Chapter 126: Extra 1 - The Young Master’s Zhuazhou Ceremony
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The Zhuazhou ceremony* was held. The Qingyang Clan held a grand one for little Changping, and the Blood Flame Sect also threw a big one for little Chang'an.
*抓周 (Zhuā Zhōu) Chinese first birthday tradition where a baby is presented with various symbolic objects, and the object they choose (or hold) is believed to predict their future career or personality traits
"Chang'an! Come to Godmother!"
During the Zhuazhou, Lin Ziyan waved the wooden spear in her hand, trying to lure the little one crawling in the middle of the venue.
"Hey, Lin Ziyan, that is cheating!"
Zhong Shujin quickly pushed her back and snatched the wooden spear away, throwing it back among the brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. "It only counts if Chang'an picks on her own!"
As she spoke, she secretly stuffed the specially made wooden sword beside Xiao Chang'an’s heel.
The group had agreed long ago that whoever Xiao Chang'an chose an item from, she would take as her master. That was why these two were competing, trying to cheat and lure the clueless child in the middle of the venue.
Gu Qingyin did not intend to fight with her own wife. She simply tossed the medical book she had prepared into the venue, then rested her chin on her hand and watched Zhong Shujin's serious and hopeful expression with a smile.
Zhou Jinyi smiled at Meng Muxin, then casually tossed the Divine Doctors Sect’s sect leader token into the venue.
"Chang'an, do not learn their fighting and killing. Take this one instead!"
Luckily, Zhou Jinyi had been smiling more and more lately, no longer carrying that cold and unapproachable air she used to have. Only then did Liu Sanniang dare to tease her, "Oh, looks like our Medical Fairy is really generous! You are even willing to give such a good thing to our Xiao Chang'an!"
With everyone watching in anticipation, Xiao Chang'an finally moved.
She grabbed each fun item one by one, but none seemed to truly catch her fancy. After going around once, her hands were still completely empty.
"Ai, could it be that this child wants everything? That is not so good. If she learns everything, then she will not master anything well."
Just as Liu Sanniang was worrying and mumbling, Xiao Chang'an had already started wobbling her way over to her.
Huh?
Liu Sanniang quickly squatted down and picked up the little one, smiling as she asked, "Xiao Chang'an, do you want to learn from me?"
Naturally, Xiao Chang'an could not answer anything.
"No, no! This is the Zhuazhou ceremony! How can it count if she grabs nothing?"
Just as Zhong Shujin was about to carry Chang'an back to the venue, the little one suddenly grinned and grabbed the book hidden inside Liu Sanniang’s robe.
"So she had her eyes on Liu Sanniang's item after all."
Shan Wenshu, who had sharp eyes, quickly helped Xiao Chang'an take it out. Before Liu Sanniang could stop her, the book was already tightly clutched in Xiao Chang'an’s hands.
Liu Sanniang: "…"
It is over...
"What is that?"
Leng Shaoying quickly stepped forward and picked up Xiao Chang'an, carefully examining the book she was holding. She read the handwriting on the cover out loud, word by word.
"Flipping Clouds and Overturning Rain—Eighteen Styles? Which sect’s secret manual is this, Liu Sanniang?"
Liu Sanniang’s mouth twitched. She quickly snatched the book back from Xiao Chang'an’s hands.
"Nothing, nothing…"
It was rare for Xiao Chang'an to actually want to hold on to something, so when Liu Sanniang snatched it away like that, she immediately burst into tears.
"Hey, why are you snatching from a child?!"
Unwilling to see the child cry, Leng Shaoying instantly went to grab it back from Liu Sanniang. "Give it to me!"
Liu Sanniang wanted to cry but had no tears.
“This thing is no good! This is what your Sect Master wants! You cannot give it to her!”
Zhong Shujin, who was named, blankly said, “What did I want?”
Before Liu Sanniang could answer, Leng Shaoying used her strength to snatch back the Flipping Clouds Overturning Rain Eighteen Styles book and shoved it back into Xiao Chang'an’s hands.
Only then did Xiao Chang'an stop crying and smile, hugging the book and playing with it.
As the pages flipped, Leng Shaoying discovered the pictures of women in suggestive poses inside the book.
Flipping Clouds Overturning Rain…
So that is what it means…
“Liu Sanniang! Who allowed you to bring this kind of thing to the Zhuazhou ceremony!”
As Leng Shaoying roared in anger, Liu Sanniang had already taken off running, leaving behind a hurried sentence.
“This is what your Sect Master wants! She wanted to learn how to make Xiao Gu unable to get out of bed, so I went to help her gather it. You cannot blame me!”
Gu Qingyin: “???”
By the time Leng Shaoying put Chang’an down and chased after her, Liu Sanniang had already disappeared without a trace.
Lin Ziyan glanced at a few pages of the book and held back her laughter as she said, “Tsk, these positions are a bit hard to practice. Qingqing, you had better be careful, do not let your waist break.”
With that, she pulled Shan Wenshu away from this place of right and wrong.
Gu Qingyin’s mouth twitched.
“A’Jin, during this period of time… have I made your days too comfortable? You actually want to bully me like this?”
Zhong Shujin: “…”
Liu Sanniang, just you wait…
“Qingqing! I did not! It was Sanniang slandering me!”
Gu Qingyin only gave her a glance with an unclear meaning, then left her behind and walked out. Zhong Shujin was so frightened she hurried to chase after her, following behind while coaxing, “Wife… I really did not… Heaven and earth can be my witness…”
“Very well. Then tonight when we go back, you can try that waist-breaking position from the book.”
Zhong Shujin: “…”
Xiao Chang’an was still sitting on the ground, happily hugging that inappropriate-for-children book, giggling at her mother.
Zhou Jinyi gave a dry cough and quickly picked up Xiao Chang’an, taking the chance to pull Meng Muxin along as they walked back.
“Let us just do another Zhuazhou tomorrow. What happened today… cannot be counted…”
Tomorrow?
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Meng Muxin gave a faint smile. She did not know how many people would still be able to stand here safely by then.
Author’s Note:
This extra chapter is part of the content related to the Young Master from the “Poison Doctor” novel. That whole chapter got locked, and the author was too lazy to revise it, so I simply moved the part related to the little Young Master into this extra chapter.
