Before Shangguan Wenji could say anything, the Sixth Prince Shangguan Heng stepped forward and objected strongly with a sullen face.
"Father, this is absolutely unacceptable! Everyone in Jinling Country knows that General Ouyang has been loyal to our Jinling Country and to you, father. Now General Ouyang and his wife have just died tragically, and Ouyang Haoxuan's life and death are unknown. We will incorporate the Zhenwei Army, or even disband the Zhenwei Army. If we do this, how will the world talk about our Shangguan family?"
"This move will surely chill the hearts of others. Who will be willing to serve our royal family in the future? Will there be any outstanding warriors willing to submit to my father? I hope my father will think twice!"
The Sixth Prince Shangguan Heng and Ouyang Haoxuan have always been good friends, although their relationship became much more distant during the period when Ouyang Haoxuan's tendons were broken.
However, when I thought about the fact that my childhood playmates were now homeless and I was still being hunted, I felt bad.
Besides, he and the prince were incompatible.
Now that he heard the prince say that he wanted to incorporate the Zhenwei Army, and even wanted to make the Zhenwei Army disappear from now on, he certainly could not allow it.
The prince did not feel guilty at all when he heard this, but sneered, "Sixth brother, have you forgotten that the Ouyang family is the traitor that our father personally convicted? It is only natural that the traitors should be punished, how can it chill the hearts of the people of the world?"
"As for the Zhenwei Army, it was originally my royal army. Just because that idiot Ouyang Zhixiong has led it for decades, does that mean it belongs to the Ouyang family? This is simply a joke! Now that the Ouyang family has been confiscated for treason, isn't it only natural for me, as the crown prince, to recruit the Zhenwei Army on behalf of my father?"
Traitors! Traitors! Shangguan Qi actually kept calling the Ouyang family traitors. Was he not ashamed at all
The Sixth Prince's face became extremely gloomy. "Brother, let's not beat around the bush. You know best whether the Ouyang family is a traitor, right? Moreover, what happened at the foot of Broken Soul Mountain has already been spread to everyone. Don't you think others don't know the real cause of death of General Ouyang and his wife?"
The Crown Prince flicked his sleeves, glared at the Sixth Prince, and sneered, "Sixth brother, what do you mean by this? When the Ouyang family rebelled, the imperial edict was issued by our father himself. Are you saying that our father is incompetent?"
The Sixth Prince's face froze, and he looked at Shangguan Wenji sitting on the dragon throne nervously.
Shangguan Wenji's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip from it. His hands were tightly grasping the armrests of the dragon throne. The gold carvings on the armrests were deeply embedded in his flesh, and he was completely unaware.
After a long while, he let out a breath as if he was exhausted, and said slowly: "Okay, stop arguing. Let's keep the Zhenwei Army for now, and don't move them for now. Don't appoint a new general for the Zhenwei Army yet, and let Chen Guangxian, General Ouyang's trusted subordinate, lead them."
The Sixth Prince was overjoyed and bowed down immediately: "Father, you are wise."
The prince's face twisted when he heard this. Even though it was his father who was sitting on the throne, he couldn't help but stiffen his neck and said loudly, "Father, what do you mean? The Zhenwei Army is the army of the Ouyang family. This is well known."
"Now your Majesty does not allow me to recruit the Zhenwei Army, and has let one of Ouyang Zhixiong's men lead the army. Your Majesty is telling the Feng family that you are dissatisfied with their decision? Do you want to seek justice for General Ouyang?" (To be continued)