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

Emperor Mingde stood there with his back to her, looking coldly at the dragon throne on the imperial steps, a throne that represented supreme status and dignity.

If there is retribution and the cycle of karma, why haven't those bad people who have done so many bad things received their retribution?

The Ming family has completely disappeared, but its crown prince will never return.

"Emperor, you unfilial son! I haven't lost yet! Just you wait, it won't be long before you come begging to me..." The Empress Dowager's resentful curses faded into the distance.

Emperor Mingde frowned, a sense of unease rising in his heart. Could it be that the Empress Dowager and the Ming family had some other tricks up their sleeves?

"Someone come here!"

A Shadow Blade entered and knelt on one knee before him. "Please give your orders, Your Majesty."

"Go and investigate for me whether the Ming family still has any remnants!"

"As you command!"

outside the palace.

After receiving Nangong Wu's secret letter, Nangong Heng returned to the capital with Su Siyan yesterday evening. He led 50,000 men into the imperial city through secret passages, ambushed them in various corners, and sealed off all the entrances to the secret passages.

When Nangong Wu fired the signal flare, all 50,000 people rushed out.

Li Zhan, Li Shuang, and several other Flying Feather Guards also arrived. They divided into four teams, first taking control of all the city gates, and then, in coordination with their own people in the rebel army, killed all the main rebel leaders!

Most of the ordinary soldiers were just following orders, and when they saw that their leaders were all dead, they all dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Nangong Heng did not make things difficult for them, and let them pick up their weapons again and continue to guard the city gate, only the officials and generals were replaced by their own people.

Nangong Wu brought Beichen Yan to join them, and after taking full control of the imperial city, they then went to deal with the 70,000 rebel troops outside the city.

South Gate.

Nangong Wu ordered the heads of dozens of rebel leaders to be thrown down below the city gate.

"Listen up, you demonic cultivator Xuan Qingzi! The deposed Prince Nangong Xun has been killed by us! These people were all his lackeys, and now they have all been executed!" Li Zhan focused his energy in his dantian and carried his voice far away.

"Ahhh..."

The rebel soldiers below the city gate, seeing the familiar faces of those people, let out cries of fear.

These people were all Nangong Xun's capable henchmen, and they were all killed. That means their attempt to force him to abdicate failed!

Nangong Wu also spoke up: "I know that you ordinary soldiers are just following orders and were forced to come by your leaders."

"If you drop your weapons and kneel down to surrender, I will forgive your mistakes."

"If you capture these mounted men ahead, you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold for each head, a reward I will personally bestow."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers lined up behind them looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Prince Zhenyuan, is what you said true?" a tall soldier asked loudly.

"What are you doing?"

The dozens of men on horseback immediately turned their horses around, drew their swords, and pointed them at the man, shouting, "If you spread any more rumors and nonsense, I'll kill you first!"

"Come on! I've had enough of you!" The soldier pointed his broadsword at him. "I've had enough of you all!"

Seeing that the ordinary soldiers were wavering, Nangong Wu shouted again, "Brother, what I said is true! If you rebel against these few dozen people, I will forgive your past transgressions and even reward you!"

One of the rebel leaders panicked, "None of you should believe this woman. She is the most ruthless person. If you put down your knives, you will be lambs to the slaughter."

Nangong Wu's gaze turned icy. "Xiao Lin, kill him!"

"Alright!" Bei Chenyan took the bow and arrow from a soldier, drew out three more arrows, nocked them on the bowstring, and spread his arms.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

The arrow shot down with a powerful whooshing sound.

The clamoring rebel general was also quite capable; sensing the murderous aura behind him, he leaped from his horse and dodged the three arrows.

But then Bei Chenyan's three arrows came flying in.

The rebel general performed a graceful somersault in mid-air to dodge the first arrow, then swung his broadsword to deflect the second arrow. The third arrow followed, and this time he couldn't dodge it.

"Pfft~~" The third arrow struck his throat.

"Bang!"

The rebel general fell heavily to the ground and died!

Nangong Wu was taken aback. She hadn't expected Bei Chenyan to be such a good archer. Not only was his archery superb, but his arm strength was also considerable.

"How was it? Didn't disappoint you?" Bei Chenyan met her surprised gaze and raised his eyebrows smugly.

Nangong Wu nodded, "Alright, I will remember this merit."

Bei Chenyan looked at her, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Brothers, we were all captured by Nangong Xun to serve him. Now that the bastard is dead, and with Prince Zhenyuan standing up for us, we will rebel against them!" The tall soldier shouted, raising his broadsword.

"Yes! They've rebelled!" Some soldiers shouted, raising their weapons.

Seeing that things were going badly, the mounted rebel leaders shouted, "Retreat!"

He lashed out with his whip and spurred his horse away.

"Retreat!" The other rebel leaders quickly followed suit.

"Quick! Stop them! Kill them and we can atone for our sins!"

The rebel soldiers rushed forward, trying to stop the people.

"Trying to escape?" Bei Chenyan drew three more arrows and shot them at the person who had run away first.

That person was also skilled in martial arts, but he only managed to dodge one arrow. He was hit in the shoulder and back and fell off his horse.

Some rebel soldiers quickly caught up and slashed wildly with their knives.

On the city gate, everyone shot arrows, bringing down all of the dozens of rebel leaders.

The city gates opened.

Nangong Wu and Nangong Heng led their troops out of the city.

All 70,000 rebel soldiers knelt down and surrendered.

Nangong Wu walked up to the tall soldier and asked, "I just heard you say that you were captured by Nangong Xun?"

"This humble soldier greets Prince Zhenyuan." The tall soldier kowtowed deeply to her before answering her question:

"Yes, we have more than 18,000 men in total. They were all captured from various places by Prince Rui's men and brought to Qingfeng Village, where they forced us to train every day."

"We came here today not of our own volition, Your Highness, please have mercy on us unfortunate people!"

Nangong Wu understood; these people were Nangong Xun's private soldiers stationed at Qingfeng Village.

"I am aware of your affair."

She walked up to another soldier, whose uniform suggested he was a centurion.

"And you?"

"Your Highness, I am a centurion in the East Camp. Before we left the camp, no one told us what we were going to do, nor were we allowed to ask."

After we arrived here, we learned that these leaders were... the deposed King Rui's men, and they wanted to force His Majesty to abdicate.

"We had no choice but to come here. Please, Your Highness, spare our lives, since we haven't done anything wrong." After saying this, the centurion kowtowed heavily to her.