Hao Yansen's guess turned out to be right.
After the Xia Family's incident, many of those who supported Kuang Guowen switched their support to Qiao Ao.
Previously, they had supported Kuang Guowen only because of the Xia Family, but now that the Xia Family had no future, there was no need for them to continue to curry favor with them, and it was natural to seize the opportunity to realign themselves.
At least Qiao Ao was wealthier than Kuang Guowen, and he didn't have the same stubbornness as Kuang Guowen did for the sake of the people, which was impervious to reason.
Therefore, following Qiao Ao, they estimated they would gain more benefits, instead of getting nothing as was the case when supporting Kuang Guowen.
However, Kuang Guowen still had many supporters, at least the common people supported him greatly.
For a time, the competitive strength of Kuang Guowen and Qiao Ao were about the same, and the political landscape of Haidao City changed unpredictably every day.
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