Six months later.
The group of people, who had been separated, reunited for the first time.
Our chubby, round, and fair-skinned little baby is about to turn one year old!
Xuanyuan Zhan and Su Xuening not only hosted a grand banquet for civil and military officials and imperial relatives, but also arranged a three-day continuous feast for the common people to enjoy together.
Besides the nationwide celebration in Eastern Chu, Duanmu Junyu and Su Renzhong also came from Western Liang with gifts on Xiao Bao's first birthday.
Su Yun'an, along with Pei Luo and Helian Rong, also arrived from Northern Wei.
This was Helian Rong's first time riding the Azure Dragon Divine Beast. He thought it would be windy, but it felt just like being on flat ground, with no wind at all, and he wasn't afraid at all.
Seeing that the old man had finally relaxed, Su Yun'an smiled and said, "Great-grandfather, if you like riding this Azure Dragon Divine Beast, I will have it take you flying everywhere in the future. We will not only see the scenery of Northern Wei and Eastern Chu, but also go to Western Liang, Southern Qi, and even see the sea and the desert. We will see them all."
"Okay." Helian Rong affectionately rubbed Su Yun'an's head.
This child is so sensible it breaks your heart.
With this child by his side, how could he bear to leave this world? He longed to live a few more years, to see them all doing well, and to do as the child had promised, to travel and see the mountains and rivers whenever he had free time, and to see all the places on the Xuan Tian Continent.
Pei Luo seemed to see through the old man's thoughts and looked at him with a smile, saying, "Take it easy, and you might live to be a hundred!"
Helian Rong chuckled: "Thank you for your kind words."
As soon as the Azure Dragon arrived at the Eastern Chu Imperial Palace, Su Yun'an saw a large group of people waiting to greet them.
“Great-grandfather, look, not only are my sister and brother-in-law here, but my father and mother have also come.”
For the past six months, Helian Rong has not seen Su Renzhong, Duanmu Junyu, or the others at all.
These two would also return to Northern Wei to visit him every two or three months.
Su Xuening and Xuan Yuanzhan are the same; they usually make plans to visit each other at the same time so they can get together once a year.
Helian Rong was naturally delighted to see them, but of course, his main purpose today was to visit his beloved great-grandson.
After the Azure Dragon Divine Beast landed, Su Yun'an helped Helian Rong down.
Su Xuening and Xuan Yuanzhan quickly stepped forward: "Great-grandfather."
"Grandfather." Su Renzhong and the others also stepped forward to pay their respects to Helian Rong.
"Alright, alright." Helian Rong nodded as he looked at the baby in Duanmu Junyu's arms.
As soon as Duanmu Junyu arrived, she snatched Xiaobao from Youyi, but before she could even hold him for a short while, the old man came again.
What can you do? Even if you're an empress, it doesn't matter when you're facing someone two generations older than you.
Duanmu Junyu had no choice but to obediently hand over Xiaobao.
Helian Rong held the baby and immediately became happy, his face beaming with a smile that he couldn't stop!
Su Xuening was initially worried that the old man wouldn't be able to carry Xiaobao, but Xiaobao had grown a lot in the past few months and gained a lot of weight.
But now it seems the old man is actually holding him quite easily.
"Please come in and have a seat," Xuan Yuanzhan immediately invited everyone into the house.
Xuanyuan Zhan arranged seats of honor for Helian Rong and Duanmu Junyu, right next to his and Su Xuening's seats.
Even Bai Fuya's position was moved back a bit.
However, in this kind of setting with so many important people, Bai Fuya didn't care about such things at all. She was sitting with Pei Luo, You Yi, and Dao Yi, chatting and laughing, which was quite nice.
Because it was Xiao Bao's first birthday party, everyone who came prepared many gifts for him.
In particular, Duanmu Junyu and Helian Rong had sent dozens of boxes of gold and silver jewelry in advance.
Besides these important figures, civil and military officials and other imperial relatives also sent gifts.
After giving the gifts, it's time for the baby's first birthday celebration.
The emperors of these three kingdoms gathered together to cause trouble, and they directly presented the imperial seals of the three kingdoms for Xiao Bao to catch.
The Azure Dragon Jade Seal, the Vermilion Bird Jade Seal, and the Black Tortoise Jade Seal.
Let alone other first birthday celebration gifts, these three items alone make it absolutely unique in the entire Xuan Tian Continent.
Helian Rong, Duanmu Junyu, and Xuanyuan Zhan all hoped that Xiaobao could capture their country's imperial seal, and they were all shouting their support.
"Xiao Bao, grab the Vermilion Bird Jade Seal." To lure Xiao Bao, Duanmu Junyu kept clapping her hands at him.
Helian Rong then patted the Azure Dragon Jade Seal to lure Xiao Bao: "Xiao Bao, come and stay at the Azure Dragon Jade Seal."
With these two around, Xuanyuan Zhan dared not shout.
However, he wasn't worried at all that the Xuanwu Jade Seal would lose to those two. After all, the Xuanwu Jade Seal was something Xiao Bao had always played with, and he and Ning'er often used it to coax Xiao Bao. Xiao Bao would definitely choose the Xuanwu Jade Seal, right?
Xiao Bao had just learned to walk, and Su Xuening put him on the ground. He was still a little confused.
However, he was soon attracted by a pile of things on the ground, and Xiao Bao looked at them and touched them.
Amidst the tense expressions of everyone, he finally picked up a wine jug and grabbed a Xuanwu sword.
The Xuanwu Sword was too heavy for him to lift, so he could only drag it along. Even so, he couldn't bear to put down the wine jug in his hand. His charming and silly appearance amused everyone.
"Who put this wine jug here?! The young prince chose it!"
"It's me! It's me!" Youyi excitedly raised his hand, then picked up Xiaobao in one scoop: "Oh my, my apprentice naturally takes after me. I knew my apprentice would like the one I chose."
Xuanyuan Zhan also laughed. Although Xiaobao didn't choose the Xuanwu Jade Seal, choosing the Xuanwu Sword was also quite good.
Pei Luo stroked his beard and chuckled, "It seems our little Bao prefers the carefree life of a wandering swordsman to being an emperor!"
Su Yun'an also joked from the side, saying to You Yi, "Uncle, you must teach Xiao Bao well in the future, otherwise Xiao Bao will suffer if his martial arts are weak."
You Yi immediately glared at Su Yun'an: "Do you even need to tell me? Of course I have to teach Xiao Bao a good lesson!"
Everyone was instantly amused.
Although Xiao Bao didn't choose either the Vermilion Bird Jade Seal or the Azure Dragon Jade Seal, that didn't stop Duanmu Junyu and Helian Rong from liking him.
After going around in circles, Xiao Bao finally sat in Helian Rong's lap again.
There's nothing we can do; he's the oldest in the family, and nobody dares to compete with him!
Duanmu Junyu, unable to hold Xiaobao, looked at Su Xuening and said, "One child is not enough. If you and Xuanyuan Zhan have time, why don't you have another one?"
With multiple children, she won't have to fight with the old man for the kids anymore, right?
Su Xuening was both amused and exasperated by Duanmu Junyu.
Having a baby isn't as simple as it seems; you can't just decide to have one whenever you want!
However, she and Xuanyuan Zhan did not use contraception, so whether they have children or not is up to nature.
Xuan Yuanzhan felt a little guilty standing to the side.
Actually, although he wasn't by Ning'er's side when she gave birth, he couldn't bear to see her suffer the pain of childbirth again, so he asked his master early on to get her contraceptive pills. So Ning'er probably won't have any more children!
Xiao Bao is enough for him. He can't bear to see Ning'er suffer so much. Besides, one child is already enough to disrupt their time together. He doesn't want to have another child.
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