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

Li Shuang drew her sword, stood in front of Nangong Wu, and shouted, "Let's see who dares to make a move!"

Nangong Wu made Wan Shuhua kowtow more than twenty times, until a bloody hole appeared on her forehead, before stopping. She then picked her up again and said, "Let's see who dares to lay a hand on her. Otherwise, I'll kill her."

Everyone was shocked when they saw Wan Shuhua's face covered in blood.

"You wretch, let me go! Otherwise, I'll make sure you die a horrible death!" Wan Shuhua shouted. "Fan Wuyou, my sister is the Empress! No matter who you are, you're doomed..."

"Slap! Slap!" Nangong Wu slapped Wan Shuhua twice hard, cursing as she hit her: "You shameless slut who sneaks into men's beds and gets pregnant, serves you right for being so cheap!"

This woman is used to being arrogant and domineering, thinking that everyone is afraid of her. Today, we'll beat her until she can't be arrogant anymore.

Sure enough, people won't behave unless they're beaten. Wan Shuhua's face was covered in blood and swollen like a pig's head. Her curses turned into cries for help.

"Master, please save me... Go get my father! Go to the palace to find the Empress..."

"You wicked girl, what are you going to do?" Shi Shengqing was really afraid that she would kill Wan Shuhua.

"What for?" Nangong Wu sneered, finally getting down to business.

"Shi Shengqing, return all of the Fan family's property to me, or I'll drag your entire family down to be buried with my grandfather and mother."

"Absolutely not!" Shi Shengqing refused resolutely. "I am the head of this family, and I make the decisions! You wicked girl, if you don't release your mother, even I can't protect you!"

He now only hopes that she will let Wan Shuhua go, and that she will appease her so that things don't escalate to the Wan family and that person in the palace.

At this moment, Wan Shuhua in Nangong Wu's hand slumped down, unconscious.

But Nangong Wu wouldn't let her go. She stepped on the woman's chest and said, "Shi Shengqing, give me back the Fan family's assets, or I'll kill this woman."

Shi Shengqing's face was gloomy as he pondered how to deal with the situation.

This matter absolutely cannot be blown out of proportion, otherwise it will escalate and he will suffer the consequences. But we must get rid of Fan Wuyou in order to quell Wan Shuhua's anger.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Shi Shengqing said, "The industry is huge. Even if I gave it to you now, you couldn't take it with you."

"I'll have someone arrange a courtyard for you to stay in first. We'll settle the matter of the property with you later."

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Nangong Wu knew what he was planning, but they had come for the money and needed to stay in order to take the treasure with them.

She pretended to think for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Then remember what you're saying now, and don't get any funny ideas."

"How could that be? You are also my daughter. Now that you're back, I'm going to prepare a dowry for you." Shi Shengqing said as he approached her, trying to take Wan Shuhua away.

"I don't believe a word you say." Nangong Wu took out a pill and put it into Wan Shuhua's mouth.

Shi Shengqing's expression changed. "You unfilial daughter, what are you doing now?"

"Poison." Nangong Wu sneered. "The poison takes effect every seven days. Without an antidote, death is certain within three months at most."

This is her newly developed poison; at most two months, this woman will die from intestinal rot.

"You...you wicked daughter! I already agreed to your request, why did you still poison her? She's your mother too!" Shi Shengqing was furious. He regretted that he hadn't strangled her back then because of that bloodline.

"My mother? Does that lowly woman even deserve it?" Nangong Wu sneered with satisfaction. "Shi Shengqing, eight years ago, this woman sold me to a brothel for five hundred taels of silver. Luckily, I escaped halfway there, otherwise, I would have died in that brothel long ago."

Shi Shengqing's expression changed slightly. He didn't know about these things, but he felt no guilt. Instead, he secretly blamed Wan Shuhua for being inefficient.

"Aren't you alright now?"

"I'm fine, but I won't let what you did to me go unpunished." Nangong Wu deliberately spoke harshly, wanting this family to hate her so much that they would do something irrational.

"So what do you want in order to hand over the antidote?" Shi Shengqing clenched his fists. If he could, he would really kill this daughter in one go.

"Give me back what belongs to the Fan family." Nangong Wu saw the glint in his eyes and knew that he was brewing some wicked scheme.

"Alright." Shi Shengqing instructed the servant beside him, "Someone, go and arrange a courtyard for the young lady."

"Yes!" an old woman replied hastily.

"You all better not have any bad intentions in your hearts, otherwise your wives will die a horrible death." After saying this to these people, Nangong Wu threw Wan Shuhua aside.

The old women and maids rushed forward, helped Wan Shuhua up, and took her away to find someone to treat her.

An old woman stepped forward tremblingly, "Miss...Miss, please come with me."

"I want to stay in the Cai Mei Courtyard where I used to live," Nangong Wu said to Shi Shengqing.

Fan Wuyou originally had his own courtyard, but now he knew that Shi Peiqiong was living there.

Although this woman rarely returned to the Shi family home, she still occupied the best courtyard.

"Peiqiong is currently staying at Caimei Courtyard. You should move to another one," Shi Shengqing said.

"Shi Shengqing, this is my Fan family's place!" Nangong Wu looked at him coldly. "Li Shuang, go and smash that plaque outside that belongs to the Minister's Mansion."

"Fine! You can stay at Cai Mei Courtyard!" Shi Shengqing was annoyed; he couldn't let her cause any more trouble now.

"Quickly take the young lady to Caimei Courtyard, tidy up Qiong'er's belongings, and give her the room."

"Yes, yes!" The old woman quickly stepped forward.

"Hmph!" Shi Shengqing huffed and stormed off.

"Wait!" Nangong Wu suddenly called out to him.

"What else do you want?" Shi Shengqing asked angrily, his fierce eyes looking as if he wanted to devour her alive.

"Have someone open the ancestral hall." Nangong Wu picked up Fan Zhaodi's memorial tablet. "I want to take my mother's memorial tablet to the ancestral hall."

"Your mother's memorial tablet has always been enshrined in the ancestral hall, and women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall; this is an ancestral rule," Shi Shengqing refused.

"Shi Shengqing!" Nangong Wu's voice suddenly rose, "You are just an outsider, while I am the only bloodline of the Fan family. In this Fan family, no one is more qualified than me to enter the ancestral hall."

Shi Shengqing gritted his teeth inwardly, feeling that this daughter was even more despicable than the Fan family.

He made up his mind that he would get rid of this daughter no matter the cost.

"Then come with me!" Wan Shuhua's life was in her hands, so for now she could only go along with her.

Nangong Wu, holding the memorial tablet, followed Shi Shengqing to the original ancestral hall of the Fan family.

Upon arriving at the location, just as Bei Chenyan's men had discovered, the Fan family's ancestral hall had now been transformed into the Shi family's ancestral hall.

Her eyes turned cold. "Li Shuang, go and smash this plaque!"