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On the eighteenth day of August, with the last remnants of summer's heat fading, the Qianjiang Pier was teeming with onlookers enjoying the lively atmosphere.

However, for safety reasons, the soldiers kept the common folk at a distance of a hundred meters.

Shangguan Xuanyi, Xiao'er and Di Shaowei ascended the review stand together. Seeing a woman among those reviewing the troops, some soldiers, generals, and local officials frowned slightly.

Wasn't this a serious military drill and not a play? Bringing a woman on stage to watch was a mark of disrespect to the soldiers, wasn't it?

Officials, including the Governor-General of Jiangnan, General Xuanwei, numerous other generals and civil servants and the Magistrate of Hang County, immediately bowed in respect upon their arrival.