My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

After Guo Xiaofei left, many others also found excuses to leave.

Those gathered at the restaurant today are mostly the more successful sons and grandsons of various families. They are mainly representing their families to gather information.

Now that they have found out the news, they naturally need to go back and report it to their elders.

Among them are some families with relatively close relationships.

The Chu and Bi families not only had business dealings but were also related by marriage. When the two families fled Jingyang City, they exchanged information and agreed to help each other.

The relationship between the two families was certainly extraordinary.

On the way back, Bi Xia asked Chu Muyang, "Hey! What do you think the Guo family's plans are? Are they trying to align themselves with Prince Rui's forces?"

Chu Muyang thought for a moment and said, "I think that Young Master Guo seems to have a lot of praise for that Lord Ji in his words. Maybe he actually wants to serve Lord Ji."

Bi Xia said, "Lord Ji is a subordinate of Prince Rui, isn't this tantamount to defecting to Prince Rui!"

Chu Muyang shook his head, "This Lord Ji is exceptionally capable and enjoys popular support..."

He couldn't say too much more than that. But he only hinted at it, and Bi Xia already understood what he meant.

He wanted to say, "This can't be right, can it? Prince Rui rebelled; he's of royal blood, so it's barely considered legitimate."

But Lady Ji had no royal blood whatsoever. And she was a woman.

For a woman to hold an official position is already a major transgression.

I've never heard of a woman becoming emperor.

“These are all things for the future, and we don’t need to think about them too much,” Chu Muyang said. “We just need to prepare the money and food we want to donate.”

Hearing Chu Muyang's words, Bi Xia couldn't help but sigh. Although they were a prominent family in Jingyang City...

However, these past two years have been really tough.

They had already suffered considerable losses due to the war. Before those losses could be recovered, they were hit by a plague, which caused them to lose a large sum of money again.

Now, we need to donate money and food.

Chu Muyang smiled bitterly.

In this day and age, it's not just ordinary people who are suffering. Business owners with businesses are also having a hard time.

He said, "I just hope this chaotic world can end soon and things can settle down."

After each expressing their feelings, they went home and reported the news they had heard that day to their elders.

Before, some people were still hesitant about whether or not to go back.

The decision made by the Guo family, represented by Guo Xiaofei, finally convinced those who were undecided to move back to Jingyang City with a portion of their people to investigate the situation.

Besides the major aristocratic families and merchants who heard that Ji Yunshuang was going to hold a celebration banquet at the Prince's mansion, the escaped concubine and others in the Prince Xuan's mansion also heard the news.

At this moment, in a mansion, Wu Qian exclaimed passionately, "Second Young Master, that Ji family is outrageous! She actually wants to hold a victory celebration banquet at the Prince's Mansion. She's showing no respect for our Xuan Prince's Mansion!"

Fu Jiayou poured himself a glass of wine, looking dejected, and said, "Now we've even lost the Prince's mansion, and our troops have suffered heavy losses. How can he still take us seriously?"

When he learned that his father had also contracted the plague, he panicked and hastily fled to Xunhe County with his personal guards, money, and provisions.

He originally intended to come to Xunhe County to find a solution. However, he couldn't come up with any solution in the end.

He was unwilling to give up his status as the son of King Xuan and live as an ordinary person in anonymity.

When he learned that Ji Yunshuang had led her men to occupy the Prince's Mansion and control the plague, and that all the infected soldiers were under their command, his resentment turned into anger!

Why!

Why should she!

Jingzhou was her father's fiefdom; by what right did she have to occupy it?

"So what?" Wu Qian knew his master's thoughts best. He knew that although he looked dejected, he was actually unwilling to accept it!

He said, "The Prince's mansion is lost, but we can take it back. Besides, we can't say that the troops are truly lost!"

Second Young Master, if you simply step forward and rally the troops, they will surely heed your call and return to the rightful order. The Ji family is nothing but a traitorous rebel. You are the true rightful ruler!

Fu Jiayou nodded in agreement.

Yes! He is the rightful heir! Those soldiers didn't betray the royal palace either.

They simply had no other choice at the time.

We can't all just sit there waiting to die and then be wiped out!

They will return as long as he calls. Now that the plague is over, it's time to take back Jingyang City.

The more Fu Jiayou thought about it, the more excited he became. He immediately stood up and arranged for someone to contact the defecting general.

*

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, as soon as it was light, a large number of people arrived outside the Prince's Mansion.

This banquet hosted by Ji Yunshuang was something that everyone had never heard of before.

In the past, when princes, nobles, and powerful families held banquets, they would first send out invitations. Not only were there requirements regarding the status of those attending the banquet, but there were also many customs and traditions associated with organizing the banquet.

But the banquet hosted by Ji Yunshuang was completely different from any banquet they had ever seen before.

She did not send out invitations.

She spread rumors that the banquet she hosted was not only for people of high status, but also open to ordinary people.

This alarmed the entire city.

Many people arrived at the Prince's Mansion early in the morning, eager to find out if it was true or not.

Even if we don't get in in the end, we won't lose out.

They've come to the Prince's residence!

This is a royal residence; in the past, they weren't even allowed to linger at the gate.

Now they can get close and look around freely.

And if they're lucky, they might actually get inside. They could even visit the Prince's residence and see what it's like.

Therefore, some people arrived early and asked the gatekeeper if they could go in.

Ji Yunshuang had anticipated this situation, so she had already instructed the gatekeepers on how to respond.

Therefore, when someone came up to ask, the gatekeeper said very kindly, "My master said that this banquet is not only to celebrate our initial victory over the epidemic, but also a charity banquet to show love to our friends in the disaster area."

Anyone who has contributed to the fight against the plague, or who is willing to offer their love and support to those in disaster-stricken areas, is welcome to attend the banquet.

The victory over the plague was entirely due to the medicine provided by Ji Yunshuang. Many people understood this. Therefore, everyone instinctively ruled out the first condition and inquired about the second.

What does it mean to show love and care for our friends in disaster areas?

The gatekeeper explained patiently and loudly, "I don't know if you've heard, but while the plague is spreading rampantly in Jingyang City, many people in Jingzhou are suffering from floods. Their houses have been washed away, their loved ones have been swept away by the floods, and now they are homeless..."

Many soft-hearted people couldn't help but wipe away tears upon hearing this.

"This is so pitiful!"

"I never imagined that it wasn't just us suffering; people in other parts of Jingzhou were suffering too!"

"Why are there so many disasters this year?! They're not letting us survive!"

"God! Open your eyes!"

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