Chapter 9: The Talented One Leads the Whole Family in Cultivation

Rong Juan was busy, and the servant women were even busier.

This Young Master is just causing trouble; looking after a child is not something a Prince's Heir should do. Children are restless and easily wake at night. The Heir Consort is useless. An old woman stepped forward, but Rong Juan gave her a cold glance.

The old woman retreated, not daring to raise her head.

The maids also withdrew. Qin Bi gave instructions from the side. It took Rong Juan quite a while to get the child ready; he wrapped the baby in a small swaddle, placed him in the bed, and the child looked over at Qin Bi.

Qin Bi knew newborns couldn't see much, but she still smiled faintly: "Oh, what are you looking at?"

The child stared with round, black eyes, sucking on his tiny fist.

Qin Bi felt an itch in her heart and pulled his little hand away. Rong Juan warned her: "Be careful."

Qin Bi lay on her side, staring at the child. She didn't know what she was looking at, but just watching made her heart happy; she could never get enough. It was summer. Rong Juan checked the small swaddle; the child lay on the outer side.

Seeing the position, Qin Bi said she wouldn't lie next to the child: "I'll move to the side. I'm afraid I'll crush the child if I fall asleep."

Rong Juan took the child to the inner part of the bed, while Qin Bi slept on the outer side. Rong Juan understood that Qin Bi's mind was not at peace; she suffered from severe internal conflict. Worrying over this would surely keep her awake, so there was no point.

Thus, Rong Juan slept in the middle, and the child slept on the inside.

"Go to sleep," Rong Juan said.

Qin Bi glanced at the wide-eyed, alert child, lay back down, closed her eyes, and slept. Rong Juan did not let others handle the child. This was just the beginning; in a few days, the servant women should take over the care.

Unfortunately, Rong Juan had no such intention. He was incredibly capable; he had even requested leave from court.

Qin Bi: "..."

This was definitely his own flesh and blood; she shouldn't have doubted it.

By the time the child's full-month banquet arrived, Rong Juan invited the Great Yan Emperor again. Families of all great clans and the entire imperial court attended. Rong Juan grabbed the Great Yan Emperor and shoved the child into his arms.

"The Emperor has great fortune," Rong Juan said. "Hold my son more often."

The Great Yan Emperor happily accepted, took a look, and said: "Rong Juan, your son is truly handsome."

"Handsome, isn't he?" Rong Juan said proudly.

The Great Yan Emperor agreed: "Very handsome indeed."

Rong Juan's smile became genuine. He refused to take the child back, letting the Great Yan Emperor hold him. The entire court officials twitched at the corners of their mouths. They had seen people seeking fortune, but never seen someone treat the Emperor so informally.

The ministers could not object, because the Great Yan Emperor seemed quite pleased.

The child giggled at the Great Yan Emperor, making the Emperor even happier: "Rong Juan, what is your son's name?"

Rong Juan replied: "Rong Yang."

Yang is a fierce bird-beast, strong and violent, belonging to the top-tier immortal beast level, yet possessing tremendous killing power. Rong Juan was at the level of a God of War in the Great Yan Kingdom. Naming his son with the character Yang, the ministers pondered for a moment.

Given this Heir's temperament, yes, he simply hoped his son would not suffer losses.

The Qin family also arrived. Qin Di and his wife, along with people from the Hou Fu, first visited the Heir's courtyard to see Qin Bi. Qin Bi was weak and needed quiet rest, but the Great Yan Emperor did not mind these details.

"Aren't you going to the front courtyard?" the Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan advised Qin Bi.

"No," Qin Bi understood. It was best to show her face before the Great Yan Emperor at such an occasion.

Qin Bi had no such intention. She had met the Great Yan Emperor; he was very amiable, chubby and endearing, looking very fortunate. The fortune of the entire Great Yan Kingdom was supported by this Emperor.

In this cultivation world, Qin Bi had only heard things; she knew nothing about cultivation. But she knew one thing: people in this world generally lived to be two or three hundred years old.

This Emperor of Great Yan was only in his twenties; his lifespan was still very long.

She, however, could not. When she initially married He Yan, her anger had damaged her spirit and shortened her lifespan. Although Rong Juan had nurtured her for so long, using elixirs, spirit rice, and demon beast meat to replenish her, the damaged lifespan had not fully recovered.

The Rong Wang Fu was wealthy, a hereditary First-Rank Prince title that would not be downgraded, but spirit rice and elixirs were not cheap.

Qin Bi estimated that the entire Wang Fu had nearly emptied its treasury to restore her health.

The prices of spirit rice and elixirs were calculated in spirit stones; even cultivators from immortal sects could not afford to eat them at every meal.

"The little Heir is being held by the Emperor," a distant cousin told Qin Bi.

Qin Bi did not respond. The younger generation of the Qin Yan Marquis Fu did not seem to look up to Qin Bi just because she had married a Heir. They chattered noisily. Qin Bi found it too noisy and stayed silent. The daughter-in-law of the Qin Yan Marquis knew Qin Bi needed quiet rest, so she stood up and led everyone away.

The Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan did not leave; only she and the He family remained to give Qin Bi some advice.

The maids and servant women withdrew. The Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan said: "Qin Bi, now that you have borne a son, no one can displace your position as the legitimate wife. Usually, coax the Heir well. Our Marquis Fu has fallen on hard times. After your cousin, this title will be lost."

Without the title, the Marquis Fu would be just an empty shell.

Qin Bi could not coax Rong Juan: "Let Qin He find He Yan's Heir."

The Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan sighed. He Yan's Heir only treated the Second Branch family with special regard. He was merely tolerable toward the Marquis Fu's Heir, Qin Yan. The entire Marquis Fu could not be relied upon. Besides, when the Qin Yan Marquis proposed divorce after marriage, the Yan Duke Fu remembered it and held a grudge.

The He family member also said: "Your eldest brother, Qin Tang, is also arranging for a position. His fortune is mediocre. Without connections, this position might be uncertain. Our Marquis Fu is unlike other families; other families have many members with spiritual roots."

Qin Bi understood. This was a fictional world where fortune and blessings were paramount. The reason the Qin Yan Marquis Fu had fallen on hard times was that few had spiritual roots, or their talents were low, making cultivation a struggle.

The old Qin Yan Marquis, her grandfather, had a fairly good talent. The Qin Yan Marquis and the Marquis Fu's Heir, Qin Yan, were acceptable. Below them, only Qin He was presentable; the others almost had no spiritual roots.

Since ancient times, it has been so: a family produces one person with good talent to lead the whole family in cultivation.

The Qin Yan Marquis Fu almost had no spiritual roots, so there was no way out. They could only rely on the old Qin Yan Marquis to support the Marquis Fu, arranging things for the younger generation in hopes of producing someone promising. Therefore, the entire Marquis Fu favoring Qin He due to her transmigration was not unreasonable.

Qin He had a spiritual root and could create various novel things; naturally, the Qin Yan Marquis valued Qin He more.

Now, Qin He's daughter is also a fortunate one.

"Has your child been tested for a spiritual root?" the Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan asked.

This was a question the Qin Yan Marquis had asked her to ask.

How would Qin Bi know? "I don't concern myself with these things."

The Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan and the He family member exchanged a glance. Alas, it was understandable. Qin Bi marrying Rong Juan was not because Rong Juan liked her; it was only because the Heir was cursed to have no wife and no children, so he had to marry regardless of his feelings.

There were things Rong Juan might not tell Qin Bi.

The Marquis's Lady of Qin Yan and the He family member, two sisters-in-law, sat for a while, then stood up and went to the front courtyard. Rong Juan had kept the Great Yan Emperor holding the child for most of the day.

Rong Juan did not trust others with the child. With the Great Yan Emperor holding him, there would be no problems. This full-level fortune value was no joke; the Great Yan Emperor possessed genuine, substantial fortune.