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

"Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing my life!" Wan Wenchen kowtowed in gratitude.

"Yes, sir!" Commander Deng responded, raised his hand, and ordered his men to take Wan Sheng and Wan Wenting away.

"Wan Shuli, I am your father! You dare to commit patricide and you will be punished!" Wan Sheng cursed angrily, "If I had known this would happen, I should have killed you all long ago..."

"Yan'er, it's all your mother's fault..." Empress Wan felt deeply guilty.

"Mother, it's not your fault," Bei Chenyan comforted her. "It's wonderful that you're still alive!"

"Her Majesty the Empress is not feeling well. Let's go back to the palace first!" Nangong Wu said to him.

Empress Wan was extremely weak, her vital energy was severely depleted, and her blood and qi were exhausted. The fact that she was able to stand here and expose the crimes of the Wan family father and son was entirely due to her willpower.

If they don't find her in time, she won't live more than six months.

"Mother, let's go back to the palace first." Bei Chenyan carried Empress Wan on his back again.

Outside the lobby, screams and wails filled the air.

The Imperial Guards are verifying the identities of each of the Wan family members one by one, and then forcing them to drink poisoned wine.

Wan Sheng and Wan Wenting were forced to kneel on the ground by the Imperial Guards, who grabbed their hair and forced them to watch as members of the Wan family were forced to drink poison, screaming and struggling in agony until they died.

Empress Wan glanced at him, then buried her head in her son's back.

She knew that the Wan family would eventually face this day, but it was a little late.

Bei Chenyan felt his mother, who was not very heavy on his back, and his gaze toward the Wan family became even colder.

Today, no matter the cost, he is determined to eradicate this cancer of the Wan family completely.

Nangong Wu followed behind and left the Wan residence.

Outside the mansion gate, Li Xun had already brought a discreet carriage to wait.

Upon seeing them emerge, he quickly cupped his hands in greeting, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Princess."

"Hmm." Bei Chenyan gave a soft "hmm." "Return to the palace immediately."

"Yes!" Li Xun hurriedly lifted the carriage curtain. "Your Highness, please come in."

Just then, Qi Ziyang rode up on horseback, "Whoa!"

Bei Chenyan helped Empress Wan into the carriage before poking his head out and saying, "Speak!"

Qi Ziyang cupped his hands in greeting. "Your Highness, what should we do with those defeated rebel troops?"

If this matter is not handled properly, hundreds of thousands of soldiers may follow Prince Jing or flee to the mountains to become bandits, posing a great threat to the court and the people.

"Go and draft a notice, make multiple copies and send them to villages, towns and cities to post. Say that the culprits of the rebellion are Prince Jing and his cronies. Ordinary soldiers who are unaware of the rebellion should return to their camps immediately after seeing the notice, and the court will not hold them accountable."

Those ordinary soldiers probably didn't run far, or they probably ran home and hid. As long as the notice is posted, someone will definitely see it.

"Your Majesty, I understand!" Qi Ziyang mounted his horse again and galloped away.

Nangong Wu got into the carriage and sat down. She saw that Empress Wan was thin and half-dead, clearly suffering from severe malnutrition. She needed to be given some nutrition.

She asked Eileen in the space for something to eat: "Eileen, do you have any meat porridge?"

It's breakfast time now, and Eileen should be making breakfast for the four children.

Eileen glanced at the three people in the carriage. "Is this for the Empress?"

"Yes, is there anything that's easy to digest, like meat porridge?" Nangong Wu asked.

"I've made some bird's nest porridge, let her eat it first!" Eileen took the bird's nest porridge out of the pot and poured it into a porcelain bowl.

With a thought, Nangong Wu brought out the bird's nest porridge and gave it to Beichen Yan, saying, "Let Her Majesty the Empress have something to eat first!"

"Thank you!" Bei Chenyan accepted it without hesitation.

"Mother, you must be hungry. Please eat something first."

Empress Wan was drowsy, leaning against Bei Chenyan. She opened her eyes when she heard there was food.

"good!"

She didn't feel hungry; she only knew that eating gave her energy.

"Your subject will feed you." Bei Chenyan scooped up some food with a small spoon, blew on it to cool it down, and then fed it to Empress Wan.

The carriage didn't move very fast. By the time Empress Wan finished her bowl of bird's nest porridge, the carriage had arrived at the palace gate.

Since the Crown Prince ordered the palace gates to be sealed, the palace gates have remained closed, and the imperial guards on the palace walls have been on high alert.

A captain standing atop the palace gate tower saw the Eastern Palace guards approaching from afar and immediately shouted joyfully:

"His Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the palace!"

His Highness the Crown Prince has returned, which means the rebels have been defeated, and the Imperial Guards are overjoyed.

Wei Yang rode his horse to the palace gate, raised the Crown Prince's token in his hand, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince welcomes the Empress back to the palace. Open the palace gate immediately."

Upon hearing this, the captain immediately went down to open the palace gates and led a squad of imperial guards out to greet them.

Li Xun pulled on the reins and stopped the carriage. "Your Highness, we've arrived at the palace!"

"Yes." Bei Chenyan helped Empress Wan out of the carriage.

Wei Yang stepped forward. "Your Highness, please allow me to carry the Empress inside!"

"No need." Bei Chenyan got off the carriage first, then carried Empress Wan on his back.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

Wherever Bei Chenyan went, the Imperial Guards greeted him.

"Let's go to the main hall of court first," Bei Chenyan said to Nangong Wu.

Nangong Wu didn't want to go. It was the main hall of the Southern Qi Kingdom's court assembly, and she felt it was inappropriate for an outsider like herself to go. But seeing how weak Empress Wan looked, she nodded in agreement.

The atmosphere in the main hall of the court was more solemn than ever before; you could hear a pin drop.

On the dragon throne, the Southern Qi Emperor's face was so gloomy it looked like water could be squeezed out of it.

If Aiqi hadn't been there to comfort him, his newly transplanted kidney would probably have been damaged by anger again.

Everyone knows that Prince Jing led his troops to besiege the imperial city, and the Crown Prince went to guard the city gate. He heard that terrible explosion and doesn't know what the situation is outside now.

However, as long as the palace was not besieged, it meant that the imperial city was still safe.

More than two hours later, voices finally came from outside: "His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived! Her Majesty the Empress has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, the ministers looked at each other, puzzled.

Wasn't Empress Wan already deposed and banished to the Cold Palace? Why is she here with the Crown Prince again?

Emperor Nanqi was also puzzled, but he knew that the Crown Prince had always acted with discretion, and there might be a reason why he brought the deposed empress here.

Bei Chenyan quickly appeared at the entrance of the main hall.

When the civil and military officials saw him carrying someone on his back, they were even more puzzled.

The deposed empress was banished to the cold palace for only a month, and she was already in such a state. Why did the crown prince carry her out again?

Bei Chenyan walked into the main hall, looked straight ahead, and headed straight for the imperial platform before climbing up.

"Father, I have brought Mother back!"

"Your mother? Aren't you going to explain yourself first?" The Southern Qi Emperor looked at the person on his back, feeling somewhat displeased.

He has already issued an edict to depose Empress Wan, and even if the Crown Prince is his biological son, he can no longer call her Empress Dowager.

"Father, the Wan clan member you deposed and banished to the Cold Palace is an imposter." Bei Chenyan's voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for everyone in the hall to hear.