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

A bad feeling welled up in the hearts of Wan Guozhang and Wan Wenting.

The emperor actually addressed Empress Wan directly and said that she was not qualified to know the birth mother of his three children. What was he trying to do?

No, as long as Bei Chenyan is the Crown Prince, the Emperor cannot touch the Empress.

Empress Wan thought the same thing, and relying on being the Crown Prince's birth mother, she did not notice that Emperor Nanqi's tone was off.

"Your Majesty, since these three children are the Crown Prince's offspring, then I am their biological grandmother. Why am I not entitled to know the children's birth mother?"

"Because you are not worthy!" The Emperor of Southern Qi was unwilling to say more to her. He looked at the officials filling the hall, his gaze finally settling on the Censor-in-Chief, his voice deep and resonant:

"Minister Mo, it was you who just impeached the Crown Prince for being infertile and disabled, making him unfit to be the heir apparent!"

"Then let me ask you, during the years the Crown Prince traveled abroad, who told you that the Crown Prince suffered from infertility? Who examined his pulse, and what evidence do you have?"

"Your Majesty, I have evidence." The Imperial Censor took out two secret letters from his robes. "These are secret letters that someone secretly sent to me."

"Secret letters?" The Emperor of Southern Qi looked at the two letters in his hand, his eyes flashing with coldness. "Eunuch Yu, present the letters."

"As you command." Eunuch Yu responded, went down to take the two letters, and then came back.

Emperor Nanqi suddenly said, "Why don't we let Minister Xi take a look first and see what's written on that letter?"

"Your humble servant obeys the decree!" Prime Minister Xi took the two letters and opened them to read.

After reading just one letter, his face darkened. "This is utterly absurd! Nonsense, completely fabricated!"

The Imperial Censor and the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, having received a signal from Bei Chenyan, also stepped forward to ask for the two letters to read.

"This humble servant will also take a look at what's written on this letter of complaint!"

"Minister Mo, I ask you, who gave you these two letters?" Prime Minister Xi pointed at Minister Mo and asked, "You had better explain the source of these two letters clearly, otherwise you will not be able to bear the responsibility of criticizing and slandering the Crown Prince."

"This...is..." The Imperial Censor was sweating profusely and stammered, unable to answer.

These two letters were forged by Wan Wenting, and he couldn't answer them at all.

The Wan family spent a fortune to bribe the Medicine King, inquiring about the Southern Qi Emperor's condition.

Doctors generally do not easily reveal a patient's condition, and the Medicine King is not someone who can be bribed with gold and silver. However, since Nangong Wu arrived and was to perform a kidney transplant for Emperor Nanqi, Emperor Nanqi has been unable to see her.

The Medicine King thought that the Emperor of Nanqi was looking down on him, and he was also annoyed that the Emperor wouldn't let him see the pills prescribed by Nangong Wu. So he held a grudge.

When Wan Wenting came to him, the Medicine King simply revealed that the Emperor of Nanqi had been poisoned by a strange poison, that his kidneys were damaged, and that there was absolutely no possibility of recovery.

Therefore, they all believed that Emperor Nanqi was dying, and they discussed how to depose Crown Prince Beichen Yan and install a puppet crown prince instead.

Without Emperor Nanqi, they thought they could easily fabricate some evidence, impeach the Crown Prince for having no heir, imprison the Emperor, and, with Empress Wan, Bei Chenyan's birth mother, falsely issuing an imperial edict, remove Bei Chenyan from his position as Crown Prince.

What was originally a foolproof plan was disrupted by the sudden appearance of the Southern Qi Emperor.

"What? You can't answer?" The Imperial Censor threw the letter at the feet of Vice Minister Mo.

Mo Zhongcheng panicked. "This letter is...it's an anonymous report...I don't know the person's name..."

"This is utterly absurd!" Prime Minister Xi angrily rebuked, "You dare to slander His Highness the Crown Prince with just two letters of dubious origin? I believe you have ulterior motives."

Knowing that things couldn't end well today, Mo Zhongcheng looked at Wan Guozhang and Wan Wenting, but the father and son were so eager to sever ties with him that they didn't even give him a glance.

Knowing he was doomed, Minister Mo knelt down with a thud and begged for forgiveness, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! It was my foolishness that led me to fall into that man's treacherous scheme. I believed the contents of the letter without thoroughly investigating it. I am guilty!"

Everything he did was at the behest of the Wan family, but he dared not say it out loud, otherwise he would be implicated in even more trouble and commit a greater crime.

"Guards! Throw Mo Xu into the death row, and his entire family into the death row as well. Confiscate their property and deposit it into the national treasury. Order the Ministry of Justice to investigate this matter thoroughly." Emperor Nanqi issued an edict.

Minister of Justice Gu hurriedly stepped forward to receive the imperial decree, saying, "Your humble servant obeys."

Two imperial guards entered, removed Mo Xu's official hat and robe, and dragged him out.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I know I was wrong. I beg Your Majesty to spare my family..." Mo Xu's howling voice disappeared outside the palace gate.

Nangong Xi stepped down from the dragon throne and hugged Bei Chenyan's leg. "Father, that bad person wanted to harm you, didn't they?"

"Yes, she's alright now!" Bei Chenyan patted his daughter's head.

"These three children are the Crown Prince's offspring, named Bei Chenyu, Bei Chenjue, and Bei Chenxi. They are now registered in the royal genealogy and are the legitimate direct descendants of the Bei Chen royal family!"

The Emperor of Southern Qi swept his gaze over the officials below, his voice authoritative, "Does anyone else question whether the Crown Prince suffers from infertility?"

"Your Majesty, you mustn't!" Empress Wan firmly objected. "Although the three children are the Crown Prince's offspring, their mothers are unknown. How can they be considered the Crown Prince's legitimate sons?"

She was now certain that the biological mother of the three children was Fan Wuyou, which was why Bei Chenyan had helped her reclaim the Fan family's assets.

Upon hearing this, Wan Guozhang chimed in, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is the heir apparent. The future Crown Princess must come from a noble family, be virtuous and gentle, and be well-versed in etiquette and arts. Only such a woman is worthy of giving birth to the Crown Prince's legitimate son."

"Unworthy to be the Crown Prince's legitimate son?" Emperor Nanqi sneered again. "According to them, only Shi Peiqiong is worthy?"

"Bei Chenyan, the birth mother of these three children is Fan Wuyou, isn't that right?" Empress Wan asked Bei Chenyan.

"That's none of your business." Bei Chenyan's gaze was icy, and her voice was equally cold. "No matter who the children's birth mother is, if I say they are legitimate sons, then they are legitimate sons."

"Crown Prince, I am your birth mother! How dare you speak to me like that? You are utterly unfilial!" Empress Wan, enraged and humiliated, pointed at the three children and asked:

"Bei Chen Yan, tell me, the child's birth mother is Fan Wuyou, isn't she? Fan Wuyou is nothing but a merchant's daughter. How can a child born from your affair with her be worthy of being the Crown Prince's legitimate son?"

The moment the words "coitus" were uttered, the faces of everyone in the hall changed.

Bei Chenyan's face was ashen, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and his eyes were filled with hatred as he looked at Empress Wan.

Nangong Wu's eyes were icy cold. Damn the Wan family!

If Emperor Nanqi and Beichen Yan fail to handle this woman properly, she will take action tonight and ensure that this Wan woman is unable to speak or move her hands and feet, and will be paralyzed in bed forever.