In response to Dongfang Bubai's question, Chu Qinghe calmly replied, "What threat could a problem pose to you?"

Upon hearing Chu Qinghe's words, Dongfang Bubai and the other women, including Shuimu Yinji, immediately understood what Chu Qinghe meant.

Unlike other monarchs.

For Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue, and even Shuimu Yinji, as long as they are strong enough to control the situation and maintain absolute dominance, what difference does it make if they relinquish power?

If reasoning fails, then force will suffice.

Often, once one's own strength reaches a certain level, any scheming or conspiracy becomes insignificant.

Therefore, if Dongfang Bubai and his women were to become empresses, what would be more important than their own expertise in governing the country and being a ruler would be the people working under them.

A moment later, as Xiao Zhao returned to the courtyard, Qu Feiyan and Lin Shiyin also went into the kitchen with her.

During the cooking process, the sounds of several women talking could be heard from the kitchen from time to time.

The topic of discussion was, naturally, the things that Chu Qinghe had previously recounted.

Chu Qinghe had already leisurely walked to the side and was sunbathing on a hammock.

If you overuse your brain, you'll feel mentally exhausted.

It must be said that if it were any other stranger in this courtyard, they would never imagine that such a lazy person in the hammock was just talking about the way of governing a country.

The jellyfish Yin Ji and Dongfang Bubai, standing to the side, looked at Chu Qinghe, who seemed to exude laziness from the very core of his being, on the hammock, and both felt a slight smile in their hearts.

After the meal.

After a satisfying meal, as he lay in the hammock, feeling the slight weightlessness as his body swayed gently, and bathed in the warm sunlight, Chu Qinghe couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Beside Chu Qinghe, with a slight lift of his right fingertip, a stream of water was instantly pulled out of the wine pot beside him and fell into Dongfang Bubai's mouth as his true energy circulated.

As he savored the lingering fragrance of the wine after it went down his throat, and felt the gentle coolness from the medicinal effects of the wine in his body, Dongfang Bubai, bathed in sunlight, couldn't help but murmur softly, just like Chu Qinghe.

Several months later, once again sitting in Chu Qinghe's courtyard, basking in the sun and taking a midday nap, Dongfang Bubai couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering enjoyment.

"Stealing half a day of leisure from a busy life!"

He gently turned his head and lingered on the handsome face beside him, which was filled with tranquility and languor as the eyes were closed.

Some people are like dandelions; you only need to touch them lightly, but they suddenly scatter, and from then on, the whole world will be filled with their image.

This applies not only to Dongfang Bubai, but also to Yaoyue and the other women, including Shuimu Yinji.

From the moment they met Chu Qinghe, the lives and even some of the habits of the girls began to change quietly.

After lingering for a moment on Chu Qinghe beside him with a slightly infatuated gaze, Dongfang Bubai finally looked away.

After closing his eyes and completely relaxing his body and mind, as time went by, Dongfang Bubai's expression and feelings quickly aligned with Chu Qinghe's, becoming equally lazy.

The martial arts world, the Sun Moon Cult, and even the so-called ways of governing the country that had been discussed before were all thrown to the back of their minds in that instant.

In the bright afternoon sunlight, everyone's breathing gradually became longer and more even.

Shen Shi (3-5 PM).

As the warmth of the sun diminished slightly, Chu Qinghe and the others, who were lying in hammocks, opened their eyes one after another.

As Chu Qinghe struggled to get up from the hammock, the hammock beneath him swayed gently once more due to the force of his movement.

Then, amidst the swaying and rocking, Chu Qinghe, feeling even more languid from the shaking, lay back down once more.

If there's any downside to this hammock, it's that the swaying motion always makes you want to lie back down after your afternoon nap.

The girls, who had just opened their eyes with sleepy eyes, closed their eyes again after seeing Chu Qinghe lie down again.

Half an hour later, Chu Qinghe struggled to sit up from the hammock again, stretched lazily, and then slowly walked towards the stone table next to him.

Hearing the commotion, the other women got up one after another.

After a short while, once they had drunk a few cups of slightly chilled wine and their languor had been dispelled, Qu Feiyan and the other two women took out their longswords and began to practice their swordsmanship.

For a month, he drew his sword three thousand times every day.

At this moment, Qu Feiyan and the other two women had become extremely skilled at drawing and sheathing their longswords.

Beside him, after glancing at the three women who were still drawing and sheathing their swords, Dongfang Bubai spoke up: "Are you planning to have them practice swordsmanship?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Qinghe said softly, "They've encountered a martial arts obstacle, and since they've already mastered sword intent, we can let them try it out and see if they can step onto the path of the sword!"

"If you want them to learn swordsmanship, why only practice simple sword drawing?"

"The simpler something is, the more likely it is to lead to self-realization. Practicing too much can make things complicated and is more harmful than helpful."

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Bubai couldn't help but turn his gaze back to Qu Feiyan and the other two women.

After watching for a while, Dongfang Bubai was surprised to find that although the three women's movements of drawing and sheathing their swords seemed simple, there was a special charm flowing within them.

Seeing this, Dongfang Bubai withdrew his gaze without saying anything more.

In contrast, Chu Qinghe placed his wine glass on the table, then got up and walked into the room. When he came out, he was carrying a chessboard.

A few moments later, after the chessboard was placed on the table and the box containing the black pieces was placed in front of Dongfang Bubai, Chu Qinghe chuckled and said, "Come on! Let's try something new today."

I need to sort out the plot developments! Just one update today! Two more 10,000-word updates tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)