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

"Mother! It's a good thing that the Seventh Prince is timid, but it's even better if he's cowardly! The Emperor has already named him the King of Zhenbei. If I become the Queen of Zhenbei, I can keep him firmly under my control. This is such an exciting thing. Father will agree with my idea if he knows." Murong Qin became more and more excited as she spoke.

"Sister! If you don't want to be the Princess of Zhenbei, please give it to me! Please, sister!"

A blush appeared on Murong Qin's beautiful face.

"Since my sister wants to be the princess, then I'll give you this imperial decree!"

Murong Yan handed the imperial edict to her cousin Murong Qin.

Madam Li snatched the imperial edict and stuffed it back to Murong Yan as if it were a hot potato.

"Qin'er, you are fooling around! Yan'er, you have received the imperial edict. If you commit the crime of deceiving the emperor, the entire Murong family will be executed. Yan'er, just be at ease and become the Princess of Zhenbei!"

"Mom! I! I also want to be a princess!" Murong Qin said with tears in her eyes.

"What do you know, silly girl? Your father will never agree to it. Now the Dafeng Kingdom and the Beishang Kingdom are on the verge of a war. I heard that the new king of the Beishang Kingdom has assembled 300,000 cavalry and stationed them in the northern border, and they may go to war at any time," Li said angrily to her daughter who was blinded by the position of princess.

"Is this true?" Murong Qin was shocked.

"The Northern Merchants' delegation will reach the capital in a few days! Is this true? Will the current Zhenbei King Hongxuan still be alive if he goes to the northern border?" Li said.

Madam Wang's face was extremely ugly. "What should I do? Why does the emperor treat my Murong family like this?"

Li said, "It is said that the Seventh Prince Hongxuan is a cowardly person with a timid character. Seeing is believing. Why don't you invite the Seventh Prince Hongxuan to the mansion for a banquet so that we can observe him and see if we can find a solution from him?"

Wang, who took the imperial edict from Murong Yan, seemed to be thinking about it:

"Well! Good! I can observe him for a while! Butler Fu, go to the Zhenbei Palace and invite the Zhenbei King to visit our General Murong's Palace!"

"Yes, madam!" Butler Fu took the order and left.

He rode to the Zhenbei Palace on horseback.

Informed the personal guards guarding the Zhenbei Prince's residence.

When Commander Zhao learned that the visitor was the steward from General Murong's mansion, he immediately reported it.

In the main hall of King Zhenbei, Hongxuan was thinking about his next dilemma.

Although he has been named King of Zhenbei, he actually has no power in the court and no money.

After being crowned king, it actually meant that he was no longer qualified to compete for the position of crown prince.

The position of crown prince is definitely not a good development path for Hongxuan at the moment, compared with the position of crown prince.

Hongxuan believed that he should be given military power now.

Yes! He was trying every possible means to gain military power.

The reason is simple. Hongxuan has no political foundation, and his mother, Concubine Xiang, has left no political legacy for him. If he stays in the palace, he will not be able to compete with the three princes.

Moreover, Emperor Dingwen did not seem to have any intention of giving the position of crown prince to Hongxuan. He knew his own son best.

As for the candidate for the position of crown prince, Emperor Dingwen Hongjing set his sights on the eldest prince, the second prince, and the third prince.

Therefore, Hongxuan understood that the only thing he could obtain and must fight for was military power.

Only with military power can he, the King of Zhenbei, survive in this era.

"Your Highness!" Commander Zhao came to the meeting hall of the Zhenbei Palace and saw Hongxuan who was lost in thought.

"What's the matter?" Hongxuan said coldly.

"The mistress of Flying General Murong's mansion, Mrs. Wang, has sent her housekeeper to invite Your Highness to attend a banquet at the general's mansion now." Commander Zhao said truthfully.

"Mistress Wang of Murong Mansion? It seems that she invited me to come for her daughter's canonization. You ask the housekeeper to go back first, and I will go there later."

"Yes! I will report this right away!"

An hour later,

Hongxuan came to General Murong's mansion in a carriage with ten personal guards.

The gate of General Murong's mansion was wide open, and Mistress Wang and a group of people were waiting to greet them at the door.

"I respectfully welcome the King of Zhenbei!" Wang saw Hongxuan getting off the carriage.

"Madam Wang, you don't have to be so polite and greet me at the door in person!"

Wang saw that Hongxuan was of extraordinary bearing and self-possessed, and his demeanor revealed the dignity that a King of Zhenbei should have. He was not at all like the cowardly and timid character that other people said he was.

"Please, King Zhenbei!"

The mistress, Madam Wang, welcomed Hongxuan to the grand living room of the general's mansion.

A sumptuous banquet has been set in your living room.

Hongxuan sat in the main seat, with his personal guards standing beside him.

Hong Xuan looked at his guards and said, "Wait outside the door. Do I need you to protect me in General Murong's mansion?"

"I'll take my leave."

Murong Qin looked at Hongxuan shyly and timidly with amorous feelings.

In her eyes, Zhenbei King Hongxuan was so dazzling that her admiration for him almost melted her heart.

Madam Wang said to her daughter, "The Emperor has canonized you as the Princess of Zhenbei, but you haven't met your husband yet."

"My humble servant greets the King of Zhenbei." Murong Yan said with a graceful bow.

Murong Qin also bowed and said softly:

"Murong Qin meets the King of Zhenbei!" She looked at King of Zhenbei Hongxuan with admiration.

Hongxuan set his eyes on Murong Yan and was instantly attracted by this graceful woman. Her eyebrows were slightly lowered, her eyes were as clear and moving as autumn water, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, like a blooming orchid, exuding a faint fragrance.

Murong Yan's beauty was like a bright light, illuminating the entire banquet hall. Her skin was as white as snow, and her face, like a jade sculpture, radiated a charming glow. Hongxuan's heart could not help but be moved. Such a stunning appearance was rare in the world.

When Murong Yan raised her head and met the eyes of King Zhenbei, a charming shyness flashed in her beautiful eyes, her cheeks flushed and then she regained her composure. King Zhenbei felt her unique temperament and sighed in his heart: It is rare to see such a beauty.

At this moment, King Zhenbei seemed to have forgotten everything around him, with only Murong Yan's beautiful figure in his eyes. He knew that he was deeply attracted to her, and this love at first sight seemed to have been destined in the previous life.

Murong Yan's beautiful eyes met Hongxuan's sword-like brows and starry eyes again, but she shyly lowered her head and dared not look directly at him.

Mrs. Wang, the mistress standing by, saw that Prince Hongxuan of Zhenbei had fallen in love with her daughter Murong Yan at first sight.

During the banquet, the mistress Wang offered a glass of wine to Hongxuan and said, "King Zhenbei! Is it safe for my daughter Yan'er to go to the northern border with you? You should know that my husband Murong Jian died on the battlefield."

Hong Jing drank the wine in the cup and said, "Before the danger in the north is resolved, I will take the risk and go to the north with my princess!"

Madam Wang and Murong Yan were stunned when they heard this, and even Murong Qin and Madam Li beside her were stunned.

Madam Wang came back to her senses and said, "The Emperor has already appointed my Yan'er as the Princess of Zhenbei. She must go to the northern border with you, the King of Zhenbei. If she doesn't go to the northern border with the King of Zhenbei, it would be disobeying the Emperor's order."

Hong Xuan shook his head: "My father has ordered that Murong Yan be appointed as my princess, but how can I let my princess go to the turbulent border? She can stay in the Zhenbei Palace in the capital. Besides, the northern border is extremely dangerous now. How can I take my beloved concubine to a dangerous place? If something unpredictable happens, then my princess will become my biggest weakness, right?"

Hongxuan’s meaning has been made very clear, he will definitely not take Murong Yan to the Northern Territory.

His thoughts also started to ring.

[I don’t have any conditions now. I have nothing. I don’t have money! I don’t have power! And I bring a woman to hold me back. Am I crazy? ]

These words sounded like heavenly music to the ears of the mistress Wang. She concluded that her daughter Murong Yan had not chosen the wrong husband.

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan is a good husband who is responsible and responsible.

This is totally inconsistent with the cowardly and timid character that others have described.