Lu Mingyu has always had the habit of getting up early to practice martial arts.

Lu Mingyu always had a habit of getting up early to practice martial arts.

In the past, in the Lu Mansion, she would get up at five o’clock every morning to go to the martial arts training ground and practice martial arts with her siblings. The personal soldiers and guards in the mansion also practiced together.

After getting married, the Second Prince’s mansion had both a martial arts training ground and a martial arts training room. Lu Mingyu practiced boxing alone in the martial arts training room every day.

Therefore, the personal soldiers of the Second Prince’s mansion had never seen the skills of the Second Huangzifei.

“Commander Zuo, I heard that the Huangzifei will also come to the martial arts training ground this morning.”

At five o’clock in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, the personal soldiers entered the martial arts training ground one after another to prepare for the training. Several of the small leaders came to Commander Zuo to inquire about the situation.

“Yes, I’ve heard that too. They say the Huangzifei has amazing power and outstanding martial arts, but I don’t know how powerful she is.”

“Commander Lu is very powerful. He can fight ten people at once and is very ruthless and cruel. Every morning when I see him training his soldiers, I want to shiver. I wonder how the Huangzifei compares to Commander Lu.”

“Do I need to think about it? She is definitely not as good as Commander Lu. As for women, no matter how strong they are, how strong can they be? No matter how good their skills are, they have never really seen blood, and they lack bravery and murderous aura.”

This made sense.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Commander Zuo had never seen Lu Mingyu’s skills in person, but he was cautious by nature, and warned everyone: “The Huangzifei will be here later, so you all need to be careful.”

No one knew how capable the Huangzifei was, but her temper was definitely first-rate.

It had been seven days since Eunuch Cai has passed away. Those who wanted to make trouble for the Huangzifei should just be quiet!

Those who could serve as the Second Prince’s personal soldiers and hold official positions were all legitimate sons of generals. They had good family backgrounds and good martial arts, so they were inevitably arrogant. Some people listened to Commander Zuo’s stern warning, while others did not take it seriously.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps at the entrance of the martial arts training ground.

Everyone looked over.

Leading the way was His Royal Highness the Second Prince in a sky-blue martial arts uniform and the Huangzifei in a red martial arts uniform. Lu Yi and a group of Lu family personal soldiers followed behind the Huangzifei.

Commander Zuo immediately led the guards forward and greeted them with a bow.

Li Jing also practiced martial arts since he was a child, but his talent in martial arts was not so outstanding, and his skills were not very good. Wearing a martial arts uniform today, he had a rare heroic spirit: “Everyone, stand up! You can practice as usual, don’t worry.”

Though he said so, could they really abandon their master to go train!

Commander Zuo immediately smiled and said, “They want to accompany His Highness and see how the Lu family’s personal soldiers are trained.”

The most important thing was that they were very curious about the skills of the Huangzifei!

Li Jing was only seventeen years old, and most of his personal soldiers were young men. The oldest was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old. The few in front of him were all leaders of the personal soldiers and his confidants.

Li Jing looked at the eager light in their eyes, and he understood it in his heart. He smiled happily: “Okay.”

The personal soldiers looked at Lu Mingyu with excitement in their eyes.

Lu Mingyu smiled faintly and said to Li Jing: “This is my first time in the martial arts training ground. Why not let them fight with me? I also want to see the ability of the personal soldiers around you.”

Li Jing nodded happily.

Lu Mingyu turned her head and glanced at the faces of the guards: “Each of you go pick up a weapon that suits you, and wait for me in the open space in the middle of the martial arts training ground.”

The youngest of the guards, who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, heard the words and asked with a smile: “The Huangzifei’s precious body cannot be hurt in the slightest. It’s better not to take the weapon!”

Lu Mingyu pulled the corner of her mouth with a smile: “Don’t brag first. If you want to hurt me, you have to see if you have the ability. As for you, if you can’t survive twenty moves under my hands, don’t serve His Highness in the future. In case of an accident, I have to take care of you first.”

Oh! This was too provocative!

The guards were young and hot-tempered, how could they bear this anger. They didn’t dare to say anything, and their eyes were shining.

Li Jing glanced at the guards, then said to Lu Mingyu: “Don’t be too harsh later.”

Lu Mingyu said in a brisk tone: “At most, they will have to lie down for three to five days.”

The guards: “…” 

This was simply intolerable!

…

The guards held their breath and went to get their weapons.

Lu Mingyu also went to the weapon rack and took a long sword. This long sword was three inches shorter than her jade sword and was much lighter. She moved her right wrist, and the long sword swung out a few sword flowers, which were neat and unrestrained. 

As soon as the expert made a move, it was clear whether they were skilled or not. The soldiers felt a chill in their hearts and quickly set aside their disdain and resentment.

The rest of the guards, seeing such a lively scene, were no longer in the mood to practice. They came over shamelessly and formed a circle in tacit understanding.

Lu Yi also called on the Lu family’s guards to come and watch the fun.

The Lu family’s guards whispered.

“Guess how many moves it will take young lady to knock these guys down?”

“Fifty moves!”

“About twenty moves!”

The whisper was not small, and it sounded a bit harsh to the ears of the prince’s personal soldiers. They all rolled their eyes or snorted at the same time.

The Lu family soldiers didn’t care and continued to discuss: “Will the young lady let them fight together or beat them one by one?”

“It’s more intimidating to fight together!”

“It’s more satisfying to beat them one by one!”

The prince’s soldiers: “…”

Such words made people angry.

Even if the mistress was standing there, the dignity of the prince’s soldiers could not be trampled on like this. No one knew who was brave enough to shout: “Don’t lose to the Huangzifei!”

Immediately, there was a burst of laughter.

Li Jing also laughed, turned his head, and took a look: “Be quiet.”

Soon, the martial arts training ground returned to silence.

Lu Mingyu’s eyes swept across and fell on Commander Zuo: “Commander Zuo, you come and fight with me first.”

Commander Zuo hesitated and glanced at his master Li Jing. Li Jing smiled and nodded slightly, and Commander Zuo was relieved and responded loudly. He walked to the center of the field, drew out his long sword, and took a defensive posture: “I am not talented, let the Huangzifei make the first three moves!”

The Lu family soldiers booed with unclear meaning.

Did our young lady need you to give up three moves?

You would know what regret is in a moment.

Lu Mingyu did not stand on ceremony, wielding her long sword and striking swiftly.

This first strike was both fast and fierce, flashing with a chilling light that startled the heart.

Commander Zuo quickly blocked with his sword, and as the blade and back of the sword met, a piercing sound rang out. Commander Zuo felt an irresistible force transmitted through the back of his sword, causing his hand to tremble.

Before Commander Zuo could recover, the second strike came thrusting forward.

Then the third, and the fourth…

Soon, cold sweat broke out on Commander Zuo’s forehead.

 (End of this chapter)