Quick Wear: Whose cannon fodder is the most popular?

Guard Lin thought of Chi Yan's face and hesitated to speak.

The prince and Master Chi will meet sooner or later, so there is no need to rush. By then, the prince will know who is more beautiful, the bride or the book.

"Your Majesty is right. I will take my leave."

Li Huating nodded and couldn't help coughing a few times.

The servant just came in carrying medicine and placed the bowl of dark brown medicine soup on the table. The room was immediately filled with a pungent smell of medicine.

"My lord, it's time to take medicine."

Li Huating sat further away without saying a word, looking very disgusted.

The old butler was very familiar with this. The prince hated the taste of medicine since he was a child, and it took him a lot of effort every time to drink the medicine.

"Your Highness, please drink it quickly. If it gets cold it will affect the efficacy of the medicine." Butler Yu stood in front of Li Huating and tried to persuade him earnestly.

Li Huating said "hmm" and continued reading without any intention of touching the medicine bowl.

Housekeeper Yu pushed the medicine forward helplessly: "Just this one bowl today. The imperial physician changed the prescription. It's not bitter anymore."

"I understand." Li Huating said, "Drink after you finish reading this page. I am not someone who is afraid of bitterness."

Steward Yu glanced at him, but did not expose him, and replied without hesitation, "Yes, the old servant will go down first."

As soon as Butler Yu left, Li Huating threw the book away and glared at the bowl of medicine.

He has been drinking this medicine since he was a child, from a bowl every quarter in the beginning to every day now, and the prescription needs to be changed frequently.

Li Huating knew that he didn't have much time left.

He wanted to quell the rebellion on the border, create eternal peace for Daxia, let the people live and work in peace, and live up to his father's dying wishes.

But given his current physical condition, I don’t know if he can hold on until that day.

He looked out the window, occasionally hearing the noisy sounds on the street, and thought of today's wedding.

Li Huating smiled bitterly. Even the emperor knew that he was about to die, otherwise why would he be so busy arranging a marriage for him.

After a few seconds of silence, he picked up the bowl of medicine in front of him and drank it all.

He couldn't die, at least not yet.

......

Chi Yan changed into the clothes that Guard Lin brought him, and he finally felt relieved.

There are basically no maids in the palace. It's strange that I only saw two old women delivering meals in such a long time. The homes of other dignitaries are all filled with pavilions and towers, and groups of beautiful maids.

Why is the Regent's Palace so unique and full of weirdness?

After Chi Yan had his meal, he wandered around the mansion.

When the servants saw him, they would consciously avoid him. A few brave ones would hide in the distance and secretly watch him.

Chi Yan took a quick glance and found that all of these people were strong and sturdy, with agile steps. Unlike the servants in the Chi Mansion, most of them were from the battlefield.

The regent was bold enough to bring his troops home.

Guard Lin had noticed Chi Yan a long time ago and felt that it was a bit against the rules to leave the princess alone, so he awkwardly stepped forward to greet the princess.

"Princess, what do you want?"

Chi Yan: "...Just call me by my name, Chi Yan."

......

“Master Chi has just arrived at the palace, so he may not be used to it, but he will get used to it after a while.

Our prince...is a very good person, but he was ill, so he couldn't get married according to the rules."

Guard Lin tried to restore some of his master's image.

Chi Yan nodded, not caring about it, and just asked: "This place is very different from what I imagined, there are no maids or servants, it seems that they are all soldiers?"

He didn't beat around the bush, because the Regent obviously didn't want to hide it either.

Chi Yan simply asked directly.

After hearing what he said, Guard Lin was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Master Chi is right, the maids and servants have all been dismissed by the housekeeper, and now the people in the mansion are all soldiers in the army.

They followed the prince back victoriously, and after years of fighting, they returned to their hometown, only to find that their relatives were long gone.

Everyone had nowhere to go, so Steward Yu decided to keep them in the palace."

Chi Yan blinked: "How many people would that be..."

There are too many homeless people in the army, and it is unrealistic for them all to stay in the palace.

"Yes, so the prince spent a lot of money to subsidize the soldiers to settle down, marry, have children, and live a normal life."

When Guard Lin said this, his face was full of admiration and gratitude.

Chi Yan also felt a little emotional, but still raised a question: "Shouldn't the court do this kind of thing? Why let the prince pay for it himself?"

The soldiers fought bravely and the court should reward them.

Guard Lin's eyes were dark. There were things he had always wanted to say, but he kept them in his heart.

But today he planned to let it all out.

Maybe it was because Chi Yan's face easily made people let down their guard, or maybe he was about to get sick if he didn't say anything.

Anyway, he spoke his true feelings in front of Chi Yan, "The court has no time to care about us soldiers. After the war subsided, the court began to cut military spending, dismissed soldiers, and gave pitifully little resettlement allowance.

We had no choice but to find another way out, but in such a big city like Beijing, there was no place for us to stay, so we scattered everywhere, almost like homeless people.

If it weren't for the prince still thinking about us and helping us from time to time, we might not even have a place to stay."

......

Chi Yan understood.

The imperial court was like a bunch of idiots, and seeing that there was no war, it didn't care about the lives of the soldiers.

As the saying goes, 'Maintain your soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a moment', but the emperor of Daxia was unwilling to even maintain them and would just throw them away after using them.

"Oh, tyrant..."

Chi Yan himself had been an emperor, so he knew best how difficult it was for the soldiers. They were truly risking their lives. They served the country, but the country did not treat them well.

How heartbroken they must be.

Chi Yan said it casually, but Guard Lin was frightened.

"Master Chi! Don't say that..."

Chi Yan waved his hand and said, "I won't say anything nonsense, don't worry, aren't we one of us?"

The word "one of our own" excited Guard Lin so much that his blood pressure soared.

"Yes, yes, we are one family. Master Chi is right."

The two chatted in the yard for a long time, and through Guard Lin's words, Chi Yan had a basic understanding of the Regent.

Chi Yan now believed what Guard Lin said at the beginning.

——The prince is a very nice person.

I also roughly understood the current situation in the court.

The emperor was not so confident in his younger brother. Even though the latter was already terminally ill, he was still wary of the military power in his hands.

I wish this brother would die immediately.

After finding out Chi Yan's position, Guard Lin's words were full of dissatisfaction with the emperor, and Chi Yan was even more outspoken, almost cursing the emperor's ancestors.

The two chatted happily and before they knew it, it was dinner time.

Chi Yan thought Guard Lin was a nice guy with quick words, so he suggested, "Let's go, have a drink together, and we'll continue the conversation later."

Guard Lin's eyes lit up. He now truly regarded Chi Yan as a close friend. He felt that he had found a resonance in his soul and was willing to stay with him for a while longer.

It’s definitely not because Chi Yan is good-looking.