She did some calculations.

There were over a million taels of silver and about two hundred thousand taels of gold.

Nangong Xun was Emperor Mingde's most favored son, and he amassed wealth everywhere. However, the amount of gold and silver he possessed was not much. It seems that the private army he maintained was very expensive.

She came to the two display cabinets, which were about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall.

Each compartment is filled with treasures: a jade Buddha over a foot tall made of mutton fat; a luminous pearl the size of a large bowl; a set of chimes made of pure gold; a gold-inlaid agate cup with an animal head; rare books, and so on. Each piece is priceless!

Seeing that there were two drawers, she pulled them out to take a look.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a collection of letters.

She put the drawer on the floor.

Nangong Xun treasures these secret letters so much; perhaps they contain some secret.

Upon opening one of the letters, his expression immediately changed.

"It's actually a letter from the King of Wu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty."

She read through all the letters, her fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

There are more than thirty of these secret letters, some from the King of Wu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and others from court officials. Some have been stored for several years, and the most recent one was sent a month ago.

Each of these letters detailed the shady dealings Nangong Xun had with these people, and about ten of them mentioned her parents.

Nangong Wu's hands trembled slightly as she held the letters.

It turns out that Nangong Lan and Huo Jing were both murdered by a conspiracy. The culprits were Nangong Xun, the Imperial Noble Consort, and the Ming family.

"Damn it!"

No wonder Nangong Xun was frantically searching for the assassin; he was afraid that someone would get hold of these secret letters and report them to the emperor, which would be the end for him.

She put away the secret letters, slipped out of the space, and opened the door.

"Frostfall!"

Li Shuang and Li An used to always stand guard outside the door, but she stopped them from doing so.

Li Shuang came out of the east wing, "Princess..."

"Go and summon Li Feng and Li Chengdu!" Nangong Wu ordered.

"Yes." Seeing that her expression was off, Li Shuang assumed something serious had happened and hurriedly left.

A while later, Li Feng, Li Cheng, Li Shuang, and Li An arrived and saw Nangong Wu sitting at a round table with some opened letters on it.

"You're here, please sit down!" Nangong Wu gestured for them to sit down.

"Princess, what's wrong?" Li Feng looked at the letters with a puzzled expression.

"You should read these secret letters first," Nangong Wu said, pushing the letters in front of them.

The four guards exchanged glances and picked up the letter to read it.

Li Feng had just finished reading a letter when he suddenly stood up, his eyes wide with shock.

"In order to seize the throne, Nangong Xun actually colluded with the Prince of Wu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the two conspired to assassinate the eldest princess and the prince!"

"It turns out that He Zhiyu was planted by Nangong Xun next to the Princess. This bastard led the Princess into the enemy's ambush and killed the Princess and her mother with the enemy army, while he himself became the general guarding the border..." Li An's eyes were red.

All four of their mothers were the Princess's personal guards. Except for Li Cheng's mother, who died young, the other three mothers died in that great battle alongside the Princess.

The four men read all the letters and were furious.

"Princess, I'm going to kill Nangong Xun to avenge myself..." Li Feng knelt down in front of Nangong Wu, his fists clenched so tightly that the veins on his hands bulged.

Li Shuang and the other two also knelt down.

"Princess, the Imperial Noble Consort and her son colluded with the King of Wu, an enemy state, to murder the Eldest Princess. This is a heinous crime of treason. With this evidence in our hands, we can report them to His Majesty." Li Cheng gritted her teeth.

"Emperor Mingde dotes on the Imperial Noble Consort and her son. We only have these secret letters, which are not enough to completely eliminate them!" Nangong Wu helped them up one by one.

"Now that we know about Nangong Xun's collusion with the Prince of Wu, he can't escape! Our first priority is to capture those traitors. With both witnesses and evidence, we can then contact the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince's men and deliver a fatal blow!"

"Then I'll go to the border and capture that bastard He Zhiyu first!" Li Feng said angrily.

"Alright, Li Cheng, go too. Take a lot of people with you, and do it discreetly." Nangong Wu picked up two small bags from the soft couch, which contained more than a dozen porcelain bottles and a few poison gas bombs, and gave them to the two of them.

"This contains a potent sedative; an enhanced poison pill; a potent hemostatic powder; a potent poison powder; and a poison smoke bomb."

"A potent sleeping potion? A super-strength poison pill?"

Li Feng and Li Cheng, intrigued by the novel phrases, opened the bag to take a look.

There were more than a dozen porcelain bottles of various sizes, and two small black spheres about the size of small bowls, each with a small piece of paper attached, indicating what kind of medicine it was and how to use it.

"Yes, the effect is several times stronger than usual, so you should be careful when using it."

"Especially those poison pills, if you take one, you will die within half a quarter of an hour. You have to be extremely careful. If you accidentally take one, you have to take the antidote immediately..." Nangong Wu explained to them one by one.

The four of them had their eyes light up after hearing this.

The princess actually has such good things?

Li Feng picked up a poison gas bomb and examined it closely, but couldn't find the fuse.

"Princess, how do you use this poison smoke bomb?"

Signal flares require a fuse to ignite the fuse before the internal explosives can detonate; this poison gas bomb must be similar.

"No need to use a fire starter." Nangong Wu picked up a poison gas bomb and explained to them, "You just need to pull out this pin."

Remember, the poison here is very potent. When using it, always stand upwind. After pulling the pin, immediately throw it to the enemy, being careful not to inhale the poisonous fumes yourself.

"We understand."

Li Feng and Li Cheng nodded.

With such a good thing, things will be much easier for them in the future.

"Princess, we want some too."

Li Shuang and Li An spoke in unison.

"Okay, I'll prepare some more later." Nangong Wu had plenty of these medicines in her space, but she couldn't take them out in front of them.

Li Feng and Li Cheng carefully placed the bottle away like a precious treasure.

"Princess, let's go and make preparations now, and we'll leave tonight."

The imperial city gates are still closed, and the city is heavily guarded, making it difficult to leave during the day.

"Go!" Nangong Wu instructed them, "Remember, if you encounter any danger, protect yourselves first. Staying alive is more important than anything else."

"Understood! This subordinate takes his leave!"

Li Feng and Li Cheng bowed and withdrew.

Nangong Wu thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any underground organizations selling intelligence in this imperial city?"

They have limited manpower; it would be great if there were such underground criminal organizations. People who would work for money and wouldn't be afraid to sacrifice themselves.

"Yes, there are several assassination organizations in Kyoto. One of them is called Wujian Pavilion. I heard that the leader of the pavilion is very mysterious and powerful. He has taken away a lot of business from other assassin organizations in just three years."

According to intelligence obtained by our people, the secret networks of the Wujian Pavilion are spread across six countries.

But the leader of that organization has a strange personality. Unlike other assassin organizations that take on any job, he only takes on jobs based on his mood. He'll take a job if he wants to, and he won't do it no matter how much money is offered if he doesn't want to. But once he takes a job, he'll definitely do it. Li Shuang told her everything she knew.

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