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

"Nangong Wu, what nonsense are you spouting?" Madam Ming shielded Liu Yue'er behind her, her protective stance making it seem as if Nangong Wu were capable of murder.

"Where are the guards? Quickly drag this insane woman away!" Seeing that his servants were useless, Zhou Zheng had no choice but to call for the guards.

If this woman continues to cause trouble, the Duke of Wei's mansion will lose all face!

Four guards with swords walked in.

"Let's see who dares to move!" Li Shuang raised her sword and stood in front of Nangong Wu.

Nangong Wu took out a bright yellow imperial edict from her sleeve, opened it, and held it up in front of everyone.

"My marriage to Zhou Shaorong was bestowed by His Majesty himself. Today, he has privately demoted his wife to a concubine and married another. This is disobeying the imperial decree and showing contempt for imperial authority. What crime should your Zhou family be punished for?"

Zhou Zheng stared at the bright yellow imperial edict, his face grim.

Upon seeing the imperial edict, the guards dared not make a move.

"It really is an imperial edict!"

The guests then remembered that the marriage between Nangong Wu and Zhou Shaorong was indeed bestowed by the emperor.

The emperor's word is law. Even if Nangong Wu is at fault, the matter must be reported to the emperor, and the emperor will make a decision after the truth is found, rather than the Zhou family demoting his wife to a concubine on their own.

"Nangong Wu, so you also knew that our marriage was bestowed by His Majesty?" Zhou Shaorong pointed at her and angrily rebuked, "You had an affair with another man and became pregnant with his illegitimate child. You are the one who disobeyed the imperial decree and defied His Majesty's will."

Out of consideration for our marital bond, I, the Crown Prince, have refrained from bringing this matter to the Emperor's attention, allowing you to remain in the Duke's mansion and enjoy its prestige and wealth.

Otherwise, you would not only be condemned by everyone, but you would have been drowned in a pig cage long ago.

"Enjoying luxury and wealth in your Duke's mansion? How utterly laughable!" Nangong Wu looked at this shameless man and sneered.

"I was locked in that dilapidated courtyard for over nine months, not allowed to step outside even once, and my food was worse than that of the servants. Is this the wealth and luxury of your Duke of Wei?"

She wanted everyone to know what the Zhou family had done to the original owner of this body.

"That's because you got pregnant with that bastard's child, so you wouldn't run off to find that other man," Zhou Shaorong said.

"You're saying I'm having an affair with another man? Do you have any evidence?" Nangong Wu questioned.

"You've already given birth to that bastard in your belly, and you still want to deny it?" Zhou Shaorong pointed at her stomach.

"I'm only asking you if you have any evidence? If not, it's slander?" Nangong Wu's eyes were icy.

In the original owner's memory, she had been married to Zhou Shaorong for two years, but they had not yet consummated their marriage.

Nine months ago was the anniversary of the death of her mother, the Princess Protector of the Nation.

The original owner went to Huguo Temple to pay respects to his mother who died in battle and lit an ever-burning lamp. However, due to heavy rain, he had to stay overnight at the temple.

Unexpectedly, someone had put aphrodisiacs in the room. In the middle of the night, she felt unbearably hot and restless. She also discovered that someone was slowly pulling the latch with a knife. She knew that she had been tricked, so she opened the back window and escaped.

She went straight to a hot spring pool on the back mountain, hoping to soak in the water to detoxify herself, but unexpectedly, there was already someone in the pool. When she jumped in, she landed in the arms of a monk.

The aphrodisiac is potent; once it touches a man, he cannot control himself.

That one time, the original owner became pregnant.

"Nangong Wu, I have never touched you. You are carrying a bastard child." Zhou Shaorong was furious when she refused to admit it!

These words caused another uproar in the wedding hall.

"So you're saying it's because your genitals are impotent that you made me, your wife, go and have a child with a donor?" Nangong Wu's gaze fell on a certain part of his body.

"You're talking nonsense... You're shameless, utterly shameless..." Zhou Shaorong was so angry that he became incoherent.

Zhou Zheng's face darkened with anger. "Nangong Wu, how dare you! How could my son have married such a shameless woman like you in public?"

"Enough with the nonsense, Zhou Zheng, Zhou Shaorong! You've taken advantage of me, an orphan with no one to rely on, unjustly demoting me to a concubine and seizing my dowry. You're utterly shameless!" Nangong Wu said, then raised the imperial edict in her hand again. "This princess will now enter the palace and beg Your Majesty for your judgment!"

Madam Zhou quickly intervened, "Nangong Wu, they say family scandals shouldn't be aired in public. Aren't you ashamed enough by what you've done? You dare to bring this to the Emperor's attention?"

The Zhou family had done something wrong and dared not bring it up before the emperor.

"Nangong Wu, your maid is the witness!" Zhou Shaorong shouted outside, "Someone, go and fetch Qiao Yuan immediately."

Qiao Yuan? Upon hearing this name, Nangong Wu's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Qiao Yuan was the original owner's dowry maid, and she had long been bribed by Zhou Shaorong. The aphrodisiac incense in the Huguo Temple was lit by this maid.

That morning, the original owner had just returned to the meditation room when Zhou Shaorong and his men came, tied him up, and took him back to the Duke of Wei's mansion.

The Zhou family imprisoned the original owner on charges of adultery, spread rumors about her affair with another man, ruined her reputation, and seized her exorbitant dowry.

Before long, Qiao Yuan was summoned.

Nangong Wu looked at the maid, who had now become one of Zhou Shaorong's concubines. She was dressed in jewels, with the original owner's hairpins and pearl flowers in her hair, and two maids serving her.

When Zhou Shaorong saw her arrive, he immediately said, "Qiao Yuan, tell everyone again about Nangong Wu's affair with that other man."

Nangong Wu gave Li Shuang a wink.

Li Shuang understood and walked over to give Qiao Yuan a hard kick to the knee.

"You treacherous, lowly servant, kneel down now!"

"Ah!" Qiao Yuan cried out in pain and fell to her knees.

Li Shuang swiftly removed the hair ornaments from Nangong Wu's head, the gold necklace around her neck, and the emerald bracelet and ring from her arm, giving them all to Nangong Wu.

"Nangong Wu, you've gone mad! Are you trying to kill me to silence me?" Zhou Shaorong roared in fury.

"Let me tell you, I've already made Qiao Yuan my concubine. She's no longer your maid, and you can't just beat, scold, or bully her as you please!"

"Your concubine?" Nangong Wu sneered, took out a contract of indenture from her spatial storage, and held it up in front of him.

"Zhou Shaorong, you better look carefully! Qiao Yuan's indenture is in my hands. It's a contract that's binding on her. Without my consent, no matter who she marries, I can sell her or kill her whenever I want."

Fortunately, after being locked up by this family, the original owner finally came to her senses and hid some important things.

Qiao Yuan shuddered, but thinking that Nangong Wu was already being controlled by the Zhou family and couldn't even leave the mansion, and that no one in the Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion was backing her up, she felt there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Miss, is it because I told you about your affair with another man that you want to beat me to death?"

You didn't return home that night, and the next day you came back wearing only your undergarments, your body covered in marks from your encounter with a man. The monks at the temple all saw it, and even if I wanted to hide it for you, I couldn't!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Li Shuang angrily drew her sword. "Qiao Yuan, you betrayed your master, you deserve to die!"

"Killing her with one sword is too easy." Nangong Wu grabbed Qiao Yuan's chin, forced her to open her mouth, and poured a bottle of black potion down her throat.