The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

The rebels were beheaded yesterday, and the memorial service for all the city's dead during the war has been scheduled by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to be held today.

In the afternoon, it was cloudy and the north wind was cold.

On a high platform that had been set up somewhere in the south of the city, the Minister of Rites personally presided over the memorial service, burning prayers and chanting loudly.

Soldiers from all the armies that had participated in the defense of the city came to participate in the ceremony. Banners fluttered, armor was in full force, and everyone stood in formation in a solemn and silent manner.

Surrounding them were the people who came to participate in the memorial service.

There were even more people watching the execution than yesterday. The venue was filled with people and extended into the nearby streets and alleys. There were thousands of them.

Concubine Hui also attended the memorial service despite her still-healed injuries.

The Li family flag stood in the center of all the flags. She was supported by someone and stood under the flag. The ceremony lasted for more than an hour. She held on until the end, standing straight.

When the Minister of Rites waved the soul-calling banner on the stage and sang "Soul return! Soul return!" in a strange voice, he was calling upon the wandering souls of the heroic soldiers and the souls of the dead civilians, and leading them to rest in peace.

Concubine Hui waited until he finished singing, then shouted, "The soldiers and civilians of Daliang must not have died in vain. Blood debt must be repaid with blood. We will prepare our troops and settle our accounts with the Tartars!"

Her subordinates around her shouted, "Blood debt must be paid with blood. We will settle the score with the Tartars!"

"Blood debt must be paid with blood! Blood debt must be paid with blood!"

More soldiers were infected and started shouting spontaneously.

The people were also outraged.

"Let's settle accounts with the Tartars!"

"eye for eye!"

"Crush Beiqu!"

"Avenge the dead!"

The people who filled every street shouted together.

The sound is like a raging storm.

After the ceremony, Concubine Hui directly announced the reconstruction of the Li family army under the Li family banner, and people could sign up to join the Li family army on the spot.

So that day, from afternoon to dusk, the registration clerks never stopped writing.

Later, a statistics showed that in just over an hour, 80,000 people signed up.

Although there were many ten-year-old children who had just grown up, old men who were very old, and even women and unmarried girls, after excluding these people, there were still more than 70,000 athletes left to join Li's army.

The next day, the news spread and many men of marriageable age near Gyeonggi Province rushed to the city to sign up.

Three days later, the number of people who had registered initially and wanted to become soldiers under Concubine Hui had reached 150,000.

The Li family army became famous in one battle, and its influence is evident!

It is obvious that the Daliang army and people want to avenge the humiliation!

"Hui Qing, how is your injury? When can you officially take up the position of Grand General and reorganize the Li Clan Army for me?"

That night, the emperor came to Chong'a Palace and changed the medicine for Concubine Hui personally.

Concubine Hui sat stiffly on the chair, with her shoulders and abdomen exposed, and had to endure the emperor's kindness.

Even though the emperor's technique in changing the dressing and applying the medicine was not very good, she could only endure the pain.

The emperor was praised for his ability in both civil and military affairs, and even for being able to change the medicine with ease, which made him worthy of being the supreme ruler.

The flattery was so awkward that even the emperor laughed.

"You're not good at this, so stop praising me. Just tell me, when will you be able to take office?"

Concubine Hui thought to herself, you think my praise is not good enough, but I don’t want to praise you either.

On the surface, she followed Fei Wan's repeated instructions and looked at the emperor with admiration and respect. Because her body was exposed, she felt a little shy.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. My injury is not serious. Although it looks a little scary, I have been able to move and sit and lie down much more smoothly in the past two days. I think I can take up my post in about a month at most."

The emperor smiled upon hearing this and said, "Don't force yourself. Although I long for you to rebuild the Li family army, you are my beloved concubine, and I will not allow you to suffer any damage to your health."

Beloved concubine?

It was the first time that Concubine Hui was called that by the emperor, and she felt very uncomfortable.

Ignore the discomfort secretly and assure the other person that you are fine.

The emperor nodded. "My beloved concubine, your loyalty and bravery are well known to me. One day, I will hand over 150,000 troops to you. I only hope that you can train them well and relieve me of my worries."

After applying the last dose of medicine, he wrapped the bandage around Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui put on her clothes and stood up to express her gratitude.

"I was just about to report to Your Majesty that, while the people are courageous and have signed up to serve Your Majesty, I have limited experience commanding an army of 150,000 men. Furthermore, applicants must be screened, and not everyone can join the army. Therefore, I beg Your Majesty's permission to initially command 50,000 men, which is already a significant number. If you agree, I would only like to lead 20,000 to 30,000."

The emperor listened carefully, examining Concubine Hui's expression, and slowly said, "Reducing 150,000 to 50,000 is a huge difference. My dear, I originally wanted to restore the Li family army to its former glory. I remember that at the peak of your ancestor's power, he commanded an army of 300,000."

"Your Majesty, that was only the number of troops our ancestor commanded when he was appointed Marshal. The Li family army originally had less than 100,000 soldiers at its peak. I am not even a fraction of our ancestor's, so how could I dare lead 150,000 soldiers? If Your Majesty truly wishes me to lead more troops, then you must wait until I am familiar with military affairs."

Concubine Hui tried to evade the responsibility.

After several attempts, the emperor finally agreed and allowed her to select 30,000 people from the 150,000 applicants as the initial team to rebuild Li Jianjun.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Concubine Hui endured the pain from her wound and respectfully bowed to the emperor to express her gratitude.

After seeing the emperor off and closing the palace gate, she fell back on the bed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Dealing with the emperor is more tiring than fighting directly!

The emperor's light footsteps and the smile on his lips when he left showed that her request today was absolutely correct.

This was the message Fei Wan secretly passed on to her after she learned that 150,000 people had signed up, asking her to make a plea to the emperor and explain that she was incompetent and could not lead more than 30,000 troops in the initial stage.

Concubine Hui just has a bad temper, but she is not stupid.

So he immediately understood Fei Wan's concerns and acted as he was told.

However, before she could finish writing her petition and send it to the emperor, the emperor could not wait and came to see her himself.

"My Lady, let me change the bandage for you."

Xifeng looked at the twisted bandages on his master's body with heartache, closed the door, and immediately removed all the bandages.

Concubine Hui lay there with her eyes closed.

Thirty thousand is thirty thousand...

As long as the emperor trusts her, the 30,000 soldiers will increase in number in the near future.

And if the emperor becomes suspicious, the 150,000 will be scattered and turned to ashes in an instant.

As the last person in the Li family, she understands this principle very well!

Under Xifeng's meticulous and gentle care, she let go of the tension she had when meeting the emperor and fell drowsy.

But I could vaguely hear noise outside.

As a martial artist, she has always been alert.

Open your eyes and ask what's going on.

Xifeng went out to inquire and came back soon.

"Your Majesty, there's a fire in Qingliang Palace. I heard there was an assassination attempt in Changle Palace and Chunxi Palace. One of the assassins escaped to the vicinity of Qingliang Palace. He hasn't been caught yet, but something has gone wrong in Qingliang Palace."

Is there an assassin in Chunxi Palace?

Concubine Hui only heard this one thing.

He immediately sat up: "How is Concubine Zhao? Is she okay?"