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

Chapter 230 Martial Arts Secrets

Lu Mingyuan said sternly, "You are absent from duty without reason and have no respect for military discipline. Circle Xilong Mountain twice."

Huh? The back mountain is so big, if I run down it by myself, I will be wasted. Lu Mingyang argued, "I... I have someone notify the general."

"Three laps! If you can't finish it in one hour, you don't have to eat dinner." Lu Mingyuan reminded Shi Chen and turned to leave.

Lu Mingyang patted his sister beside him, said, "Wait for me to come back," and ran towards the mountain. Yang Nianshu stood awkwardly in the military camp. She glanced at the female soldiers shooting arrows in the distance and ran after her second sister.

"Second sister, why does the eldest girl feel different from usual? It's so scary!"

"This is called strict military discipline. Learn from it!"

Yang Nianshu said "Oh" and followed her second sister to run obediently. But she couldn't hold on any longer.

"Second sister, how about we run a few fewer laps? She doesn't know anyway."

"How do you know she doesn't know?" Lu Mingyang had experience: "If you dare to run less than half a lap, you will be beaten with twenty military sticks when you return."

"Ah!" But Yang Nian'er really couldn't run anymore, so she said unkindly: "Then run by yourself, I'll wait for you. The eldest lady didn't let me run anyway."

"You heartless person! If it weren't for you, would I have been punished?" Lu Mingyang raised his hand to hit someone.

Yang Nian'er stopped and smiled, looking at the figure getting farther and farther away, and shouted: "Second sister, mighty!"

After two and a half laps, Yang Nian'er caught up with her second sister and finished the remaining half. Dinner was already served in the camp. Qin Xin watched them limp to a corner and sit down, then hurriedly served them two bowls of porridge.

Panting, Lu Mingyang drank the rice soup in one gulp to regain some strength, "Sister Qinxin, I have something I want to ask you for help."

"I see!" Qin Xin took out the military uniform that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Yang Nian'er, asking, "Do you want to be enshrined in the book?"

Except for Lu Mingyang, all the female soldiers are on the list.

"Yes!" Yang Nian'er answered first. Since she wanted to join the army, she had to do it seriously and not treat it as a joke. She smiled and wrote her new name on the ground.

"Sister Qinxin, please write this name for me."

Qin Xin nodded, "This name is good, it sounds cultured at first glance."

Lu Mingyang patted his sister hastily and buried his head in eating the rice grains. Yang Nianshu looked over and hurriedly moved closer to his second sister, lowering his head to drink his porridge.

Lu Mingyuan came strolling over, dressed in a red military uniform. He really looked a bit like the statue in the temple holding the Qinglong Nianyue Sword, majestic without even being angry.

She walked up to the crowd and announced, "Ten days from now, the Chengyang Army, the Yulin Guard, and the Eight Colonel Battalions will conduct a battle drill in the northern suburbs. The victor will receive a month's salary. Everyone, please work hard. After dinner, we will practice flag signals for another hour."

Everyone agreed in unison, and after eating, they put down their bowls and chopsticks and went to practice.

Lu Mingyang sat down next to his eldest sister and asked, "General, how come we are included in this great exercise?"

Although the eldest sister won, no one took the Chengyang Army, which was composed entirely of women, seriously. When people mentioned it, they mostly treated it as a joke.

Lu Mingyuan asked back, "What do you think?"

Lu Mingyang guessed, "Did His Highness ask for it?"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Lu Mingyuan added with a smile, "Your Highness Prince Guangcheng!"

"Ah?" Lu Mingyang's flushed face changed color in embarrassment.

Lu Mingyuan laughed: "Who do you think it is?"

"Elder sister!" Lu Mingyang was anxious.

Lu Mingyuan stopped teasing her and said directly, "If it weren't for Captain Pei's insistence on Your Majesty conducting a drill and having Prince Guangcheng take charge, this wouldn't have been possible. Prince Ningyuan told Prince Guangcheng that you were in the army, and Prince Guangcheng went to ask the Emperor for help."

Now that war is imminent, military training is urgent, but it is also a good time to fight for power and profit. Although Prince Guangcheng is only eight years old, he has Song Wei behind him.

Chu Mingzheng actually dared to let King Guangcheng stand out in the army. I don’t know whether to say that he is conceited or really broad-minded and puts Da Sheng first.

"Your Highness truly possesses an extraordinary aura." Lu Mingyuan sighed, pulling out a bottle of medicine for sprains and bruises from his bosom and handing it to his sister, saying, "For Your Highness' sake, I will not pursue this matter this time. You should have a good night's rest first, and remember to apply the medicine so as not to delay tomorrow's training."

Lu Mingyang said shyly, "What does he have to do with me?"

"Then go run two more laps!" Lu Mingyuan pretended to take back the medicine for injuries. Lu Mingyang hurriedly hugged the medicine tightly and stood up, saying, "Thank you, General."

After saying that, he ran into the barracks.

Yang Nianshu followed her second sister into the barracks. The simple room made her feel dazed, as if she had returned to Shangyang Village.

"Second sister, you lived here a few days ago?"

"That's great!" Lu Mingyang brought a new quilt and placed it next to him: "Sleep with me, there's an empty spot next to me."

Actually, it wasn't empty. She'd originally slept next to a woman from Xihe Village, who'd been sent here because her family disdained her and had her innocence ruined by bandits. But a few days later, her mother-in-law fell ill, and since she had no one to take care of the children and cook, she came crying and begging to be taken back.

There was a book under her second sister's pillow. Yang Nian'er sat cross-legged at the head of the bed and took it out to read.

"Second sister, why is this book handwritten?" Yang Nian'er closed it. There was not a single word on the cover, and four corny words appeared on the title page: Read personally by Yangyang.

There is also a corny sentence on the last page: I hope that after reading this book, it will be of some help to my wife, and it will be a great comfort to me as a husband.

Yang Nian'er read it out loud, and Lu Mingyang snatched it away shyly.

"Second sister, I want to study."

"Go study something else!" Although he was shy, Lu Mingyang still boasted, "This was written for me by His Highness."

"Tsk!" Yang Nianshu said disdainfully, "What's so precious about it?"

"Of course it is, treasure. This is a martial arts secret book."

Lu Mingyang explained, "His Highness said that books written by ancient people sometimes pretend to be profound, in order to show off their own abilities; others, however, conceal the truth, leaving it hidden. Therefore, most of these books are obscure and difficult to understand. So, he personally wrote one for me. He said that with my intelligence, after reading this book, I would be able to defeat even second-rate generals without any problem."

When she came back from training that day, she found this book in her quilt. No one knew how she burst into tears when she saw this book.

Yang Nianshu looked at his second sister's happy face and asked with a smile, "Second sister, do you miss him?"

"Who misses him!" Lu Mingyang said stubbornly.

Thinking of her second sister's domineering words in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion today, Yang Nian'er said, "Second sister, you don't miss me, but you still use my name to show off your power outside. How shameless."

Lu Mingyang was furious: "Yang Nian'er, who was I doing that for?"

Yang Nianshu pushed his second sister down, kissed her cheek loudly, and said with a smile, "Second sister, just think of it as a way to realize our grand plan as soon as possible. Go back and show some respect to others!"

"I won't!" Lu Mingyang said shyly, "I'm a woman after all. He'll have to beg me to go back anyway! It would be so embarrassing if I went back on my own."