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

"So, you had designs on me five years ago?" Nangong Wu glanced at him.

At that time, she had just traveled back in time. She had an ugly scar on her face, had just given birth to three children, was severely malnourished, very thin, had a sallow complexion, and was so ugly that she didn't even want to look in the mirror.

"Your taste is truly unique."

"It was premeditated." Bei Chenyan chuckled. "Nangong Wu, we've been together for over four years. You should know my character. I only judge people by their character. If I were just judging by their appearance, I wouldn't still be unmarried."

He looked at her cheek, which had been healed without leaving even a tiny scar, as if she had never been injured. Her skin was smooth, fair, and delicate, like a freshly peeled egg.

"Someone wants to harm you. Bei Chenzhan is eyeing the position of Crown Prince. The Wan family wanted to control you and even forced Shi Peiqiong onto you. You've been learning martial arts at the Kunlun Sect since you were young, and you don't have any connections or power in the capital, which is why you ran away to wander the martial world. Even if a beauty offered herself to you, I'm afraid you wouldn't dare to accept her..."

As Nangong Wu spoke, she suddenly thought of Shi Peiqiong, "By the way, what about the fiancée that the Wan family chose for you? Is she dead?"

When Shi Shengqing and his wife were convicted, Shi Peiqiong was taken away by the Wan family. When the Wan family was exterminated, she was not seen. Could she have escaped?

"She's dead! The Wan family hid her in a secluded courtyard of someone else's house. When the Wan family was being purged, they found her and I gave her poisoned wine. She was then thrown into a mass grave along with the Wan family members." Bei Chenyan's eyes turned cold as he spoke of the woman.

If he had known earlier that the woman surnamed Wan was not his biological mother, he would not have let Shi Peiqiong live for so long.

"By the way, did your father-in-law come along too?" He knew that Huo Jing had been in Nangong Wu's space the whole time.

"We're not married yet, so don't call me that." Nangong Wu glared at him.

"It's only a matter of time. If you call me that now, you won't have to change it later," Bei Chenyan said with a smile.

Nangong Wu didn't want to pay attention to him anymore. She looked around and saw that there was no one else besides Wei Yang and Eileen behind her, so she broke the seal on the space.

"Father, would you like to come out?"

"Father-in-law, please come out and celebrate the New Year with us," Bei Chenyan respectfully invited.

The next moment, Huo Jing appeared in front of them. "Now that we're here, we should go and greet His Majesty."

"Father-in-law, please come in." Bei Chenyan gestured for him to enter.

"Um."

The three of them walked together toward Yikun Palace.

As they approached the Yikun Palace, they heard the laughter of the Southern Qi Emperor and several children.

Bei Chenyan's lips curled up involuntarily. "Every time the children come over, Father is very happy. Yesterday, when I went to pay my respects to Mother, she asked me if the children would come back for the New Year. As people get older, all they want is for their grandchildren to be around them."

"Your Majesty and the Empress will get better. It's been almost three months since His Majesty's kidney transplant surgery, and his condition has remained stable. He has passed the high-risk period," Nangong Wu said.

"Once Father recovers, I will be able to go to Runan City to help you." Bei Chenyan led them into the Southern Qi Emperor's bedchamber.

The three saw that the Emperor of Southern Qi had bestowed many treasures upon the children, a dazzling array of items.

"Father."

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

The three greeted each other.

"Prince Zhenyuan, it's wonderful that you can come to Nanqi to celebrate the New Year with us!" The Emperor of Nanqi laughed and helped Huo Jing up, pulling him to sit on the soft couch.

Standing to the side, Eunuch Yu was secretly alarmed when he saw this scene.

As an emperor, no one except the empress can sit with him.

Emperor Nanqi's move placed Huo Jing on an equal footing with him.

"Prince Zhenyuan, Princess Runing, it's the New Year, a time of universal celebration. Please stay a few more days so I can properly show you hospitality!" Emperor Nanqi personally poured tea for Huo Jing.

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wu immediately said, "Your Majesty, I am very sorry! My brother is still in Runan City. We will be leaving tomorrow to go back and celebrate the New Year with him."

Their elder brother was guarding Runan City; they couldn't possibly not go back to celebrate the New Year with him.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" The smile on the Southern Qi Emperor's face vanished instantly, his eyes filled with reluctance as he looked at the three children. "Prince Zhenyuan, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Could you stay one more day?"

He longed to spend New Year's Eve with his grandchildren.

"Since His Majesty has spoken, let's stay one more day. We'll leave early on the first day of the lunar new year and be able to return to Runan City by noon to have a reunion dinner with Xiao'er and the soldiers of Runan City," Huo Jing decided.

Seeing that her father had said so, Nangong Wu had no choice but to nod, "Then I will listen to what Father says."

Seeing that they agreed, Emperor Nanqi smiled again and said to Eunuch Yu, "Eunuch Yu, convey my decree: a family banquet will be held tonight, and a palace banquet will be held tomorrow to entertain all officials."

"This old servant obeys the decree," Eunuch Yu replied and withdrew.

He muttered to himself: According to the rules of the palace banquet in previous years, a family banquet was held on New Year's Eve to entertain the concubines, princes and princesses of the harem, and a grand banquet was held on the first day of the Lunar New Year to entertain the royal family, civil and military officials and foreign vassals.

Now that Prince Zhenyuan and Princess Runing have arrived, the family banquet and grand feast have been moved up a day.

"Master, this is His Majesty's medical record. Please take a look." Eileen showed her the Southern Qi Emperor's medical record.

Nangong Wu took it and examined it carefully.

"His Majesty's condition has recovered quickly and remained stable without any rejection. This is the most successful kidney transplant ever, and I am amazed."

Aiqi glanced at the Southern Qi Emperor as she spoke, then leaned close to her ear and said, "I have a feeling, is it because of drinking the spring water from the space?"

"Spring water in the space? It also has healing properties?" Nangong Wu remembered that after Emperor Nanqi received a kidney transplant, he lived in the space for a period of time and drank water from the space.

Later, Emperor Nanqi could no longer get used to drinking the water outside, so Aiqi brought out spring water from her space for him to drink in order to improve his health.

"I think it's possible," Aiqi said.

"But I've tested the spring water, and it's no different from the spring water outside." Nangong Wu had tested the spring water in the space.

Aside from tasting sweeter than the spring water outside, there's nothing particularly special about it.

Eileen whispered from the side, "Master, your space is a magical existence, and we can't figure out anything about it. Your soul can travel through time, and the space can automatically replenish itself. The spring water inside is naturally spiritual water, so it's not surprising that drinking it can cure diseases."

"Since you all believe that the spring water has magical properties, then let's send some water to Empress Wan and let her drink it for a while to see if it can change her constitution." Nangong Wu wanted Empress Wan to give it a try.

If the spring water can really improve people's health, that would be amazing. In the future, there would be no need to prepare any health-preserving tea for my father; we could just use the spring water from the space to make tea.