The situation in the south was not quick to unfold; in ancient times, long distances meant slow information dissemination, and adding the time for handling, by the time it broke out, Mingyun's caravan heading back to his hometown was just a day or two away from Zhou family village.
Prince Chu, plus Prince Rongchuan, with Rongchuan carrying the military tally, quickly and ruthlessly concluded the matter in one fell swoop, and news reached the capital first. To stabilize the south, Rongchuan personally escorted the prisoners back to the capital, while Prince Chu continued to remain stationed in the south.
The news reached the capital before anything else, sending tremors through the Imperial court. While the Retired Emperor was in power, only the noble families involved in the salt policy were purged, but there was no significant movement against the influential noble families of the south.
