However, before Cui Boyong could even take action, a civil unrest broke out.
Cui Boyong was irritable, confused, and even harbored a hidden fear—
Unbeknownst to him, a mastermind was lurking behind the scenes.
And Yuezhou doesn't seem to be completely under his control either.
Some things have gotten out of control!
This is what Cui Boyong finds most intolerable.
He didn't care about the civil unrest or whether people would die; he only cared about his own authority.
"The Huang family? Or the Chen family?"
Cui Boyong began to speculate about the mastermind hiding in the shadows.
He first turned his suspicious gaze toward several powerful local families in Yuezhou, including the Huang, Chen, and Xian families.
Then, he became suspicious again, wondering, "Could it be Huang Zhida from Huangzhou? Or the governor's mansion in Guangcheng?"
Cui Boyong compiled a long list of suspects, but he never guessed that it was the Yue Prince's Mansion.
The Prince of Yue's Palace?
Ha, Xie is just a woman, only good at some petty tricks. How could she possibly stir up trouble in He County?
However, the thought of the Yue Prince's Mansion startled Cui Boyong awake—
Huh?
Although the cause of the civil unrest is unknown, that does not prevent this governor from making use of it.
He originally intended to teach the Yue Prince's Mansion a lesson.
The current situation is exactly as he expected.
The only difference is that the civil unrest was not orchestrated by him.
However, he can still "shift the blame eastward".
They instigated the rioters to storm the Yue King's residence, whereupon they killed the Yue King and his wife.
And so, the rumors began to spread—
"Did you know? Crescent Moon Town is full of grain!"
"Especially the Yue King's Palace, which stores tens of thousands of bushels of grain, as well as piles of copper coins..."
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