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

"Nangong Wu, you know that everything my Zhou family has suffered is related to you. Now that my Zhou family has fallen to this state, are you satisfied?"

"Not satisfied!" Nangong Wu said calmly, as if she were talking about the weather. "I won't be satisfied until everyone in your Zhou family is dead."

"You..." Zhou Shaorong coughed again in anger, "cough cough..."

Hatred flashed in Zhou Zheng's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"Princess Runing, although my Zhou family has wronged you in some ways, the fact that you were defiled was not done by my Zhou family. We were all deceived by Liu Yue'er!"

Fortunately, you are doing well now. Our Zhou family is willing to compensate you and have your child included in our Zhou family genealogy.

Li Shuang was enraged by his shameless words. "Lord Wei, what is your Zhou family? Your young master is of royal blood, why would you care to be included in your Zhou family's genealogy?"

The princess's three children have already been recorded in the imperial genealogy; who cares about them being included in the Zhou family's genealogy?

Zhou Zheng was speechless after being rebuked, and his face turned red.

"Nangong Wu, you've won!" Zhou Shaorong suddenly said.

Nangong Wu looked at him with suspicion.

"You've done so much just to make me fall in love with you, haven't you? You've succeeded! From this day forward, I will only love you." Zhou Shaorong looked at her with what he thought was a deeply affectionate gaze.

"As for the child you gave birth to, I will announce to the public that it is my child, and I will treat it as my own from now on."

"..." Nangong Wu looked at him as if he were an idiot.

She broke the bond, so that bastard's brain must have gone mad, right?

Seeing her expression, Zhou Shaorong assumed she didn't believe him, so he quickly explained, "I was bewitched by Liu Yue'er before, and I was deceived by her, which is why I treated you that way."

I knew nothing about what she did to you. I only found out about all the evil things she did to you after I caught her maid yesterday and tortured her.

Liu Yue'er, in order to marry me, hired someone to defile you at Huguo Temple, hoping to ruin your reputation. Then she came to deceive me, saying that you were having an affair at Huguo Temple.

I was furious when I heard that, so I chased after you to Huguo Temple and saw you dressed in disarray.

During the nine months you were imprisoned, she often bullied you, scratched your face, and finally, on the day I married her, she had those midwives kill you and then lied that you died in childbirth.

Nangong Wu, I know I was wrong. I was blinded by greed and listened to Liu Yue'er blindly. Now she has received the punishment she deserved.

Let's start over, okay? I'll treat you better from now on, and I'll treat that child better too..."

"Shut up!" Nangong Wu couldn't stand it anymore and shut him up.

Zhou Shaorong suddenly knelt down before her, "I know I've done many things to wrong you and broken your heart, but what's done is done, and I just want to make it up to you..."

"Zhou Shaorong, you don't know you're wrong, you just know you're about to die! You're pushing all the blame onto Liu Yue'er. You and your son are truly shameless." Nangong Wu looked at the father and son with eyes full of sarcasm.

"Without your and your parents' tacit approval, would Liu Yue'er and your half-brothers and half-sisters dare to bully me?"

Do they think that by showing weakness today, she will change her mind and allow Zhou Shaorong to use her luck to prolong his life?

Go dream!

"I used to treat you with all my heart, but you treated me like trash. Now that I no longer love you, I've taken back everything from you, and in just a few days, you've fallen to this state."

It's clear that without me, the princess, you are nothing.

Zhou Zheng, Zhou Shaorong, this princess will not let you die a good death! I will repay you tenfold for everything you have done to me.

"Nangong Wu, I really didn't know what Liu Yue'er did. I just want to make it up to you. I only ask for a chance to properly compensate you." Zhou Shaorong crawled to her.

"You used to like me so much, but I didn't know how to cherish it. I won't anymore..."

"Li Shuang, throw him aside, don't get in my eyes." Nangong Wu said with disgust.

Without saying a word, Li Shuang grabbed Zhou Shaorong by the back of his collar, lifted him up, and threw him aside.

Zhou Shaorong was already in poor health, and the fall almost made him faint.

"How could a piece of trash like you be worthy of our princess?" Li Shuang's eyes were full of disdain.

Zhou Shaorong got up, feeling a deep sense of despair.

If he had known earlier that he was living off Nangong Wu's good fortune, he would never have treated her that way.

A while later, Zhou Chuchu's dowry was carried out. Zhou Zheng added some other things, making a total of ninety-two loads, plus a farm and five shops.

Li Feng and Li Shuang opened the box and checked it one by one with the old butler.

Just then, several women came running over.

The lady running ahead grabbed Zhou Zheng's leg, crying and pleading, "My lord, I only have those two valuable things left, which I brought from my maiden home. You can't take them away!"

"My lord, please, give our things back!"

The women all knelt before Zhou Zheng, crying and begging him to return their treasures.

"Damn it, who let you out? Get back here right now!" Zhou Zheng's face was ashen.

Nangong Wu realized that among the boxes Zhou Zheng had brought out were the women's belongings.

"My lord, that's the only valuable thing my family owns. If you take it away, how am I supposed to live?"

Several women were wailing and crying.

Nangong Wu looked at all of this with a mocking gaze.

She won't rest until the Zhou family is destroyed.

"Why are you crying? I won't take you for nothing. After we get through this crisis, I'll give you something even more valuable." Zhou Zheng was annoyed and ordered his men to take them all away.

A group of servants came up and dragged all the concubines away.

Nangong Wu didn't want to stay here any longer, so she ordered, "Take everything back first, then have someone come and appraise it. If it's not enough, then have them compensate us."

Upon hearing her words, Li Feng ordered the guards to take everything away.

In no time at all, everything was moved out.

Looking at the empty mansion, Zhou Zheng slumped to the ground, utterly dejected.

They thought that the Zhou family were founding heroes, and that they had enjoyed glory to this day thanks to their ancestors' legacy. But unexpectedly, in just a few days, he lost all the foundation built up by his ancestors, and had nothing left.

Now all that's left is an empty title, and a year's salary has to be deducted to compensate Nangong Wu. His only legitimate son is also dying soon, and the Zhou family has been ruined in his hands.

"I have no face to meet my ancestors..." He sobbed, his former dignity as a duke completely gone.

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When Nangong Wu returned to the palace, she found that Xiao Lin was no longer there.

She didn't think much of it and went to the children's room to check on them.

In the afternoon, she closed the door under the pretext of needing to rest, went into her spatial dimension, and wanted to check the things she had taken from Prince Rui's mansion.

Since she arrived here, she has collected quite a few things, but because her health hasn't fully recovered, she hasn't been able to come in for a check-up.

She opened all of Nangong Xun's boxes to look inside.

There were a total of sixty-two large chests, filled with glittering gold and silver treasures.