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

"Your humble servant is unaware..." The Vice Minister of Revenue's forehead was covered in a fine sheen of sweat.

"Is it that you don't know, or that you dare not say?" Nangong Wu's voice was cold. "Judging from your guilty look, you must have something to hide. I insist on re-auditing the national treasury's accounts."

"Your Majesty, I am merely stating the truth..." the Vice Minister of Revenue argued.

Nangong Yi spoke up at the opportune moment, "Father, I also believe that with the national treasury in deficit for years, it is time to thoroughly investigate the Ministry of Revenue's accounts."

"Alright." Emperor Mingde had long harbored suspicions about the Ministry of Revenue, but the national treasury's accounts were enormous, and re-verifying them would be no easy task. Who could shoulder this heavy responsibility for him?

Can the people sent out withstand the coercion and bribery of those corrupt officials?

When the late emperor was still alive, he also recalculated the national treasury accounts, but those officials protected each other and could not find anything at all.

Now that Nangong Wu has stepped forward on her own initiative, he couldn't have been happier.

"Since Runing has doubts about the accounts of the national treasury, then let me investigate them until I find out the truth."

As the Prince of Zhenyuan, Nangong Wu holds a high position and can intimidate everyone. Moreover, she doesn't give face to anyone, which is exactly the kind of person he needs most.

"Ru Ning accepts the decree." Nangong Wu bowed and accepted the decree. "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will thoroughly investigate all the accounts and ensure that the purse strings of the Western Yan Kingdom are completely clear."

"I trust you. If anyone dares to disobey, strip him of his official robes." Emperor Mingde coldly swept his gaze across the ministers in the hall.

Nangong Xun was secretly anxious. He absolutely could not let Nangong Wu investigate the national treasury accounts. "Father, Nangong Wu is definitely trying to use the investigation as an excuse to interfere in the Ministry of Revenue's affairs. Don't believe her..."

"Shut up!" Emperor Mingde shouted at him.

"Prince Rui, I only wanted to help my uncle the Emperor by checking the accounts of the national treasury. You have repeatedly obstructed me. Do you have something to hide?" Nangong Wu looked at him with a provocative gaze.

"Nangong Wu!" Nangong Xun glared at her through gritted teeth. "You're already the Prince of Zhenyuan, commanding 300,000 Zhenyuan troops, and you still want to interfere in the Ministry of Revenue's affairs? Your ambition is growing ever larger. I advise you to know when to stop!"

His words implied that Nangong Wu harbored rebellious intentions and wanted to arouse Emperor Mingde's suspicion towards her.

Nangong Yi stepped in front of Nangong Wu, "Brother Rui, you're so anxious as soon as you hear that Princess Runing wants to check the Ministry of Revenue's accounts? What are you afraid of?"

"Enough!" Emperor Mingde, seated on the throne, spoke again: "The decision to re-examine the national treasury accounts is mine, and no one may object further."

Nangong Wu looked at the Vice Minister of Revenue, her eyes flashing slightly. "Uncle Emperor, could that secret room in Minister Shi's house be used to keep a mistress?"

"Hahaha! Princess Runing, keeping a beauty in a golden house requires a golden house." Nangong Yi laughed. "I went to the Shi residence this morning and saw that it's a large cellar. How could Lord Shi bear to hide his beautiful concubine underground?"

Nangong Wu winked at him. "A cellar? That's where you store wine and food?"

"It can also be used to store gold, silver and treasures." Nangong Yi's words were loaded with meaning.

As expected, Emperor Mingde's eyes flashed with anger as he looked at the Vice Minister of Revenue and gave the order:

"By imperial decree, the Shi and Xia residences shall be immediately sealed off. All members of the Shi family, Xia Wei, the Vice Minister of Revenue, and his family shall be imprisoned and made to explain the matter of the underground chamber in the Shi family."

If it weren't for the assassin incident, he wouldn't have known that Shi Wen was hiding such a big secret.

Xia Wei, the Vice Minister of Revenue, was greatly alarmed and knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

"Whether it's a miscarriage of justice or not, we'll talk about that after you explain what happened in that secret room." Nangong Yi felt extremely pleased to see his father finally take action against these people.

Nangong Xun clenched his fists so tightly that the veins bulged, and a violent glint was hidden in his eyes.

After the court session ended, Nangong Wu returned to the Prince's residence first.

Seeing that Huo Lifeng and the four Flying Feather Guards were all ready to go, just waiting for her to come back to say goodbye before taking up their posts and heading to the border to guard the frontier.

Nangong Wu gave them a lot of poison powder and toxic fumes, as well as various antidotes, hemostatic drugs, and so on.

He also gave Li Feng several hundred bullets, and each of them a large bag of grenades and poison gas grenades, repeatedly instructing them to be careful in everything they did.

She and Nangong Xun have completely broken off relations, and with the Nine Nether Sect and the Serpent Spirit Society also involved, they will surely take vengeful actions against her and those around her. Her journey is unlikely to be peaceful.

"Your Highness, rest assured, we will definitely reach the Northern Frontier safely."

Li Feng and the four Flying Feather Guards bid her farewell and mounted their horses.

Nangong Wu nodded. "Take care. Remember to send a message back when you get to the Northern Frontier."

"We know."

"Your Highness, please take care as well."

The five men bowed to her again, then squeezed their legs together to encircle the horse's belly.

"drive!"

Nangong Wu watched them walk away until their figures disappeared at the end of the street before returning to her residence.

"Your Highness need not worry too much. Li Feng has been managing the Huo family's business for the past few years, traveling all over the country and making many friends in the martial arts world. He will definitely reach the Northern Frontier safely," Li Shuang comforted her.

"Hmm." Nangong Wu knew that her father relied on Li Feng the most, which was why she had Li Feng's name registered under Huo Jing's name.

When she returned to Zui Mei Courtyard, she found Xiao Lin sitting in the room, having had the wet nurse bring over all three children, and he was playing with them.

"How is your injury?"

"The poison has been neutralized!" Xiao Lin looked up at her. "I came to check on the children and asked you to help change their dressings."

"Feng Wushang can also help you change." Nangong Wu walked in and sat down next to the children.

The housekeeper had told me that he lived in a courtyard very close to Feng Wushang's.

"It's different. I feel your antidote is much better than his." Xiao Lin, as if he were the master of the house, stood up and poured her a cup of tea.

"You must be tired! Have some tea." Nangong Wu took the cup, her eyes filled with doubt.

This person seems to be getting more and more attentive.

"Since you're here, let's change the medicine!" Nangong Wu finished the water in her cup and went to get the medicine box.

Seeing that Xiao Lin had already taken off his shirt and sat on the soft couch, she saw that he had already taken off his shirt and sat on the soft couch.

"There's still some residual poison in your body. You need to take medicine for seven days straight," Nangong Wu said to him while she was busy.

"Alright, I'll do whatever you say." Xiao Lin's lips curled into a smile. "How about we talk about checking the national treasury?"

He knew that Emperor Mingde would definitely agree to re-examine the national treasury accounts.

"Emperor Mingde has agreed..." Nangong Wu told him about the affairs of the court while quickly changing his dressing.

They also prescribed him a seven-day supply of antidote, which was a traditional Chinese medicine from his previous life, with the outer packaging torn off.

"I'll find someone for you as soon as possible." Xiao Lin handed her a package. "This is the evidence of corruption within the Rui Wang faction that I've collected. I hope it will be useful to you."

"We have obtained a lot of evidence regarding the corruption, bribery, and sale of official positions by Prince Rui's faction, but we still need to ignite it and put him under pressure."