Cutting off someone's source of wealth is like killing their parents. Jin Feng and Princess Jiu unknowingly severed the financial lifelines of countless powerful figures, and almost the entire aristocratic class of Da Kang resented them intensely.
No one knew what those officials who outwardly supported Princess Jiu's reforms truly thought in their hearts. On the journey from the capital back to Xichuan, across thousands of mountains and rivers, it was inevitable that some people would have ulterior motives.
Upon learning that Jin Feng was returning, Liu immediately contacted the head of the Zhenyuan armed escort service branch in the capital and requested reinforcements of elite guards. The Jinchuan Merchant Guild also became very active.
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