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

The next moment, a large group of people rushed in from outside the door, drawing their swords and knives and pointing them directly at Nangong Wu.

"Miss!" Li Shuang stepped in front of Nangong Wu, her long sword pointed directly at Shi Shengqing. "Shi Shengqing, in broad daylight, are you trying to kill your own daughter?"

Shi Shengqing sneered, "You wretched girl! I should have strangled you back then and sent you to hell with your money-grubbing mother. Otherwise, none of this would have happened."

"Don't panic!" Nangong Wu pulled Li Shuang away and sneered, "Shi Shengqing, you tried to burn me to death last night but failed. Do you think these good-for-nothings can touch me?"

"You wretched girl, I was going to give you a way out, but you insisted on courting death." Shi Shengqing pointed at her through gritted teeth. "Qiong'er is the future Crown Princess chosen by the Empress. You dared to hit her, which is simply courting death. This time, no one can protect you."

"The future Crown Princess? How shameless of them. Did His Majesty issue an imperial decree to bestow a marriage upon them? Without an imperial decree, they claim their daughter is the future Crown Princess. Aren't they ashamed?" Nangong Wu mocked.

She knew that Empress Wan had repeatedly petitioned Emperor Nanqi to grant a marriage between Bei Chenyan and Shi Peiqiong, but her requests had been rejected each time.

"You wicked girl! What do you know?" Shi Shengqing was enraged by her words. "Do it! Cut off her limbs first."

"Father, please wait a moment." Shi Peiqiong walked in again, supported by a maid, her face no longer showing the weakness and hypocrisy she had just displayed.

"Fan Wuyou, so many things were stolen from the manor last night. We know you stole them. If you obediently return them all, we can pretend nothing happened and even find you a good marriage so you can live a worry-free life!"

Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to leave this door today.

"You dare?" Li Shuang took out the token given to her by Bei Chenyan and held it up in front of Shi Shengqing.

"The Crown Prince's token is here; let's see who dares to touch my young lady!"

Upon seeing this, Shi Shengqing and Shi Peiqiong both turned pale.

Li Shuang held a black iron token in her hand, with the three characters "Crown Prince's Token" engraved on it.

"It really is the Crown Prince's token!" The guards and assassins around him, who were holding swords, all took a few steps back.

"It's fake, it's fake!" Shi Peiqiong pointed at Nangong Wu, her vicious gaze mirroring Wan Shuhua's. "Fan Wuyou, how dare you forge the Crown Prince's token! You're dead!"

She knew Bei Chenyan's character; he never got close to women. How could he possibly give his token to a woman? Besides, how could Fan Wuyou, an orphan abandoned by her family, possibly have any connection with the crown prince of a country?

"You must seize this wretched girl immediately, and I will take responsibility for any problems that arise!" Shi Shengqing only wanted to kill Fan Wuyou now, lest things get complicated.

Upon hearing this, the guards and Wan family assassins raised their swords and were about to strike.

"Li Shuang, don't move." Nangong Wu pushed Li Shuang behind her, drew the soft sword from her waist, and it was like a silver dragon being unsheathed, accompanied by a crisp hissing sound.

She hadn't had a real fight in a long time, so she decided to stretch her muscles today.

Moreover, she wanted to show Shi Shengqing what it was like to kill someone.

She moved with incredible speed, her soft sword flashing like a venomous snake's tongue, leaving a trail of fallen bodies and spraying blood wherever she went.

"Ahhh..."

A series of screams echoed in the lobby.

Shi Shengqing, Wan Shuhua, and Shi Peiqiong were all shocked by her ruthless skills and turned to run away.

"Guards! Kill her now, at any cost..." Shi Shengqing finally realized that Fan Wuyou was no longer the weak and easily killed person she once was.

Within moments, more than ten corpses lay on the floor of the lobby.

The guards behind them didn't dare to step forward.

The assassins dared not disobey Shi Shengqing's orders, but they fought their way out of the house.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" Wei Yang's voice came from outside.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" Li Shuang said.

Nangong Wu had no choice but to stop. "He really knows how to time things."

Li Shuang couldn't help but smile. "Your Highness, let's just have a little fun. We need to focus on our business."

Outside the main hall, Shi Shengqing was ordering people to fetch bows and arrows, intending to shoot Nangong Wu to death inside, when Bei Chenyan arrived!

"It's my cousin, the Crown Prince! Father, Mother, His Highness must have come to see me." Shi Peiqiong was overjoyed, thinking that Bei Chenyan had come to see her, and she quickly tidied her clothes and hair.

Shi Shengqing and Wan Shuhua were also very happy to hear this.

Shi Shengqing is a member of the Crown Prince's faction. The Crown Prince's sudden arrival here must be because he heard about what happened last night and came to support them.

Bei Chenyan strode over, with Wei Yang and Cao Li following three steps behind him.

Shi Shengqing hurried to greet Bei Chenyan, smiling obsequiously and bowing respectfully, "Your Highness, it is an honor to have you grace us with your presence. I have failed to greet you properly..."

However, Bei Chenyan seemed not to see the family of three at all, walking past them without glancing at them and heading straight for the main hall.

"...?" Shi Shengqing froze on the spot.

"Crown Prince Cousin!" Shi Peiqiong hurriedly chased after him.

But when they reached the entrance of the main hall, Wei Yang and Cao Li stopped them, saying, "No unauthorized personnel are allowed near His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Shi Peiqiong became agitated. "I am Shi Peiqiong, the fiancée of my cousin, the Crown Prince. I am not some nobody. Are you all blind? Get out of my way!"

"Insolence!" Wei Yang drew his sword a little further and looked at her coldly. "His Highness the Crown Prince is still unmarried. If you continue to spout nonsense, watch your tongue."

Upon seeing the sword gleaming with a cold light, Shi Peiqiong was so frightened that she took a few steps back.

"Qiong'er..." Shi Shengqing and Wan Shuhua quickly helped her up.

"My lord, something terrible has happened." The steward rushed over and handed Shi Shengqing a secret letter.

Inside the lobby, Bei Chenyan frowned as he saw the corpses lying all over the floor.

"If you had come any later, I would have slaughtered the entire Shi family," Nangong Wu said calmly.

Bei Chenyan stepped over the corpses and went inside, where he saw Nangong Wu sitting in the main seat, carefully wiping her soft sword with a handkerchief.

"Were you bullied?"

Nangong Wu glanced at him. "Yes, that's why I killed someone."

"Let Shi Shengqing in," Bei Chenyan instructed, and sat down in the main seat on the left.

When Shi Shengqing entered, he was secretly alarmed when he saw the two people sitting in the main seat.

How could this wicked girl sit in the same seat as the Crown Prince? What is the relationship between these two?

He approached Bei Chenyan and respectfully cupped his hands, saying, "Your humble servant greets Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Just now, he received a secret letter from Wan Wenting, and learned about what happened in the court today.

The Crown Prince has defied the Empress, killed Ji Tong, the Imperial City Guard, and refused to help them find their lost treasure. He is no longer on their side. Tell him to be careful.