The Prefectural Governor's Office of Yucheng Commandery.

The subordinate hurriedly reported: "Report! It's bad, Your Excellency! Princess Chang Le has arrived in Yucheng County with her entourage."

"What?"

In the hall, Wu Yi, the governor of Yucheng County, who was sitting at the head of the table, had a drastic change in expression, his sinister eyes filled with a cold, venomous light.

The subordinate couldn't help but shudder and said again, "Your Excellency, Princess Chang Le has arrived in Yucheng County with her entourage, but the guards have not opened the city gates to let her in without your instructions."

Wu Yi's expression hardened, and his gaze swept over the people sitting on the left and right sides of the hall: Jin Kehan, the prefect of Yucheng County; Shi Dongming, the prefect of Yucheng County; and Tang Qiaozhan, the vice-prefect of Yucheng County.

The four surnames Wu, Jin, Shi, and Tang are the local forces that Liu Zi mentioned, and these four are also the leaders of these local forces.

They not only held the economic lifeline of Yucheng County, but also controlled the people's livelihood, military and political power in Yucheng County, and could be said to have absolute power in Yucheng County.

A typical local bully.

At the same time, it was regarded as the leader of the four major powers by the other three forces.

The reason we've all gathered here today is to discuss Sheng Lingwei's matter.

As natives of Yucheng County, they have been in control of the county for years, enjoying a life of plenty with no shortage of food, drink, and entertainment.

Suddenly, Yucheng County became Princess Changle's fiefdom, catching them completely off guard. From now on, they would become Princess Changle's subordinates, and everything had to be done according to her authority. They were certainly unwilling to accept this.

Therefore, in order not to be controlled by others.

They decided to take a drastic measure: as long as they killed Princess Chang Le, Yucheng County would still be theirs, and no one would ever be able to make them bow down again.

Besides, the emperor is far away.

Even now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has too many things to do and simply doesn't have the energy to pay attention to the affairs of Yucheng County, so they are happy to enjoy their carefree life.

Wu Yi's expression was very unpleasant. "The three of you, what are your thoughts on this matter?"

Prefect Jin Kehan ​​was short and fat, with layers upon layers of fat, looking foolish from afar and foolish up close.

At this moment, he glared angrily, his eyes almost narrowed into slits, and slammed his hand on the coffee table with a loud "bang".

"Hmph, before this, I clearly gave Ma Dadan a hint, originally intending to use him to get rid of Princess Chang Le, so that we wouldn't have to do the work."

But now it seems those bandits are all useless idiots; they can't even handle this small matter. All the favors we've done for them over the years have been for nothing.

Prefect Shi Dongming pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that Princess Chang Le has learned about the situation in Yucheng County from those good-for-nothings through severe torture. I just don't know if they will betray Lao Jin?"

Jin Kehan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked at Wu Yi.

"Old Wu, I originally thought it was a sure thing, so I didn't warn Ma Dadan not to leak my information. But his men failed in their operation. What should I do now?"

Good heavens!

If Princess Chang Le finds out he's the one behind it all, she'll definitely settle scores with him immediately. He doesn't want to die!

Wu Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at Tang Qiaozhan, who hadn't spoken a word. Among the four of them, he was the quickest-witted.

Tang Qiaozhan is thin and gives people a smart and capable impression.

And he had a black mole at the end of his eyebrow.

In face reading, the area at the tail of the eyebrow is also called the "marriage palace".

If a mole appears in this location, the person is generally intelligent, adept at handling situations, and skilled in interpersonal relationships, being very tactful and diplomatic.

But in reality, he is very cunning and shrewd, and he is also selfish and self-serving.

They are self-centered and enjoy playing tricks, but they are too ambitious and often do things that are far beyond their capabilities, showing a lack of self-confidence.

Tang Qiaozhan frowned, glanced at Wu Yi and the other two, and slowly said, "Now that Princess Chang Le has arrived in Yucheng County, we, as officials of Yucheng County, should naturally go to greet her in person to show our respect."

Furthermore, we will pretend we know nothing about Lao Jin instructing Ma Dadan and deny it outright. Princess Chang Le is unlikely to openly break ties with us on the spot.

Furthermore, we must not lose our composure. Yucheng County is under our complete control, and most of its people are ours.

Princess Chang Le is new here; she wouldn't possibly wipe out all of our people just to cleanse her forces, and besides, she doesn't have that kind of ability.

Wu Yi nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Old Tang is right. We can't afford to lose our composure. The four of us are the local tyrants of Yucheng County. If Princess Chang Le really wants to target us, we can simply mobilize the entire city to fight against her."

Jin Kehan ​​breathed a sigh of relief and immediately chimed in, "Yes, yes, it's not just us, we also need to bring in three other forces to fight against Princess Chang Le together with us."

When the time is right, we should devise a perfect plan to ensure Princess Chang Le is buried forever in Yucheng County.

Jin Kehan, with a calculating look on his face, couldn't help but burst into wild laughter.

"Haha, blame her for being blind and falling for Yucheng County."

Shi Dongming frowned and reminded him, "Old Jin, things aren't over yet. We must remain calm and not alert the enemy."

Old Jin is a brainless idiot.

If his father hadn't passed the position of prefect to him, he wouldn't have been qualified to be a prefect, given his stupidity and incompetence.

Jin Kehan's laughter stopped abruptly, and he glared at Shi Dongming with displeasure.

Damn it, among the four of them, Shi Dongming has the lowest official rank.

What gives him the right to say that about me?

Or perhaps he's been too good-tempered all these years?

Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that he had to help him with a lot of things, he wouldn't have given him a kind look at all, nor would he have tolerated him lecturing him.

Tang Qiaozhan looked at the two of them, a cold smile creeping onto his face, before smilingly playing the peacemaker.

"Alright, alright, we all know each other well. It's inevitable that there were some minor squabbles in the past, but from now on, we must unite as one and fight against Princess Chang Le together."

Furthermore, you must understand that the four of us are a unified whole; our fates are intertwined. In this critical period, we must not allow internal divisions.

When Wu Yi heard this, his expression turned cold.

He gave Jin Kehan ​​and Shi Dongming a warning look, his tone gloomy and serious.

"You all heard what Lao Tang said. If anyone dares to cause internal conflict at this time, don't blame me for being ruthless and disregarding our years of friendship."

Jin Kehan ​​and Shi Dongming's pupils shrank, and they hurriedly nodded in agreement, but in their hearts they wanted to curse. They weren't really stupid.

He then glanced at Tang Qiaozhan with a gloomy look in his eyes.

You old Tang, your thoughts are incredibly deep. On the surface, you're trying to reconcile them, but in reality, you're exacerbating their conflict and reinforcing Lao Wu's negative impression of them.

And you, you became the person Lao Wu valued most.

Over the years, they had long seen through Tang Qiaozhan's character, and Wu Yi regarded him as his most trusted confidant.