After about an incense stick of time.

After about an incense stick of time.

Commander Zuo stepped back step by step, his right hand holding the long sword trembling constantly, and finally, he could not resist, and the long sword fell to the ground with a thud. The bright long sword stopped three inches away from his chest.

Commander Zuo admitted defeat with a face full of shame: “The Huangzifei is very skilled, and I am ashamed of myself!”

Lu Mingyu was calm and collected the sword with a smile: “You are quite skilled.”

It was really good that he could withstand more than sixty moves when she was at full strength. If it weren’t for her divine power, Commander Zuo could at least withstand a hundred moves.

Commander Zuo was praised, but he felt even more ashamed.

He was the commander of the Second Prince’s personal soldiers, responsible for protecting the safety of His Highness. As a result, he couldn’t even withstand a hundred moves under the hands of the Second Hunagzifei.

Li Jing smiled and comforted Commander Zuo: “You don’t have to be ashamed. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to withstand more than thirty moves under Xiaoyu’s hands.”

Commander Zuo was still full of shame and retreated silently.

Lu Mingyu’s eyes fell on the faces of several stunned guards: “Are you guys going to come one by one or all together?”

A man should value his dignity more than his life.

Even if they were not opponents, they could not join forces to besiege a woman.

The youngest guard gritted his teeth and stepped forward: “I ask the Hunagzifei for guidance.”

Lu Mingyu didn’t like nonsense and nodded slightly: “You go first, I’ll see what you can do.”

In the martial arts training ground, strength was respected. The respect for Lu Mingyu before was because of the difference in status. At this moment, no one dared to speak nonsense and let her make three moves.

The young guard took a deep breath, held the spear, and stabbed the first shot quickly.

An inch longer, an inch stronger. An inch shorter, an inch more dangerous.

The spear was domineering and fierce, and naturally restrained short weapons such as swords. Generally speaking, when people with swords encounter spears, they mostly dodge.

Lu Mingyu didn’t move her feet, waving the long sword in her hand to block. No matter how domineering and fierce the spear’s attack was, it was blocked by the sword one by one.

The young soldier’s face quickly turned red. It was not because of anger or fear, but when the spear and the sword collided, waves of huge force came from the collision point, and his right hand was in so much pain that he could hardly hold the spear.

In just a dozen moves, Lu Mingyu saw a flaw, quickly grabbed the spear, and kicked the young soldier out. He flew several meters away, and then fell heavily to the ground, uttering a scream.

Lu Mingyu threw it casually, and the spear happened to fly to the side of the soldier who screamed.

Then, Lu Mingyu looked at the remaining soldiers: “Who’s next?”

A group of soldiers: “…”

The tallest, strongest, and best soldier stepped forward, holding a mace in his hand: “I ask the Huangzifei for more guidance.”

…

Half an hour later.

Three of the eight leaders of the soldiers were carried away, and the remaining five were also bruised.

The prince’s guards who were watching on the side were dumbfounded and couldn’t even breathe.

Lu Mingyu didn’t even have a bead of sweat on her forehead, and she was still calm and composed. However, what she said was not so pleasant: “Commander Zuo, if His Highness encounters a skilled assassin. Can you really protect His Highness with just a few of you?”

Commander Zuo was extremely ashamed and stammered for a long time, unable to say a word.

The other guards who were still standing wanted to lower their heads to their chests.

The Second Huangzifei was right. They usually thought highly of themselves and thought they were all masters. If a powerful assassin with the skills of Second Huangzifei suddenly attacked, how could they stop him?

Lu Mingyu restrained her smile and her voice became cold: “If it were Lu Yi and the others, each of them would have survived at least thirty moves under my hands. Five of them formed a military formation and could stop me for half an hour.”

“From today on, I will personally lead you to practice together. Are you convinced?”

Who else dared not to be convinced?

Of course, this was against the rules. There was no reason for the head of a household to train his own soldiers and guards. However, Lu Mingyu defeated nine people in a row today, which shocked everyone.

Besides, the Second Prince did not say anything, so what could they object?

Commander Zuo’s mind was as fast as lightning, and he quickly responded: “The Huangzifei has peerless martial arts, and your subordinates are convinced.”

The soldiers responded in unison: “Your subordinates are convinced.”

Lu Mingyu’s eyes showed satisfaction, and she ordered Lu Yi to lead the soldiers to run ten laps around the martial arts training ground. At the order, the soldiers quickly lined up and ran obediently.

The martial arts training ground was very spacious, and one lap was two miles. Ten laps was twenty miles.

The soldiers usually ran at most five laps, which was ten miles. Today, it doubled. The soldiers secretly groaned in their hearts but did not dare to say a word.

Li Jing, who had been standing silently at the side, came to Lu Mingyu and whispered teasingly: “The Second Huangzifei is so majestic today.”

Lu Mingyu glanced at him with a smile: “I personally train the personal soldiers of the Prince’s Mansion, aren’t you worried at all?”

If she had ill intentions, she could take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and recruit her own people. At least, she can completely grasp Li Jing’s whereabouts.

Li Jing chuckled softly and said, “How could I not worry? Training soldiers is not something that can be accomplished overnight; it requires a great deal of time and effort. I’m concerned that you are working too hard.”

Lu Mingyu stared at Li Jing for a long while before she smiled and sighed: “Li Jing, you spoil me like this, I’m really worried that I won’t be able to control myself.”

People could be unfaithful and betray, but power and authority did not.

What if she became ambitious and took everything in the Second Prince’s Mansion into her hands, and even wanted to usurp power and interfere in government affairs in the future? How dare Li Jing trust her like this?

Li Jing held her hand, smiled, and blinked: “This is a martial arts training ground, it’s not good if you can’t control yourself!”

Lu Mingyu chuckled and playfully nudged him.

…

In the afternoon, Lu Mingyu returned home from the palace.

Lu Yiling arrived with four men of different ages. “May I present to the Huangzifei these headmen from the dowry villages. I’ve brought them here to pay their respects to the Huangzifei.”

The four commanders of the Dark Guard Camp knelt down together and saluted: “We have met Your Highness, the Second Huangzifei.”

Lu Mingyu smiled faintly: “Stand up!”

The four thanked their master for her grace and stood up.

The four Dark Guard Camps soldiers, for the public, were tenants of the farm. The four leaders of the secret guard camp naturally became village heads.

Generally speaking, the village heads of large farms were mostly strong and capable men. With the family style of the Lu family, it was not uncommon to send some guards with strong skills to be village heads. After all, even the steward of the Lu family was a veteran who had been on the battlefield.

Therefore, the four “village heads” in front of them were strong and powerful, but they were not too eye-catching.

Lu Mingyu had certainly seen them.

In her previous life, they also came to see the master after she got married. Then, she quickly gave them all to Li Hao. Thinking about it now, it was a very stupid move. 

What you hold in your hands is yours.

 (End of this chapter)