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

"Hmm." Huo Jing also stood up. "What about the children? They should have been brought back by now!"

"You're being taken care of in the space, and you should have had dinner by now! I'm going to the capital soon, so you should stay in the space and don't let them come out, so they don't cause any trouble." Nangong Wu helped her father sit down.

"Fine."

The father and daughter took their seats.

"If I had known you were coming back, I would have asked the kitchen to make more of your favorite dishes."

Nangong Wu glanced at the table; there were six dishes and a soup. "Father, this is more than enough!"

"You've lost weight these past few months!" Huo Jing put a piece of meat in her bowl. "Eat this for today, and I'll cook more of your favorite dishes tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you, Father." Nangong Wu picked up her chopsticks and put some food on his plate. "Father, now my brother is in charge of Runan City. He has learned a lot and is very capable."

When Huo Jing heard her mention her son, a smile appeared on his face. "Seeing that you two siblings are doing well, I can now just enjoy my old age. But you two shouldn't be too busy. Your brother hasn't gotten married yet, so we need to find him a good girl."

When their son was first found, matchmakers practically wore out the threshold of the Prince's mansion. This was because they had broken with Emperor Mingde and were preventing their son from marrying a noblewoman from the capital, so as not to implicate her.

"Father, don't worry. My brother is just as handsome and outstanding as I am. Wherever he goes, girls are captivated by him. Once Runan City is expanded, we'll announce that he wants to get married, and matchmakers will be lining up at our doorstep," Nangong Wu said with a smile.

"You silly girl, you're just indirectly praising your own good looks." Huo Jing looked at his daughter with doting eyes.

"My brother and I are good-looking, just as handsome as you were when you were young," Nangong Wu coaxed him.

She and Nangong Xiao mostly resembled their father.

Huo Jing was indeed delighted upon hearing this, "Hahaha..."

After the father and daughter finished dinner, it was already completely dark outside.

Nangong Wu said, "Father, I came back in a helicopter. Emperor Mingde and the remnants of Changyang Temple probably already know that we can no longer live in this villa. Please come into my space and wait for me to pack my things before I leave."

"Mm." Huo Jing nodded.

Nangong Wu used her mind to send her father into the space to stay.

"Li Cheng, call everyone here," she ordered.

"Yes!" Li Cheng responded and blew a whistle.

Before long, more than thirty Flying Feather Guards returned one after another and lined up in the courtyard.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

"They've all arrived!" Nangong Wu walked out, her gaze sweeping over them one by one, and asked Li Cheng, "How many people are still in the Prince's residence?"

"Your Highness!" Li Cheng bowed and reported, "Besides our people, there are forty-eight Flying Feather Guards and Northern Region people in the palace. The ordinary guards from before, including the head guard Luo Dayou, all chose to leave after learning about the situation in the palace."

As for the servants in the manor, the princes who were to sell them have already done so. There are still over fifty servants left, all born into the household and absolutely loyal.

"Very good." Nangong Wu instructed, "Put your belongings away and go into the secret passage. If anyone comes, ignore them. If the secret passage is discovered, blow up the entrance with a bomb."

"Yes!" the guards replied.

Nangong Wu returned to the house, put all of her father's belongings into her spatial storage intact, and then left the courtyard.

Li Shuang was waiting outside with two horses.

"Your Highness, I will go into the city with you."

"No need, you can wait here. I'll be back tomorrow morning." Nangong Wu took the reins from her and mounted the horse.

"drive!"

The villa was more than 20 miles from the imperial city. It was too dark to ride a horse slowly, and it took half an hour to reach the outskirts of the imperial city.

Nangong Wu put the horse into her spatial storage and used her lightness skill to enter the imperial city.

However, she did not return to the Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion, but went to the Yu family—the maternal home of the Crown Princess Nangong Chengkun, the Qingyang Marquis's Mansion.

The Marquis of Qingyang was originally only a fifth-rank prefect, but he married a merchant's daughter who used money to bribe officials and also donated a sum of money to the imperial court.

At that time, the Prince Rui faction had just been eliminated, and there was a shortage of officials in the capital. Emperor Mingde, mindful of Yu's merit in donating silver to the Yu family, transferred him back to the capital to serve as the Vice Minister of Works.

Marquis Qingyang was a shrewd man. After returning to the capital to take up his post, he spent a lot of money to win favors and quickly gained a foothold in the capital. Knowing that Nangong Chengkun had a weak foundation and was short of money, he often sent silver and treasures to the Crown Prince.

Nangong Chengkun just loves being fawned over. The previous year, he was only after the Yu family's money. Later, he transferred the Marquis of Qingyang to the Ministry of Revenue as Minister.

From then on, the Yu family became the Crown Prince's money bag, and Nangong Chengkun asked Emperor Mingde for permission to be granted the title of Marquis of Qingyang in return.

Later, Nangong Chengkun took more and more silver, some of which came from the Yu family's private funds, and some from embezzling the national treasury. In any case, the Yu family and the Crown Prince were inextricably linked.

Seeing that the time was ripe, the Marquis of Qingyang proposed that his daughter marry into the Eastern Palace.

Seeing that his daughter was quite pretty, Nangong Chengkun agreed. Now, the Yu family's power was even greater than that of the Ming family back then.

Standing on the rooftop, Nangong Wu looked down at the Qingyang Marquis's residence and sneered inwardly.

After serving as Minister of Revenue for several years, the Marquis of Qingyang embezzled the majority of his wealth, giving it to Nangong Chengkun and pocketing the remainder. Combined with the private assets of his own shops, he was undoubtedly the wealthiest family in the capital.

Before entering the Marquis of Qingyang's residence, she put on an invisibility cloak and sealed off her spatial dimension to avoid being seen by her father as a thief, which would be somewhat dishonorable. However, the Yu family's money was also obtained dishonorably, so she might as well take it.

With a light touch of her toes, she leaped into the air and entered the Qingyang Marquis's residence after a few jumps.

It was just past midnight, and almost every courtyard in the mansion was lit up. Besides the guards, there were also servants moving around.

Nangong Wu stood on a roof ridge, first observing the situation inside the Yu residence, then went to the backyard, stopping in a back garden, and took out the metal detector.

After conducting the survey, she put away the detector and flew away.

Two quarters of an hour later, Nangong Wu quietly left after succeeding and returned to the Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion.

As soon as they landed in the Prince's mansion, they were surrounded by several people.

"Who is it?"

"It's me." Nangong Wu took off her invisibility cloak and pulled down her face mask.

"It's the princess! The princess is back!" Adeline exclaimed with delight. "We just received word that you would be back tonight, and we've been waiting for you."

"Are you all alright?" Nangong Wu smiled at them.

One of the Flying Feather Guards replied, "We are all fine. With the weapons you left behind and the ingenious formations you set up, petty thieves won't be able to enter our palace."

"It's good that everything is alright. Some things will happen tonight, so be careful." Nangong Wu instructed, "Go and tell everyone in the manor to pack their things. We're leaving tomorrow."

"Yes."

The guards responded and withdrew.