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

"Aiqi, check if there are any mechanisms behind this door?" Nangong Wu asked.

Upon hearing this, Aiqi scanned the area again. "No, Master, don't worry!"

Bei Chenyan said to her from inside the space, "Nangong Wu, let me go out too."

"Okay." Nangong Wu got him out.

"Let me do it." As soon as Bei Chenyan came out, he walked towards the iron gate and grabbed the lock.

With a "snap," the lock was broken by his twisting.

There were no mechanisms set up on the door; he simply opened the iron door.

Bei Chenyan drew his sword and went inside first.

"You stay here." Nangong Wu pulled Bei Chenyan away.

Although there are no mechanisms in the door, there may be some inside the room.

Bei Chenyan sighed helplessly, "Nangong Wu, I'm not that useless, am I?"

But seeing how she protected herself, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he was secretly overjoyed.

"I'm afraid you'll cause me trouble. After finishing this deal tonight, there's still a lot to do." Nangong Wu pushed Bei Chenyan aside, but didn't go in; she just stood at the door.

She switched to a powerful flashlight and shone it inside. Since none of these warehouses had windows, she wasn't worried about people outside seeing them.

Inside were two storerooms, filled with various boxes and some cabinets.

Aiqi scanned the boxes with her eyes. "Master, these boxes are full of gold and silver jewelry."

"Then I'll take them all!" Nangong Wu raised her hand and used her mind to control the collection! Collection! Collection!

"Master, and the items displayed on the cabinet are all excellent. Please put them away quickly," Aiqi called out from within the space.

Nangong Wu, naturally, took advantage of every opportunity, even taking everything from the cabinets.

They had only been in there for three minutes when she had taken everything from all five storerooms, leaving only the last room.

"Strange, there's no connecting door between the last rooms." Aiqi started scanning again.

"Master, this wall is too thick. I can't scan what's behind it."

Nangong Wu took out the metal detector and turned off the sound before turning it on.

After turning on the instrument and detecting it, "there is no gold or silver next door."

Bei Chenyan said, "That room is on the side. People don't usually put important things in the outermost room."

"Where does Your Highness keep your treasury?" Nangong Wu suddenly became curious about his private treasury.

Bei Chenyan was taken aback. "Naturally, it's in the Eastern Palace. Do you want to go see it?"

"No need, I'm just curious. How much money does a prince of a country have?" Nangong Wu thought that since this guy was the prince and the master of the Wujian Pavilion, he must have earned a lot of money over the years, and his private treasury must be very rich.

Seeing the glint in her eyes, Bei Chenyan chuckled softly, "If you want to know, I'll take you to see it sometime. Inside are all the betrothal gifts I've prepared for you."

"...?" Nangong Wu glared at him.

Bei Chenyan quickly changed his tune, "It's a betrothal gift prepared for our son."

"No need..." Nangong Wu was about to refuse, but then suddenly changed her mind. "Okay, I'll go and observe when I have time."

Bei Chenyan helped her collect so much gold and silver jewelry, so she should share some with him. Once it reaches his private treasury, she should leave him some treasures, otherwise she will always feel indebted to him.

"Go inside the space and stay there." With a thought, she swept Bei Chenyan into the space again, then turned and walked towards the warehouse door.

Outside the warehouse, the guards remained vigilant, oblivious to the unusual activity at the warehouse door behind them.

Nangong Wu pulled up the hood of her invisibility cloak and carefully opened the door.

Fortunately, the wind was quite strong tonight, rustling the branches and drowning out the sound of the door opening.

It's late autumn now. In the capital of the Western Yan Kingdom, the temperature has already started to drop and people should be wearing thick clothes. But the temperature in the Southern Qi Kingdom is still moderate, neither too hot nor too cold.

Nangong Wu quietly left the storeroom, carefully relocked the door, leaped onto the roof, and quickly left.

She came to a grove of trees, stopped, and went into the space.

"What's the next step?" Bei Chenyan asked her.

"Wan Shuhua's private treasury, and Shi Shengqing's study." Nangong Wu glanced at him:

"Wan Shuhua is your maternal grandfather's second daughter, and your elder sister is your mother. The dowry the Wan family gave her must have been very generous."

"I'm going to seize your aunt's secret stash now, do you have any objections?"

"I don't want to acknowledge that mercenary woman as family, otherwise I wouldn't have let you into the Shi family." Bei Chenyan took her hand and assured her, "Nangong Wu, I have already told you about my relationship with the Wan family."

Just like the Ming family in the Western Yan Kingdom, the Wan family is a parasite on the Southern Qi Kingdom, slowly gnawing away at its foundation. If the wings of the Wan family are not removed, the Southern Qi Kingdom will eventually fall into their hands.

"In the past, I always considered personal relationships and was afraid of upsetting my mother, so I dared not touch those so-called relatives. Over the years, I chose to run away. But since I met you, I know what to do. I will no longer endure it."

"But the Wan family supports you. If you clip the wings of the Wan family, it's the same as clipping your own wings. Once the Wan family's power is uprooted, aren't you afraid of a counterattack from the Jing Prince's faction?"

Nangong Wu also felt that Empress Wan was the second Empress Dowager Ming, and the only candidate for Empress could be someone from her own maternal family.

Forcing Bei Chenyan to marry Shi Peiqiong as the Crown Princess was simply a way to ensure that the Wan family continued to control the court.

"Prince Jing is nothing but a clown. Everything in the court is under my control. I have been laying out a grand scheme for them all these years." Bei Chenyan's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"The reason I hesitated to act was because I was caught between the Empress Dowager and the Wan family, and I wasn't entirely confident."

Now that you've helped, let's get rid of Shi Shengqing first, this parasite, and give the Wan family a warning. If they behave themselves and behave properly, I can leave them alone for the sake of the Empress Dowager.

If they remain obstinate or harbor any improper thoughts, then I will make them the second Ming family.

After witnessing Nangong Wu's decisiveness, he realized that he lacked the courage a crown prince should have and only knew how to avoid trouble. From now on, he would never be indecisive again.

"In that case, let's go to the courtyard where Wan Shuhua lives first." Nangong Wu pulled up her hat and flashed out of the space.

Bei Chenyan grabbed her and followed her out of the space. "I'll take you there."

Before Nangong Wu could speak, Bei Chenyan grabbed her waist and flew away.

When he was young, he visited the Shi family mansion several times and knew where Wan Shuhua lived!

A little while later, they flew down onto a rooftop and crouched down.

"Wan Shuhua's dowry and personal belongings are all kept in the right wing of the main house. The door to the wing is sealed off from the inside, so you can only enter from the main house," Bei Chenyan whispered to her.

Nangong Wu faintly heard voices, and carefully picked up a tile to look at the situation inside the house below.