After Fang Qing finished speaking, Zhao Shi'an looked at her with approval.
"I never realized my Qing'er had such talent. She's only been at the camp for half a day and she already knows all the forces here like the back of her hand."
"Don't make fun of me. I just heard it from the Eighth Prince. The court borrowed troops from Jingzhou, so neither soft nor hard tactics will work. The Eighth Prince is also worried about this."
After saying that, seeing the smile in Zhao Shi'an's eyes, Fang Qing chuckled and asked, "Did you already think of this plan?"
"I can only say that Qing'er and I are telepathic."
Fang Qing glared at him angrily.
"I think you're just trying to mess with me."
"Don't wrong me. I originally thought you might have a different idea than mine, but after you said it, I knew we were thinking the same thing."
The two walked into the tent, where Xiao Liu had already brought them their food.
"Master, Miss, let's have dinner."
Fang Qing glanced at Xiao Liu and saw that he was already wearing the same clothes as the soldiers in the military camp.
"Are the people from Fengyulou going to fight too?" Fang Qing asked.
"Of course, I'm not bragging, but none of these people in the military camp are any good fighters. Seventeen just fought against the generals from the capital's patrol battalion, and none of those aristocratic scions could beat him."
Upon hearing this, Fang Qing and Zhao Shi'an both froze, their chopsticks still in their mouths.
The two exchanged a glance, then looked at Xiao Liu at the same time.
Where is Seventeen now?
"At the training ground, those generals were not convinced and challenged Seventeen one by one."
Fang Qing realized something was wrong and, along with Zhao Shi'an, put down their chopsticks and got up to leave.
The two continued walking until they reached the martial arts arena, where a large crowd had gathered.
The people of Fengyulou looked down on the scions of aristocratic families, and the scions of aristocratic families also looked down on Jianghu organizations like Fengyulou. In this short time, the contest had turned into a venting of anger.
Seeing that Seventeen was about to lift a fat and strong general and throw him to the ground, Fang Qing pushed Xiao Liu directly over.
At the same time, Zhao Shi'an shouted, "Stop!"
Caught off guard, Xiao Liu ended up getting involved and could only catch the general who was about to land.
Seventeen also concealed his arrogance and bowed to Zhao Shi'an.
"master."
"All the Fengyulou people who participated in the fight, go and reflect on your mistakes."
Xiao Liu and Xiao Shiqi both looked at Zhao Shi'an, disbelieving that he had issued the order.
Just then, the Eighth Prince, having heard the report from his subordinates, also arrived.
Seeing his men getting badly beaten, his expression darkened.
"Go run laps, all of you."
No one dared to say anything, and they lined up neatly and ran out of the training ground.
The people of Fengyulou, led by Seventeen, also left to find a stone wall to face and reflect on their mistakes.
The soldiers from Jingzhou and Yuzhou who had come to watch the spectacle also left.
The Eighth Prince and Zhao Shi'an exchanged a glance, and both understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
"May I ask if Lord Zhao would like to speak with me in private?"
"certainly."
Zhao Shi'an still didn't eat the meal; he went with the Eighth Prince to discuss military deployments.
Fang Qing went to find Seventeen and the others.
They were clearly dissatisfied; when Fang Qing arrived, they were still muttering to themselves while facing the stone wall.
"A bunch of weaklings, why do they look down on us? We may not have their family backgrounds, but if we went to the battlefield, none of us would lose to them."
"That's right, we clearly won, so why is our master punishing us?"
Seventeen, who had been silent until now, chimed in, "Perhaps we didn't win decisively enough, and our master punished us for being ashamed. Next time we'll..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Liu coughed lightly, interrupting him.
When the group turned around and saw Xiao Liu and Fang Qing, they quickly stood up straight and slipped away.
"You can't even figure out why Zhao Shi'an punished you. It seems he was too lenient."
Cold sweat broke out on their backs.
To be honest, they weren't that afraid of Zhao Shi'an, since their master treated them quite well if they hadn't done anything wrong.
But Fang Qing is different.
They had done their masters plenty of things to teach people a lesson. For example, back in An County, if a young master took a fancy to Miss Fang, their master would definitely send them to teach that young master a lesson.
It's fortunate that Gao Quan from Yuzhou lost both legs. Previously, a young master surnamed Qian had repeatedly provoked Fang Qing and even planned to hold a banquet to take advantage of her. Fortunately, his master discovered the plan before it could be carried out.
That young master Qian later became mentally challenged.
The people of Fengyulou never considered themselves good people, especially their master, who was a complete villain, yet he protected Fang Qing like the apple of his eye.
Over time, they became even more afraid of Fang Qing.
"girl."
“Zhao Shi’an already lacked prestige in the military camp. Now, thanks to your commotion, half of the troops will no longer obey Zhao Shi’an’s orders.”
Several people were terrified.
"Girl, we know we were wrong. Please give us a way to live."
We mustn't upset Miss Fang right now.
"You are Zhao Shi'an's subordinates. How can I deal with you? You should think carefully about how to get along in this military camp from now on."
"Yes, we will listen to the young lady."
Seeing all those young men being punished by facing the wall in self-reflection, Fang Qing felt embarrassed and didn't linger there.
Zhao Shi'an didn't come to Fang Qing's tent until evening.
"Is everything arranged?" Fang Qing asked.
Zhao Shi'an nodded.
Judging from his expression, things didn't go very well.
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