The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

In the past, when the Night King was on the battlefield, he had extremely high martial arts skills that were close to breaking through the Martial Emperor! Moreover, the Night King's ability to lead troops and fight was also unparalleled in the world.

Frankly speaking, Zhongyue's stability and development over the past decade have all been inseparable from this young regent. If the Night King hadn't been around for the past decade, the increasingly powerful Zhongyue would have been targeted and swallowed up by the Dongyang Empire!

What will happen to Zhongyue in the future without Prince Ye?

After a discussion, everyone finally rejected the old minister's suggestion to "invite a miracle doctor to cure the Night King" and instead adopted the suggestion of some officials: "Choose other suitable talents."

Finally, under the emperor's unsatisfied look, the debate in the morning court finally came to a conclusion.

That is, Zhongyue will wait and see what the next reaction of the Empire and the Western Barbarians will be. If they are just conducting normal military exercises, then Zhongyue will be alarmed. If they have other intentions, then Zhongyue will have to prepare a response plan.

After some discussions with veteran officials and generals, some solutions sounded feasible. In short, no matter what happened next, Zhong Yue had to dispatch some troops to guard the prefectures and counties in the east and west close to the border.

Just like the Empire and the Western Yi countries, they only sent troops near the border, but the distance was not very close, so that Zhongyue’s people could not find any fault with them openly.

The morning court session came to an end, and the crowded hall suddenly became much more spacious, and even the air in the hall became a little clearer.

Several of the emperor's confidants took the initiative to stay. They knew that the emperor still had something to say, so they were waiting for the emperor to speak.

One of the ministers bent over and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, our dynasty is mobilizing troops to the border, why don't you mobilize the Golden Guards?"

Looking at the entire Star-Moon Continent, in addition to the East Ocean Empire's Black Tiger Army's unique reputation as a powerful army, the Night King's Golden Guards also have a powerful reputation that cannot be ignored.

On the way back from the battlefield after being injured, the Night King's military power of the Golden Guard had already been seized by the Emperor.

The emperor glanced at the minister who was asking the question and snorted. "Do you think I haven't thought about it?" Ye Xiaohan's army would be wasted if not used. If there was a choice, he would definitely let the Jinxiang Guard do the hard and tiring work, instead of letting his army go to the border to guard, just to gamble on whether a new situation would start a war.

It would be better to let Jinxiangwei do such troublesome things.

Yes, that's right, Haoliandi has always held this hostile attitude towards the Golden Guard. Even though he has the tiger talisman that controls the Golden Guard, he is still full of dissatisfaction and hostility towards this strongest army that was once under the command of the Night King.

After being rebuked by the emperor, the minister kept his head down and dared not say another word.

Lord Dong knew how to read people's expressions and said to the minister tactfully, "It would be better to send out the Golden Guards, but this would have two major benefits."

He continued to explain in detail: "First, the Jinxiang Guard is Zhongyue's strongest army. With them at the eastern and western borders of our dynasty, we can better deter the restless Ideal Kingdom. Secondly, letting the Jinxiang Guard run around will also allow the court army to recuperate and concentrate on training."

He paused, turned his head and said seriously: "But the Golden Guards have other uses. It would be a waste of their talents to use them now."

The emperor narrowed his eyes when he heard this. Dong Cun was a good subordinate and knew what he was thinking.

Lord Dong looked at the thoughtful expressions of his colleagues, and noticed the emperor's satisfied look, and finally pointed out - "As for where the Golden Guards will be used? We will talk about it later..."

In the future, when a battle breaks out, they will send the Jinxiang Guard to lead the charge, and it will be better to destroy the Jinxiang Guard. Then their army will step on the corpses of the Jinxiang Guard, and establish their own military merit. In other words, the greatest value of the Jinxiang Guard is to serve as the straw dogs in the front line that can be sacrificed at any time.

The so-called "straw dogs" are dogs made of hay used in sacrificial activities. After the sacrifice, these straw dogs are no longer useful. Their fate is to have all traces of their existence burned by fire. They have always been objects that can be abandoned at any time.

Lord Dong spoke cryptically, but the other ministers understood what he meant and their expressions changed slightly.

The emperor suddenly said, "That's right."

At this time, Lord Dong and his group, as well as Eunuch Li, all felt a pang in their hearts. Lord Dong only proposed a method to weaken the Jinxiang Guards, but he did not explicitly say that it must be done this way, or he did not say it in a cruel way, and there was still a trace of kindness in his words.

But the emperor directly praised it with a "good" word, which shows that the emperor is very satisfied with such contempt and abuse of Jinxiangwei.

At this moment, everyone felt a little depressed. After all, the Jinxiang Guards were Zhongyue's men, and their lives were worth their weight in gold. But the emperor obviously didn't take their lives seriously, which inevitably made people feel a little disappointed...

The emperor was so immersed in the joy of destroying the army trained by Ye Xiaohan himself that he did not notice what other people present were thinking of him.

He sneered and pointed out another official.

"Lord Lu, how is the situation in suppressing the Night King's industry that I asked you to do in recent months?"

"Your Majesty, I have suppressed some important industries under the name of King Ye for a long time, and the effect is remarkable." Lord Lu from the Ministry of Revenue stepped forward and said.

"Yes." The emperor was very satisfied. He not only wanted to destroy Ye Xiaohan's Jinxiang Guard, but also cut off Ye Xiaohan's actions of supporting Jinxiang Guard with silver.

From then on, Ye Xiaohan had no army and no money, so how could anyone threaten him?

What the emperor didn't know was that the Night King had innumerable industries under his name, and the industries of the Night King that he thought he could suppress were just the tip of the iceberg of the many industries in the Night King's palace.

The Night King's business was not affected, but he continued to expand his business in the past few months, and used a large part of the money he earned to support his troops. In the past three months, the Golden Guards have also been quietly training under the secret orders of the Night King. The effect of their secret training is very significant. They obey Ye Xiaohan's orders and are always ready to return to the battlefield...

At this time, the emperor and his confidants discussed how to deal with Ye Xiaohan.

Then all the ministers left, and the emperor sat on the dragon throne, pressing his painful temple with one hand. His head hurt so much. In addition to the headache, he also had other physical discomforts in the past few days, but the entire imperial hospital could not find any symptoms of his illness. He could only think that he was just overworked and exhausted.

Eunuch Li approached the emperor with a worried look on his face. Doctor Shi also came forward with a medicine box and asked, "Your Majesty, are you okay? How about I take your pulse?"

"No problem." The emperor waved his hand and asked again: "Doctor Shi, can you find out what's wrong with me?"

Ye Xiaohan has been able to survive safely for so long, there is no reason why his health would be worse than Ye Xiaohan's?

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind: Could it be that his good brother also secretly poisoned him?