In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Jue, who transmigrated and became the son of the废太子 (cancelled crown prince) Li Chengqian, secretly returned to the longed-for Chang'an from Qianzho...
"This...this..."
"Your Majesty, are you this strict in disciplining your troops?"
Li Shimin was taken aback upon hearing this. He had not expected that Li Jue could train his group of arrogant and fierce soldiers to be so disciplined.
Li Shimin even went up to the front and opened a neatly folded quilt to see if wooden boards had been added inside.
He was disappointed, however, as the quilt was just a simple quilt, with a linen cover and filled with cattails and weeds.
However, just as he was about to rummage through the mattress, he suddenly heard a sharp shout.
"stop!"
"What's wrong with you two? Why are you touching someone's blankets like that!"
"If the training team sees this, they'll deduct points from our team again!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin awkwardly withdrew his hand and turned to look at the soldier who had reprimanded him. The soldier, seeing Li Shimin's appearance, was immediately startled and knelt down in fear.
"This humble servant greets Your Majesty and the Grand Eunuch!"
"This humble servant was unaware of Your Majesty's arrival and has been quite rude. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness!"
Li Shimin was not about to hold a grudge against a mere soldier, so he immediately helped him up with a smile on his face.
"May I have your name?"
"You despicable Zhang Tiedan!"
"What a name! It certainly has an iron will!"
"Your Majesty, it's not 'daring,' it's 'egg'... the 'egg' of an egg..."
Li Shimin was surprised upon hearing this, then burst into laughter.
"Iron Egg is a good name too!"
"I've come to ask you, why do you fold your quilts so neatly?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tiedan immediately began to complain.
"Oh dear, we didn't want this either, it's all the eldest grandson's fault for causing trouble..."
"oh?"
This was the first time Li Shimin had heard anyone speak ill of Li Jue, especially a low-ranking soldier.
"Tell me, how has the eldest grandson of the legitimate wife been causing you trouble?"
"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson has too many rules!"
"It's bad enough that we have to brush our teeth and wash our faces every day, but we also have to take a bath only once a month. Isn't that just torturing us?"
"And then there's the requirement that we make our beds every day..."
"When we were fighting, we didn't even have blankets, let alone fold them!"
"Basically, wherever we go, we just use our thick clothes as blankets. Who would have thought that the eldest grandson would not only provide us with bedding, but also make us fold it ourselves? It's so annoying..."