At this time, Wang Tai, whose real name was Chen Taihong, arrived in the capital with his subordinates.

"Whoa..." The group reined in their horses and looked at the city wall ahead.

Late at night on New Year's Eve, Chen Taihong and Lu Qing left Huanghualing and joined their subordinates who came to pick them up. The group originally planned to disguise themselves and return directly to Yizhou.

As soon as he left Yongning Prefecture, Chen Taihong received a secret report from a spy.

The emperor is ill. The current emperor is titled Emperor Min Han. He is Chen Taihong’s grandfather and is 53 years old this year.

The King of Yizhou was the third son of Emperor Minhan, and the King of Yongning was the fifth son.

At the same time as receiving the news that his grandfather was ill, Chen Taihong also received a letter from his father, ordering him to return to Beijing immediately to take care of the patient.

The princes of fiefdoms were not allowed to enter the capital without being summoned, but the children of the princes were not subject to this restriction.

The Crown Prince of the Min Dynasty was the eldest son of the Emperor of Min Han. He died of illness at the age of thirty, and the position of Crown Prince has been vacant ever since.

Currently, the most popular candidates for the position of crown prince are the King of Yizhou and the King of Yongning.

This is because both of them showed outstanding management skills in governing their fiefdoms.

There were different supporters among the court officials, and the two princes were also competing against each other secretly.

At this time, the Emperor of Minhan was ill and the prince could not come to the capital, so the King of Yizhou sent his son to the capital, hoping that his son would accompany the emperor and help him.

Chen Taihong's journey to Beijing was not smooth.

When passing by Bingzhou, he happened to meet the people from Jingmen Beitang.

Beitang's men had been traveling for a month and suffered a lot.

It also made them doubt their initial judgment until they met Chen Taihong.

It turned out that their judgment was completely correct. The head of Beitang was overjoyed and decided to capture the young prince this time to atone for his sins.

Unfortunately, besides Lu Qing, there were seven other masters beside Chen Taihong at this time, and the people from Beitang were no match for them at all.

At the beginning, Lu Qing was able to escape with Chen Taihong alone. With seven helpers, they can even turn around and reap the Beitang people.

After a life-and-death struggle, except for the hall master and two deputy hall masters who escaped with injuries, the rest of the people were all killed on the spot.

After Chen Taihong solved this group of troublesome people in Beitang, he continued to head for the capital.

After ten days, they finally arrived in the capital. Looking at the high city walls, Chen Taihong breathed a sigh of relief.

This journey has been extremely difficult, not only physically, but more importantly, mentally.

The road from Bingzhou to the capital was also the refugees' first choice for escape. The entire road was filled with refugees begging for food along the way. Everyone looked pale and was barely breathing. As they walked, people kept falling down and would never get up again.

Selling children and eating their own babies is a tragedy that can be compared to human suffering.

All these shocked Chen Taihong.

In addition to what he saw on the road, Chen Taihong's own experience of being hunted down made him desire power for the first time.

Chen Taihong clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and said silently in his heart, "Grandfather, I'm here, and I won't refuse you this time."

A whip hit the horse's butt hard,

"drive……"

He rode his horse first and galloped towards the city gate, followed closely by Lu Qing and others, leaving a trail of dust in the distance.

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In Yongning Prefecture City, Qian Chunhua visited the market, the grain store, and the grocery store, and found that the prices in the prefecture city had doubled compared to the prices in Nanzhou County when he first traveled here.

Not only have prices increased, but there are also restrictions on purchase quantities, with each person only able to purchase a specified amount per day.

No wonder Qian's mother went out these days, saying she was going to buy some vegetables, but she just walked around and went home empty-handed.

At this moment Qian Chunhua knew the reason.

The chaos in the outside world is still going on, and it has actually affected Yongning Prefecture as well.