"Without an imperial edict, we can't return to the capital!?"
The few people at the scene who understood what was going on instinctively glanced at Qin Hao.
They couldn't be sure their suspicions were right, but they couldn't shake the feeling that the Qin Emperor was creating the conditions for the Qin King to rebel.
"That's right!"
Qin Feng felt the challenge was still a little too steep, so he added, "The million-strong Black Banner Army that Wine Immortal just rescued will also be placed under your command. You'll be responsible for guarding the Northern Border Fortress."
"We obey Your Majesty's decree!"
Bai Qi and Wanli Lang dared not object. They clasped their hands and knelt again to receive the imperial edict.
"He's sending the Black Banner Army to the Northern Border Fortress!?"
The powerful figures from every faction were baffled. They had no idea what Qin Feng was up to.
Back in the day, the Northern Border God of War had guarded the Northern Border Fortress with just a hundred thousand troops. Yet now, the Qin Emperor had gathered four elite armies there, each a million strong: the Demon Subduing Army, the White Robe Army, the prairie army, and the Black Banner Army.
"Is he really going to force the throne into his hands?!"
Jiang Xue couldn't help murmuring.
She realized that Qin Feng truly loved his younger brother, Qin Hao. Even when there were no conditions for his enthronement, he went out of his way to create them.
If Qin Hao had no troops, Qin Feng gave him Qin's two million Steel Torrent. If he had no land, Qin Feng granted him the Qin family's ancestral lands as his fief. If he had no followers, Qin Feng arranged for the Thirteen Protectors of the Qin Family to serve