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

"Your Highness, we were captured because we have evidence of the Wan family's misdeeds. Please, please rescue us as well."

The people inside the cells stretched out their hands, begging them to let them out.

Empress Wan held Bei Chen Yan's hand, "Yan'er, they are all innocent people captured by the Wan family."

"Your subject understands!" Bei Chenyan nodded to Nangong Wu.

Nangong Wu walked to the cell doors of those people and used her gun to knock off the locks on the cell doors one by one.

There were four people in total, all of them with their hands and feet cuffed, looking quite disheveled.

Nangong Wu opened the door of a cell next to the entrance. "Everyone, come in for a moment."

Bei Chenyan understood her meaning and helped Empress Wan into that prison cell.

The four prisoners didn't know what they wanted to do, but they followed them inside.

Nangong Wu stood at the doorway and called out to the guards behind the large stone sphere, "Wei Yang, push the round stone in!"

"Yes, sir!" Wei Yang replied.

After Nangong Wu finished speaking, she also went into the cell and took out a wire.

"Let me unlock their chains first!"

Bei Chenyan helped Empress Wan take her hand.

"Rolling..." The large round stone was pushed into the cell by the guards.

Wei Yang followed him in and immediately saw the seven people in the first cell.

"Your Highness, Princess, it's so good that you're both alright."

"Hmm." Bei Chenyan gave them a soft "hmm," and after Nangong Wu helped unlock Empress Wan's handcuffs, he bent down and said, "Mother, let me carry you out."

Empress Wan was very weak, but she did not refuse and leaned on her son's back.

After Bei Chenyan came out of the cell, he instructed, "Wei Yang, take them upstairs first!"

"Yes." Wei Yang and his guards stayed behind.

Nangong Wu walked ahead, escorting Beichen Yan and his mother upstairs.

Because of the large round stone that rolled down, many of the dark steps were destroyed, and the second underground cell was revealed.

Bei Chenyan glanced at the hidden door. "Let's go up first and talk about it then."

Nangong Wu naturally didn't care about any of that. After turning two more corners, she went up into the artificial cave on the ground.

Zhang Qing was waiting there with several guards. When they saw them come out, he quickly went to greet them.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the Princess!"

Nangong Wu said to them, "The Empress has been rescued, and we are all safe. Let's go outside and talk."

"yes!"

The guards escorted them out.

As they approached the entrance to the secret passage, Nangong Wu suddenly grabbed Beichen Yan, "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Bei Chenyan asked, puzzled.

Nangong Wu took out an eye mask and put it on Empress Wan. "Your Majesty has been imprisoned in the dungeon for eighteen years and has not seen the sun for a long time. Suddenly seeing the sun will be harmful to your eyes and in severe cases, it can lead to blindness. I will put the eye mask on Your Majesty first to help you get used to it."

"Thank you." Bei Chenyan was very grateful for her thoughtfulness.

Outside the secret passage, Wan Sheng and his son Wan Wenting were still being forced to kneel.

Zhang Qing came out first, excitedly announcing, "His Highness the Crown Prince has rescued the Empress!"

Upon hearing this, the Wan family father and son, who were still feeling smug, were both surprised and filled with hatred.

"How is this possible?"

Once that boulder falls, the people inside will have no way to escape and will have absolutely no chance of survival!

Bei Chenyan carried Empress Wan out and walked up to the Wan family father and son. His voice was icy, "Wan Sheng, Wan Wenting, I, the Crown Prince, have safely rescued Mother. Aren't you disappointed?"

Wan Sheng and Wan Wenting kowtowed to the ground, not daring to look at them, knowing that they were truly finished this time.

"Men, take them all to the main hall in the front yard," Bei Chenyan ordered.

The Empress Dowager's eyes cannot be exposed to sunlight, so she must first go to the main hall.

After all, the Wan family is doomed to die today! The Empress Dowager must settle things with the Wan family one last time.

"yes!"

The guards rushed forward and lifted up Wan Sheng and his two sons.

Bei Chenyan carried Empress Wan on his back and walked towards the main hall of the Wan family's front courtyard, surrounded by guards and imperial guards.

In the front courtyard of the Wan family, all members of the three Wan clans, except for Wan Sheng, Wan Wenting, and Wan Wenchen, have been given poisoned wine.

Bei Chenyan carried Empress Wan into the main hall and placed her in the main seat. "Mother, let's finish some private matters first and then return to the palace."

"Yan'er, I heard everything you said in that dungeon just now," Empress Wan said, her voice hoarse.

Seeing that her lips were chapped, Nangong Wu used her mind to produce some spring water from her spatial storage and gave it to Beichen Yan, saying, "Give this water to Her Majesty the Empress."

Bei Chenyan took the cup and fed it to Empress Wan, saying, "Mother, please drink some water to soothe your throat."

"Kneel down!" The three members of the Wan family, father and sons, were brought in.

After Empress Wan finished drinking the water, Nangong Wu removed her blindfold.

"Mother, Wan Sheng and his son secretly made dragon robes and forged the imperial seal. They colluded with the traitor Bei Chenzhan and launched a rebellion today, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Their crimes are unforgivable! Father has already issued an edict to seal up the Wan family."

"The Wan family has committed a capital crime. Is there anything you would like to say to them?" Bei Chenyan asked his mother.

"Shuli! I know I was wrong! I'm sorry!" Wan Sheng cried out, crawling on his knees to Empress Wan.

Empress Wan's eyes had adjusted, and she looked at Wan Sheng kneeling at her feet.

Although many years have passed, she will remember his face even if he turns to ashes.

"Father, it's been so many years! I've been locked up in the dungeon for so many years, you never thought I'd still be alive!" Empress Wan drank the spring water from Nangong Wu's cup and felt her voice wasn't so hoarse anymore.

"It's all my fault. I'm willing to die to atone for my sins, but please spare the Wan family!" Wan Sheng kowtowed to her.

"Sister, Father is old. Can you bear to see him beheaded?" Wan Wenting knelt down and begged for mercy. "Sister, please spare us this time. We want nothing more. We'll return to our ancestral home today and live out our remaining days..."

"Wan Sheng, Wan Wenting, you've done so many evil things, how come you're still alive? Heaven is truly blind... cough cough..." Empress Wan said, her voice trembling with emotion, and she coughed.

"Our father may have made mistakes, but he is still our biological father. If you kill him, you will be committing patricide and will be condemned by the whole world!" Wan Wenting tried to morally blackmail her.

"You deserve to die!" Empress Wan suddenly stood up, grabbed a teacup from the table, and threw it.

But she didn't have much strength, and the teacup didn't hit Wan Wenting.

"Wan Sheng, Wan Wenting, you are both wicked and have committed countless evils. You deserve to die a thousand deaths to atone for your sins!" Empress Wan walked up to the two men, her hand trembling as she pointed at them.

"Mother, please don't upset yourself!" Bei Chenyan helped her up.

Empress Wan cried out in grief and anger, "Yan'er, they killed one of your brothers!"