Qian Renxue's Birth

After teaching Yu Xiaogang a lesson, Qian Xunji returned to Pope's Hall in high spirits. He sat contentedly upon the papal throne, took a sip of tea, and summoned someone to inquire about Bibi Dong.

"Reporting to Pope Your Majesty, after Pope Your Majesty left, Her Ladyship, the Saintess wandered around Pope's Hall for a while to clear her mind, then departed."

At Qian Xunji's summons, a guard entered Pope's Hall, dropped to one knee before Qian Xunji on the throne, and respectfully clasped his fists as he replied.

"She only walked around and cleared her mind? Nothing else happened, I presume?"

Qian Xunji pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"Nothing else."

The guard thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Very well. I understand. You may leave."

Hearing that the guard said Bibi Dong had displayed no unusual behavior, Qian Xunji concluded that she had accepted reality after he exposed Yu Xiaogang. He nodded in satisfaction and waved the guard away.

Afterward, Qian Xunji summoned the Red-Clothed Archbishops under his command and discussed Spirit Hall's current situation with them.

Once the discussion ended, Qian Xunji returned to his study and began handling Spirit Hall's daily affairs.

While working in his study, Qian Xunji naturally drank the doctored tea without incident.

However, merely drinking the doctored tea in Pope's Hall and the study would not trigger anything.

Then, in the blink of an eye, night arrived.

After a full day of work, Qian Xunji left the study somewhat exhausted. Following dinner, he returned to his residence within Pope's Hall and prepared to go to bed.

As the Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji was extremely busy every day.

Naturally, he did not need to handle certain mundane chores himself.

His Maids took care of them, such as bringing in water to wash his feet.

However, after Bibi Dong's years of maneuvering, the Maid attending Qian Xunji at his side had long since unknowingly become one of Bibi Dong's pawns.

Under Bibi Dong's influence, this Maid had always worn a special perfume.

On the surface, this perfume seemed unremarkable. Its fragrance was simply unusual—rich and sweet, intoxicating to smell.

But in truth, this perfume was the trigger that activated the special aphrodisiac hidden in the doctored tea Qian Xunji had consumed during the day!

Thus, when the Maid entered Qian Xunji's room carrying a Silver Basin filled with foot-washing water and walked toward him,

the flow of air as she moved immediately carried the fragrance from her body toward Qian Xunji.

When Qian Xunji caught the rich, sweet scent drifting from the Maid,

his heart suddenly stirred.

What a wonderful fragrance...

Taking a light breath, Qian Xunji became somewhat intoxicated and could not help raising his head to look at the approaching Maid.

This Maid already resembled Bibi Dong greatly in appearance and was exceptionally beautiful.

As Qian Xunji studied the Maid closely, a flame abruptly ignited within him.

His cherished disciple, whom he had protected so carefully all this time, had nearly been lured away by a piece of trash.

Yet, as her teacher, he could not easily confess his love to his disciple Bibi Dong while preserving his image.

That had left Qian Xunji constantly suppressing a wicked fire within his heart.

He could not casually lay a hand on his disciple Bibi Dong, but could he not do whatever he pleased with the Maid before him?

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Qian Xunji sprang to his feet. His eyes were bloodshot, and he panted faintly as he yanked the Maid carrying the basin into his arms.

Bang!

As Qian Xunji pulled the Maid into his embrace, the basin in her hands crashed to the floor. Amid a sharp clatter, the water inside spilled everywhere.

"Pope Your Majesty, what are you doing...?"

Pulled into Qian Xunji's arms so suddenly, the Maid was at a loss.

Feeling Qian Xunji's handsome face pressed against her neck as he panted heavily, the sensation both ticklish and tingling, the Maid was overcome with both shyness and fear.

"Dong Er, you are mine!"

But Qian Xunji, whose mind had already been overwhelmed, did not answer her. After muttering a few words in a rough voice,

he immediately scooped the Maid up by the waist and carried her toward the bed nearby.

And so, one night passed.

When Qian Xunji awoke in a groggy haze and discovered that the person lying beside him was the Maid who had always attended him closely, he could not help feeling a headache coming on.

Although he had indeed chosen this young woman as his personal Maid because she looked so much like his disciple Bibi Dong,

that was precisely why he could not casually touch her.

It would not sound good if word got out.

He would simply tell the Maid not to speak of last night's events and treat her better in the future.

Qian Xunji quickly made his arrangements.

Although he found his behavior the previous night somewhat strange,

when he recalled how Yu Xiaogang had nearly lured away his beloved disciple Bibi Dong the day before, leaving him with a wicked fire suppressed in his heart,

it seemed perfectly natural that he would erupt upon seeing a Maid who resembled his disciple Bibi Dong so closely that night.

After checking the tea he had drunk and the food he had eaten the day before and finding nothing wrong,

Qian Xunji stopped paying much attention to what had happened that night.

However, Bibi Dong's plan was not so simple, having finally succeeded in setting the daughter-seeding plan into motion.

What Bibi Dong wanted was not merely to bring this Maid and Qian Xunji together.

She wanted the Maid to bear, in her place, Qian Renxue—the daughter who in her previous life should originally have been born to her!

To that end, after subduing Dugu Bo,

Bibi Dong had not only ordered Dugu Bo to research and create the aphrodisiac to be used on Qian Xunji, but also had him create a medicine that would make women extraordinarily fertile.

Bibi Dong had been having this Maid take that medicine all along.

Later, when the Maid was found to be pregnant, Qian Xunji felt deeply troubled, but in the end he still chose to let her give birth.

After all, Qian Xunji was no longer young. He was already in his forties or fifties, and his father, Qian Daoliu, had long wanted to hold a grandson or granddaughter!

And so, ten months later, the Maid safely gave birth to a baby girl.

Naturally, this news could not be concealed from Bibi Dong.

Because Bibi Dong had always acted exceedingly innocent, as though she had not noticed at all that the pregnant Maid looked very much like her, she actually pestered Qian Xunji to let her name the baby girl.

This allowed Qian Xunji to breathe a sigh of relief. He agreed and let Bibi Dong name his daughter.

"Why not call her Qian Renxue? I hope that in the future, she will be as pure and flawless as the white snow atop a mountain a thousand fathoms high!"

Looking at the baby girl sleeping soundly in the crib, Bibi Dong spoke with feigned innocence. A trace of tenderness flickered in her eyes as she gazed at the infant.

"That is a fine name!"

Qian Xunji strongly approved of the name Qian Renxue.

As though she had heard her own name and liked it very much, the sleeping Qian Renxue suddenly opened her round, dark eyes. Looking at Bibi Dong, she waved her chubby little hands and burst into delighted laughter.