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

"Ah!" Qi Ziyang was stunned for a moment. "Does that mean I have to jump two ranks?"

The Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is a fourth-rank official, and the Minister of War is a second-rank official. The Crown Prince promoted him two ranks at once. Is it possible to get promoted so quickly?

"What? Do you feel you're not up to the job of Minister?" Bei Chenyan looked at him coldly.

"How could that be!" Qi Ziyang quickly bowed and cupped his hands. "His Highness the Crown Prince has entrusted me with this important task. I will certainly devote myself to the court until my dying breath."

"Alright! Enough with this nonsense. Zhang Qing is now the commander of the Imperial City Guard. If it's nothing serious, go find him." Bei Chenyan said, then paused for a moment and added another instruction:

"The imperial court needs people now; those residing in the mountain villa should be released!"

The manor was filled with talented and extraordinary people they had recruited over the years.

Most of these people were scholars from poor families, those who failed the imperial examinations, those who had offended the Wan family and Prince Jing, and those who had been demoted.

Every spring imperial examination, Wan Jia secretly manipulates the process, leaving truly talented students from poor families with no way out.

For the past ten years, Bei Chenyan has been secretly investigating the cheating in the imperial examinations. These people were all truly talented, but their rankings were secretly changed by the Wan family.

"Your Majesty, I understand!" Qi Ziyang said.

Emperor Nanqi was lifted up and walked down the steps.

Nangong Wu followed behind with her three children.

"Hello, Uncle Qi."

Goodbye, Uncle Qi!

The three children waved goodbye to Qi Ziyang.

"Goodbye, Your Highnesses." Qi Ziyang smiled and waved to the three children.

"Let's go!" Bei Chenyan took the hands of one child in each hand and followed the Southern Qi Emperor's palanquin out of the main hall.

The palace is under complete martial law due to what happened at today's court session.

Wan's people have infiltrated the entire palace, and the Imperial Guards are searching everywhere for suspicious persons.

Emperor Nanqi was carried back to Yikun Palace, where two imperial guards placed him on a soft couch.

After the imperial guards left, Nangong Wu said to Ai Qi, who was already waiting there, "His Majesty's sword wound may have been torn open and needs to be treated."

The Emperor of Southern Qi looked at his bedchamber, puzzled. "Princess Runing, my health is only just beginning to improve. I still need injections and medicine. Aren't we going back to the medical ward?"

That medical room has all kinds of medicines, as well as various medical equipment and instruments. As soon as someone feels uncomfortable, they can immediately find out the cause. Moreover, the little pills are very effective, so there's no need to take those bitter and unpleasant herbal decoctions.

"I feel that the patient would feel more at ease staying there." He was afraid of drinking that bitter medicine again.

Moreover, he was attended to by two highly skilled doctors named Aiqi, who would immediately examine him whenever he felt unwell.

Nangong Wu found it somewhat amusing. "Your Majesty, your surgery was very successful. Your condition is stable after the operation, and you no longer need to stay in the ward."

That was the infirmary in her space. The emperor's condition had stabilized, and he could no longer stay there.

"Father, let Miss Aiqi check your wound first." Bei Chenyan came over and helped him lie down.

Aiqi immediately pushed over a medical trolley, helped undo the Southern Qi Emperor's robes, removed the gauze bandaging the incision, and saw that blood was seeping from the scabbed wound.

"Your Majesty, I have already told you that you cannot be too willful. Although you are the emperor, your body is just like that of an ordinary person and cannot withstand such torment."

Emperor Nanqi was already used to her "disrespectful" words, and simply smiled, "Alright! Then I will listen to Miss Ai from now on."

"Your Majesty, from now on, Aiqi will be your personal medical attendant until you recover," Nangong Wu said to Emperor Nanqi.

She wanted to take the children back to Runan City the next day, but Emperor Nanqi had just recovered and needed a medical professional to monitor him to prevent rejection of the transplanted kidneys.

"So you're going back?" Emperor Nanqi looked at the children, somewhat reluctant to part with them.

"Yes." Nangong Wu nodded to him. "I'll go back to Runan City first and then come back in three or four days to give you a check-up. Don't worry."

He needs a full-body check-up every few days. The equipment is in her space. She has to come back. Anyway, there's a helicopter. It can fly there in one night.

When the Emperor of Southern Qi heard that she would be back in a few days, he immediately became happy again, "Then you must bring a few children back with you."

"Okay, I'll go back." Nangong Wu agreed.

Just then, Wei Yang came to find Bei Chenyan, but hesitated to speak.

"Your Highness, go ahead and attend to your business! I don't need to worry about you here," Emperor Nanqi waved for him to leave.

"Then I'll take care of my business first, and I'll come back to have lunch with you at noon." Bei Chenyan cupped his hands and withdrew.

Nangong Wu returned to the East Palace with her three children.

After lunch, Nangong Wu took the three children into the space to bathe them and then let them take a nap.

"Mother, will you take a nap with me today?" Nangong Xi hugged Nangong Wu's neck and acted coquettishly. "You haven't taken a nap with Xi'er for many days."

"Xi'er, you're so old already, and you still make your mother sleep with you. Aren't you ashamed?" Nangong Jue made a face at Nangong Xi.

"Jue'er, I'm talking badly about you, don't talk to me anymore." Nangong Xi buried her head in her mother's arms.

"Jue'er, you can't talk about your sister like that." Nangong Wu picked up her daughter. "The three of you have all washed up, go to bed now."

"Yes, Mother."

"Yes, Auntie."

Nangong Yu, Nangong Jue, and Luo Yushao responded and went back to their respective rooms to sleep.

Just as Nangong Wu was about to enter the room with her daughter in her arms, she saw Bei Chenyan walk into Tianhua Palace from outside the space.

He entered the bedchamber and found no one there, knowing they had all gone into their spatial dimension, so he sat down and waited.

Nangong Wu knew he was busy and must have something to do to come here, so she put Xi'er on the bed and let her sleep by herself before slipping out of the space.

"Weren't you busy? Why are you here now?"

"It's a bit busy, but there are more important things to do right now." Bei Chenyan stood up. "We're going to the Fan family now to dig out the gold and silver treasures that Old Master Fan buried."

Nangong Wu stood still. "Go dig when you're not busy! Just dig it up and put it into your Nanqi Kingdom's treasury. I want to go back to Runan City tonight and come back in a few days."

Bei Chenzhan's private treasury and the Wan family's underground palace treasures are all in her space. There are already too many gold and silver jewels. Her trip to the capital of Nanqi Kingdom was not in vain. She can leave the Fan family's things to him.

"Today, the imperial court confiscated the mansions of several corrupt officials. The confiscated gold and silver have been deposited into the national treasury, so there's no need to worry about the treasury running out of money." Bei Chenyan came over and extended his hand to her.

"Let's go! The Fan family's wealth is private property and doesn't need to be added to the national treasury. Since you're too embarrassed to take it, let it serve as my private treasury. I'll dig it out and temporarily store it in your space."