voice was chilling.

"Slap slap slap..." The sound of Li Shuang slapping Xie Shi's face was crisp, accompanied by Xie Shi's screams.

"You wretch, how dare you hit my mother!" Nangong Jing could no longer maintain her usual gentle demeanor; her face flushed red with anger.

"Nangong Wu, no matter what, my mother is your elder. How could you hit her?"

"Elder? What kind of elder is she? A concubine's child, basically just a slightly higher-ranking servant." Nangong Wu sneered again.

"Nangong Jing, move all your belongings out immediately, or I'll throw them all out as garbage."

"Someone come quick!" Nangong Jing shouted outside.

She thought Nangong Wu was crazy; she even dared to hit her mother.

A group of guards nearby heard the shouts and immediately ran over, only to be taken aback by the scene before them.

"What are you all standing there for? Go and rescue the princess!" Nangong Jing ordered the guards.