"Princess, the prince consort is back and has gone to Liuyun Palace."
At dusk, Chaoyun listened to the eunuch's report and then told his master.
Huayang had once speculated about something serious and found out that Chen Jingzong was just suffering from slovenliness, so he didn't think much about it this time.
After turning a few more pages of the book, Chen Jingzong arrived.
When he entered the room, Huayang looked up and saw that Chen Jingzong's hair was slightly wet and he had changed into casual clothes. He asked curiously, "Why are you getting more and more particular recently? You even remember to take a bath and change clothes before coming to see me?"
In his previous life, Chen Jingzong had never been so tactful. He would only take a bath after being glared at by her, or he would simply not take a bath and deliberately go against her.
Chen Jingzong looked at the flower-like princess on the couch with a happy expression: "I have to wash it sooner or later, why should I endure your disdain again."
Huayang: …
She seemed to understand this man's mind. In the past, she was unwilling to give it to him, so he got lazy. Since her aunt sent that thing, the two of them had to do it almost every night. Chen Jingzong was hooked by the benefits, so he consciously became particular about it. It was a typical example of "no gain, no early rise, and no greed, no reason."
Just as she was thinking this, Chen Jingzong went to the inner room, walked around, and said to her with some complaints: "Why didn't you soak again?"
Every time they had to wait for him to do something, and it would take until midnight to get anything done. This was fine once or twice, but it wouldn't work in the long run. Chen Jingzong also wanted to get the job done first and then have a good night's sleep.
It was not even dark yet, and he was so shameless. Huayang glared at him and said in a low voice: "Do you think I have a body as strong as you?"
The princess' temper was still there, but her face was completely red and extremely gorgeous.
In this regard, Huayang would never be as shameless as Chen Jingzong even if he lived for several more lifetimes.
Chen Jingzong jumped onto the couch and hugged the person in his arms.
Huayang tried to struggle, but he twisted her hands behind her back. She could do nothing and could only let him do whatever he wanted.
Although it was embarrassing, compared with the lonely and boring years after his death, with such a passionate prince consort by his side, Huayang felt that he had turned into a ball of hot, dancing flame that would keep burning brightly and never fade away.
The scene of his aunt exchanging glances with the guards and looking radiant emerged in his mind. Huayang thought that she must have become bad to some extent, otherwise she would have regarded Chen Jingzong's reckless behavior as a humiliation and asked the guards to drag him out and beat him with a stick.
It was getting dark outside the window, and Chen Jingzong finally let her go reluctantly.
Huayang instinctively pulled up his clothes and lay on his side with his back facing him.
"Are you angry?" Chen Jingzong hugged the soft princess in his arms, lifted her chin and asked.
Huayang closed her eyes. Even though her breath was still unstable, she still acted like a princess. She said indifferently, "I know you are greedy. From now on, I will do it once every night. If you don't want to, I will pick a few concubines for you and ask them to take turns to serve you. You can do it three or four times a night. But since you have chosen this path, don't even think about stepping into my room again."
Although she is a princess, she is also sensible and would not do anything to bully her husband by taking advantage of her power.
Chen Jingzong smiled: "This is a great thing, but I am very picky and don't like the vulgar women out there. If the princess really wants to choose a concubine for me, then every aspect must be based on your model, the white parts must be the same white, the... "
Before he could finish his words, Huayang slapped him lightly.
Chen Jingzong grabbed her slender wrist first: "Why, you want to choose a concubine for me, and you don't allow me to negotiate the terms?"
Huayang just stared at him coldly.
Chen Jingzong stopped joking and said seriously: "I only want you, not to mention one night, one month, one year is fine, as long as you are willing to give it to me."
Hua Yang's anger subsided a little, but he still warned: "I don't want to argue with you about some nonsense, but if you dare to compare others with me again, don't blame me for being rude."
Chen Jingzong also frowned: "You can sleep separately from me for as many nights as you want, but if you dare to say something like a maid again, don't blame me for being rude."
Huayang: …
Chen Jingzong suddenly smiled, carried her on his shoulders, and said as he got off the couch, "Okay, let's go eat. The food in the guardhouse is too rough, and I'm not full."
After hearing his disturbance, Huayang’s anger completely subsided.
After dinner, the couple took a walk in the yard to digest the food.
"How is the guard post? Are those soldiers under your control?"
"I haven't got time for them yet."
"So what did you do today?"
Chen Jingzong looked at Huayang and confirmed, "Are you just asking casually, or do you really want to hear it? There are no interesting stories in the guard post."
Huayang: "Whoever wants to hear your story, just tell it truthfully."
Chen Jingzong: "Okay, if you don't want to listen, tell me anytime. I don't want to bore you by saying too much."
Huayang snorted. She had heard a lot of similar words since she was a child. When her father discussed political affairs with ministers, she would stop and coax her with delicious food and fun things before sending her away. Her mother would also often ask her father-in-law to come over to ask questions and inquire about her brother's teaching. But once Huayang showed interest, her mother would let her play with the eunuchs and palace maids.
After so many times, Huayang simply stopped going to such occasions.
But now she is outside the palace, she has the right to decide what she wants to hear and see!
Chen Jingzong started from the time when he entered the garrison and Xiang Baoshan and others gave him silver notes.
Huayang got angry here: "He gave you beauties and money. You are obviously a corrupt official. He usually asks for tributes from the officials below him, and now he uses this trick on you to curry favor with you!"
Chen Jingzong then talked about Wang Feihu's brother-in-law sleeping in.
Hua Yang: "Military discipline should be strictly enforced. He is so bold even when you are there. I wonder how lawless he is at other times!"
Chen Jingzong laughed and said, "I've asked someone to beat him with twenty military sticks. He'll have to stay in bed for a month before he can get up."
After walking around again, Huayang calmed down and asked Chen Jingzong: "What are you going to do?"
Chen Jingzong said: "First, we need to rectify the military discipline. We cannot abandon more than 5,000 soldiers. If Xiang Baoshan and his men are simply greedy for some silver, it would be fine. But if they are greedy or have committed other crimes, I will collect evidence one by one and report it to the Ministry of War."
Huayang: "You are new here, will those soldiers listen to you? Will they all support Xiang Baoshan?"
Chen Jingzong sneered: "Soldiers will only support generals who love their soldiers like their own sons and have real abilities. Xiang Baoshan is not worthy of this."
If he was just an ordinary fourth-rank military officer like Lu Da, it would probably be difficult for him to shake the mutual protection of Xiang, Wang, Lin, and even the upper-level officials who had vested interests with them. The soldiers could also guess this, so they would never easily support him just because he stood on their side.
However, in addition to his official title of fourth-rank official, Chen Jingzong was also the son-in-law of Emperor Jingshun's favorite daughter. Therefore, although Xiang Baoshan had a higher official position than him, he was respectful to him and did not dare to break up with him. The soldiers in the garrison would subconsciously regard him as the real leader of the garrison at that time.
Chen Jingzong never thought of relying on his status as "the son-in-law of the emperor" to show off his power in the civil and official circles, but those who had a guilty conscience were wary of this relationship, and Chen Jingzong did not care about "borrowing the power of the tiger".
Hua Yang: "Then how long do you think it will take before those soldiers would rather disobey Xiang Baoshan's orders and support you?"
Chen Jingzong paused and said, "One month should be enough."
Huayang smiled and patted his strong arm encouragingly: "Then you work hard, I'll wait for your good news."
Wu Run had already reported to her the marriage relationships among the officials in Lingzhou Prefecture, so Huayang knew that Xiang Baoshan would be a good son-in-law for the King of Xiang.
In his previous life, the King of Xiang did not actually raise an army to rebel. After all, he could not rebel with only the 300 soldiers in the palace. Raising a flag that might be suspected of rebellion was simply a stupid move.
But in this life, Huayang has to deal with Prince Xiang step by step and completely sever the relationship between Prince Xiang and his father-in-law. He has to be on guard in case he angers Prince Xiang, as this idiot might really resort to force.
The 300 soldiers of the Prince of Xiang's mansion are not a problem, as the 200 elite soldiers led by Zhou Ji can deal with them. What we should be worried about is that Xiang Baoshan will lead the 5,000 soldiers of the garrison to support the Prince of Xiang.
Now that Chen Jingzong has gathered the troops from the garrisons, Huayang no longer has any worries in dealing with the Prince of Xiang.
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The next day, Chen Jingzong still went to the guard post early.
Xiang Baoshan was the commander after all, so this time he did not wait for him outside the camp gate, but handled official business in the barracks.
Seeing Chen Jingzong coming, Xiang Baoshan politely left the table. After exchanging pleasantries, Xiang Baoshan said with a smile: "Prince consort, as you ordered, I have called back all the 1,600 soldiers who went out to open up wasteland yesterday."
Chen Jingzong nodded and said, "Then gather all the troops to the martial arts arena. I have something to say."
Xiang Baoshan immediately sent a guard to make arrangements.
It was not yet the end of the first month of the lunar year and the air was cold in the early morning. Upon receiving the order, all the soldiers of the garrison headed towards the martial arts field.
There were more than 5,000 people. Some wore thick cotton-padded clothes, which looked like new ones. Some wore old cotton-padded clothes that were not so warm. Some did not even have old cotton-padded clothes. They were so cold that their shoulders were hunched and their hands were tucked into their sleeves. It was not until they approached the drill ground and saw several officers standing on the high platform in front from a distance that these soldiers with untidy military postures slowly lowered their arms and forced themselves to straighten their backs.
As far as Chen Jingzong could see, he discovered that among the 5,600 people, there were less than a thousand who could actually be considered soldiers.
After everyone arrived, Chen Jingzong winked at Fugui.
Fugui clapped his hands, and two soldiers came up carrying a man.
The man was none other than Wang Feihu's brother-in-law, Huang Youcai, who had just been beaten with twenty military sticks yesterday and should have been recuperating on the big bunk bed.
Huang Youcai felt pain and looked at his brother-in-law pleadingly.
Wang Feihu felt the pain from the scratches on his neck. He also wanted to help this useless brother-in-law, but Xiang Baoshan didn't dare to confront the prince consort head-on, so what could he do
The soldiers below recognized Huang Youcai and started whispering to each other.
At this time, Chen Jingzong said: "Let him turn around."
The two soldiers turned around Huang Youcai and turned their backs to the five thousand soldiers below.
Chen Jingzong: "Take off his pants."
Huang Youcai and Wang Feihu: …
The soldiers listened to the prince consort's words very much. After a moment of hesitation, they immediately took action.
Huang Youcai's half-red and half-white butt was completely exposed in front of more than 5,000 people.
Regardless of how well off they were, the soldiers were all rough people, and they immediately burst into laughter when they saw this.
Huang Youcai's face was redder than his badly injured butt. If any other passionate man suffered such a great humiliation, he would probably rush over to fight with Chen Jingzong, but Huang Youcai was a spineless and shameless man. At this moment, he just hung his head, secretly lamenting his bad luck and not taking it too seriously.
Chen Jingzong asked the soldiers who were watching the excitement: "Do you know why Huang Youcai was beaten with a military stick?"
The soldiers answered in unison.
Chen Jingzong: "Yes, because he violated military discipline. Next, I will ask Lord Wang to repeat the military discipline again and give you one day to memorize it. Starting tomorrow morning, I will patrol the barracks at any time. If anyone's words or deeds violate military discipline, or if they can't recite it when I randomly check them, they will be punished according to the rule they violated!"
soldiers:…
"My Lord, how can we remember it if you only repeat it once?"
"If you can't remember, go ask your own captain. If a captain can't remember, go ask a captain. If a captain can't remember, go ask Lord Wang. If they don't teach you wholeheartedly, whoever they pick tomorrow will not remember will also be punished."
"My Lord, can't there be a single word wrong?"
"It's better this way. If you really can't remember, it's okay as long as the general idea is correct. If you don't even get the idea right, you will still be punished. In addition, if the person being checked answers correctly, he will be rewarded with ten copper coins."
You can get copper coins for memorizing military discipline!
This time, more than 5,000 soldiers jumped up excitedly!
(End of this chapter)