Meng Qianqian, at the age of 15, married into the Lu Family to bring joy to the elderly matriarch.

On the wedding night, urgent news arrived from the border that her husband had been commanded to go to war. Six months later, he tragically died at the hands of Beiliang soldiers.

Five years later, the husband who had been presumed dead returned, and by his side was an ethereal mute woman named Wan'er.

Lu Lingxiao said that Wan'er was the descendant of a loyal and righteous family, entirely different from her—a merchant girl reeking of copper coins. He claimed Wan'er was a true paragon of noble character.

Lu Lingxiao also said that Wan'er was an eagle soaring in the heavens, while someone like her was nothing more than a fragile flower, unworthy of comparison.

It was not until the land was broken, the city walls fell, and she wielded a Red Tassel Spear to crush countless soldiers that Lu Lingxiao realized he had misjudged her.

She was not a delicate flower confined within the depths of the mansion; she was the fiercest west wind of Yumen Pass.

The archer leapt down from the rooftop.


The Commander of the Imperial Guard called his men over to handle the corpse and take away the barely breathing Beiliang spy.


The archer personally inspected the arrow lodged in the spy's chest. "How could this be..."


The Commander of the Imperial Guard remarked, "Alright, alright, your archery has improved so much that even I was fooled. I almost thought you killed the man. Forgot to tell you, the Grand Commander actually wanted him alive."


The spy made a last-ditch, deadly move that could have injured the Grand Commander; the archer never intended to leave him alive.


"You intervened? Did you deflect my arrow?"


The Commander of the Imperial Guard responded, "Your arrow is so fast, how could I stop it? Admit you missed—it's no shame. You're only sixteen, why so concerned about saving face?"


"Alright, alright, seventeen, seventeen!"


Chapter 19 - Chapter 19: The Grand Commander Takes Action