I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 195: Recruiting Plans

Chu Mingzheng snorted coldly: "Look at what you can do."

"Don't be angry, I'll..." Lu Mingyang was explaining when he suddenly felt a numbness in the chest he was leaning against. He actually smiled.

"why are you laughing?"

Lu Mingyang turned his head in confusion. Chu Mingzheng embraced him and whispered in his ear, "It feels so good to be protected by someone."

Lu Mingyang smiled. She leaned against his chest and said to Pei Mian, "He only got a few slaps, but I think his injuries are pretty serious."

"He went back and asked the law enforcement officers to fill in the gaps." Chu Mingzheng said, then suddenly lowered his head. "Have you seen his injuries?"

"Yeah!" Lu Mingyang looked at those fiery eyes and teased him, "I even applied medicine to General Pei myself."

"I'll go find him!" Chu Mingzheng turned his horse around. Lu Mingyang felt dizzy and subconsciously hugged Chu Mingzheng. "No, no, I was lying."

Someone didn't respond.

"Really, really." Seeing the horse still running forward, Lu Mingyang grabbed his collar and kissed him in a hurry. She wanted to kiss him secretly, but she couldn't move.

What a shame.

It's already immoral for a man and a woman to ride together in public, but now, if they meet someone they know, I don't know how they will be laughed at.

Lu Mingyang landed on the ground, glared at the energetic and smelly man, and turned to go into the mansion.

Hey, why is it the Chengyang Marquis Mansion?

"Has the Emperor's decree come down?" Lu Mingyang turned around belatedly. Chu Mingzheng took her hand and walked towards Xunyang Pavilion. "Things are a bit troublesome right now."

Lu Mingyang hurriedly asked someone to invite Lu Mingyuan over.

Chu Mingzheng watched the door close and stated the emperor's order.

Lu Mingyuan glanced at his sister and asked Chu Mingzheng, "Your Highness, can you please delay the recruitment?"

"I can't. His Majesty is pressing us very hard. Besides," Chu Mingzheng said seriously, "When I came out, His Majesty summoned the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard."

Lu Mingyang felt a little uneasy: "What does the announcement of the Jinyiwei deputy envoy have to do with our family?"

"The commander of the Jinyiwei is here, why would he summon the deputy envoy of the Jinyiwei, because the commander of the Jinyiwei is surnamed Lu?" Only if the emperor wanted to secretly kill Lu Mingze would he bypass Lu Xun.

Chu Mingzheng reminded: "Eldest sister, if you want to save him, tell me why he is hiding and refusing to come out."

Lu Mingyuan couldn't digest the news for a moment and subconsciously looked at Lu Mingyang. Lu Mingyang sat down next to his eldest sister and held her hand. "Your Highness, my eldest sister can't explain it clearly. You should go back home first. I'll let my third brother come to find you personally."

For such a big thing, we must give the eldest sister some time to think.

After watching Prince Ningyuan leave, Lu Mingyuan asked, "Yang'er, what should I do?"

"Sister, it's not difficult." Lu Mingyang covered her hand and gave her courage: "If we live, we live together as a family; if we die, we die together as a family."

In reality, the balance in Lu Mingyuan's heart had already tilted. Even though she didn't want her brother, who had narrowly escaped death, to be caught up in a power struggle where his life hung on the line, how could she prevent the situation from developing? It was just...

"Where is Yin'er?" she asked.

Lu Mingyang said, "I'll find a way to keep him away from all this. He's Chen Hong's son after all, so it won't be that difficult."

Lu Mingyuan nodded.

Lu Mingyang hugged Lu Mingyuan tightly and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, elder sister. I believe he will win. I have never trusted someone so much before."

……

The Marquis of Chengyang was recruiting female soldiers, and notices were plastered throughout the capital. Recruitment offices were set up outside each city gate. Many people watched and discussed the situation, but no one came to apply.

The recruiting platform was deserted.

Lu Mingyang looked at the blank page on the recruitment book and walked pitifully towards the man who came to visit him: "What should I do?"

Chu Mingzheng smiled and hooked his finger.

Lu Mingyang leaned over and suddenly interrupted him, "Don't say anything yet, let me think about it."

She felt that after getting close to the man in front of her, her brain became more and more dull. Whenever she encountered something, she would always subconsciously ask him questions. This state was very bad, very bad.

"Have you figured it out?" Chu Mingzheng smiled at his wife who was gritting her teeth.

"Don't interrupt!" Lu Mingyang counted on his fingers. "There are about a hundred people of the right age in the Chengyang Marquis's Mansion. We can't all serve as soldiers. We can't buy the rest. Hey, why are your male soldiers forced to join the army, but I have to recruit female soldiers on a voluntary basis?"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Chu Mingzheng reminded: "What's the point of complaining? The key is to find a solution."

"I know." This unprecedented task was naturally not easy. Lu Mingyang looked at the crowd passing by and fell into deep thought: "Those who are willing to come must be women who can't survive, and also women who can live a more decent life than before..."

Chu Mingzheng listened quietly, nodding in agreement from time to time.

"Here's what I'm going to do," Lu Mingyang began to suggest a solution: "I'll have someone go and find out if there are any families who can't make ends meet and want to sell their daughters."

Although Dasheng is now considered a peaceful and prosperous country, many impoverished families still sell their children. These families simply want their daughters to have a meal, and most don't covet money. At least the fact that they're not considered a slave still has a certain appeal to them.

Lu Mingyang was worried: "She's a little young!"

Those who are older will basically choose to get married.

Chu Mingzheng continued, "It doesn't matter if he's young. He'll grow up eventually. Don't ask about the area around the capital. After all, it's under the emperor's feet. He won't sell his children. I'll send people to the counties affected by the natural disaster to inquire. If we rush, we can make a round trip in five days."

Who asked you to help? Lu Mingyang glared.

Chu Mingzheng's brain jumped up, "What are you looking at? Keep thinking."

"Oh," Lu Mingyang rubbed his forehead and continued thinking, "There's also Xihe Village. There must be people willing to come. The men in their families should also be willing to let them go. I'll ask Sister-in-law Lian to persuade them."

"It's not in vain." Chu Mingzheng smiled and nodded: "I'll have someone talk to the village head. He's just the right person to persuade the men in the village."

"And a brothel, how about that?"

Without waiting for Chu Mingzheng to answer, Lu Mingyang directly denied: "A brothel is not an option. I'm not free, and the ransom is too expensive."

Chu Mingzheng laughed: "You really don't care about your reputation at all."

"I call this equality for all, do you understand? Forget it, you don't understand." Lu Mingyang continued to calculate while counting on his fingers: "The opera troupe is fine. I'll ask Ruying and the others to go back and ask around among the opera troupes to see if there are any that are unable to survive and want to disband. It just so happens that they still have some skills."

The person next to him didn't react, so Lu Mingyang patted him and asked, "How are you?"

Chu Mingzheng raised his head proudly: "I, a clueless fool, should not hinder your grand ambitions."

"Oh, I just said it casually." Lu Mingyang shook his arm and acted coquettishly, "Good brother, please be magnanimous and forgive me!"