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

Prince Rui's guards rushed over and stood in front of Nangong Xun.

"Snap!" Nangong Wu's second whip lashed out.

The guards dared not fight back and could only shield their master with their bodies. The guard in front closed his eyes and took the whip blow on his back, leaving a bloody welt.

When Xiao Lin saw that they were fighting, he was so shocked that he quickly picked up Nangong Jue from the soft couch, holding one child in each arm, and hid in a corner, looking trembling with fear.

"Damn Nangong Xun, I've put up with you for too long!" Nangong Wu roared, and lashed out with the third whip.

A guard grabbed the end of the whip with his bare hands, ignoring his bleeding hands, and knelt down before her.

"Your Highness, the Prince is in a bad mood, that's why he spoke rudely. Please don't hit him anymore."

If these two were to fight, someone would inevitably get hurt, and regardless of who wins in the end, the emperor would hold them accountable, and neither of them, as guards, would be treated well.

"Nangong Wu, you crazy woman, I'm going to kill you!" Nangong Xun was furious and wanted to rush over and fight her to the death.

"Your Highness, please calm down and don't act impulsively!" His two guards each grabbed one of his legs.

"Get out of my way!" Nangong Xun felt a lump in his throat, an unbearable discomfort.

"Your Highness, please reconsider!" the guard urged him despite the pressure.

Nangong Wu had just donated several hundred thousand taels of silver to the imperial court. If the prince were to fight with Nangong Wu here, it would surely give the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince's men something to use against him.

And those officials who speak out are specifically targeting the prince's mistakes, and they will probably use this as an excuse to impeach him at tomorrow's morning court session.

"Li Shuang, convey my order: anyone who dares to damage anything in the palace will have their hands cut off as compensation," Nangong Wu commanded.

"Nangong Wu, you are just a lowly princess, how dare you disregard me?" Nangong Xun was furious.

If it were anyone else, he would have wiped out that woman and her entire family.

"Your Highness, we've already searched this room and found nothing suspicious. Shall we look elsewhere?" a guard suggested.

"Useless trash, you're all useless." Nangong Xun kicked the guard away.

The guard knelt there, not daring to say another word.

"This man is the assassin. Take him away from me!" Nangong Xun suddenly pointed at Xiao Lin.

"this……"

The guards thought the prince was truly possessed by rage.

But they had no choice but to obey and try to capture Xiao Lin.

Li Shuang and Li An's expressions changed. Fearing that the two children would be hurt, they rushed forward and stood in front of Xiao Lin.

Nangong Wu handed the child to Li Feng, who was standing at the door, and drew his sword.

"Nangong Xun, if you dare to touch my child and my man, I'll make sure you die here today."

Xiao Lin is injured; if he is taken away, his secret will be exposed.

Moreover, given Xiao Lin's skills, he wouldn't just surrender without a fight; otherwise, his secret would be exposed.

Nangong Xun's guards all stood in front of him.

Nangong Wu gripped her sword with both hands and deliberately slashed at Nangong Xun haphazardly.

The guards were all more skilled in martial arts than Nangong Xun, but they dared not fight back and could only defend themselves while retreating.

At this moment, the two children in Xiao Lin's arms were awakened and started crying.

"Waaaaah..."

Xiao Lin looked at the two children helplessly, not knowing how to comfort them.

He glared at Nangong Xun, like an angry father, "Prince Rui, you say I am an assassin, then please provide evidence."

One of the guards rolled his eyes. "Your Highness, now that we know the assassin is here, he can't escape. Let's go back and ask His Majesty to issue an imperial decree to arrest him."

"Fine." Nangong Xun pointed at Xiao Lin, his eyes filled with malice. "Boy, I'll remember you. Just you wait."

He must obtain his father's decree to arrest this person.

Regardless of whether he was an assassin or not, once he was taken away, I'd just kill him to vent my anger for today.

"Let's go!"

The guards secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Nangong Wu, and withdrew.

Granny Feng hurriedly brought in three wet nurses and took the three children away to breastfeed them.

Only after the people from Prince Rui's residence disappeared outside the Drunken Plum Courtyard did Li Shuang speak, "It seems he's desperate!"

"Our people received word that His Majesty has given Prince Rui an order to send officials to make up for the money owed to Shangtong Company within three days, or else his property will be confiscated."

Now, not only does Nangong Xun have no income, but he also has to spend money to fill the gaps. Last night, the warehouse was robbed again. I'm afraid he won't be able to support his 10,000 private soldiers!" Li Feng glanced at Nangong Wu when he mentioned the warehouse.

I feel that what happened last night has a lot to do with the princess.

If it really was done by the princess, then her abilities far surpass those of the prince and the eldest princess.

Nangong Wu sneered, "Then this princess will see if the Imperial Noble Consort can still come up with silver to pay off the Zhou family's debts."

"Probably not." Li Feng guessed: "After Zhou Zheng left the palace yesterday, he started selling off his land and shops, which shows that the Imperial Noble Consort will not help him, or perhaps can only help him partially."

"That's good!" Nangong Wu was determined to make sure he couldn't repay the debt. "Go and make preparations. At noon, we'll go to the Zhou family's house to move our things."

"Understood."

Li Feng, Li Shuang, and Li An bowed to her and withdrew.

Xiao Lin sat down as if they were old friends and poured himself a cup of tea. "Does the princess know that Emperor Mingde has a secret guard called 'Shadow Blade'?"

"Shadow Blade?" Nangong Wu murmured the two words, but she didn't find them strange. "Emperors usually have their own secret guards who are specifically there to remove obstacles for them in secret."

"Do you have a grudge against Emperor Mingde?" The thought of this possibility suddenly sharpened her eyes. Emperor Mingde was still useful to her; she couldn't die.

Otherwise, if the princes fight over the dragon throne, the court will descend into chaos, and the Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion will also be caught in the vortex, which will benefit no one.

"I have no grudge against Emperor Mingde." Xiao Lin smiled as he saw the fleeting killing intent in her eyes.

"Emperor Mingde was a wise ruler. The north suffered from drought for several years, resulting in no harvest, but he did not let the disaster victims go hungry. Even when the national treasury was tight, he was unwilling to increase taxes."

However, Prince Rui, under the guise of providing disaster relief for the emperor, allowed his officials to line their own pockets, with the ill-gotten gains going into his private treasury.

"That's good." Nangong Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Lin's martial arts skills are too high. If he has a grudge against Emperor Mingde, that would be a real problem.

The guards of Prince Rui's mansion searched the Zhenyuan Prince's mansion for a full hour, but found nothing, so Nangong Xun left reluctantly.

Time passed slowly, and it was soon noon.

Li Shuang returned from outside. "Princess, because we haven't found the assassin yet, the city is still under martial law. Soldiers are guarding every street and no one is allowed to pass through. It might be difficult for us to get to the Zhou family."

Nangong Wu stood up. "They're arresting assassins, not me. Why are they stopping us?"