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

"Bei Chenyan, what nonsense are you spouting?" Madam Wan stood up abruptly, as if a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "Did someone say something to you?"

Seeing her reaction, Bei Chenyan understood.

"Forty-five years ago, my maternal grandmother actually gave birth to twin daughters. On that same day, Wan Sheng invited the abbot of Longhua Temple to tell the fortunes of the two newborn daughters, wanting to see which one of them had a noble destiny so that she could be raised to be the empress and thus consolidate the Wan family's position in the court."

After the abbot finished telling the fortunes of the two children, he said that the eldest daughter was born with the destiny of a phoenix, a noble destiny, and would surely become the empress of the world; while the younger daughter was born with the destiny of a solitary star, an ominous star that would bring misfortune and harm to the family.

Wan Sheng believed it without a doubt and was terrified. That night, he wanted to strangle the little girl, but his grandmother stopped him and begged him to let the child live.

So, the youngest daughter of the Wan family, who was cursed by the curse of fate, was sent away, and the Wan family claimed to the outside world that they had only given birth to one daughter…

"You're talking nonsense! This is completely fabricated. My mother only gave birth to one daughter, me. Where would twin sisters come from?" Naturally, Madam Wan would not admit to these things.

"Whether it's true or not, you know in your heart. I have already obtained some evidence. Once I have investigated the matter thoroughly, I will announce everything to the world and avenge my mother!" Bei Chenyan's eyes were cold.

"Bei Chenyan, you unfilial son! You are just as cold-blooded and ruthless as that emperor. You want to suppress me and get rid of the Wan family, but you are afraid that people will say that your royal family is heartless, so you have to make up such absurd lies to silence the gossip." Madam Wan was very agitated.

"Cold-blooded and ruthless?" Bei Chenyan sneered again. "Wan Shi, if you are truly my biological mother, how could you even want to kill your own son? How dare you call others cold-blooded and ruthless?"

You are selfish and power-hungry. You want to use me as your puppet to satisfy your selfish desires and ensure the wealth and prosperity of your family. On what grounds?

Your Wan family is nothing but a bunch of parasites. For generations, you have all been mediocre and incompetent, making no contribution to the court and relying on your ancestors' glory to this day.

For decades, your Wan family has formed cliques and controlled the court. It is only because Father Emperor has tolerated you time and time again that your Wan family has become so bold, and has developed rebellious intentions, intending to usurp the throne of my Beichen clan.

Now that your conspiracy has been thwarted by me, how dare you say that Father Emperor and I are cold-hearted?

"A shameless person like you, whose eyes are only on power, even if you replaced my Beichen Dynasty, it would never satisfy your insatiable ambition!"

"You...you..." Lady Wan was speechless, choked by his words, and could only curse, "You unfilial son, if I had known you would dare to disobey me, I shouldn't have let you live until now..."

Bei Chenyan suddenly flicked his finger, sending two small iron beads flying and striking Wan Shi's pressure points, silencing her and bringing her cursing to an abrupt halt.

Wan's body was frozen in place, her mouth opened but she couldn't speak, her eyes glaring at him angrily.

Bei Chenyan took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, uncapped it, and poured out a brown pill.

Looking at the pill, a bad feeling welled up in Wan's heart. She wanted to speak but couldn't, and her eyes turned to fear.

"Judging from your appearance, so you're afraid of death too! But don't worry! This is just a drug that makes you unable to speak and weak all over; it won't kill you for now."

Bei Chenyan grabbed Wan Shi's chin, forced her to open her mouth, and threw the pill into her mouth.

"Wan, I'm not taking your life now not out of mercy, but because I want to use you to control the Wan family and find out where my real birth mother is."

Wan was both shocked and frightened; she had underestimated Bei Chenyan's methods.

She had hoped that the Wan family would come to rescue her tonight, but unexpectedly, Bei Chenyan came and drugged her as soon as it got dark. If she was poisoned and rendered mute, even if she managed to escape, she would be crippled.

Upon seeing the medicine, Nangong Yu couldn't help but ask, "Father, is that the Bone-Corroding and Tendon-Severing Pill that Jue'er prepared?"

Bei Chenyan smiled at him, "Yes, Father asked for it from Jue'er, wanting to test its effectiveness first."

"Ah! That was Jue'er's test subject. The antidote hasn't been developed yet. Once someone eats it, they will not only lose their voice forever, but they will also become weak in their limbs and unable to stand up, only able to crawl," Nangong Yu said.

"Yes, Jue'er has already told Father." Bei Chenyan put the bottle cap back on and put it into his sleeve.

Upon hearing this, Wan was so angry that her lungs almost exploded, and she made a hoarse "Ahhh..." sound from her throat.

At that moment, the bone-corroding and tendon-severing pill took effect, and her throat felt as if a piece of red-hot coal had been stuffed into it, burning with intense pain.

"Aaaaaah!"

"You heard that? This is poison my son developed. This is what happens when you dare to insult a few children." Bei Chenyan pulled Nangong Yu aside and introduced him to Madam Wan:

"This is my eldest son, Bei Chenyu. In the future, the entire Southern Qi Kingdom will also belong to him."

Nangong Yu tugged at Beichen Yan's sleeve, "Father, the Wan family is so mean! Mother said that if you encounter bad people, don't hold back."

"Your mother is right." Bei Chenyan squatted down again and said to his son, "Yu'er, let's keep what we did tonight a secret for now. Don't let your mother know, okay?"

Nangong Yu looked at him, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, but I'll remember that the Wan family is the worst. They even tried to kill my mother. When I grow up, I'll beat them up."

"Yes, bad people never have a good ending." Seeing that it was almost time, Bei Chenyan got up and released Wan's acupoints.

Wan's legs went weak, and she slumped down, looking up at him with resentful eyes.

"Wan Shi, you've been so devoted to the Wan family, but now you're a cripple. I'd like to see just how far your good father and good brother can go for you." Bei Chen Yan picked up his son.

"Yu'er, we should go back now."

"Okay." Nangong Yu hugged his father's neck.

"I forgot to tell you, in the Wan family's forbidden area..." Bei Chenyan said, noticing the change in Wan's expression. Sure enough, he saw her eyes widen and her face show a look of horror.

She knew it after all.

"Your Wan family has indeed long wanted to replace my Beichen clan's empire. You built a court under that forbidden area and probably ascended the throne as emperor long ago in that underground palace!"

But all those mountains of gold and silver, the Jurchen imperial guards, and the Jurchen civil and military officials have already been taken away by me. Your imperial dreams of the Wan family are destined to be nothing but a pipe dream.

"Ahhh..." Wan made a hoarse and unpleasant sound, raised her hand to point at him, but her hand fell down again after she had just raised it a little.

"snort!"