CHAPTER 1372: CHAPTER 1372: THE PRINCESS’S FAMILY ALSO HAS NO SURPLUS粮

Southern Capital City of South Yangtze, the largest political and economic center in South Yangtze.

In the past, Emperor Yu established the nation, setting this place as the second capital city, hence the name Southern Capital City.

As the financial core of the entire Great Xia Country, it is highly regarded and has a complete set of civil and military personnel colloquially known as the Minor Imperial Court.

The Crown Prince laid groundwork early and managed here for years, sending his daughter Ji Wanrong in advance to take charge of Southern Capital City.

Even so, Ji Wanrong finds it difficult to act.

Currently, the positions of various influential families in South Yangtze are unclear, and the court officials each have personal agendas, even the city defense camps within the city are divided into several factions.

Only General Zuo, Lei Shicheng, is the trusted aide of the Crown Prince, whereas the other Right Route General, Front Route General, Central Route General, and Rear Route General are not meeting with anyone at the moment.

The Five Generals are the fundamental support for Ji Wanrong to establish herself in South Yangtze.

She is troubled and unexpectedly finds that her father’s painstaking efforts have still resulted in such a terrible situation.

Everyone is in a state of observation, and Ji Wanrong believes that if something happens to her father in the Capital City now, these generals could quickly capture her and head to Chang’an City to claim rewards.

If the military strategists are the left foot, the merchant sect is the right foot.

This merchant sect is the Liuu Family, and regarding this, Ji Wanrong has completely entrusted it to Long Fei’s staunch ally, Liuu Jiangnan.

However, now Liuu Jiangnan has not been able to persuade the Clan Leader of the Liuu Family, his grandfather, Liuu Wenchen.

In the Great Xia Country, the Liuu Family is known as the wealthiest merchant family.

In South Yangtze, there’s a saying: "Half of South Yangtze is the country, and one city belongs to the Liuu Family."

The Liuu Family’s enterprises are spread throughout South Yangtze, from silk, tea, porcelain, taverns to real estate, shipping, etc.

Obtaining support from the Liuu Family is equivalent to securing logistics.

Ji Wanrong sits in the study, headache-ridden as she reviews the day’s documents.

Although she is nominally the Commandery Princess of South Yangtze, she is practically powerless.

The people she can rely on are few, even a maid dared to show her attitude today.

After a couple of words, she cried out, threw down the basin, and ran away.

Ji Wanrong rubbed her temples, finally understanding why Third Imperial Uncle could win.

Her father has indeed done nothing over the years; too weak, lacking kingly qi.

If peace prevailed, he might be a good ruler.

But amidst such great disputes, he completely lacks the courage to seize power!

A moment later, someone reported from outside, the Ninth Princess has returned.

Ji Wanrong promptly patted her cheeks, let people call Ji Wanyu in, and met her in the side hall.

This Ninth Sister is her chance to turn the tables and is also the last strand of life sent by Imperial Grandfather.

Choosing the Imperial Son-in-law back then was probably to contend with the changes today.

Unfortunately, this Imperial Son-in-law is quite unreliable, now hiding in another world, not daring to return.

Helplessly, she sent Ninth Sister to persuade him, unsure if she succeeded.

She tidied up her appearance in front of the mirror and went out, where a group of men and women were surveying the main hall.

Upon seeing her, Ji Wanyu immediately ran up, excitedly grabbing her hand and shouting, "Sister!"

Ji Wanrong’s weary demeanor finally improved a bit, looking at the people and asked, "Where’s Long Fei?"

Chu Feng teased, "Her Royal Highness The Princess misses my brother that much?"

Ji Wanrong rolled her eyes at him, invited everyone to sit down, and exhaustedly said, "With the situation this bad, you still have the mood to joke with me. Look at my unlucky appearance, it feels like in a couple of days I might be captured and executed."

Everyone along the way heard a lot about the affairs and knew what change had occurred.

Seeing her worried look, Chu Feng hadn’t expected the situation to be so severe.

A bull-headed monster loudly pounded his chest and shouted, "Who bullied my sister-in-law, I’ll smash him with a stick!"

Ji Wanrong took a sip of tea, nearly spitting it out, curiously asked Ji Wanyu, "Who is this brother?"

Ji Wanyu laughed and introduced, "Old Bull, Brother Niu."

Along the way, she had gotten quite familiar with this Old Bull.

Chu Feng hadn’t brought many people this time, but had brought a whole bunch of demons.

There’s Bald Dog, Ground Rat Demon King, Da Heiniu, and even the Blood Clan sisters Sophia and Soria.

The few people in the room had peculiar appearances, each one stranger than the last.

Ji Wanrong dryly laughed and nodded at Da Heiniu, thinking to herself how unreliable Long Fei was, as this is the kind of help he sent.

Chu Feng told her, "Her Royal Highness The Princess, rest assured. Brother Long Fei sent us to assist you first, he should be arriving shortly. Whatever you need, just feel free to order us."

Ji Wanyu added, "Yes, Sister, what is the current situation? Do you have any news from Father?"

Ji Wanrong shook her head, saying, "The situation is very unfavorable. Third Imperial Uncle has long extended his influence to South Yangtze. I face obstacles at every step, and my orders cannot be issued, no one regards me, the Commandery Princess of South Yangtze."

Chu Feng slapped the table and said, "Rebellion in full swing, just tell me who isn’t obedient, and I’ll beat them up."

Da Heiniu also shouted, "I, Old Bull, want to stretch my muscles too, this is indeed rebellion."

Ji Wanrong quickly advised, "You all calm down, this is politics, not warfare. Even if you kill them, will the people below listen to us?"

Chu Feng coughed, indeed not adept at this kind of issue.

Murong Chong and Wang Jie suppressed their laughter, knowing Chu Feng had no solution; without Long Fei, no one could handle it.

They asked Ji Wanrong, "Any news from Brother Liuu? What is the Liuu Family’s stance?"

Ji Wanrong shook her head and said, "Not yet, probably soon."

Just as they were talking, suddenly a guard reported from outside, "Her Royal Highness, it’s bad, really bad, the Clan Leader of the Liuu Family is outside lodging a complaint!"

"What?"

Ji Wanrong swiftly stood up, frowning as she asked, "What complaint?"

The guard said, "Seems like their young master, Liuu Yichen, went mad, beat up the Clan Leader, saying he wants to take over the Liuu Family, forcing Liuu Wenchen to give up the Clan Leadership."

"Is there such a thing?"

Ji Wanrong’s face flashed with excitement, troubled with no reason to target the Liuu Family, unexpectedly they delivered themselves.

Murong Chong frowned, saying, "Impossible, Liuu Yichen is an esteemed Kunlun Sect disciple, indifferent to worldly affairs, how could he suddenly want to be Clan Leader?"

Wang Jie said, "Probably the Kunlun Sect is up to no good! They must have been recruited by the Third Prince, using their disciple to aid him."

Murong Chong said, "Then isn’t Brother Liuu in danger?"

"We’ll see!"

Ji Wanrong took them along to the guest hall in the front courtyard.

In front of the hall doors, a group of people were kneeling, crying loudly.

Liuu Wenchen was covered in blood, his face swollen, cried towards Ji Wanrong, "Her Royal Highness, you must uphold justice for this old man! This old man is miserable, a rebellious grandson has emerged from my family!"

The senior members behind the Liuu Family were crying collectively, looking extremely battered, clearly having been severely beaten.

Ji Wanrong hurriedly helped Liuu Wenchen up, invited them to sit in the guest hall, and asked Liuu Wenchen, "Old Master Liuu, what exactly happened?"

Liuu Wenchen pointed to his old face, saying, "Her Royal Highness, take a look, this is what that unfilial grandson did. Recently a chance emerged at Yunmeng Lake, this unfilial child went to seize it, came back insane, insisting on controlling the Liuu Family’s power, making us old folks listen to him. Look at how he beat this old man!"