Yang Qing decided to grab Ellie and make his way to the claw section of the Glowing Respite Valley. If he was going to suffer, he would rather bring company to share the suffering with him, and Ellie was the best partner for that.
He had zero qualms about exposing her to whatever dangers that may or may not be in his home. She'd been stealing from him for too long and after the stunt she pulled a few days ago with the Scion of the Golden bamboo pavilion, Yang Qing felt no guilt whatsoever about potentially subjecting her to torment. In fact, some part of him in the deepest recess of his petty soul, hoped that Ellie would become targetted.