Last year, in order to provide disaster relief for Sichuan and Sichuan, the Ninth Princess returned to Beijing and had a big quarrel with Chen Ji. If it had been any other prince or princess, she would have been beaten up by Chen Ji and locked up.
But the Ninth Princess left after the quarrel. After killing the powerful man, Chen Ji tried every means to help her deal with the aftermath.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Ninth Princess, Chen Ji is considered a qualified father.
Thinking of leaving the capital this time, Chen Ji silently sent her and Concubine Qing to the city gate. The ninth princess couldn't help but feel sad, and the more she cried, the sadder she became.
"Wuyang, people cannot be resurrected after death, please be considerate and don't break your body from crying."
Guan Xiaorou helped Ninth Princess into the study room next to her.
The Ninth Princess was determined in the end and stopped crying without lasting too long.
He took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes: "Sister, I came just in time. I said I would go find you later."
"Wuyang, Concubine Qing must be very sad when such a big thing happens. Please stay with Concubine Qing well recently and just leave the village affairs to me." Guan Xiaorou said.
"It's not a village thing."
The Ninth Princess shook her head and said: "I received news that after the fourth son usurped the throne, he abolished all the titles and honors of his husband, and ordered various places to encircle and suppress the bodyguards. Therefore, you must withdraw all the bodyguards, chambers of commerce and money banks in various places as soon as possible!"
"How could the fourth prince do this?"
Guan Xiaorou stood up suddenly: "Wuyang, didn't you say that he has a very good relationship with the boss?"
"Sister, refugees can kill people just for half a piece of coarse-grain steamed buns, let alone the whole world?"
The Ninth Princess smiled miserably and said: "My husband and I both misjudged the person and thought that the fourth child was different. It's ridiculous to say that. Before leaving, I asked the fourth child to keep an eye on the powerful people in the capital to see if anyone was up to something. Who was it?
I know he is the biggest ghost!"
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that among all the princes, Chen Ji likes the fourth prince the most, and it is only a matter of time before he is crowned prince. The ninth princess is also the least defensive about the fourth prince.
Moreover, when the fourth prince faced Jin Feng and the ninth princess, his posture was always very low and he behaved very humbly.
His acting skills are so good that even the Ninth Princess, who is good at guessing people's hearts, was fooled by him, not to mention Jin Feng who was born in science and engineering.
Guan Xiaorou had long heard from Jin Feng that the royal family was in chaos, and this time she really saw it.
He sighed and patted the Ninth Princess on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will ask Xiaoyu to send a message later and ask the escort agency, chamber of commerce and bank to withdraw."
"Sister, since Fourth Brother dares to take action, he must have a perfect plan, and has even colluded with wealthy families from all over the country. We got the news too late, and we must compete with Fourth Brother for time!"
Ninth Princess said anxiously.
"Understood," Guan Xiaorou looked at Xiaoyu: "Listen to Wuyang, go and deliver the message immediately!"
"Xiaoyu, remember to remind the escort brothers in your letter that no matter what obstacles you encounter during the retreat, don't believe it. If the other party forcibly blocks you, just fight back!" Ninth Princess reminded.
"Yes!" Xiaoyu nodded heavily.
"Also, send a letter to Tie Zhui and ask him to immediately arrange for a group of people to go north along the East China Sea to Yuguan City to tell Brother Liang the news and let him be prepared!" Ninth Princess explained again.
Xihewan is the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and has the most frequent contacts with various places. There are carrier pigeons at all the locations of the Chamber of Commerce.
However, Zhang Liang had just gone to Yuguan City not long ago and had not yet had time to cultivate carrier pigeons in Yuguan City. Therefore, Zhang Liang had always taken the initiative to contact Xihewan to report the battle situation. Jin Feng wanted to send a message to Yuguan City, so he had to send someone first.
Pass the news to the capital, and then the capital will send a horse to deliver the message.
Now that the capital is in the hands of the fourth prince, this road is no longer feasible, and the only way to send the message is from the East China Sea.
"Yes!" Xiaoyu agreed and ran out.
Soon, the homing pigeons flew out of the village one after another.
In fact, the Ninth Princess guessed well. The fourth prince had colluded with aristocratic families from all over the country before taking action.
The two parties agreed that after the Fourth Prince succeeded in seizing the throne, they would quickly eliminate the escort bureaus and chambers of commerce in various places.
As for the things in the escort agency, whoever grabs them belongs to whom.
The first half of the plan went smoothly, but something unexpected happened after the fourth prince occupied the palace.
First, Luo Lan saw through his plan and did not let the imperial troops enter the escort agency.
Although the escorts did not have armor or heavy crossbows, they were all battle-hardened veterans with much richer combat experience than the Imperial Guards soldiers. They had repelled the Imperial Guards led by the school captain several times.
When the commander of the Forbidden Army appointed by the fourth prince mobilized his men, the bodyguards actually organized elite men, took the initiative to launch an attack, and successfully broke out of the encirclement of the Forbidden Army.
What the fourth prince didn't expect the most was that the Zhongming team contacted the Ninth Princess's spy.
The Ninth Princess has been running the capital for many years, and has left behind spies spread across various industries, including many in the imperial palace and the Forbidden Army.
The Qin family has been in charge of the Forbidden Army for many years, and there are many old people who are loyal to the Qin family. They learned from the eunuchs and maids who escaped from the palace that the fourth prince had rebelled and had killed the emperor and Qin Zhen. These old people in the Forbidden Army who were loyal to the Qin family immediately realized the danger and cooperated.
The escort launched an attack on the west gate of the capital.
The main defensive target of the city gate was outside the city, and the imperial army guarding the west gate was caught off guard.
The elite bodyguards protected Luo Lan and Cao Dong and successfully escaped from the capital before the large force of the Forbidden Army arrived.
Arriving outside the city, Cao Dong immediately led his team straight to the warehouse.
In previous attacks, the men in black blew up grenades and hot-air balloons, but weapons such as heavy crossbows, catapults, and armored black knives were still in the warehouse.
With these equipments, the combat power of the bodyguards immediately increased greatly, and they defeated the pursuing imperial troops.
Now the two sides are in a standoff around the warehouse.
If that was all, after the fourth prince occupied the palace, he found that the jade seal was missing!
The jade seal is the symbol of the emperor. Without the jade seal, the fourth prince would not be known as the emperor.
What's more, the fourth prince's throne was originally usurped, so it's even more sensitive.
So in the two days after seizing the throne, the fourth prince dug almost three feet into the entire palace in an attempt to find the jade seal.
But Yuxi has been taken outside the city by Luo Lan, how can the fourth prince find it?
In desperation, the fourth prince could only send a message to wealthy families in various places, asking them to surround and suppress the escort agency.
However, the wealthy families are all human beings, and they are afraid that the fourth prince will trick them, so according to the agreement, the fourth prince's letter should be stamped with a jade seal to prove that the seizure of the throne was successful.
As a result, this matter became a deadlock, and it also bought valuable time for the various escort agencies and chambers of commerce to retreat.
Of course, there are also some local wealthy families who discovered that the Escort Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce were retreating. They sent people to the capital to verify the news and at the same time sent people to prevent the Escort Agency from retreating.
With the reminder from the Ninth Princess, the escort bureaus in various places ignored it at all. When encountering the wealthy families who forcibly blocked the situation, they directly broke through the encirclement with force and did not talk nonsense to the local wealthy families at all.
A few days later, escorts began to withdraw to Jinchuan one after another.