Hearing the knock on the door, Gu Yuzhi's eyes lit up immediately. He took two steps forward, but then suddenly remembered that he was angry with General Lu, so he simply sat back down.

He said silently, fuming, "It took Xie Changshi and the others so long to persuade us to come over; they definitely didn't come to apologize sincerely!"

He crossed his arms and said with extreme arrogance, "He made me wait before, now I'll make him wait too!"

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to one side and let out a heavy snort.

The person outside waited for a while but didn't hear anything, so they knocked again, but this time much softer than before, as if afraid that the person had been waiting too long and had fallen asleep.

Gu Yuzhi rolled his big eyes and silently counted in his mind, thinking that he would let General Lu in when he had counted to thirty.

But just as he counted to five, a very soft voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, are you asleep?"

Gu Yuzhi seemed to freeze, his eyes fixed on the door. After a long while, he cautiously asked the two clerks for confirmation: "Manager Wen, Teacher Shu, did I hear that right? It was Guard Qi's voice, wasn't it?"

Shopkeeper Wen didn't speak, but he unconsciously quickened the pace of his fanning, a faint smile on his face as he nodded at Gu Yuzhi.

Shu Xiaohan, however, had an expression that said, "I knew it!" and suddenly clapped her hands: "Young Prince, quick! Quickly let Guard Qi in!"

The young prince has been wanting to see Qi Shiwei for a long time. Now that he's here, why don't you hurry up and let him in so you can catch up properly!

She herself was starting to miss Qi Shiwei a little.

You should know that although none of the young prince's attendants were ugly, it was Guard Qi who was the most to her liking.

Although she's a researcher, she still knows how to appreciate handsome men and beautiful women!

After being reminded by Shu Xiaohan, Gu Yuzhi remembered that he should quickly let Guard Qi in.

He jogged towards the door, calling out, "Guard Qi, come in quickly!"

Outside the door, Guard Qi was scratching his head and muttering to himself, "Could it be that the young prince has really fallen asleep?"

Just as he was about to turn and go to the next room, he heard the little prince's cheerful voice.

Qi, the guard, pushed open the door with a smile, and Gu Yuzhi rushed in front of him like a small cannonball, grabbing his waist.

Gu Yuzhi looked up at him: "Guard Qi, it really is you!"

He pouted and said, "I asked Guard Zhao before, and he said that only General Lu came alone."

After thinking for a moment, Guard Qi simply scooped Gu Yuzhi up and sat him on his arm: "General Lu and I came in separate groups."

Gu Yuzhi was enjoying the tall man's view when he heard these words, which startled him so much that he immediately jumped down: "Guard Qi, you didn't sneak out of the camp, did you?"

The thought of this possibility made Gu Yuzhi push the guard Qi away, saying, "Go back quickly, don't let General Lu find out."

He thought to himself, no wonder Guard Qi called him so softly just now, he must be afraid of disturbing General Lu next to him.

Gu Yuzhi quickly covered his mouth, making his movements and sounds quiet, and said in a low voice, "Although you have been discovered, I can plead with General Lu for you, but now you are a member of the Mobei Army, so you have to listen to the general."

Mr. Huo said that training in the military camp is not child's play. If Guard Qi sneaks out of the camp and is not punished, how can General Lu convince the troops in the future?

Although he was deeply moved to know that Guard Qi had gone out of the military camp without permission just to see him.

But such behavior is really not something to be encouraged!

But no matter how hard Gu Yuzhi pushed, Guard Qi didn't budge, and in the end he even burst out laughing.

It's been a while since I've seen him, but the little prince is still as adorable as ever!

He squatted down and patiently explained, "After General Lu received the message from Prefect Ke, he told me to come and meet you after I finished training."

He held up four fingers: "General Lu specially granted me four days off so that I could accompany you to Jingxiang."

However, after this four-day break, there will be no more days off this month.

During his time training with the Northern Desert Army, he naturally heard about the situation in Jingxiang and wholeheartedly supported the young prince's desire to repair these white fortresses.

If they're lucky this winter, they'll cross the border and wipe out the Northern Di people without leaving a single survivor; if they're unlucky, they'll have to use these things.

Gu Yuzhi blinked, and it took her a while to react. She tightly gripped the guard Qi's four fingers with her small hand and said in surprise, "You're not lying to me? You can really come out and stay with me for four days?"

Qi, the guard, nodded solemnly. Gu Yuzhi then suddenly let go, turned around, and jumped up, exclaiming, "Yay! Yay!"

After turning around, Gu Yuzhi turned back and pulled Qi, the guard, to sit down: "Sit down, sit down."

He cupped his face in his hands, staring intently at Guard Qi with wide, curious eyes: "I'm so curious, Guard Qi, what did you study in the military camp?"

Before Guard Qi could speak, he continued, "Should we first learn how to identify flags? Or should we relearn how to use a sword from General Lu?"

Mr. Huo once said that General Lu's ability to win the title of the number one martial arts master in the palace was largely due to his swordsmanship.

For palace guards like Qi, who carried swords, the time to wield their swords was very limited, and the situations they faced were not particularly urgent. After all, if the enemy were to reach the capital, it would mean that the army had failed.

Therefore, the martial arts learned by the guards in the capital were more for subduing enemies than for killing them.

If Guard Qi wants to truly integrate into the Northern Desert Army, he must change his previous way of wielding his sword, discard those useless moves, and make sure that every move is a killing blow, capable of killing the enemy in one strike, and never wasting energy on a second strike.

He rolled his big eyes and lowered his voice, asking, "If it's about changing the way you wield the sword, how did General Lu teach you?"

If I teach him myself, won't Guard Qi's self-esteem be hurt?

Qi, the guard, said, "It's being done simultaneously. We'll learn the flag signals in the morning and fight General Lu in the afternoon."

He scratched the back of his head, his eyes darting around, looking rather embarrassed, thinking to himself that he had really let the young prince down.

He had originally thought that General Lu's skills might have declined over the years while he was working in the capital, but who knew that when the general got serious, he lost even faster than before!

This made Guard Qi seriously doubt his ranking on the list of top martial arts masters in the palace!

Most importantly, General Lu not only attacked him but also lectured him, pointing out that this move was unnecessary and that move was inappropriate, causing him to forget how to strike the blade most of the time.

Therefore, the praise he received for recognizing flag signals in the morning was shattered when he practiced with General Lu in the afternoon.

Qi, the guard, spent each day in a cycle of being full of confidence and being hit with various setbacks.

But these things must absolutely not be known to the young prince!