The next morning, Wu Shansong, head of the Wu Family, summoned the clan. Wu Shuifu, its eldest elder, adopted Wu Cuigu's father, Wu Dehou, as his son. Dehou took the name Wu Shande and was entered into the family register, with the standing and privileges of a collateral member of the Wu Family's Shan generation.
They even invited officials of the Imperial Court to witness it, submitted the documents, and amended the household register, making the matter official in every sense.
In the blink of an eye, the Wu Family's old servant had become Wu Shansong's clansman and a new Fourteenth Master of the Shan generation.
Wu Shande's daughter, Wu Cuigu, naturally rose with the tide and became a full-fledged daughter of the Wu Family. She and Wu Jixing had been as close as sisters before; now they truly were sisters.
...At least under Great Xia law.
There was little objection within the Wu Family. The one person who might have objected had been taken to a nearby pleasure boat by his brothers and friends the night before. He was now lost in a land of tender pleasures and would not return for three to five days.
Wu Jixing was happiest of all. The matter she had worried about for so long had finally reached a happy resolution.
But after the joy came fresh anxiety.
"Aunt Cui, do you think... Pan Long will really treat you well?" she asked worriedly while the two sisters chatted in private. "Will he look down on you? Think your martial arts are too weak for you to be worthy of him?"
Wu Cuigu sighed. She thought the arrangement was wonderful and truly could not understand why Wu Jixing was so anxious about it.
"Isn't it a good thing that I can marry him?" she