"Brother, am I really useless?" Ye Jinghe walked into the study, his fierce aura completely gone, replaced by weakness, pitifulness, helplessness, and confusion.
"Why do you think that?" Ye Jingchen was even more confused than him.
“Everyone of them can lend a hand to my brother in court. Even Yun Shu can discuss important matters with him. Only I am the most useless. I can’t help at all!” Ye Jinghe said with a disappointed look.
This afternoon, when we were discussing things in the garden, he couldn't get a word in edgewise. He really disliked this feeling of being excluded and unable to help at all.
Ye Jingchen looked at Ye Jinghe for a long time and realized that his confusion and disappointment did not seem to be faked. Considering that he hadn't said a word in the afternoon and was very unhappy when Yun Shu came to find him alone, Ye Jingchen knew why he asked that question.
"You have 200,000 guards, why do you still feel useless? Don't you know that these 200,000 soldiers are our true source of strength to contend with the powerful families?"
"Really?" Ye Jinghe's eyes lit up. "Am I really my brother's source of confidence?"
"Of course it's true, so there's no need to doubt yourself!" Ye Jingchen gave him a positive answer.
"Don't worry, brother, I will always be your support!" Ye Jinghe said excitedly.
Ye Jingchen almost laughed. The little brat is still so insecure even though he's grown up!
But as always, he's easy to coax!
"Brother, shall we go see that house outside the palace tomorrow?" Ye Jinghe asked.
Although he didn't want to leave his brother, he was even more unwilling to cause trouble for his brother!
“Okay!” Ye Jingchen replied.
The next day, Ye Jingchen slept until he naturally woke up, ate something to fill his stomach, and then the two brothers left the palace together.
Two people, two horses, no attendants, and no palace guards.
The Prince's Mansion is also located in the east of the city, not far from Princess Ye Jingshu's mansion, and it passes by the vicinity of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Logically speaking, since the Duke of Zhenguo was his teacher who taught him military strategy, he should have taken the initiative to visit him after his victory to thank the Duke for his guidance.
However, given his current relationship with Xie Chang'an, Xu Jingjing probably doesn't want to see him.
Therefore, let's find a more suitable opportunity to visit the Duke of Zhenguo and the Old Madam at another time.
Ye Jinghe's mansion was separated from the Zhenguo Duke's mansion by two streets, and the gates were tightly closed.
Ye Jinghe went up and knocked on the door himself, but no one answered after knocking for a long time. He couldn't push the door open either, so the two brothers finally climbed over the wall to get in.
The Prince's Mansion occupies a considerable area, a seven-courtyard residence, which appears to be even larger than the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. However, it is spacious and desolate, with withered leaves, weeds, and spider webs scattered everywhere, but no one is in sight.
If this mansion had been guarded, even if the servants were negligent, it wouldn't have become so desolate.
In Ye Jingyu's letter, it was mentioned that the Prince's mansion was initially guarded, but it was unclear where those people were now!
Ye Jinghe toured the entire mansion, inside and out, and already had some ideas in mind.
We had lunch at Zuixianlou Restaurant.
Two years have passed, and Zuixianlou is still doing just as well.
Ye Jingchen deliberately didn't go to the private room, but instead found a table in the lobby on the first floor.
Teahouses and taverns are always the places with the best sources of information, and he wanted to hear about the hot topics that the people of the capital had been discussing during their leisure time recently.
But he soon realized that eating in the downstairs lobby was a mistake.
Because eight out of ten people eating here today are talking about him.
He kept a low profile when he returned to the capital, but he had a father who loved to show off. Through word of mouth among the officials, everyone now knows that His Highness the Crown Prince has resolved the external threat of the Northern Barbarians and returned to the capital in triumph.
"My brother is the great hero they're talking about!" Ye Jingchen could hear the discussions, and Ye Jinghe could hear them too, and he wholeheartedly agreed.
After finishing his meal with a feeling of sitting on pins and needles and his scalp tingling, Ye Jingchen pulled Ye Jinghe, who was still somewhat unsatisfied with what he had heard, and quickly left this place of trouble.
"Brother, do you want to see your true strength?" Ye Jinghe asked after leaving Zuixianlou.
Having spent two years in the northern frontier, Ye Jingchen had long since grown accustomed to the atmosphere of the military camp and was indeed quite curious about the guard battalion.
"Then let's go see the troops that Commander Ye has led!" Ye Jingchen joked.
"The name 'Commander Ye' doesn't sound good; 'Commander Ye' sounds better," Ye Jinghe said unhappily.
It's ultimately a bit troublesome for a captain to mobilize troops; it's better to have a more legitimate command.
In the past two years, he led the soldiers of the guard battalion to suppress bandits several times, and the military merits he accumulated were enough to be promoted to commander, but the emperor seemed to know nothing about these things, which infuriated him!
"One day it will belong to Commander Ye!" Ye Jingchen comforted him.
When Ye Jinghe moves into the Prince's Mansion, the Emperor will have to show his appreciation by restoring him to his original position and making him a Captain Ye instead of a Colonel Ye.
Once outside the city gates, they could ride horses, and before long, the two arrived at the guard camp.
The last time Ye Jingchen came here, he was worried that Ye Jinghe would be bullied here, so he secretly came to check on him.
This time, following Ye Jinghe, we were openly welcomed into the camp from the entrance.
Ye Jinghe was indeed quite prestigious here, and every soldier who saw him seemed to be somewhat afraid of him.
Ye Jinghe led him from the entrance to his tent. Along the way, when soldiers saluted him, Ye Jinghe always had a cold face and was very imposing. However, once they spoke to him, Ye Jinghe's expression and voice became very obedient. His change of expression was faster than turning the pages of a book.
Along the way, Ye Jingchen saw several people whose jaws dropped when they saw Ye Jing and the adorable baby.
Ye Jinghe didn't feel anything was wrong with his ability to switch between two different personas so easily, and led Ye Jingchen into his tent.
The tent was small and very simple, containing only a wooden bed, a cabinet, a table, and two chairs, along with some toiletries.
"You lived in a place like this for the past two years?" Ye Jingchen asked in surprise.
This is far too rudimentary!
It was even more rudimentary than his residence at the Shenwei Army's base!
"It's just a place to sleep," Ye Jinghe said dismissively.
Ye Jingchen felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this, "We won't be living here anymore!"
Ye Jinghe brought Ye Jingchen here hoping to make him feel sorry for him, but when Ye Jingchen actually felt sorry for him, he felt a little reluctant to let him go.
"Brother, come with me to see their daily training. If there's anything lacking, we can improve it." Without lingering in the place where he had lived for two years, he took Ye Jingchen out again.
The daily training of the Guard Battalion is actually similar to that of the Divine Might Army, and even more intense. This is because most of the soldiers here come from good families, have plenty of food and drink, and are well-nourished, so their physical potential is better than that of the soldiers in the Divine Might Army!
Seeing their intense training, Ye Jingchen was quite satisfied.
If this training trend continues, even if the soldiers of the guard battalion rarely have the opportunity to experience real battlefields, they may still be trained into a fierce and powerful force!
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