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

"Shh, don't forget that the Zhou family has the Imperial Noble Consort backing them up, otherwise they wouldn't dare to bully a dignified princess..."

The surrounding crowd was buzzing with discussion.

"Madam Zhou, what are you thinking? Your Zhou family has done so many things to hurt me, how could you think I would help your son?" Nangong Wu found it ridiculous.

"It was all our fault before, I deserve to die! Chu Chu is dead, and now I only have Rong'er as my son. If he dies too, what's the point of me living?"

Thinking of her son lying in bed, emaciated and barely breathing, Madam Zhou felt a pang of sorrow and began to cry.

"What does that have to do with me?" Gong Wu scoffed.

"Saving your son would require using my luck and destiny. Do you think I'm stupid enough to save a heartless person who almost killed me?"

Li Shuang was also furious at Madam Zhou's words, "How dare you say such a thing?"

"This time, I don't need to borrow your luck or destiny; all I need is a drop of your blood!" Madam Zhou said shamelessly.

"You have the nerve to want my blood!" Nangong Wu really wanted to slap the original owner of this body. These people had spoiled her so much that they dared to say anything.

Madam Zhou gritted her teeth, "Then what will it take for you to save my son?"

"If you want me to save your son, answer one question first," Nangong Wu asked her. "Tell me, who is the person who bound my fate and destiny to Zhou Shaorong?"

If she finds out who that person is, she'll definitely regret ever being born.

Madam Zhou paused, stopped crying, and her lips moved slightly.

If she exposes the Imperial Advisor, given Nangong Wu's current ruthlessness, she will definitely take revenge on him.

"What? Don't want to talk?" Nangong Wu sneered.

"It was... a wandering old Taoist priest who told us this..." Madam Zhou's eyes flickered.

"A wandering Taoist priest? Ha!" Nangong Wu sneered again, "Your lies are so fake, I really admire your shamelessness."

"Li Shuang, break both her legs. That's the price she pays for causing trouble at the Prince's Mansion. Then have someone send her to the Zhou family so she won't offend anyone's eyes."

But don't let her die so soon, otherwise she won't see all her children die and the Zhou family decline.

After she finished speaking, she stood up, turned around, and walked back.

"Nangong Wu, you can't be so heartless." Madam Zhou suddenly rushed forward, blocking her way and kneeling down.

"You used to like Rong'er so much, and Rong'er liked you too. He was just bewitched by Liu Yue'er. He knows he did wrong now, and we don't ask for your forgiveness..."

"Damn it!" Li Shuang kicked her over.

The two guards at the gate were quick-witted; one of them rushed down and broke one of Madam Zhou's legs.

"Ah..." Madam Zhou let out a scream and fainted from the pain.

"Take her to the Zhou residence," Li Shuang instructed, then followed Nangong Wu back to the residence.

Nangong Wu gave her daughter the right medicine, and her condition gradually improved.

Li An walked in from outside the door. "Your Highness, Nangong Chen's family left today. He came, didn't say anything, kowtowed three times to you outside the courtyard gate, and then left."

"Hmm." Nangong Wu pondered for a moment, "Let's seal off the West District after they leave."

"Yes."

That evening, Nangong Wu ordered that the guards in the manor should not patrol that night.

After 9 PM, everyone in the mansion gathered at her Drunken Plum Courtyard.

Even the two old men who cleaned the toilets and emptied the latrines were summoned and served snacks and fine tea.

Everyone thought something big was about to happen and became tense, but seeing how much Nangong Wu valued them, they were also grateful.

This Drunken Plum Courtyard wasn't a place anyone could easily enter in the past.

Inside the main room, Nangong Wu and Xiao Lin were playing chess, while Feng Wushang sat quietly reading a medical book. Neither of them asked why they had been invited over.

Li Feng, Li Shuang, Li An, Li Cheng, and Li Zhan stood beside them like five guardian deities.

"Oh dear, I lost again!" Nangong Wu thought her chess skills were pretty good, but she lost to Xiao Lin in five games in a row, all within a quarter of an hour.

"You're a grown man, can't you just give in a little?"

"No way, you're better than me in everything. This is the only chess skill I can be proud of. I'm finally able to beat you once, and I absolutely can't lose to you." Xiao Lin's face was all smiles, like a fox.

"You stingy brat, I'm not playing anymore!" Nangong Wu stood up. "Young Master Feng, why don't you play a round? Help me win!"

"Alright, Young Master Xiao's chess skills are superb, so I, Feng, will come and learn from you." Feng Wushang did not stand on ceremony and sat down in the seat she had just been sitting in to play chess with Xiao Lin.

But in this game they played, they fought for an hour without a clear winner.

"I never expected that Young Master Feng is not only highly skilled in medicine, but also so good at chess. I admire him." Nangong Wu truly admired him.

Feng Wushang smiled gently at her, "Your Highness, just call me Wushang."

"Alright, then we don't need to be so polite anymore." Nangong Wu smiled as well.

Time passed little by little.

It was soon midnight.

Xiao Lin's ears twitched slightly. He put down the chess piece in his hand. "It's time to make a move."

Nangong Wu stood up. "Would you like to come out and have a look around with me?"

Xiao Lin smiled and said, "I just love watching a good show. If there's something exciting to see, I'll naturally join in."

"Alright." Nangong Wu looked at the people in the room and ordered, "Li Feng, no matter what happens outside, you are all just guarding this courtyard. You are not allowed to go out without my permission."

"Yes!" the guards replied.

Nangong Wu walked out of the room, with Xiao Lin and Huo Lifeng following behind her.

The weather isn't good tonight; there was no moon to begin with, and now the wind has picked up.

The night was dark and windy, and for people like them who did special jobs, such nights were their favorite.

Similarly, the enemy also likes it.

Nangong Wu walked into the courtyard and stopped, then waited.

About fifteen minutes later, a strange flute sound came from the sky.

"This is the sound of a flute used by the people of Southern Xinjiang to control poisonous insects," Xiao Lin said softly.

Nangong Wu remained silent. He had already ordered people to sprinkle medicinal powder around Zuimei Courtyard, which could repel ordinary poisonous insects, but it might not be effective against Gu worms.

Soon, they faintly heard the rustling sound of animals crawling across the ground.

"They've summoned all the poisonous creatures, and quite a few of them. I'll go take a look," Xiao Lin said, then used his lightness skill to fly away. He touched the courtyard wall with his toes, his figure as light as a flying eagle, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Nangong Wu was completely stunned when she saw such superb lightness skills for the first time.

The people here are really strong; I'll definitely teach them a lesson when I have time.

"Li Feng, protect the people here." Nangong Wu said before leaving.

"Your Highness, let me go." Li Feng grabbed her sleeve.

"The people who came are from the Southern Frontier and the Northern Region. They are skilled in Gu magic and witchcraft. You can't handle them yet, so don't go out and get in the way." Nangong Wu pulled her sleeve back.

She walked to the courtyard wall, took out the grappling hook gun again, and shot the grappling hook at a tree outside.

Holding onto the rope, he nimbly scaled the six- or seven-foot-high courtyard wall like a nimble monkey.

Li Feng, standing behind her, looked on in astonishment, realizing that this was how Nangong Wu had climbed over the wall to get out.