In the afternoon, there was movement at the side hall door. Lu Wanqing looked up and saw her third brother, immediately becoming happy.
"Third Brother!" Lu Wanqing ran over joyfully.
Lu Yang smiled, ruffled her head, and asked, "Are you bored staying in the side hall by yourself?"
Lu Wanqing quickly shook her head, "No."
Lu Wanqing said earnestly, "Third Brother, you don't need to worry too much about me. Whatever you need to do, just go ahead and do it. I'll be waiting for you at home."
"Alright," Lu Yang agreed.
"Do you want to go practice together?" After a moment of silence, Lu Yang asked again.
Practice?
Lu Wanqing's eyes lit up, and she happily said, "Yes, okay!"
During this time, her third brother would accompany her to practice combat every day. Although she couldn't compare to him and the others, Lu Wanqing felt that she had become much stronger than before!
Lu Yang reached out and took her small hand, and they walked towards the combat arena together.
The puppets in the combat arena were all removed. Lu Yang personally went onto the stage to spar with Lu Wanqing. Compared to Lu Yang, Lu Wanqing's movements were still too slow, so slow that he could see through and predict her moves with hardly any effort.
However, with every attack, Lu Yang would give her a heads-up. Lu Wanqing's reactions gradually became faster and her responsiveness stronger under his guidance.
More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye. It was time for school to end, and Lu Wanqing remembered Xiao Harvey, so she stopped training.
"Third Brother, let's go pick up Harvey from school together," Lu Wanqing said.
"Okay," Lu Yang agreed.
They left the imperial palace together to pick up Xiao Harvey from the Imperial Capital Elementary School. Xavier was also there to pick up children.
However, compared to Lu Wanqing, Xavier's involvement was merely to escort the child home, and then he had nothing else to do. It wasn't that Xavier didn't want to be involved, but rather that Xiao Harvey had finally awakened his spirit of learning. He wanted to work hard and surpass that little brat from the Zhongli family, excelling in studies, archery, and mechas, all to be better than the Zhongli family's child!
Xavier knew the child's intentions and was at ease. Moreover, he had just recently obtained his Imperial Citizen ID card and had many things to do. He had to re-establish his career in the empire to improve his life.
However, upon picking up Xiao Harvey, Lu Wanqing saw Zhongli Feiyu again.
Zhongli Feiyu was standing at the school gate, seemingly waiting for her.
Lu Wanqing suddenly didn't know whether she should go over.
Zhongli Feiyu also saw them. He was silent for a moment, then walked towards them.
"Your Majesty," Zhongli Feiyu saluted.
Lu Yang merely glanced at Zhongli Feiyu before looking at Lu Wanqing.
Lu Wanqing took a deep breath, then turned to Lu Yang and said, "Third Brother, we..."
"Let's go back to the palace and talk," Lu Yang said.
Zhongli Feiyu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed, "Yes."
They all got into the hovercar and returned to the imperial palace.
Xavier did not get into the car, but as they parted ways, he and Zhongli Feiyu exchanged a glance.
"General Feiyu," Lu Wanqing couldn't help but say in the car, "Can the Federation and the Empire truly not coexist peacefully?"
"I..." she began, explaining, "I will not... I will not hand over the technology for making mechas to anyone, not even the Empire."
Back when she was with the Mu family, she had signed a confidentiality agreement with them and promised not to reveal their techniques to others after learning them, as these were hundreds of years of inherited knowledge that had made the Mu family increasingly powerful.
The Mu family had treated her well, allowing her to study their knowledge freely. Because of the Mu family's generosity, she had successfully learned a great deal. The advent of the super 3S mecha had brought her immense gains in reputation, status, and wealth.
One must not be ungrateful. She would always keep her promises, no matter what.
Her greatest capability was actually the creation of super 3S mechas. If she didn't share the technology for making them with others, then even if she were in the Empire, she would not pose a threat to the Federation.
"Do you think I need her to make a super 3S mecha for me?" Lu Yang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
Lu Yang looked at Zhongli Feiyu and said dismissively, "Where do you think my previous super 3S mecha came from?"
Zhongli Feiyu: "???"
Lu Yang glanced at Lu Wanqing and suddenly smiled. He said, "Go back and tell those people in the Federation that I made my own mecha. Even without Wanqing, I can make a super 3S mecha myself. I'm not attacking the Federation, it's just that I have no interest in them. I had no interest before, and I still have no interest."
"You can also make super 3S mechas?" Zhongli Feiyu was shocked and couldn't believe it.
Lu Yang stared at Zhongli Feiyu and sneered, "Do you want me to take out my mecha and have you all inspect it to see if it's a super 3S mecha?"
Zhongli Feiyu stiffened and quickly shook his head, "No, no, I didn't mean to doubt your Excellency."
"Then go back and tell them to stop thinking about things they shouldn't," Lu Yang said coldly.
Zhongli Feiyu's mind buzzed. It took him a long time to react, and he quickly nodded, "Yes."
Lu Wanqing also understood. She suddenly felt very happy. Her third brother was truly amazing, capable of anything.
Lu Wanqing thought about it. With her third brother's super 3S mecha, if he truly wanted to do something, he would have done it long ago. Why wait until now? The Federation was simply too afraid of the Empire, leading to all sorts of speculation.
Her tense mood suddenly relaxed. Today was another happy day.
The hovercar soon arrived at the imperial palace. Xiao Harvey shot out of the car in two swift movements, saying as he ran, "Mommy, I'm going to practice archery on the star net!"
After losing to Zhongli Yi in the competition on the wasteland planet on the star net last time, he was filled with resentment. He would train hard and, the next time they met, he would definitely be better than Zhongli Yi!
This was Zhongli Feiyu's first time seeing a child who wasn't clingy to Lu Wanqing, running off as soon as they got out of the car. He was a little surprised.
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but explain, "Last time, I used a black market brain to go on the star net, and brought a few children to play. Harvey lost to Xiao Yi while practicing archery on the wasteland planet. He's training very hard now and says every day that he wants to surpass Xiao Yi."
Zhongli Feiyu had already heard about the incident from Xiao Yi. When Lu Wanqing mentioned it now, he immediately understood and couldn't help but laugh.
Zhongli Feiyu said with concern, "This child is very smart. If he practices diligently, he might not be worse than Xiao Yi."
Lu Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Mm."
"Your genes are excellent," Zhongli Feiyu then said, looking at Lu Wanqing.
The children cultivated using Lu Wanqing's genes were all outstanding, which was the advantage of superior genes.
"They themselves are also very hardworking," Lu Wanqing said.