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

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hong Li sat on the throne. He looked at the Prince of Zhenbei, and then his eyes fell on Crown Prince Hongze.

Zhenbei King Hongxuan said to Crown Prince Hongze and Queen Zhu who were kneeling on the ground.

"Hongze, you have such a good hand that you messed it up!"

"If you hadn't been so reckless and reckless, the throne would have been yours sooner or later. But the fate you have now is your own fault!"

"That day! I recommended you to be the crown prince in front of my father. Do you remember that at that time, my father actually wanted to make Hongli the crown prince, after all, he was the eldest son."

Prince Hongze knelt on the ground. He had been tortured to death in the Dali Temple's prison. He never thought that a member of the royal family would fall to such a state that he was imprisoned in the Dali Temple's prison.

"I beg King Zhenbei to forgive me. From now on, I, Hongze, will never dare to be the enemy of King Zhenbei again!"

Zhenbei King Hongxuan looked at Hongze and Queen Zhu and said:

"I will not let the two of you stay in the capital. Only Hong Li can stay in the imperial city."

"Of course, I will never kill you two! I will never do such a thing as fratricide."

Zhenbei King Hongxuan said to Queen Zhu:

"Where did you get the means to control the emperor? How did you make that poison pill?"

After hearing what Zhenbei Prince Hongxuan said, Queen Zhu knew that the time had come to settle the score.

Queen Zhu said in a pleading tone:

"Reporting to the King of Zhenbei! I don't know what I have done! Although I am the queen, I am just a weak woman."

"There is no way to do such a thing! The puppet doll and the poison pill are not mine."

"I just feel like someone is manipulating me to do this. How could I, as the queen, do this to my husband, Emperor Dingwen?"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan was stunned when he heard this.

He stared at Queen Zhu, watching her expression change. His expression did not seem like he was lying.

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan suddenly realized a problem.

Since he could control Emperor Dingxuan Hongjing, why couldn't he control Queen Zhu?

If it were me, I would never leave such a loophole.

The purpose of the person behind the scenes is not as simple as making Hongze the emperor.

Hong Xuan said:

"Empress Zhu, you don't remember what you did! Do you know the Taoist who made the elixir that can prolong your life?"

I only heard Queen Zhu say:

"I don't know what the prince is talking about! I don't remember there is such a Taoist priest at all."

King Zhenbei snorted coldly and said:

"Are you pretending to be confused or are you playing a trick on me?"

The King of Zhenbei's tone turned cold, and he said to Prince Hongze:

"I don't know what happened to your mother! Do you know?"

At this time, Hongze said in a slightly respectful tone:

"That evil Taoist came to my mother and me silently. He was not the Taoist that my mother had found!"

"My mother lives in the imperial palace, how could she find such a demon?"

"That demon came uninvited, and no one knows his identity. He came into direct contact with the emperor and gained his trust."

Then, after letting my father take the Wanzai Shouyuan Pill, I came to my mother and told her that I will be the emperor of Dafeng Kingdom!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan sneered:

"If you hadn't been seeking death, you would have been the emperor of Dafeng! But since you are so out of my control, it's not a good idea for you to be the emperor."

"Since I already know the general process, this matter ends here. You can't provide any useful information!"

Queen Zhu was a little frightened when she heard what Prince Zhenbei said. She hurriedly said:

"King of Zhenbei! I only remember that the Taoist's name was Xuan Yangzi."

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan murmured:

"Xuan Yangzi! Humph! One group says they don't remember and the other group says the demon is Xuan Yangzi. There's no need to say more."

Prince Zhenbei said to Queen Zhu and Crown Prince Hongze:

"I will send my personal guards to escort you two to Yunzhou in the southern border. You two can both be the kings of the southern border in Yunzhou!"

"If the situation changes in the future, I can let you be the emperor in Southern Xinjiang!"

The change in the situation that King Hongxuan of Zhenbei mentioned was when his subordinate An Jingyi was the emperor of Dali Kingdom in southern Xinjiang. If something happened to An Jingyi, such as death or the Gu in his body was removed.

Then it is estimated that Hongze will be the emperor of Dali Kingdom. Although Hongze is not at odds with him, he is the prince of Dafeng Kingdom after all.

"King of Zhenbei! This prince does not want to go to Yunzhou!"

"Both the southern border and the northern border are turbulent places. If you are not careful, you will die."

Queen Zhu also said in a pleading tone:

"Prince Zhenbei, I would rather be banished to the cold palace than go to the turbulent place of Yunzhou!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan frowned and looked at the two of them and said:

"Who told you that Yunzhou is a land of turmoil?"

"If I didn't think that you and your Highness were half brothers after all, would I still let you continue to be the King of Southern Xinjiang?"

"Today, the people of Yunzhou live in peace and prosperity, the land is fertile, the crops are plentiful, and the tax revenue is high. It is a precious land of the Great Feng Kingdom."

"Yunzhou is guarded by my 30,000 troops! I have also deployed troops outside the southern border. What are you worried about? You, Hongze, are a prince in Yunzhou, enjoying wealth and splendor. Isn't it more comfortable than your life in prison?"

"If you don't agree, all of you will be imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison! I will never let you two out again in this lifetime."

Upon hearing this, Prince Hongze immediately shut up.

Under the governance of King Zhenbei, Yunzhou of Dafeng State has undergone earth-shaking changes. Even if we take a step back, it is still countless times better than the Tianlao of Dali Temple.

"I will follow the orders of King Zhenbei!"

Such an ending is Hongxuan’s greatest mercy.

The struggle for imperial power in every dynasty is the most brutal, and the loser often faces life and death. In the fight for imperial power, the chance of the loser being able to survive is extremely small.

On the other hand, if Hongze came to power, the first thing he would do would be to lure Hongxuan to the palace and kill him.

"Qilin Guard!"

Qilin Guard half-knelt on the ground and said respectfully:

"The humble position is here!"

"Send my personal guard of 1,000 men to escort King Hongze of Southern Xinjiang and Queen Zhu to Yunzhou."

The Qilin Guard responded respectfully:

"The general will obey the order!"

After sending Hongxiong, Hongze, Imperial Concubine Cao, and Queen Zhu out of the imperial city to where they should go.

Emperor Hongli Dingwu was the only one left in the imperial city.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei wondered whether the evil Taoist would be able to control Hongli.

Even if the demon controlled Hong Li, it would not have much effect, because the entire bureaucratic system of the court had been completely dismantled by King Zhenbei, and a functional agency consisting of 31 departments had been established.

The ministers of these thirty-one departments have absolute power. Except for the King of Zhenbei, no one else can mobilize them.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei, along with Shangguan Qingya, Miao Fuzhou, and the Third Field Army led by He Zhili and Wen Jinglan, marched towards the land of Northern Yan in a mighty force.

Baxin, the king of Beishang, stood on the top of the city wall of Kangding.

He looked at the 300,000 heavily armored cavalry that had been assembled below the city wall, working in coordination with the four-wheeled carriages made of pure iron.

"Today, the men of Beishang will avenge our past humiliation and annihilate the cavalry of Dafeng! We will avenge the fallen cavalrymen."