Now that the power of the crown prince's side is in full swing, it seems that he has an absolute advantage, and he can force the old emperor to abdicate at any time, and he can completely ignore Xiao Zhang's existence.

However, the crown prince is not stupid after all, he understands that in fact, this is all due to the old emperor's decentralization and retreat, if the old emperor insists on not delegating power, the prince will never have the great success he has today.

So the question is, did the old emperor do this because he was old and confused? Obviously not!

The crown prince calmly thought that since the old emperor dared to do this, he must still keep his back hand, in case he was forced to abdicate by the prince, and the most obvious trace was the secret guard.

The secret guard is the last line of defense of the palace, the last barrier for the emperor's life, it can be said that if there is no secret guard, this palace may have been invaded countless times.

As the crown prince of the imperial family, he has lived in the palace for a long time, and his understanding of the secret guard can be said to be second only to the emperor, so although he has an army of 150,000, he still does not dare to guarantee that he can break through the defense of the secret guard.

Moreover, in addition to the secret guard, the old emperor must have other self-protection measures, and it is even possible that he can directly destroy the invading army without using the secret guard.

If he fails to succeed in one fell swoop, the prince will face a situation from which he will never recover. Based on the above reasons, as long as the prince is not stupid, he will never commit such an extreme act.

What he has to do now is to stabilize the strength he has just gained, and then steadily improve his strength, as long as he gets rid of all the hostile forces step by step, he can be invincible in the middle of the court, he believes that Xiao Zhang will have to get rid of it sooner or later, and the old emperor will abdicate sooner or later.

On this day, the crown prince came to the Yangxin Palace to meet the emperor.

The emperor's complexion was still not good, his face was pale, his eye sockets were deep, and he was obviously a little hunchbacked, and he had not seen him for a few days, but the prince found that the emperor seemed to be dozens of years old, and he had almost become an old man in his last years.

"Father...... Since the emperor delegated power, the crown prince has changed the title of "Your Majesty", and the emperor has not objected, "What's wrong with you?"

"What, do you feel old?" Although the emperor described aging, the emperor's voice was like a bell, even more imposing than before.

The crown prince was startled by the emperor's loud voice, and was stunned for a moment before he said: "Erchen doesn't dare......! However, the momentum seems to be much stronger. ”

The emperor lowered his head and smiled bitterly, but did not continue the topic: "The prince is here today, what is the matter?"

The crown prince got up, bowed down and said: "Five days ago, Prime Minister Huang Guozhong rebelled and mobilized 50,000 troops from the Soul Capital to besiege the palace without authorization, and the 10,000 Praetorian Guards guarding the palace resisted bravely and miraculously repelled Huang Guozhong's 50,000 troops. However, the Janissaries also suffered heavy losses, and all of them died heroically. ”

On the day of the incident, the emperor was in retreat and cultivating, but it didn't mean that he didn't know it, he smiled faintly, took a sip of the teacup, and said, "Just 10,000 Praetorian Guards, can you repel 50,000 elite troops?"

The prince said: "The Praetorian Guard made full use of the advantages of the city defense and occupied the right time and place, and moreover, it may be that the deterrent power of the secret guards is great, thus forcing Huang Guozhong to retreat." ”

It sounded reasonable, but the emperor didn't nod, but he didn't continue to ask, but asked, "How did the anti-thief Huang Guozhong deal with it?"

The prince said: "Erchen remembered his hard work, exempted him from the punishment of Ling Chi, beheaded him, and beheaded the Huang family. ”

The emperor finally nodded and said, "I already knew that Huang Guozhong had the intention of rebellion, and you did a good job." ”

A simple compliment, but it was very precious to the crown prince, because for many years, he had never received praise from the emperor.

"Thank you for your father's praise!" the prince couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The emperor said: "Now that you are in charge of the country, I can't reward you, you can do it yourself." ”

The crown prince knelt on the ground and bowed: "Thank you for your father's grace." ”

The Emperor nodded and asked, "If there is nothing else, you can step aside." ”

The crown prince got up, but did not retreat, and said: "Now that all the guards guarding the palace have been sacrificed, and the palace guards are empty, do you consider rebuilding the palace guards?"

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Aren't there still tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards in the Soul Capital City? ”

"No, you can't. The crown prince hurriedly said, "How can the Praetorian Guards of the capital be compared with the Praetorian Guards of the Imperial Palace? The palace guards have greater responsibilities, higher difficulty, and greater significance, and must not be taken lightly." ”

The emperor nodded slightly, and said: "Now that Xiao Zhang is the commander of the Praetorian Guard, let him watch it, and you can concentrate on dealing with the government affairs." ”

The crown prince was suddenly anxious: "Father, the palace guards are guarding the bloodline of the father and the royal family, how can an outsider be in charge of such an important army?"

Emperor: "Xiao Zhang will soon become a colt, not an outsider." ”

The crown prince hurriedly said: "After all, he is not of royal blood. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said slightly angrily: "You mean, I have eyes but no beads, and I mistook Xiao Zhang?"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, the prince hurriedly said, "Erchen doesn't dare!"

"That's fine. The emperor said coldly, "Wei Zhong, you immediately draft an order, let Xiao Zhang be responsible for rebuilding the palace guards, and the establishment of 10,000 people is enough." ”

Wei Zhong immediately took the order and left.

The crown prince originally wanted to ask for an order to rebuild the Praetorian Guard, so as to control the Praetorian Guard again, but unexpectedly, the emperor came and directly handed over this important task to Xiao Zhang.

This simply makes no sense!

The prince was naturally not convinced, and he wanted to say something, but when he saw that the emperor had already gotten up and walked towards the palace, he only left a sentence for the prince: "I am going to cultivate, you can retreat." ”

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In the past five days, Xiao Zhang went to the Extreme North Beast Clan, and successfully borrowed 10,000 Beast Clan soldiers, the purpose of which was naturally to rebuild the Palace Guard, these Beast Clan soldiers were all his own people, and he was finally no longer the commander of the light pole.

Although the plan is very good, it may not be able to get the emperor's consent, after all, it is the palace of the human ruler, and it is indeed unreasonable to let ten thousand beast soldiers guard it.

So in the past five days, Xiao Zhang kept thinking of a way, but when he returned to the soul capital, he received a holy decree, and the content of the holy decree made him a little crying and laughing.

He had tried his best to think of many methods, but none of them worked, and the emperor seemed to think of it with him, asking him to rebuild the Praetorian Guard, and let him "watch it".

It is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, Xiao Zhang shook his head and smiled, and looked at the storage bag in his hand, which was ten thousand powerful beast soldiers, if it was paired with top-level equipment, it would definitely be an extremely powerful force.

With this powerful force, Xiao Zhang can be regarded as having a preliminary control of the imperial palace, the center of power in the world.

(End of chapter)