As the Emperor spoke, he produced the Vermilion Bird Army Military Tally.
The crowd was stunned.
This was a formidable force of two hundred thousand soldiers! It was the only military force the nation of Nanxin possessed. Throughout the dynasties, the Vermilion Bird Army had always remained firmly in the Emperor’s own hands, never entrusted to anyone else. By handing this army over to the Prince Changle, the Emperor was, for all intents and purposes, declaring him the heir apparent.
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