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

"Ru Ning, I have no intention of holding you accountable. It is because too many things have happened recently, with a great impact, that people in the capital and even the entire court are in a state of panic."

"If you really did those things, then let it end here! I'm begging you!" Emperor Mingde rubbed his throbbing forehead.

"Uncle, I really didn't do those things, please investigate." Nangong Wu knelt down before him, looking terrified.

"But you said this matter has caused panic, so Runing must investigate it thoroughly to help you alleviate your worries."

Emperor Mingde's eyes were complicated. "Very well, since you have the Flying Feather Guards under your command, then investigate this thoroughly for me."

"Ru Ning accepts the decree." Nangong Wu lowered her head slightly, a slight smile curving her lips.

She was going to investigate those foreigners who had secretly entered the capital. She needed to catch them and make them take the blame for everything she had done.

"Go! Don't disappoint me." Emperor Mingde was actually looking forward to seeing what results she could find out.

"Ru Ning takes his leave!"

"This humble subject takes his leave!"

Nangong Wu and Li Feng took their leave.

After the two left the main hall, Nangong Wu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Li Feng, what is your real name?"

Li Feng was taken aback. "My name has always been Li Feng!"

"I know, but that's the surname Li used only by the Flying Feather Guards. I'm asking about your real surname," Nangong Wu asked again.

"I really don't know," Li Feng said, trying to think for a moment.

"I remember my father saying that he was an orphan. He didn't know when his grandmother died. When he was four years old, a drought struck his hometown, and his grandfather took him to escape the famine. He died of illness on the way."

It was also a stroke of luck that my father was destined to die. The old prince happened to be passing by with his men and saw my father, who had fainted from hunger beside my grandfather's body. He ordered his men to take him away, and later my father was selected to join the Flying Feather Guard.

"You're going to become a great general and establish your own household. You can't keep the surname Li anymore!" Nangong Wu wanted to give him a new identity.

Li Feng suddenly knelt down before her, "Please bestow a name upon me, Your Highness!"

"Get up first, and don't kneel down so easily in the future." Nangong Wu pulled him up.

She pondered for a moment, then said, "Why don't you take your father's surname, Huo? Call yourself Huo Lifeng, but keep your old name. I'll also register you under my father's name as his adopted son. What do you think?"

"Your Highness, you mustn't!" Li Feng hurriedly waved his hand.

Your Highness is the Prince of Zhenyuan, second only to the emperor. If you register him under Huo Jing's name, wouldn't he have to address Your Highness as brother and sister?

"There's nothing wrong with it. The name is recorded in the Huo family's genealogy, not the Emperor's imperial register. What are you so nervous about? I'll decide this, unless you dislike your father," Nangong Wu said with a smile.

"No, no! That's not what I meant. I just feel unworthy..." Li Feng said somewhat flusteredly. "Your Highness, you've been so kind to all of us brothers!"

"I said you're a good match, so you are. It's settled then!" Nangong Wu patted his shoulder.

"From now on, you will be your father's adopted son, the continuation of the Huo family line. The Huo family will be your source of strength. In the future, in the Northern Frontier, and even throughout the entire Western Yan Kingdom, let's see who dares to look down on you."

"Thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Your Highness." Li Feng's eyes reddened, and he was about to kneel down again, but Nangong Wu pulled him up.

"Alright, let's go to the yamen now and register your name in the Huo family's household register. From now on, you'll be a member of the Huo family."

The two walked out of the palace while talking.

Upon returning to the Prince's residence, Nangong Wu publicly told everyone about Li Feng changing his surname to Huo and registering him under his father's name.

Everyone was happy for him.

"Our Prince's Mansion is truly blessed with double happiness!" Granny Feng exclaimed joyfully. "The three little princes will be one month old the day after tomorrow, and now General Li Feng has also gained His Majesty's favor. This is truly a cause for celebration!"

"Alright, the day after tomorrow, our Prince's Mansion will hold a grand banquet to celebrate the three children's one-month birthday and also to bid farewell to our General Huo."

"But..." Nangong Wu looked at Li An, "but your wedding will have to be postponed."

Li Feng and Li An, Li Cheng and Li Shuang are two couples, all betrothed by their parents when they were very young.

Now they are all grown up, but because their parents had an accident, no one is taking care of them.

Li An's face suddenly flushed red. "Your Highness..."

"Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

"When the three children are a little older, at most six months, I will personally go to the Northern Frontier to hold a wedding for you!" Nangong Wu said with a smile.

After Huo Lifeng was stationed at the border, he could not leave or return to the capital at will. Even his wedding had to be held at the border.

The following day, Emperor Mingde's edict, official seal, and other documents were delivered to the Prince's residence for Huo Lifeng.

The banquet is to be held tomorrow, and everyone in the Prince's mansion is busy.

But Xiao Xi'er had a fever again in the morning, along with a cough, her face was flushed, and she cried incessantly.

Nangong Wu fed her some medicine, but it didn't work, so she had to take her into her space to take blood for testing and give her an IV drip.

My youngest daughter has a weak immune system, and if she gets a high fever that leads to a lung infection, it would be a very serious matter.

"Your Highness!" Li Shuang called out from outside the door.

Seeing that the child was asleep, Nangong Wu flashed out of the space. "What is it?"

"It's Madam Zhou. She's kneeling outside the gate of the Prince's Mansion, crying and saying she wants to see you. She also said that if you don't see her, she will commit suicide outside the mansion," Li Shuang said.

"Damn it." Nangong Wu opened the door. "Let's go out and take a look."

"Your Highness, I think she did it on purpose. She knows that our palace is going to hold a banquet tomorrow, and she is deliberately trying to cause trouble." If Li Shuang wasn't afraid of bad luck, she wouldn't care whether she lived or died.

The two arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion and saw Madam Zhou kneeling at the bottom of the steps, surrounded by a crowd of people pointing and talking.

When Madam Zhou saw her come out, she immediately kowtowed to her, "Your Highness, please save Rong'er."

Nangong Wu stepped down the stairs and stopped in front of her.

"Madam Zhou, from what you're saying, is your son about to die? What a fitting end to karma."

In just a few days, Madam Zhou looked twenty years older, dressed in plain clothes, with a haggard face and much whiter hair.

"Your Highness, knowing that you have broken the bond, Rong'er suffered a backlash. He has been unconscious for three days and is dying. Please, for the sake of our past relationship, save his life. I will repay you by serving you as a cow or a horse in my next life..." Madam Zhou kowtowed again, making a loud thud.

Knowing how much Nangong Wu used to love her son, they bet that she still had feelings for him and wouldn't abandon him to his death.

"No, I wouldn't dare hire someone as vicious as you as a beast of burden. I wouldn't even know if you poisoned me one day." Nangong Wu deliberately raised her voice.

"Exactly! The Zhou family is so vicious! They're utterly ungrateful."

"How dare they bully His Highness like that and still have the nerve to beg for his help? If you ask me, their whole family should be arrested and brought to justice! Bah!"