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Chapter 152 Visit
After noon, the air was stuffy, and at dusk, the heat suddenly doubled. Ji Qiang, who had originally decided to go out in a carriage, decided to ride a horse instead.

Riding a horse is much more comfortable than being bored in a carriage.

In order not to attract attention, Ji Qiang chose an extremely breathable cloak to wear to cover his face.

Although Princess Yan's Mansion is far away from the busy city, it is separated from the imperial city by the most prosperous Zhuque Street. Even if you walk around, you will meet many people along the way.

It is not like the National Teacher's Mansion, which is next to the imperial city, with spacious official roads all the way, and no one can be seen from the beginning to the end.

Therefore, Ji Qiang traveled on horseback this time, walking carefully, and detoured several remote small streets to avoid people's eyes and ears.

When the sky was full of sunset clouds, the three monarchs and ministers arrived at their destination.

At this time, the gate of Princess Yan's Mansion was closed tightly, and there was the faint sound of silk and bamboo orchestras inside.

Shang Liujia, who went to knock on the door, murmured to himself, the county king is so hurt, it's no wonder he's lonely.

Now that His Majesty is here, the Palace of Princess Yan is even more lively.

When the waiter who opened the door saw Shang Liujia's face, he panicked and didn't speak quickly, and then looked at the face behind Shang Liujia, his soul almost flew away.

When the guards at the second gate saw the three monarchs and ministers, they ran towards the inner courtyard.

Ji Qiang Nahan, what's the matter?Sneaking like a rabbit, the last time she came to give money, she was not so excited.

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Inner courtyard, Tinglan Waterside Pavilion.

Ji Li is earnestly admonishing the son of "one muscle".

"In the Battle of Northern Xinjiang, you suffered such serious injuries. Even if you spend another ten days and a half months in training, no one will say anything, let alone Your Majesty."

When Chu Lingxiao heard the words "ten days and a half months", he immediately stood up from his chair, "Mother, in the past few days of my training, my military affairs have piled up like a mountain. If I have to spend another ten days and a half months of training...forgive my son for being difficult."

"Is military affairs more important, or your own body?" Ji Li asked softly.

Naturally, the body is important, but in fact, the deepest knife wound on his body has healed long ago, and the remaining minor wounds are also mostly healed, so there is nothing to fear.However, his mother has trapped him in the mansion for several days, not even allowing him to go to the morning court.

Chu Lingxiao couldn't figure out what his mother was thinking, so he was anxious and helpless.

"Mother, my injury is really all right. If you don't believe me, how about asking the doctor to verify?"

"Every famous doctor in the city is in Jingzhou, where can I catch the doctor?"

Ji Li took a sip of tea, pointed to the small stage on the waterside pavilion and said, "This play has reached its most exciting point, follow me to watch it."

Chu Lingxiao doesn't like watching excerpts, let alone thinking about military affairs... So, he reluctantly sat down again and compared bitter gourds.

Ji Li didn't watch the play either, Chu Lingxiao's torn look made it uncomfortable for a mother to watch.

After a while, she said quietly: "You always don't understand mother's painstaking efforts. When you are so stubborn, when will you be able to get it out?"

Chu Lingxiao looked blank, he was just thinking about military affairs, why is he so obsessed?What's more, wasn't it the same when we were in Wudi?
It was at this time that the maid came to report in a panic, "Princess, County King, Your Majesty is here!"

Ji Li was overjoyed and urged Chu Lingxiao to go back to the room. Chu Lingxiao almost thought that he had heard wrongly. His Majesty is here. Shouldn't he be there to pick him up?
Faced with such a hard-to-understand son, Ji Li was very helpless, time was short, and she didn't have time to say more, so she said with a straight face: "If you don't obey me, I will go back to the Southland tomorrow."

With a sullen face, Chu Lingxiao strode back to the room.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Li rushed to the stage and waved his hand, the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra stopped, and the actors also retreated one after another.She adjusted her makeup a little bit before going to greet him.

The monarch and his ministers met each other, and after a lot of red tape, Ji Qiang asked Chu Lingxiao how his injury was, and Ji Li smiled back, saying that there was no serious problem, and he could enter the camp tomorrow to handle military affairs.

Hearing this, Ji Qiang hurriedly explained, "I came here to visit my brother's injuries, not to urge him to enter the camp. Auntie must not misunderstand me."

Ji Li hurriedly smiled and said yes, the two came to Chu Lingxiao's residence not long after, and Ji Li said to the gatekeeper from a distance: "Your Majesty is here, hurry up and ask the county king to come and greet you..."

"Auntie can't." Just as Ji Qiang wanted to stop her, Chu Lingxiao already walked out of the room with flying steps, and came to pick him up in three steps at a time.

His steps were steady and powerful, his ruddy complexion was just right, and he didn't look weak at all, completely breaking Ji Li's expectations, and the angry mother swallowed a few mouthfuls of anger secretly.

Ji Qiang avoided Chu Lingxiao's gift as usual, and ordered Shang Liujia to take out the box, which contained two bottles of cream.

Chu Lingxiao wanted to decline, this cream was precious, the royal family could not get a few bottles every year, and His Majesty had already given him two bottles on the night of triumph, how could he take it again?

Unexpectedly, Ji Li took it with a smile, thank you.

Chu Lingxiao's eyes were wide open, her mother was never a money-grubbing person, why did she suddenly become like this?
Ji Li handed the cream to the female officer, and said with a smile, "There are no outsiders here, and the minister is not polite to His Majesty..."

Ji Qiang interrupted, "Auntie's words are heartwarming, I love to hear them."

Ji Li smiled like a flower. As soon as she arrived at the main hall, she said, "I'm going to order the kitchen to cook a few dishes. Your Majesty will reward you and stay for dinner."

Ji Qiang didn't have this plan, but Ji Li was so enthusiastic, coupled with her soft-spoken appearance, it was really unbearable to refuse.

After a while, Ji Li left with Hu La La and a group of people, Shang Liujia was thoughtful.

At this moment, the king of Wuling County said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has already recovered, but the mother..."

"Don't say that my aunt is detaining you, even I will detain you for a few more days. There are still Ban Zhuojia, Bai Fusu and the others in military affairs, brother, relax."

Just two sentences made Chu Lingxiao both surprised and happy, and at the same time, he felt ashamed of being caught at home for "pretending to be sick".

Ji Qiang took out something, "This is the blueprint for the design of the new barracks. It will be completed in half a year. I want to build an iron cavalry. Who do you think is the right commander?"

Chu Lingxiao took the drawing and didn't look at it immediately, but was seriously thinking about Ji Qiang's question.

The five armies have been merged into three armies, led by him, Ban Zhuojia, and Bai Fusu respectively. Among the other lieutenants, who can be alone?

Chu Lingxiao will screen everyone he can think of, even Qin Guogong and Song Guogong, but the two veterans are already old, and Song Guogong has no actual combat experience, so he is not very suitable.As for his more than ten lieutenants, they can lead troops in training and go into battle to kill the enemy. If they are to manage a huge new army camp, they are a little lacking.

After a round of screening, Chu Lingxiao couldn't help feeling sad when he couldn't find a suitable candidate.

When Hengyang forced the palace, almost all the veterans who followed were killed. Among them were many veterans with rich experience and extraordinary abilities. Unfortunately...

Chu Lingxiao's confusion was exactly Ji Qiang's confusion, but there was no better way at the moment, so she had to think of a compromise solution.

"How about asking my brother to bring the Chinese army into the new camp. In the future, the veterans will lead the recruits, so that the recruits can quickly adapt to the life of the barracks and speed up the pace of training. I wonder what brother wants?"

"May I ask Your Majesty, what is the future size of the new battalion of cavalry?"

"Thirty thousand."

Chu Lingxiao: "..."

(End of this chapter)