Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Watching Song Youji's carriage disappear at the end of the alley.

The dull expression on Song Yuan's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a hint of sadness.

"Hey……"

He sighed, not feeling happy about the right to privately buy government soldiers, but instead feeling a sense of bitterness and hatred.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

On the way back, I happened to meet my aunt who was arranging things in the house.

Ye Xuan noticed Song Yuan's expression and showed special concern.

Song Yuan stopped and slowly began to explain the whole story.

"Your Highness, this should be a good thing. Why don't you look happy but sad instead?" Ye Xuan asked puzzledly after hearing the last part.

Song Yuan sighed, "These thousands of palace soldiers aren't that easy to get. If I really had a choice, I'd rather not have such overwhelming wealth!"

"Why?"

"Let me ask you a question. If you were given two choices: one to become a palace soldier, and the other to leave the imperial city and go to the frontier, which one would you choose?"

When Ye Xuan heard this, her beautiful eyes lit up and she instantly understood what Song Yuan meant.

The imperial city is a place of right and wrong.

A mixed bag!

Thousands of palace soldiers might sound like a great gift, but compared to other princes, it is nothing.

Especially those old foxes in the court. Although they are not allowed to keep palace soldiers, who doesn’t have one or two trump cards?

As long as they stay in the imperial city, these thousands of palace soldiers are dispensable.

But if he could go to the border, with Song Yuan's identity, that would be amazing!

By then, Song Yuan would be in control of the Zhenbei Army and would have transformed himself into the local emperor of the north.

Wherever the hand points, it is invincible.

Although it is just a remote place, it has the prestige of life and death!

The saying "It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix" is exactly about this truth.

As long as he stays in the imperial city, Song Yuan will have absolutely no hope of rising!

On the contrary, any movement will be suppressed immediately.

But in Ye Xuan's opinion, Song Yuan was clearly worrying too much.

To others, these thousands of palace soldiers were extremely wealthy.

This kid is clearly taking advantage of others.

How can you pretend like that?

"You, you, just be happy when no one is around!"

Thinking of Song Yuan's usual personality, Ye Xuan rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Song Yuan shook his head very seriously.

"Auntie, think carefully, with these thousands of ambushed troops, is there any need for me to go north?"

Ok?

Ye Xuan frowned slightly, and in an instant she understood what was involved.

Logically speaking, after Song Yuan's wedding, he should leave the imperial city and go to the north.

By then, these thousands of palace soldiers will be idle, but Song Youji is not a fool, right?

How could he do such a boring thing?

Unless... Song Youji deliberately wanted to deprive Song Yuan of the opportunity to go north.

If Song Yuan had stayed in the imperial city all the time, these thousands of palace soldiers would have been extremely important.

However, Ye Xuan, who did not hear Song Youji's last words, still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

He rubbed his temple and asked softly.

"Is it possible that His Majesty is simply afraid of any disturbance during the wedding, so he gave you a thousand palace soldiers to maintain order?"

"Aunt, let me ask you, how much time is left until the wedding?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"The wedding is coming up soon, and anyone can understand this. But my father asked me to recruit the palace soldiers myself. Don't you understand the implications?"

Song Yuan sighed secretly, his brows furrowed like a mountain.

"If Father truly only wants me to maintain order, he could have drawn troops from elsewhere. The City Guards have plenty of reserve troops, ready-made and requiring only a little training to perform as expected. Wouldn't that be more appropriate?"

"But now you're asking me to recruit people privately. Aunt, think about it, will those people I recruit be useful before the wedding?"

When these words came out, Ye Xuan was stunned.

That's right!

Although Song Yuan had subdued the commander of the Huben Army, it would be impossible for even Huo Jianchuan, with his talent, to train an ordinary person into a qualified palace soldier in a short period of time.

Even for a martial arts master, it takes a period of adaptation to enforce orders.

What's more, there are formations and combined attack techniques.

All this training takes time!

There's no way it's going to work before the wedding!

Song Yuan's worries now seem to be necessary.

Could it be that His Majesty has changed his mind again?

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

When I think of the wisdom Song Yuan had shown before, and the ambition he inadvertently revealed in front of me.

Ye Xuan couldn't help but feel worried.

Since ancient times, any hero who wants to appear on the stage needs a suitable stage.

Now that Song Yuan no longer has the stage in the north, how can he perform this play well?

"Forget it, it looks like I can only prepare to release R!"

R?

WTF?

"Anyway, don't worry about it. As the saying goes, if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our troops; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. As long as I can see through that cheap old man's mind, with my wisdom, I will naturally find ways to break through him one by one!"

Song Yuan glanced at Ye Xuan, comforted her softly, and then gave an order.

"I have something to trouble you with tomorrow, aunt. No matter what, these thousands of ambush troops are a gift of wealth from the emperor. There is absolutely no reason to refuse them."

"But training soldiers is not something that can be done overnight. It especially requires a suitable venue. My aunt is very familiar with the capital, so I hope she can find a suitable place for me in a short time. At least the yard should be larger so that the horses won't be unable to run away!"

Song Yuan was determined to go to the north, where, except for the cavalry, other types of troops were of little use.

Although he has encountered obstacles now, Song Yuan is full of confidence.

In this case, the soldiers under his command must naturally be prepared to go to the north.

Cavalry is a must, and at the same time, it must be trained quickly in a short period of time!

Thinking of the difficulty involved, Song Yuan felt even more headache.

Why did the cheap old man change his mind?

Just like before, you are fine, I am fine, everyone is fine, why is it so difficult?

Ultimately, it’s my fault for being too outstanding.

Thinking of this, Song Yuan couldn't help but shook his head.

It seems that we must keep a low profile during this period of time, otherwise who knows what the emperor will come up with?

……

Early the next morning.

Song Youji announced the reward to Song Yuan in front of all the civil and military officials at the morning court.

When everyone in the court heard that the eldest prince would have the power to privately recruit palace soldiers, they were all shocked.

When the morning court was over, many of Lin Fu's confidants surrounded him.

"Lord Lin, judging from His Majesty's attitude, the eldest prince will likely become a powerful figure in the future. Will this hinder the third prince's ascension to the throne?"

Everyone was worried, but Lin Fu had a smile on his face.

"Why should I be afraid?"

"The more His Majesty acts like this, the happier we should be. Hahaha, this is a brilliant move, this is a brilliant move!"