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

Forbidden!

Bei Chenyan and Nangong Wu exchanged a glance.

They entered the underground palace that night, collected everything, and didn't see anyone at all.

Nangong Wu leaned close to his ear and whispered, "If Her Majesty the Empress is indeed imprisoned in that underground palace, there may be other secret chambers."

She felt that the underground palace was a small imperial court built by the Wan family, and Wan Sheng would occasionally go there to indulge his fantasy of being an emperor. He would not imprison Bei Chenyan's mother in it.

"Go to the forbidden area." Bei Chenyan stood up and strode towards the forbidden area in the backyard.

He also felt that there must be other underground chambers beneath that forbidden area.

"Deputy Commander, I'm leaving this to you." Wei Yang instructed the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, then led his guards to follow their Crown Prince.

Bei Chenyan and Nangong Wu used their lightness skills to arrive at the forbidden area and landed in front of the stone gate at the entrance of the secret passage.

They saw that the hidden door had been destroyed and the entrance had been blocked with stones.

"We've already discovered the underground palace, and the treasures are gone. The Wan family probably won't leave the underground palace for the imperial court to discover again," Nangong Wu said.

"I'll help." Eileen appeared out of the space.

Nangong Wu took out a geological imaging device. "Let's look for it first!"

At this moment, Wei Yang arrived with dozens of guards.

"Your Highness!"

"Go and bring Wan Sheng, Wan Wenting, and Wan Wenchen here," Bei Chenyan instructed.

"Yes!" Wei Yang replied and led about ten guards back.

Eileen scanned the surroundings with her eyes, looking for any possible entrance to a secret passage.

Nangong Wu also used a geological imaging instrument for exploration.

"They did indeed bury that underground palace."

Upon hearing this, Bei Chenyan's expression turned even colder.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Wan Sheng and his two sons were brought over by the guards.

"Kneel down!"

The guards forced the three of them to kneel down.

"Bei Chenyan, you killed three generations of my Wan family. They were your relatives too. You have such a vicious heart. You will be punished!" Wan Sheng pointed at Bei Chenyan and cursed angrily.

"And what about my mother? She is your own daughter, so you can be so heartless as to harm her? To replace her with another woman as empress? I am your own grandson, so you can conspire with outsiders to harm me? To try and seize the throne of my Beichen clan!"

"Wan Sheng, if Heaven had eyes, you and your son would have been struck by lightning long ago!" Bei Chen Yan was filled with rage and kicked Wan Wen Ting hard in the chest.

"Ah!" Wan Wenting was kicked ten feet away and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Bei Chenyan flicked his sleeves. "Wan Sheng, if you don't tell me where you've imprisoned my mother, I, the Crown Prince, will cut off Wan Wenting's head."

"Shuli...she's dead!" Wan Sheng said, his face filled with grief, feigning pain. "Actually, your mother had a terminal illness back then. She wanted Wan Shulan to take her place as Empress for your sake. Otherwise, if His Majesty had chosen someone else as Empress, your position as Crown Prince would have been in jeopardy..."

Upon hearing this, Wan Wenchen immediately exposed his lie: "Your Highness, Father is lying. I heard clearly that night that he told that fake Empress that the Empress was not listening to Father and was threatening the interests of the Wan family. He said that the Empress was no longer useful and that he wanted that woman to enter the palace to replace the Empress!"

"You're lying, aren't you! You think you can fool me like a three-year-old?" Bei Chenyan believed Wan Wenchen's words.

Because Nangong Wu had already calculated that her mother was still alive.

"Guards, give Wan Wenting poisoned wine and hang his body on the south gate tower for three days as a warning to others!"

"yes!"

Two guards immediately stepped forward and lifted Wan Wenting up.

"Father, save me!" Wan Wenting panicked when he saw that Bei Chenyan was really going to kill him. "Your Highness, spare me! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything..."

"Wan Wenting!" Wan Sheng suddenly shouted, "Bei Chenyan is an ingrate. Even if you tell him everything, he won't let the Wan family off the hook."

"Father, I don't want to die." Wan Wenting broke free from the guard's hand and kowtowed to Bei Chenyan, his forehead hitting the ground with a "thump, thump, thump".

"Your Highness, I'll tell you everything. Please spare my life, for my sake, because I'm your uncle..."

Wan Sheng's shoulders slumped, and he closed his eyes in frustration.

"You have no right to negotiate with me. If you reveal the whereabouts of the Empress Dowager, I will only order the execution of your entire family. If you do not speak, your entire family will be exterminated. If you want your entire family to die, then you don't need to say anything!" Bei Chenyan's eyes were filled with intense killing intent.

"You...you're a demon!" Wan Sheng pointed at him.

"Wei Yang, give them three counts. If they don't speak, the entire Wan family, including over 1,300 members, will be executed!" Bei Chenyan said.

"One!" Wei Yang immediately counted.

"I'll talk!" Wan Wenting cried bitterly. "Father, please tell me! Otherwise, the Wan family will be finished!"

"Two!" Wei Yang placed his hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist and drew it out.

"I said!" Wan Wenting shouted hurriedly, "The Empress's sister is being held in the underground dungeon."

Upon hearing his words, Nangong Wu put away the detector and then let Eileen return to the space.

No matter how she tested it, she couldn't detect the hidden room beneath this forbidden area. It turned out the person was imprisoned in an underground dungeon.

"Then lead the way!" Wei Yang lifted Wan Wenting up. "If you can't find Her Majesty the Empress, your head will roll on the ground immediately."

"Go to the Wan family dungeon," Bei Chenyan ordered.

"Let's go!" Wei Yang personally carried Wan Wenting out of the forbidden area.

Wan Sheng and Wan Wenchen were also dragged away by the guards.

At this time, the Wan residence was filled with imperial guards. Upon seeing the Crown Prince leave the forbidden area, hundreds of imperial guards immediately followed.

The group arrived in a grand procession at the private prison set up by the Wan family.

The dungeon was located next to the Wan family's ancestral hall, and the entrance was on an inconspicuous artificial hill.

Hundreds of imperial guards immediately went on alert around the area.

The dungeon door was also equipped with a mechanism, and the entrance to the secret passage was even more hidden. Wan Wenting personally found the secret door, opened the mechanism, and a large stone slowly rolled out, revealing an oblong door.

Wei Yang drew his sword. "Your Highness, I'll go in and take a look first."

"I'll go in first," Nangong Wu said.

She feared the Wan family was treacherous and might have hidden traps. Wei Yang and his guards hadn't brought shields, and if they accidentally triggered a switch inside, they would inevitably suffer casualties under the barrage of arrows.

"Everyone stay outside. I'll go in with the princess!" Bei Chenyan instructed Wei Yang, and together with Nangong Wu, they entered the secret passage.

Wan Sheng and Wan Wenting watched their backs disappear into the secret passage, exchanged a secret glance, and revealed a strange smile on their faces.

Bei Chenyan! You want to exterminate my entire family! Then you will have to pay with your life!

However, they thought that Bei Chenyan and Nangong Wu would surely die if they went in empty-handed, but they didn't know that Nangong Wu dared to break in because she was absolutely certain that even if the entire dungeon collapsed, it wouldn't hurt them.