Chu Qing caught sight of the hand that was grabbed by Wei Ying again and couldn't help grinning.
His palm was a bit rough, but when he held her hand, it didn't make her feel uncomfortable at all.
Instead, she felt... extremely warm.
No wonder in her previous life, those concubines who were infatuated with the emperor were all more stupid than the last.
It turned out that when you like someone, you really do become silly.
Just as Chu Qing was grinning stupidly, suddenly she felt a tightness around her waist, and her feet left the ground.
Swallowing the urge to scream, Chu Qing quickly became a bit excited.
It turned out that she had been carried onto the roof by Wei Ying. Then, with a few leaps, the two of them returned directly to the courtyard where they had first entered.
The people they had seen on their way in, upon seeing Wei Ying and Chu Qing descending from the sky, bowed their heads and then went back to their busy work.
It seemed that they were already used to seeing Wei Ying like this.
"Um, won't they attack someone who suddenly appears before they can clearly see who it is?" Chu Qing couldn't help asking.
Wei Ying raised his eyebrows slightly and replied, "They can recognize my aura. If they can't even do that, they're not qualified to stay here."
"So... why did you bring me here?"
Chu Qing looked at Wei Ying with a puzzled expression, wanting to know what his intention was in bringing her here.
Wei Ying glanced down at Chu Qing and said in a rather strange tone, "To introduce you to my... subordinates."
"Huh? Why do I need to get to know your subordinates? Aren't you going to teach me martial arts? What's the connection between the two?" Chu Qing continued to look puzzled.
Wei Ying resisted the urge to flick his sleeves and turn away. He took a deep breath and then slowly began to speak, "The Prince of Ning has a special group of secret guards under my command."
Chu Qing nodded. She had thought of this long ago.
Nowadays, anyone with power would train a group of their own secret guards, either to protect themselves or to do some shady things.
In her previous life, she also had her own secret guards.
It's just that... she didn't know what had happened to them after her death.
Seeing that Chu Qing seemed a bit absent - minded, Wei Ying frowned and pinched her cheek.
It was soft, and the feeling was quite nice. Wei Ying secretly admired it in his heart and decided to pinch it more often in the future.
Although Chu Qing had a beautiful appearance, she wasn't thin. There was even a bit of roundness on her cheeks.
Suddenly being pinched on the cheek by Wei Ying, Chu Qing suddenly came back to her senses.
Looking as if she had been molested, her cheeks turned bright red.
She had actually been pinched on the cheek!!!
Chu Qing blinked, wondering if it had just been an illusion.
Because she always thought such an action was like doting on a child.
So did this guy think of her as a child???
Chu Qing's face turned even redder. Seeing her blushing, Wei Ying couldn't help but feel like teasing her. So, he suddenly leaned forward, and their faces were almost touching.
Seeing Chu Qing's cute and dazed face and even feeling her obviously disordered breathing, Wei Ying, who had originally just wanted to tease her, suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.
Chu Qing silently swallowed her saliva and silently sighed that the Prince of Ning had really good skin.
Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw the secret guards of the Prince of Ning who were pretending to be busy but actually eager to get closer with their eyes and ears to find out what was going on between them.
Even though she was thick - skinned, she really couldn't stand being watched.
So she leaned to the side and then took a few steps back.
"Um... you can continue talking about your secret guards..."
Seeing Chu Qing move a bit further away from him, Wei Ying secretly thought it was a pity.
"If you think you have too few tasks, each of you will do two hundred squats and then run three laps around Nanan Mountain." Wei Ying naturally didn't ignore those who had been watching just now. He calmly gave the order.
Those who had been watching just now immediately scattered like birds and beasts.
Seeing the suddenly empty courtyard, Chu Qing couldn't help but feel a bit panicked.
This guy wouldn't want to...
"I'll continue to explain it to you in detail." Wei Ying returned to normal and continued.
"Eh?!" It was different from what she had imagined...
Wei Ying chose to ignore Chu Qing's little expression at this time and started to introduce his secret guards to her on his own -
Po Huang.
"Po Huang is the name of this group of secret guards. Po Huang is divided into five branches, namely Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, taking the concept of the Five Elements."
Seeing that Wei Ying was speaking seriously, Chu Qing finally straightened her expression and listened carefully.
"Gold is in charge of property; Wood is in charge of medicine; Water is in charge of education; Fire is in charge of punishment; Earth is in charge of intelligence. All the people in the courtyard just now belong to the Water Branch. And the punishment in the prison is managed by the Fire Hall. The news that I learned about your possible whereabouts in the mountain temple before was reported by the Earth Branch. Now, you haven't had any contact with the Gold and Wood Branches yet."
"Why are you telling me all these details..." When she saw that Wei Ying was about to continue talking, Chu Qing immediately interrupted him with a panicked look.
To be fair, if someone had such an elite force and claimed to have no ambition, she wouldn't believe it. If it were her, she would definitely have ambitions.
So if Wei Ying wanted to compete with her great - grandson, the current emperor, for the world... she really didn't know how to choose...
Although she had said more than once that she wouldn't care whether her descendants could hold onto the country.
But she didn't have such a hard - hearted attitude to really just let it go.
So Wei Ying being so open and honest with her about these things really made her feel unworthy.
Seeing Chu Qing's somewhat entangled expression, Wei Ying raised his eyebrows and asked, "What, are you going to betray me, Qingqing?"
Chu Qing immediately shook her head. She definitely wouldn't do something like betrayal.
"Then why do you look so scared?"
"How can you trust me with all these... extremely important things?"
"Um..." Wei Ying's eyes flickered a bit.
Chu Qing suddenly had an epiphany and remembered the conversation between the two of them before they came here.
When she asked who would teach her, Wei Ying had replied that it would be him. Then she seemed to have... with a bit of doubt... asked something...
And then... he had brought her here and introduced his secret guards.
So...
Was this guy trying to show her how capable he was?
...
Thinking of this, Chu Qing looked at Wei Ying in surprise and also asked, "Are you trying to tell me how powerful you are?"
Wei Ying watched as Chu Qing so bluntly said what was on his mind.
He just felt... as if he had suffered an internal injury...
Like he wanted to vomit blood...