After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

"This young lady does not wish to return to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. Instead, she would like to establish a dedicated organization to gather intelligence from beyond the Northern Frontier for the young master," Guan Xing said with a smile. At first glance, she appeared sickly, like an innocent little white rabbit.

"Hehe, the Stargazing Girl understands me best."

For some reason, Chen Futu felt a strange urge to this woman's body, as if her incense and body odor had an aphrodisiac effect, which was utterly inexplicable.

Getting back to the main point, he currently has the Embroidered Uniform Guard monitoring Longcheng and Li Xiuning serving as an inspector to patrol the local areas. What he lacks is intelligence beyond the northern border, which is the only reason he is so determined to recruit Guan Xing.

Guan Xing knew this well; she was indeed a clever woman.

As for the name of the organization, Chen Futu had already thought of it: Tianji Tower would be fine.

"I understand. I'll trouble you, Your Highness, to select an office. Once everything is ready, I will have our existing resources and channels converge at Tianji Tower."

"I have ordered the Ministry of Commerce to make plans, and it will be completed in six months at most. At that time, you will be the owner of Tianji Tower, and you will only need to be responsible to me."

After finishing their business, Chen Futu remembered that the system had woken up tonight, and he wondered if there would be any upgrade rewards or any new features after the upgrade.

In addition, the system is upgraded because of stargazing. Currently, the special feature of stargazing is that it has access to a massive amount of intelligence resources. If that's all, it probably won't be enough to upgrade the system.

Thinking of this, Chen Futu pressed on, "May I ask about your past, young lady?"

"No."

The stargazing was unusually decisive in its refusal, almost without hesitation.

Moreover, his eyes revealed a hint of vigilance, just like when he asked Liu Longyue what had happened to the Northern Martial Royal Family back then; his reaction was exactly the same.

Haha, these women have quite a few secrets...

Since she wouldn't say, Chen Futu didn't bother asking anymore; he'd just ask the system later.

Next, Chen Futu gave Guanxing a token that allowed her to freely enter and leave the royal court. Guanxing gladly accepted it, saying, "I thought the prince would not let me out and would keep me locked up in the royal court for a long time."

"I promised you a free and carefree life, so why would I restrict your freedom? Not only can you come and go from the royal court, but you can also leave the Northern Frontier if you want, as long as you tell me."

Chen Futu stared intently at Guanxing, whose beautiful eyes flickered. "In that case, I'll take my leave now."

As Guan Xing put away her token and was about to leave, Chen Futu grabbed her soft, boneless hand. "Don't rush. Your subordinates are clamoring to see you. You need to appease them, or deal with them all."

Chen Futu was being relatively polite, after all, those girls had helped him, and he didn't want to be so heartless.

But he didn't want the news of Guanxing's defection to the royal court to be exposed. If those girls were sensible, that would be fine, but if they weren't, there was nothing he could do.

Guan Xing's expression changed slightly. Ignoring the fact that Chen Futu was holding his little hand, he hurriedly said that he wanted to see his subordinates.

And so, Chen Futu, along with Guan Xing and Dian Wei, came to a secluded courtyard in a corner of the royal court.

The girls were somewhat hesitant to recognize their master when they saw him, since they had never seen his true face before.

Guan Xing said softly, "I am your master, only with a different face. From now on, you will serve the young master and will no longer be assassins of the Red Moon Pavilion."

The girls were both surprised and delighted upon hearing this. They were surprised that their master had indeed broken away from the organization, but delighted that they could finally leave that place filled with bloodshed and slaughter.

Chen Futu briefly explained the situation at Tianji Tower. From now on, they would be members of Tianji Tower, and Guanxing would remain their superior. Of course, they would have to change their names to the outside world. If Guanxing wanted to change her name, Chen Futu would have no objection.

Guan Xing whispered, "Didn't the young master promise to protect me? If Hongyuelou finds out I'm still alive and tries to get rid of me, the young master won't just stand by and do nothing, will he?"

"Of course, it's just a mere Red Moon Pavilion, one of many on the roadside."

Chen Futu ordered Dian Wei to summon Li Xiuning. Li Xiuning's women's army was quite good; some of them could be selected to fill positions in the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. Now that people had been chosen, they could be handed over to Guanxing for advance training. Moreover, they were extremely loyal, which meant that they could also be considered as having placed their own people in Guanxing, so they could be trusted to use them.

Guan Xing understood Chen Futu's implied meaning and did not refuse. Moreover, she wanted to meet the equally renowned female general.

Before long, Li Xiuning appeared before him, dressed in red. She looked at Chen Futu, blinked her big, dark eyes, and her pretty face showed a playful expression. However, when she saw Guan Xing, who looked like a true immortal, she frowned instantly and said angrily, "You are Guan Xing?"

Guan Xing rose and bowed, saying slowly and deliberately, "This humble woman greets the General."

"Hmph, it's hard to believe that someone like you is an assassin."

"General, you are joking. It's just a way to make a living."

"You kidnapped the prince and fled before, and now you dare to show up again. Do you think my sword isn't sharp enough?"

Li Xiuning dislikes stargazing, even finds it repulsive.

That night by the lake, Guan Xing held a sword to Chen Futu's neck, which enraged her greatly.

Guan Xing knew what she was thinking, so she bowed again and said, "I was offended before, but Your Highness is not angry. It is already a great favor from the world. In the future, when I am your colleague, I hope you will take good care of me."

"Take care of me? You?"

With a clang, Li Xiuning drew her sword and pressed it against Guan Xingxue's white neck, her eyes burning with murderous intent. "You still dare to ask me to take care of you? I wish I could cut you into a thousand pieces!"

"Ah Ning, calm down."

Chen Futu smiled wryly and went to stop him.

He and Li Xiuning confirmed their relationship. When Li Xiuning saw her husband being held hostage, how could she not be furious? That night, she did not lead troops to follow him, which was already an extraordinary act of restraint. According to her personality, she should have stabbed Guanxing to death with a sword long ago to relieve her hatred. However, on the way here, Dian Wei told her about Guanxing's role in the crown prince, so she refrained from killing him.

However, Guan Xing was not afraid of Li Xiuning. She covered her mouth with her sleeve and chuckled softly, "General Li has quite a temper. Now that I am also under the Crown Prince's command, and we are both subordinates, does the General think that I am truly afraid of you?"

"Oh, you want to have a go at me!"

"If the general is interested, how could I dare refuse?"

The two got into a fight.

One was menacing, the other cold and aloof.

Chen Futu stood between the two with a dark face and said irritably, "I'm not dead yet, what's all the noise about!"

Upon hearing this, the two women snorted before giving up.

Dian Wei, however, was watching the show with amusement. Chen Futu scolded, "Fool, what are you standing there for? Go prepare the banquet!"

"Oh."

Dian Wei finally came to his senses and ran outside as fast as he could.

The prince couldn't control his wife's quarrels and would scold him in the heat of the moment. How wronged he was! He needed to eat a few more roasted lamb legs to calm his nerves.

Soon, the banquet was served.

Li Xiuning and Guan Xing sat on Chen Futu's right and left respectively, seemingly at odds and disliking each other.

Chen Futu couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. There still needed to be a large house to keep things in order at home. He wondered when Sister Qin would come back. He really missed her.

"By the way, my lord, General Qin has a letter for you that he asked me to wait a moment."

Dian Wei suddenly remembered the letter and took it out of his pocket.

Chen Futu was both angry and amused. "You silly goose, you only remembered to give it to me after you've been back all day?"

"Hehe, isn't this a letter from home? I forgot about it."

Dian Wei delivered the letter and dashed out the door, afraid of being scolded again.

Upon seeing Qin Liangyu's letter, Li Xiuning and Guan Xing stopped their confrontation and both looked at the letter with complicated expressions.

Qin Liangyu is the true Crown Prince's consort, the Princess Consort of the Northern Frontier, and the future Empress. No matter how much others try to compete, it's useless.