Chapter 157: Fortune Value and Luck Value

He Yan personally escorted Rong Yuan off, leaving the Marquis of Yan's wife feeling both disappointed and delighted.

The Marquis of Yan's wife was full of complex emotions, yet happiness dominated; the Marquis of Yan could not stay calm and spread the news of He Yan having a son to the family, for Rong Yuan was now the legitimate young heir.

The He family was a prestigious clan in Great Yan, a great family of cultivators.

Outside the Rong Prince's Mansion, Rong Yuan stepped down from the carriage, and He Yan gazed at the child with intense focus.

Only after Rong Yuan entered the mansion did He Yan depart.

Rong Yuan ran into the young heir's courtyard, where Rong Juan held his youngest son, and Qin Bi sat in the yard eating spiritual fruits; seeing Rong Yuan return, she waved: "Rong Yuan, I just washed a plate of spiritual fruits and saved some chilled ones for you."

Rong Yuan grinned, stumbled over, took the fruit, and ate it.

"Acknowledged?" Rong Juan asked.

"Mm." Rong Yuan nodded: "The whole Marquis of Yan's family dotes on me."

Qin Bi: "..."

She had roughly guessed; Rong Juan had not hidden his arrangements from her. Acknowledging him was for the best. Her divorce from He Yan did not prevent the child from acknowledging the He family, and it was better than He Yan, who had never dared to hope for a child, constantly comparing Rong Yuan to the problem of the "lucky baby."

"Do they like you very much?" Qin Bi asked with a smile.

"They like me," Rong Yuan said while gnawing on the fruit: "Grandmother even thought that once I acknowledged them, I would stay at the Marquis of Yan's mansion. I won't stay; I just let them dote on me, but I won't follow them."

Qin Bi turned to tease Rong Cui and said: "Whatever you want to do is fine."

While they spoke, gifts from the Marquis of Yan's mansion arrived shortly after, sent in the Marquis's name, including elixirs, various summoning magic treasures, and several spiritual fruits, all quite precious items.

There was not a single empty-headed trinket; no gold, silver, or jewelry was sent, only items related to cultivation.

"Our Marquis said this is a gift for Young Master Rong," the guard presented the gift list.

Rong Juan held his youngest son with one hand, glanced at the list, and handed it to Rong Yuan. The child read it carefully, his lips pressed together in joy. Qin Bi saw this and smiled as well.

The Marquis of Yan sent this gift as a token of gratitude; it was not a one-time thing but merely the beginning. Rong Yuan, He Yan's only child in this life, lived in the Rong Prince's Mansion, and both families understood the situation.

Sending the gifts to Young Master Rong was the best option; giving them to Qin Bi would be inappropriate. Qin Bi was now the Young Heir's Consort, and it was not proper to get too close to the Marquis of Yan's mansion. Even if they intended to give the gifts to Qin Bi, they would have to go through the Young Heir.

The Young Heir was Qin Bi and Rong Yuan's support in the Rong Prince's Mansion. As long as Rong Yuan stayed there for a day, the Marquis of Yan's mansion would prioritize Rong Yuan.

Did the Marquis of Yan and his wife not want Rong Yuan to return to their mansion? Anyone who questioned this would be scolded. Who the hell wouldn't want him? Rong Yuan clearly did not want to return, and they had been longing for a child until their eyes turned red.

Destined to have no children, He Yan suddenly had one; only the He family understood that surge of joy.

Yet Rong Yuan only wandered around the Marquis of Yan's mansion once before returning to the Rong Prince's Mansion. The Marquis of Yan and his wife were practically dying of longing, but snatching Rong Yuan back was absolutely impossible; first, they could not get past the Young Heir.

Besides, if they truly wanted what was best for the child, they could not act this way.

After the gift-bearers from the Marquis of Yan's mansion left, Rong Yuan rummaged through the gifts. Rong Juan held his youngest son, took a look, and knew which items were for Qin Bi; the rest were for the children, for both Rong Yuan and Rong Cui.

How could one tell there were items for Rong Cui? Rong Yuan was already one year old, and some delicate little things were not suitable for him to use.

Rong Juan was quite satisfied; receiving gifts for his wife and children made the Young Heir happier than receiving them for himself. From the thoughtfulness evident in these hastily prepared gifts, one could see how highly the Marquis of Yan's mansion valued Rong Yuan.

Rong Yuan was also happy, rummaging through a pile of items to distribute: "Mother, this is for you."

He then found a small summoning magic treasure painted with a rabbit and handed it to Rong Juan: "This is for little brother."

The Marquis of Yan's mansion had thought of everything; the child could not suppress his joy. Seeing the child happy, Qin Bi was naturally pleased too. Rong Cui babbled "ah ah," and Rong Juan's eyes and brows were full of doting affection.

Inside the Marquis of Yan's mansion, the Marquis of Yan's wife calmed down, filled with regret.

"We should never have agreed to take a secondary wife in the first place," the Marquis of Yan's wife sighed, then sneered: "Qin He still claims to have good fortune, but He Yan's curse of losing wives and having no children has nothing to do with her. It is Qin Bi who is cursed with losing wives and having no children, yet it does not affect her. If there had been no talk of a secondary wife, He Yan would already have a wife and son."

The Marquis of Yan stopped her: "The Young Heir has married Qin Bi; there is no need to say these things."

With matters already at this point, what was the point of saying anything?

That night, He Yan played the zither, his expression calm and undisturbed. After his divorce, He Yan had played the zither; if Great Yan faced any court matters it could not resolve, He Yan would also play the zither. His child simply did not wish to return.

In the following days, the Marquis of Yan's mansion would send people to fetch Rong Yuan.

Successively, He family members from the main branch arrived, along with He family sons serving in distant posts, all rushing back to the Marquis of Yan's mansion. He Yan brought Rong Yuan to introduce him to the clan, letting the He family members recognize the young heir of the Marquis of Yan's mansion.

The He family elders spoke excitedly: "Good, good..."

On this very day, the Emperor of Great Yan, the Prime Minister, and the six Ministers were surprised to find that the forty units of Fortune Value and forty units of Luck Value missing from Great Yan were faintly visible, as if they were about to return.

The Emperor of Great Yan's eyes widened, and tears of joy streamed down: "Great Yan's Fortune Value and Luck Value are about to return."

The Prime Minister and the six Ministers were equally excited; the Prime Minister's eyes were wet. Because the fates of the two powerful sons of Great Yan were cursed to lose wives and have no children, Great Yan's Fortune Value and Luck Value stood at only eighty, lacking forty.

When Rong Yuan was born, there was no reaction; when Rong Cui was born, there was no reaction.

Now that Rong Yuan had returned to his place, the forty lost units of Fortune Value and Luck Value of Great Yan showed faint signs of returning. The Prime Minister and the six Ministers did not know why, but the Emperor of Great Yan did.

Today, Rong Yuan had formally met the He family members.

The Emperor of Great Yan, moved to tears, remembered something and bestowed upon the Rong Prince's Mansion a great deal of gold, silver, and precious stones.

Rong Juan glanced at them and gave them all to Qin Bi.

Qin Bi also learned the situation from Rong Juan. Previously, when mentioning Rong Yuan acknowledging He Yan, the Emperor of Great Yan had felt a vague unease, but now that Rong Yuan had truly acknowledged him, Great Yan's Fortune Value and Luck Value showed faint signs of returning.

This showed that the Heavenly Dao protected Qin He.

With Rong Yuan returning to his place, the things Qin He could obtain from the Marquis of Yan's mansion would decrease. To protect Qin He, the Heavenly Dao gave the Emperor of Great Yan a false impression, but as soon as Rong Yuan acknowledged He Yan, Great Yan's Fortune Value and Luck Value could no longer be suppressed.

Qin He's transmigration benefited only herself and offered no help to Great Yan.

As for making soap or creating glass? Compared to Great Yan's Fortune Value and Luck Value, they were utterly insignificant. Besides, opening shops to sell soap and various novel little trinkets only filled Qin He's own pockets.

Qin Bi could think that the Heavenly Dao protected Qin He, and Rong Juan, He Yan, and the Emperor of Great Yan had all thought of it too.

He Yan narrowed his eyes, his expression revealing nothing.