In less than three months, Jishitang had used sea routes to relocate more than a hundred thousand landless people, assigning them land in towns in Northern Liang near Southern Chen.
As Jishitang's takeover lasted longer and the number of areas it took over grew, more and more people were relocated.
Almost as soon as Jishitang took over, a vast amount of merit poured into Wang Yue's Sea of Consciousness, making him realize that he was on the right path.
Thinking of his partnership with Princess Rou Jia, he brought Xue Xiaotang to meet her again without hesitation.
But she had arrived at an inopportune time and encountered something extremely bizarre: the Emperor and Prince Ding had died in the palace at the same time, and even the Empress Dowager had perished in a fire.
Wang Yue was astonished. Never mind how deeply Prince Ding cared for the Emperor— even if he wanted revenge, there was no reason for all three of them to die!
That was the heavily guarded imperial palace, after all!
After meeting Princess Rou Jia, he asked in confusion, "What happened? Why are Prince Ding and the Emperor both dead?"
When Princess Rou Jia saw Wang Yue asking about it, she sighed and said gloomily, "Since I want to work with you, I won't hide anything. If I weren't thinking about our partnership, I might have taken the opportunity to kill the Empress Dowager too. That woman was simply too vile."
Hearing Princess Rou Jia say this, Wang Yue couldn't help frowning. He guessed she must have played some part in what had happened.
As Princess Rou Jia explained more and more, Wang Yue was left speechless. Empress Dowager Zhou was simply too despicable!
It turned out that the current Empress Dowager Zhou was a ruthless woman.