"Heard from whom?" An Jing raised an eyebrow, "Who told you that?"
Li Wuyu was silent for a moment before replying, "Wang Youbao."
An Jing immediately burst into laughter, "What, did you actually go to his residence to find him?"
Li Wuyu was silent again for a moment, then honestly nodded, "Mhm."
"How’s it going?" An Jing asked with great interest.
"Ah?" It took a moment for Li Wuyu to grasp the question.
"Err... he’s... too stupid." She couldn’t make him understand no matter how she expressed herself.
"Hahaha..." An Jing was instantly amused and laughed openly without any attempt to hide it, "I never noticed before, but now I understand, he really is a bit slow when it comes to matters of men and women."
Li Wuyu’s head drooped, and her face turned red.
"So what do you plan to do now?" An Jing asked further, "Chase after him?"
Li Wuyu responded in a very, very soft voice, "Mhm." After a pause, she earnestly added, "I hope the Prince and Princess can grant me this favor!"
"Well..." There were some matters in which An Jing could indeed decide on her own, but when it came to the Prime Minister’s daughter coming to learn martial arts, An Jing felt it was better to consult her husband’s opinion.
Turning her head, An Jing looked at the person chopping wood, "Husband, Wuyu wants to learn martial arts with Youbao under your tutelage, what do you think?"
Xiao Changyi didn’t even think about it before saying, "As you wish."
Li Wuyu immediately looked at An Jing with immense anticipation.
An Jing found it amusing, but didn’t want to keep her in suspense, and promptly said, "If you want to learn, then learn. But let me make it clear, if you get hurt during the training, you can’t cry."
"Wuyu will definitely not cry!" Having said this joyfully to An Jing, Li Wuyu turned around intending to bow to Xiao Changyi in a disciple’s salute, "This disciple, Wuyu, greets—"
However, before Li Wuyu could finish her courtesy or speak fully, Xiao Changyi coldly cut her off, "I don’t take disciples."
Li Wuyu immediately bowed her head in fear and trepidation, "Please forgive me, Prince; Wuyu was unaware that the Prince does not take disciples!"
An Jing hadn’t expected Li Wuyu was intending to become a disciple, and after a moment’s surprise, she said, "Get up, my husband indeed doesn’t take disciples. The reason he teaches Youbao isn’t because he has taken Youbao as a disciple, but rather because Youbao wanted to learn and displayed great diligence and perseverance. If we let you observe and learn by the side, naturally, he will not be taking you as a disciple either."
As she spoke, An Jing joked, "I, on the other hand, do take disciples. How about you take me as your master?"
To her surprise, just as Li Wuyu had gotten up, she immediately knelt down again, performing the gesture to accept a master, "Master above, please accept your disciple’s bow!"
After a long pause, An Jing finally said, "Wuyu, I don’t have many skills, I probably can’t teach you..."
"Master is too modest. Youbao... no, Wang Youbao told me that Master is highly skilled and more than capable of teaching me."
"... Get up for now."
An Jing didn’t say anything more but walked over to Li Wuyu’s side and swiftly caught hold of Li Wuyu’s right arm. Reacting instinctively, Li Wuyu counterattacked, but before she could strike An Jing, An Jing had already thrown her to the ground.
An impeccable shoulder throw, and Xiao Changyi, catching a glimpse from the corner of his eye, allowed a barely perceptible smile to curl the corner of his lips.
Li Wuyu landed heavily on the ground, her back aching fiercely, but she didn’t wallow in pain. Instead, she quickly got up, fist in palm, and respectfully asked An Jing, "Master, what is your intent? Your disciple is dull and doesn’t understand."
An Jing said, "I was just testing your skills to see if I can truly teach you."