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

"Yes!" The commander was now completely obedient to her.

"Give me another sniper rifle, I'm going to find a place," Bei Chenyan whispered to Nangong Wu.

With her back to him, Nangong Wu took out a sniper rifle from her spatial storage and handed it to him.

Bei Chenyan took the gun and flew away.

Nangong Wu knew that he had gone to find a place to hide.

The Empress Dowager's men escorted Emperor Mingde and Huo Jing out of the Zichen Hall.

Huo Jing's legs were so deformed that he couldn't walk. He was dragged along by a man in black robes while another man held a long sword to his neck.

The Empress Dowager was surrounded by them and slowly walked out.

"Prime Minister Li!" the Empress Dowager suddenly shouted, "Get over here!"

Upon hearing this, the Prime Minister had no choice but to walk over and stand beside Nangong Wu, his face grim. "Empress Dowager, please speak your mind!"

"Go and bring the Eighth Prince here," the Empress Dowager ordered Prime Minister Li. "Emperor Mingde is immoral. Today, I will issue an imperial edict to depose him and install the Eighth Prince as emperor."

"This..." Prime Minister Li couldn't help but look at Emperor Mingde.

Emperor Mingde nodded to him, "Go! Do as she says."

He wanted to see what kind of trouble she could cause with only ten people.

But no matter what she does, he won't let her succeed.

At worst, he would die. The only hostage they held was Huo Jing, so Nangong Wu could take action against these people.

Prime Minister Li shook his head and had no choice but to send a member of the Imperial Guard to summon the Eighth Prince.

Nangong Wu was thinking about the Eighth Prince, who was Emperor Mingde's youngest son.

At the age of six, her birth mother was originally just a concubine, and her family was not of prominent status. It was only after she gave birth to the eighth prince that Emperor Mingde promoted her to the rank of concubine.

The Empress Dowager supported such a young child as a puppet emperor, thinking that he was easy to control and could thus control the court.

Lost in thought, she noticed Huo Jing winking at her a few times.

Nangong Wu: "...?" What is her father implying she should do?

Just as they were wondering what was going on, Huo Jing suddenly closed his eyes and collapsed.

He fell backward, and his neck narrowly avoided the sword.

"What are you doing? Playing dead...?" The man with the sword tried to grab him, but suddenly, "Bang!" a bloody hole appeared between his eyebrows.

Nangong Wu fired two shots, killing the two black-robed men who were suppressing Huo Jing.

The other men in black robes were so startled that they all scattered.

"Bang bang..." Nangong Wu fired her gun as she rushed to Huo Jing's side.

The commander hadn't gone far; seeing this, he rushed over and helped Huo Jing up.

"Damn it, how come you have this again?" The leader was so angry when he saw that Nangong Wu had a gun in her hand that he jumped up and down. He hadn't even seen how she took the gun out.

At this moment, Bei Chenyan also made his move. With a "bang!", a gunshot rang out, killing the person who was holding Emperor Mingde hostage.

"Bang bang bang..." Nangong Wu killed three more people who were closest to Emperor Mingde.

Two people reacted quickly, disregarding the Empress Dowager's life or death. They moved with ghostly speed, leaping onto the roof to escape.

"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat..."

Nangong Wu switched the machine gun in her hand to a Gatling gun, with six muzzles spitting fire, and bullets were fired wildly at a rate of four thousand rounds per minute, eventually killing one person.

That leader had the best agility; even after being shot in the back, he remained swift and managed to escape.

"Damn it!" Nangong Wu was furious. Just when she thought the man would run away, Bei Chenyan appeared, stopped him, and they instantly engaged in combat.

Nangong Wu was startled and quickly chased after him.

With Bei Chenyan's martial arts skills, he might not be a match for that leader.

Seeing that the commander had also caught up, he hurriedly said to him, "Go back and protect His Majesty."

The commander stopped and looked at the two people fighting fiercely on the roof, marveling that Nangong Wu had such a top-notch expert by her side.

Nangong Wu's lightness skill was not good enough, so she could only chase after the two people around the palace, put away the Gatling gun, and exchange it for a light machine gun.

As they were running, suddenly, "Bang!" a person crashed heavily to the ground.

Nangong Wu's heart tightened, and she shouted, "Xiao Lin..."

"I'm here!" a voice came from the roof.

Nangong Wu looked up and saw Bei Chenyan standing on the rooftop, grinning at her. "Are you worried about me?"

Her heart, which had been pounding, finally settled. "Are you... alright?"

"What could possibly happen to me?" Bei Chenyan leaped down and stood in front of the leader he had knocked down.

"Did you think I'd lose to this piece of trash?"

The leader was badly injured, spitting out blood and writhing on the ground in pain.

Nangong Wu walked over, raised her gun, and was about to riddle the people on the ground with bullets.

Bei Chenyan quickly stopped her, "Don't waste bullets on a dying man."

Seeing her fire bullets like they're free makes me feel a little sorry for her.

"Don't kill me..." The leader got up and kowtowed to them, begging for mercy.

"You want me to spare your life?" Nangong Wu pressed the gun to his forehead. "Fine, then give me a reason not to kill you."

Upon hearing this, the leader's eyes lit up with hope. "Your emperor has been poisoned by a curse. I can help remove it, and I can stay by your side as your dog, at your beck and call."

"Oh?"

Nangong Wu and Beichen Yan exchanged a glance.

If he can remove the curse, then there's no need to wait for the Bewitching Grass.

"That reason seems pretty good."

"Then give him a chance."

"Okay." Nangong Wu took out a "March Half" poison pill, grabbed his chin, and threw the poison pill into his mouth.

"This is poison. You need to take the antidote once a month. If you don't obey, you'll die."

"Yes, yes, as long as you spare my life, I'll go west and never east." The leader nodded repeatedly. "I know many secrets. You won't lose out by sparing my life."

"Alright." Nangong Wu originally wanted him to remove the curse from Emperor Mingde and then kill him, but now she changed her mind.

"You know how to cure poison, so you mean it was you who administered the poison to His Majesty?"

"Yes." The leader lowered his head.

Nangong Wu asked in confusion, "Judging from your faces and accents, you should be from the Northern Region. You even know how to use Gu?"

"Life is tough in the Northern Region. We learn everything we can to make a living outside," the leader replied.

"Alright, I'll spare your life for now, but you'd better not try anything funny." Nangong Wu turned and walked back.

Zichen Hall.

The commander led the Imperial Guards to surround the area to prevent any further attacks.

Emperor Mingde and Huo Jing were rescued, but both were in poor condition. Several imperial physicians were already waiting there and quickly examined them.

The Empress Dowager lay there wailing, but no one paid her any attention.

The princes wanted nothing more than to tear her apart, but they restrained themselves from doing so due to the constraints of human relations and etiquette.

When Nangong Wu and Beichen Yan returned, they grabbed the Empress Dowager by the collar, lifted her up, and slapped her across the face.

"Slap slap slap..." The crisp sound of slapping rang out.

Nangong Wu was seething with anger. She slapped the Empress Dowager several times until her hand hurt, then took off her shoes and slapped her face hard again.