The group went directly from the pier to the Prince of Zhennan's Palace.
"Your Highness, there's a second-rank governor outside who calls himself Ye Chen. I've invited him to the main hall. Would you like to come over now?" The official of Lu Chenyuan's family reported to Lu Chenyuan cautiously in the study. When Lu Chenyuan heard the visitor's name was Ye Chen, he quickly put down the report in his hand and said, "I'll be there now."
Ye Chen was just wearing casual clothes and not official uniform, and the group sat down to drink tea without any distinction of status.
"Are you out this time with the official position of second-rank governor? Why aren't you wearing official uniform?" Lu Chenyuan came in and sat in the upper seat. There was no longer the tense feeling between him and Ye Chen as before, but rather like they were friends for many years.
"You don't need to wear anything when you come here. By the way, ask your people to prepare more hot water. We haven't taken a shower for several days. We will stay here tonight and we will set off for Wuzhou tomorrow." Ye Chen did not consider himself an outsider at all when he came here.
"You are not shy and just arranged it yourself." Lu Chenyuan picked up the teacup and was about to drink tea, but after hearing Ye Chen's words, he sneered.
"Okay, Uncle Wang, please arrange for some hot water to be added to the guards that Lord Ye brought with him so they can have a nice bath."
"Yes," the butler responded and went out to give instructions.
"When did you two become so familiar with each other?" Chen Qiu looked at Lu Chenyuan without any sign of annoyance, and kept complaining in his heart.
"I wonder where the emperor is going to tour this time?" Lu Chenyuan put down the teacup and looked at Ye Chen.
"I am inspecting Wuzhou. I want to recruit some soldiers from you, three thousand silver-armored soldiers. I wonder if the King of Zhennan has them?" Ye Chen didn't even raise his head and drank his tea. He was not polite and mentioned three thousand elite soldiers right away.
"Although I have one-third of the Great Yin's military strength, my territory is also huge. It took me ten years to train 10,000 Silver Armored Soldiers, and you're asking for 3,000 right away? Are you here to rob people?" Lu Chenyuan asked Ye Chen coldly, but what could he do? After all, he was acting on behalf of the emperor. As long as he had no intention of rebelling, he had to give this man to Ye Chen. The Silver Armored Soldiers were his hard work, and he couldn't afford to lose even a few.
"Give it or not, it's your decision."
Lu Chenyuan gritted his teeth at Ye Chen's arrogant attitude, but he still said, "Give it to me, how can I not give it to you? However, this Silver Armor Army is my hard work. I have to go to Wuzhou with you. Otherwise, if you destroy it, I won't even have a place to cry."
"Prince Zhennan, are you training elite soldiers or young ladies? Why do you sound so fragile?" Ye Chen mocked Lu Chenyuan without any hesitation.
Listen, listen, what is this? Don't you feel sorry for the soldiers you've worked so hard to train? After all, they're just scholars who have never been to a military camp. They're useless, but in the court, these scholars can kill tens of thousands of soldiers with just a word. Lu Chenyuan really despises these scholars, but he can't offend them. It's really frustrating.
"Ye Chen, you can show off all you want. He's my soldier. If you don't feel sorry for me, then I do. You're just talking without any worries."
Seeing that Lu Chenyuan was getting a little impatient, Ye Chen put away his irritable look, stood up and bowed to Lu Chenyuan formally, "They are all soldiers of my Great Yin. I will definitely not disregard their lives. Please rest assured, King Zhennan."
Lu Chenyuan was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "Anyway, I want to go with you. You may not be able to use them once they go out." An army like the Silver Armor Army is absolutely loyal, but also a little stubborn. Other people's words may not be useful to them. In his previous life, Ye Chen used the Silver Armor Army and was almost angered to death.
In the afternoon, Ye Chen and his group were bathing in the house. Those who hadn't used hot water for a few days, jumped into the hot water in the bathtub and sighed in comfort unconsciously, "It's so comfortable!"
Afterwards, Lu Chenyuan took Ye Chen to the Silver Armor Army's camp. The soldiers of the Silver Armor Army were all wearing silver armor, white cloaks, and uniform silver masks. Each of them rode a horse, and the horses were also wearing uniform armor. The entire army was armed to the teeth.
"You brought me here, aren't you afraid that I might incite the emperor to punish you for training elite soldiers?"
"Can you?" Lu Chenyuan did not respond, but asked Ye Chen instead.
Ye Chen stopped and looked at Lu Chenyuan. Lu Chenyuan also stopped and let him look. Ye Chen shook his head and said, "No, because I am very sure that you will not do anything to rebel. It's not that you don't have the ability, but you disdain to do it."
When Lu Chenyuan heard these words from Ye Chen, he was extremely shocked, because Ye Chen gave him the impression that he was quite disgusted with him. From the first time they met, he seemed to be hostile to him, and the hostility towards him was still very obvious when they met several times afterwards. Why did he change his nature now?
"Can I ask you a question?" Lu Chenyuan suddenly became a little curious about what position he held in Ye Chen's heart. He obviously hated him, but what he said today seemed to show that he had a very high opinion of himself.
"You want to ask why I am hostile to you?"
Lu Chenyuan nodded, "I can't figure out where your hostility towards me comes from!"
Ye Chen stopped and gave an answer that Lu Chenyuan couldn't come up with even after thinking hard, "Because you knew Qiu'er earlier than me, and you called Qiu'er Xiaoqiu, which was too affectionate."
"What? Just because of this... your hostility towards me continues until now? This... are you the jealous king?" Lu Chenyuan looked at Ye Chen in disbelief. He didn't expect that he could be jealous for so long.
Lu Chenyuan would never have thought that Ye Chen's hostility towards him came from his previous life. This reason would seem absurd to anyone who said it, so Ye Chen certainly would not say it out loud.
"Qiu'er is the apple of my eye. She's mine alone. I can only tolerate my family calling her Xiaoqiu, but why are you, an outsider, calling her Qiu'er so affectionately?" Ye Chen spoke with such confidence that Lu Chenyuan was dumbfounded. Who had he accidentally offended? How horrible! This jealousy was enough to kill people.
Lu Chenyuan shuddered, then changed the subject and returned to the purpose of Ye Chen's trip out of Beijing this time.
"Wuzhou is a place where all kinds of people mix together. It's easy to get information there, but it's harder to find people than in other places because there are too many people coming and going there every day." Wuzhou is Lu Chenyuan's jurisdiction, so he naturally knows the situation there.
"It's because the situation here is complicated that I took a detour to come to Binzhou first. First, I want to borrow soldiers from you, and second, I actually want you to go with me. It's just that you spoke up before I opened your mouth." Ye Chen said it frankly, but no matter how Lu Chenyuan thought about it, he felt like he had fallen into his trap.
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