Mrs. Lu covered her mouth and said in a consternation: "Oh, I didn't expect that the prince's concubine was from an official family and didn't know what the prince's army was. In this way, I was abrupt."

This person came because he was uneasy and was naturally clear in his heart. He didn't care about her sarcastic words and was too lazy to deal with the people who deliberately came to see her lively again.

Chu Junlan smiled and nodded slightly, then walked over to Jingxuan.

Zi Yuan and Zi Yan bowed their knees and bowed their hands, not asking Lu to pick out the mistakes, but quickly followed Chu Junlan's pace.

Mrs. Lu looked at Chu Junlan's back, snorted, stomped her feet, and turned away.

Chu Junlan's expression became more and more serious along the way. As soon as he returned to Jingxuan, he said, "I asked Jingyu and Huo Yeqing to talk back and forth."

Zi Yan nodded and immediately went to the wing room to find the two of them.

Xiao Xu left them in the mansion to listen to Chu Junlan's orders. When the two of them got the message, they immediately went to the main house. Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the door, they saw Chu Junlan sitting upright in the first place. Although his expression was calm and he could not tell anything about his emotions, he could clearly feel that Chu Junlan was in a bad mood now.

Jing Yu calmed down her emotions and smiled and stepped forward: "I wish you a blessing to the princess."

"No gifts, you all sit down, I have something to ask."

The more Chu Junlan looked lighter, the less confident Jing Yu and Huo Yeqing felt. How dare they sit down like this? They waved their hands quickly and said, "You are just asking, let's stand and reply."

Chu Junlan didn't force them to nod their heads slightly, narrowed their beautiful eyes and raised their pretty faces to look at the two of them.

"Tell me what the Prince's Army does."

When talking, Chu Junlan looked at the two of them with a good look, not missing the slightest reaction of the two. Sure enough, she found that Jing Yu and Huo Yeqing looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Jing Yu said with a smile on his face: "Go back to the princess, this prince's army has been around for a long time, but it is too marginalized and no one highly praised it. At that time, Emperor Taizu often fought outside, and the prince had to defend the base camp. Taizu left his own team of confidants by the prince's side and acted as the prince's personal guard to assist the prince in defending the city.

"Later, with several changes, the personal guards who assisted the prince were changed to the 'Captain Army' by Taizu, and the members of the organization were all direct descendants of clans or nobles. The first prince army, after the prince's reign ascended the throne, became the emperor's personal guards, and part of them entered the Ministry of War.

"After the prince ascended the throne and became emperor, he would follow Taizu's approach and continue to find candidates for the prince's army before he was appointed. The prince's army has continued to this day."

Chu Junlan nodded and said with concern: "I understand. But the position of this Crown Army is probably very embarrassing. The founding emperor established the Crown Army because at that time, he had to be prepared for the war. However, in the peaceful and prosperous era, the existence of the Crown Army would be decentralized and would further encourage the forces of those who are interested."

"You are right." Jing Yu gave a thumbs up, "So, the Crown Army has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has basically been in name only. Do you think, the Crown Army has existed before the crown prince has been granted. Isn't this threatening the emperor? Also, anyone who has the brain can be the crown prince will not like the Crown Army. They would rather cultivate their own power behind their backs than get close to the legitimate Crown Army, so as not to be suspicious of the emperor."

Huo Yeqing also nodded: "So the Crown Army has become such an embarrassing existence now. The number of people has been reduced from more than 10,000 to hundreds of people so far. You can probably guess that most of the Crown Army are nobles and relatives who were abandoned by the family. Emperor Taizu stipulated in his early years that once he joined the Crown Army, he would be the Crown Army all his life, and it is impossible to escape. The Crown Army naturally would not be willing to send his most valued children to that embarrassing place."

Chu Junlan nodded, "So, why did your prince join the Crown Army?"

Huo Yeqing and Jing Yu's faces were suffocated and stopped talking.

Chu Junlan narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled and said, "Even if you don't say it, I can guess it. Now the prince's identity is awkward and his status in the royal palace is not bad. On that day, the prince was poisoned and needed to use blood to treat medicine. In the end, a farce broke out. This matter may have been rumored. However, because this is the emperor's secret matter, everyone dare not act rashly. The prince wants to use Prince Gong's relationship as before to mobilize any troops, but it is afraid that it will be difficult to ascend to heaven. So who did he make a deal with, right?"

Jing Yu and Huo Yeqing looked at each other and both smiled bitterly.

"The princess is so smart. The princess is not allowed to talk nonsense, but we knew from the beginning that you could guess it yourself. You said it right. The princess went to ask the prince for you to borrow troops. Now the prince must have hated the prince to death, so he proposed the exchange conditions for letting the prince join the prince's army. The princess agreed without thinking."

Chu Junlan rubbed his eyebrows, sighed and felt distressed, and whispered: "That fool."

Once he joined the Crown Prince's Army, he would never be able to leave his life. In the future, the emperor would not know who would be the crown prince. For Xiao Xu, his future was already dark. Anyway, no matter who became the crown prince or inherited the throne, he would not attach much importance to the crown prince's army.

"How long will the Crown Army be on duty? How many days will it take to rest?" Chu Junlan changed the topic.

Jing Yu breathed a sigh of relief and saw that Chu Junlan stopped pursuing it, so he said, "We don't know the specific time, so I think we have to listen to Shangfeng's orders."

Chu Junlan nodded: "Okay, then you can lead the way and I'll go see the prince."

"Ah?" Jing Yu and Huo Yeqing waved their hands repeatedly: "You'd better not go. The prince gave instructions. Don't let you know, you..."

"I didn't know about it from you. It would be fine if you don't send me there, I'll find someone else."

Chu Junlan really has this ability.

Jing Yu and Huo Yeqing did not dare to let Chu Junlan be alone, for fear that she would encounter any danger, so they nodded and took Chu Junlan to the crown prince's army camp helplessly.

Standing outside a large dilapidated yard in the southern suburbs of the city, Chu Junlan couldn't believe his eyes.

The yard in front of me is made of blue bricks, but because of its age, the walls have become crooked and are about to collapse, but no one trims it. They only use a wooden stake to barely support the wall.

The buildings in the courtyard were even more dilapidated, with patches on the windows. The prince's defenders standing in the courtyard were all wearing the simplest jackets, which looked like a sense of poverty.

Chu Junlan frowned and was about to instruct Jing Yu to go and communicate, but he saw Xiao Xu wearing a red jacket and coming out of the house with a blank expression.

A tall man walked in front of him, and said sarcastically: "All the families don't want to be abandoned. No one should stand up with anyone. Anyway, everyone can't get out of the way for a lifetime. You might as well accept your fate and don't think about making a special decision. You can take a day off for five days on duty, and you have to be on duty for four days before you can go home. Don't think about taking leave. If I agree to your leave, will I agree to the rest of the people?"
Chapter completed!