Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Emperor Dingwen wrote the imperial edict to transfer the imperial guards and handed it to the eunuch in front of the emperor.

The eunuch handed the imperial edict to Hongxuan.

After receiving the imperial edict, he didn't want to stay for a moment.

After thanking Emperor Dingwen, he quickly left the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Leave quickly before the emperor regrets his decision.

Now he has to give it his all.

"Seventh brother! Haha! Why are you in such a hurry?"

The voice of Crown Prince Hongze came from behind Hongxuan.

"Slow down! Slow down! Look at my seventh brother, he's in a hurry."

Hongxuan stopped and turned to look at the Crown Prince Hongze who followed him.

"Why are you following me?"

"Haha! Seventh brother, thank you for mentioning your third brother in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Now that I have ascended the throne of crown prince, I would like to invite you to a banquet in the East Palace tonight!" Hongze said with a smile.

Hongxuan spoke slowly with a calm expression.

"Don't you know my current situation? Prince, do you want to kill me?"

"Oh! By the way, Third Brother! Although you are the Crown Prince now, I think your position is not secure at all. Brothers Hongli and Hongxiong are still your biggest competitors. They are eyeing the position of Crown Prince covetously! Crown Prince, you must understand who your biggest enemy is."

"Oh!" Crown Prince Hongze raised his eyebrows and said, "Hongxuan! I came here to ask for advice. You have seen it in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Hongxiong and Hongli are also fighting to the death with you!"

Hong Xuan nodded: "If my brother wants to keep his position as the crown prince, there is only one way."

"What method?" Prince Hongze's eyes lit up.

"When General Zhaowu Denianzhi goes to Yunzhou, bring one of Hongli or Hongxiong with him, and have your prince meet him. Father will definitely agree and will appoint one of them as the King of Southern Frontier to guard Yunzhou. Father will definitely agree because he also has this intention."

Hongze was stunned at first, then overjoyed: "Hongxuan! Are you sure that the emperor will agree?"

"Your Highness! General Zhaowu's trip to Yunzhou in southern Xinjiang was a plan made two days ago, but why hasn't General De set off yet? Isn't Father's intention very clear?"

"Father wanted to send a prince to be the King of Southern Frontier to guard Southern Frontier, so Father decided on the position of Crown Prince. Now that you are the Crown Prince, you should be the one to make the request. Father will be extremely happy."

Hongxuan had seen through all of this long ago.

The corners of Crown Prince Hongze's mouth curled up unconsciously: "Father said that the order from the late ancestor in the dream was just an excuse. I am the legitimate prince, and Father intends to make me the crown prince."

"Yes! I have talked so much with the prince, I can leave now!" Hongxuan said lightly.

"Seventh brother, who do you think is suitable to be the king of Southern Xinjiang?"

"Didn't the Emperor say that the eldest prince Hongli has a bronze-brown skin like someone from southern Xinjiang? Is this why the Emperor doesn't like Hongli?"

"Seventh brother! This prince understands! Oh! Then I will send you off respectfully!"

After saying this, he turned and walked away quickly.

Looking at Hongze who was leaving, Hongli's mouth curled up slightly. He had already made it so clear. If he still didn't know how to do it, then Hongze was not worthy of being the crown prince.

Hongxuan went towards the west gate.

He then arrived at the personal guard camp at the west gate.

A thousand guards are already waiting here.

When the thousand guards saw Hongxuan, they saluted in unison.

The two leading commanders stepped forward at the same time and clasped their fists:

"Teng Wanzhi, the commander of a thousand households, pays homage to the King of Zhenbei!"

"Zhuang Wenqiang, the deputy commander of a thousand households, greets the King of Zhenbei!"

Hongxuan looked at his one thousand guards and finally felt at ease.

He looked carefully at his vanguard troops and was shocked to find that most of the guards had abnormal expressions.

Hongxuan frowned and said:

"Everyone, listen to my orders! Take off your shirts."

The thousand guards took off their shirts without hesitation.

Hongxuan looked at his personal guards, almost all of them had knife wounds on their bodies.

He now understood that the one thousand guards given to him were the wounded soldiers who were eliminated.

However, his eyes were bright and sharp when he looked at these wounded soldiers.

"Hahaha! I didn't expect that my father gave me such a big gift! Now you are my most powerful force." Hongxuan laughed with satisfaction.

Yes, he was very satisfied.

The knife wounds on these wounded soldiers are the greatest honor of their military service.

The fact that they were able to fight and survive on the battlefield is enough to show how strong this group of wounded soldiers are.

The commander of the thousand households, Teng Wanzhi, clasped his fists and said respectfully, "King of Zhenbei! Our thousand men were selected by the eunuch Li Gonggong who serves the crown prince. He took the imperial edict of His Majesty to find the general of Kyoto, Hong Xiuzhi."

"Hongze! Humph! Then I really have to thank him for helping me pick out such a satisfactory guard!"

Just now, when Crown Prince Hongze stopped Hongxuan, he sent his eunuch Li to handle the matter.

Hong Xuan said to the thousand veterans: "You are the first group of followers of this king. From now on, this king will never treat you unfairly! Let's create wealth together, share happiness and difficulties together!"

Hongxuan's loud voice resounded in the hearts of every guard.

These guards inexplicably had a feeling that they had followed the right master today.

Originally, almost all of these soldiers with knife wounds on their bodies were eliminated.

"Get dressed! Follow me to the armory to get equipment!"

"Yes, I obey your orders!"

The armory is not far from the barracks.

Hongxuan took the emperor's edict and successfully received a thousand sets of light armor infantry equipment, a thousand sets of military crossbow equipment, and five hundred war horses from the armory.

This time when Hongxuan received the equipment of the Royal Guards, the prince did not ask his subordinates to trip him up. Maybe because of the tight time schedule, he did not have enough time to do so.

The prince arrogantly believed that he had replaced all of Hongxuan's young and strong guards with old and wounded soldiers, and that Hongxuan would never be able to turn things around and would definitely be captured by the 1,000 young and strong guards sent by his father.

He was proud of his wisdom, and at the same time he got a solution from Hongxuan on how to deal with Hongli.

After Prince Hongze finished talking with Hongxuan, he turned around and left, thinking:

"This prince is indeed wise and brave. He kills two birds with one stone. No! It's not two birds with one stone, it's three birds with one stone! Hahahaha!"

"When the time comes, Hong Xuan will be imprisoned in the Dali Temple dungeon, and Hong Li will be exiled to Yunzhou in Southern Xinjiang to be the King of Southern Xinjiang. Hong Xiong is no match for me at all. I can do whatever I want to him in this palace. From now on, my position as the crown prince will be as stable as Mount Tai."

After getting the equipment and supplies,

Commander Teng Wanzhi and deputy commander Zhuang Wenqiang controlled the team forward.

Hongxuan led his personal guards out of the palace.

The Zhenbei Palace in Kyoto.

Hongxuan asked the guards to rest in front of the Zhenbei Palace.

Zhao Bencai and Peng Fulai were the commanders, and they were shocked to see their prince coming back with a thousand guards.

He hurriedly greeted him.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Commander Zhao, Commander Peng, clear out all the valuables in the Zhenbei Palace and sell them off. Exchange them all for food, medicinal herbs, wine, and dried meat! Let's set off for the Zhenbei area in the northern border now!"

Commander Zhao and Commander Peng's eyes lit up when they heard this.

"Yes! I will do it now!"

Commander Zhao and Commander Peng, along with thirty people, sold all the valuable items in the Zhenbei Palace to the pawnshop.

Obtained 80,000 taels of silver.

After the 80,000 taels of silver were handed over to Hongxuan, they were all exchanged for supplies, enough to fill fifty horse-drawn carriages.

"Hmph! Father! If you don't provide us with food for the march, don't blame me for selling all the valuables in the Prince of Jinbei's Palace in Kyoto!"

Originally, Hongxuan wanted to sell the Zhenbei Palace as well, but the owner of the pawnshop would never dare to accept it.