Chapter 906 - Everything under Control! (1/2)
When the sun rose, Ethereal’s imperial city was covered in a tense atmosphere as the five princes fully mobilized their connections. Those with certain status were all highly strung.
The private armies of the four great clans moved the fastest, and among them, the Yun private army took the lead.
Although Bai Xiaofei didn’t stay long in the Yun army, he had already told them what to do. As soon as Yun Lan passed down an order, the Yun troops beat the other armies to pour into the city through various channels before the garrison commander, who was a relative of the Third Prince, had all the entrances sealed up.
However, the rest of the princes quickly found their own way. No matter how they wanted to compete for the throne, the Puppetsmith Holy Mountain and the Ethereal Merchant Group had to operate as usual, in which there would be movement of personnel. Using this loophole, Ling Zong and Ling Hai’s people entered the city.
Meanwhile, Ling Ming turned to his wife for help. Although she was no longer in the Moonlight Empire, the empire gladly provided their support in this matter. Before long, their special political group arrived at the imperial city, where Ling Ming was in charge of reception, conveniently also bringing his people in.
Of course, his personnel wasn’t from Moonlight, but his own cultivated force. As a reward for their outstanding contributions, the emperor had allowed all the five princes to have their own private army, the small scale of which was contrary to their supreme quality.
In addition to those armed forces, many parties in the imperial city were also mobilized: Merchant groups, mercenary groups, solo puppet masters… Anyone who could be a booster had been recruited by the princes. As a result, the city had gradually become a huge ticking bomb waiting to explode.
“You have been doing nothing for three days! Didn’t you say it was time for a grand event?!” Tan Xin kicked the door open, and what she saw made her annoyance turn into fury.
Bai Xiaofei was resting his head on Ni Xue’s lap while the latter peeled grapes and intimately fed them to his mouth.
“BAI XIAOFEI!!!” Tan Xin’s anger shot through the ceiling, but there was nothing she could do.
“I know what you want to say. Don’t worry, everything is under my control.” Bai Xiaofei smiled and continued chewing on his grapes.
“Fine! If so, can you describe the situation outside now?!” Tan Xin asked, wanting to see Bai Xiaofei being face-slapped. However…
“The princes are using their own ways to transport troops into the city. The First Prince is leading in number, followed by the troops of the Third Prince, while the Fourth and Six are evenly matched. The Eighth Prince has the fewest troops, but thanks to the Moonlight envoy group, he’s the closest to the palace,” Bai Xiaofei listed.
Tan Xin stared blankly at him.
“Not only that, the mercenary group in the capital has been unprecedentedly active. Almost all the tasks on the mission board are related to recruitment, offering plentiful rewards. On another note, prestigious puppet masters in the city are betting on their favored candidate. However, they can only play a role a little better than nothing in front of the big armies.”
Sentence by sentence, Bai Xiaofei described the situation of the imperial city clearly. And he still had more!
“This morning, after getting up, you asked for two trays of small steamed buns, one with donkey meat stuffing and one with beef radish stuffing, but you didn’t finish them. You stopped after three buns and the waiter finished the rest.”