Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi had mixed feelings. They admired and appreciated Yu Zizhen's thoughtful approach at such a young age, but also felt ashamed and guilty for having ignored his age and unknowingly criticized a child.
Because of this shame and guilt, Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi, who had always liked Yu Zizhen because he was of noble birth but had a bit of a chivalrous temperament, readily agreed that they would make time to visit Yu Zizhen when they went to Beijing again.
Having successfully established contact with the person who wanted to be recruited into her team, Yu Zizhen was not even so angry about Wan's plot against her today.
Of course, not being so angry doesn't affect her ability to retaliate.
After returning to the palace with the two men, Yu Zizhen gave the injured coachman a half-month leave so that he could go back and recuperate.
The driver, who had been worried about being punished for failing to protect his master, breathed a sigh of relief, thanked Yu Zizhen hastily, and left.
Seeing her like this, the guards thought they would be let off easily, but unexpectedly, Yu Zizhen did not let them go like he did to the coachman.
She looked at them calmly, her arms folded, "First, you failed to protect me, and then you let the thief who attacked me get away with it. Do you think I'm asking you to do this just for show?"
Except for Feng Yuan and the guard she sent to report the news, the other guards following her were all originally from the royal palace in the capital.
Mr. Jiang was secretly carrying out many important matters that required manpower, so he only assigned two guards they brought from the Zhenbei Palace to Yu Zizhen.
When nothing happened before, these guards in the palace in the capital seemed to be so-so, but now that something happened, Yu Zizhen realized very clearly that these people had lost their vigilance due to the comfortable environment.
It is even possible that they have even slacked off in their daily training, otherwise they would not have been unable to react at all when the horse pulling the cart was frightened.
Feng Yuan and the guard she sent to report the news rushed over on horseback immediately and helped her control the frightened horse. Naturally, they had no time to catch the thief who was behind the scenes.
But what about the others? They didn't need to help her subdue the frightened horse, nor were they assigned any other errands by her, but after the incident, they still just mechanically circled around her, as if their duty as guards was just to stay by her side, not to ensure her safety.
Someone unconvincedly argued, "Sir, this happened so suddenly that we just couldn't react for a moment. Besides, the reason we didn't catch the perpetrators was because we were afraid they were using a decoy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so we didn't dare to rush after them all at once."
Yu Zizhen nodded, looking very convinced. "Very good, I understand what you mean. Is there anyone else among you who thinks the same way as him?"
After she asked this question, two more people boldly began to defend their serious dereliction of duty.
Yu Zizhen listened with a smile, nodding and humming from time to time.
When the others saw her, they immediately felt that she was very young and would be easy to fool even if she acted like a prince, so more and more people followed suit.
The more Yu Zizhen listened, the wider his smile became. After those who had something to say had fully expressed their personal opinions, Yu Zizhen began to call on people one by one.
With the system helping her pinpoint the exact people, she quickly pointed out the only two people who hadn't spoken yet, "Stand over here."
She singled out the guards who hadn't spoken, which made those guards who had said a lot to justify themselves feel a little uneasy.
However, Yu Zizhen didn't do anything to them. She picked up a pen and personally drew up a training plan. "I don't support good-for-nothings here. If you still want to follow me, you must study and practice diligently according to my requirements every day, rain or shine. Yuheng, come here and read this to them."
Yuheng responded "yes", and the crisp voice soon rang out in the flower hall.
The two silent guards' expressions grew uglier as they listened. This amount of training...
They were Yu Zizhen's personal guards, and had a lot of contact with her. They knew that she was not as young, ignorant, simple and harmless as she looked, but Yu Zizhen had formulated a training plan with such a large amount of training... The two men felt that Yu Zizhen was probably planning to cut the flesh with a slow knife and torture them to death bit by bit.
The two of them looked miserable, but Yu Zizhen felt that her training plan, which was gradual and increasing in intensity, was actually very reasonable.
In her opinion, these guards in the royal palace in the capital clearly lack a sense of crisis and are not well trained in all aspects.
However, those guards who were originally vaguely uneasy in their hearts could not wait to express their opposition because of Yu Zizhen's training plan that was off the mark.
Their attitude was quite respectful, but their words were all about how harsh and unreasonable Yu Zizhen's training plan was.
Hearing that she was being collectively criticized, Yu Zizhen still maintained her same friendly and smiling face. She said, "Can't do it? It doesn't matter. I didn't intend to keep you anyway."
When they heard the three words "It's okay", smiles appeared on their faces. However, they were soon choked by the second half of Yu Zizhen's words and their faces froze.
Yu Zizhen glanced at them and said, "It's okay to make mistakes. I can forgive you for a little incompetence. But you guys, not only do you not reflect on yourselves and accept the punishment, but you're so bold as to unite and deceive the young master, trying to evade responsibility with sweet words. I don't dare keep people like you around."
They said they were afraid of falling into the enemy's trap, so couldn't they just send one or two people to chase after them?
It wasn't like there were thousands of troops lying in ambush outside. She just needed them to track down a despicable guy who shot an arrow at the back of her carriage.
After she said this, the guards who had just acted as if they were "I am right" suddenly became ashamed.
These people had all stayed in the royal palace in the capital before. Their fighting ability was not very strong, and they were used to a leisurely life. Now not only did they lack physical strength and endurance, but they had also long lost the vigilance that a guard should have. They were no match for the guards from the north.
Unfortunately, in order to avoid being too conspicuous, Mr. Jiang brought only a limited number of people from the northern border. Most of these people had been privately assigned to other tasks, so on Yu Zizhen's side, he could only use the original palace guards to make up the number.
Yu Zizhen knew that Mr. Jiang made such arrangements, on the one hand because there was indeed a shortage of manpower, and on the other hand because he was dissatisfied with the fact that Yu Zizhen had been somewhat out of control since entering the capital. Not only did she make friends with the eldest prince according to her own temperament, but she also sent all the maids and servants sent by the princess to guard the empty courtyard at the back of the palace, and did not let them stay with her, but she did not say much.
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