Shengjing Noble

Chapter 23: I Am Your Master

Seeing that things had come to this, Su Yongcheng could only try to smooth things over: "The time has come, let's hold the coming-of-age ceremony first."

"Yes."

The group entered the garden, and the remaining guests looked at each other and wisely said nothing more.

But throughout the entire banquet, the atmosphere was awkward and cold, and some people couldn't help but find an excuse to leave early.

Su Lanxin looked at the few guests left in the garden and could no longer hold back her tears, so she covered her face and ran away.

Liu Ruyan hurriedly chased after him, and Su Yongcheng also felt ashamed, thus ending a ridiculous coming-of-age banquet.

……

On the other side, Suiyuexuan.

When Liang Youdao arrived, the musicians had just started. He presented them with a gift and exchanged a few pleasantries before sitting down.

Although he is not a high-ranking official, the people behind him are very powerful. Moreover, he has connections in both the black and white worlds, so he has an influence that cannot be underestimated in the eyes of the people of Shengjing City.

So Lu Wanjun has maintained a cooperative relationship with him for so many years.

If Liang Youdao hadn't been protecting the shop that the Lu family had given as a gift, it would probably not have been as smooth sailing as it is today, so she admired and was grateful to this man.

In addition, the last guest arrived, who was the miracle doctor Xue Qi.

He had a head of black hair, a ruddy complexion, and looked as energetic as a young man. You couldn't tell at all that he was over fifty years old.

This man had a deep friendship with Lu Wanjun's father and brother. When she got married, Lu's father secretly entrusted Xue Qi to take care of this rebellious daughter.

Therefore, Doctor Xue, who always liked to travel and save people, stayed in Shengjing for twenty years.

When Lu Wanjun saw him, she immediately took Su Lanyin forward to pay her respects.

"Meet my benefactor!"

When Lu Wanjun gave birth to twins, she nearly died. She survived thanks to Doctor Xue.

From then on she called him her benefactor.

Su Lanyin bowed, her face respectful: "Yinyin greets Uncle Xue."

"You are the birthday boy today, no need to be polite."

He said as he took out a packet of medicine and handed it over.

"I don't know what to give you, but here's a pack of beauty magic medicine, it'll be your birthday gift."

Su Lanyin took it immediately. She knew that Doctor Xue would not prescribe medicine easily, but if it was medicine he prescribed, it would definitely be top-notch!

"Thank you, Uncle Xue!"

However, the gifts she wanted today were more than just these.

Suddenly, Su Lanyin knelt on the ground, shocking everyone around her. Xue Qi was also surprised.

"What are you..."

Su Lanyin looked up at him, her eyes earnest yet sincere.

"Uncle Xue, I want to become your disciple and learn the art of Qi Huang from you!"

When these words were spoken, everyone looked incredulous.

It was a well-known fact that Xue Qi never accepted disciples, so Su Lanyin's kneeling down seemed a bit unreasonable.

Of course she knew this was not a good thing, but she had no better solution.

In her previous life, she also wanted to ask Dr. Xue to be her master, but he refused after she asked twice, so she was too embarrassed to ask again.

Later, his mother was put into a pig cage, and Xue Qi left Shengjing directly.

Therefore, the medical skills she taught herself did not make any breakthroughs, nor did she develop a miracle medicine that could repair her elder brother's tendons and veins.

In this life, she would take Xue Qi as her master no matter what, and would stick to him even if she was rejected!

Thinking of this, she grabbed the corner of Xue Qi's clothes and looked at him with her tearful eyes.

"Uncle, I want to study medicine. Please, accept me!"

She asked so pitifully that even though Xue Qi was not moved, the onlookers felt pity for her.

The first to speak were the Minister of Personnel and his wife.

Li Shian said, "Doctor Xue, you can see how sincere the girl is, so just agree to it."

Ji Yun: "Yes, Yinyin has made up her mind. You can't let her down for wanting to save the world."

Even Liang Youdao, who usually keeps quiet, spoke up: "If Divine Doctor Xue accepts her, there will be someone to succeed him."

In her previous life, she couldn't save face so she privately asked Xue Qi to take her in, but was sternly rejected.

But in this life, she is no longer afraid. Even if she is rejected in front of so many people, she will not give up!

Xue Qi lowered his eyes and looked at her, as if he was considering it seriously, with layers of gleams flashing in his eyes, and finally he sighed and shook his head.

Su Lanyin was stunned. As expected, she was rejected... She felt disappointed for a while, but soon mustered up her courage again.

"Uncle, I must worship you as my master in this life. It doesn't matter if you reject me. I will treat you as my master..."

Before she finished speaking, Xue Qi interrupted her: "Who said that I rejected you?"

"what?"

Su Lanyin was stunned on the spot.

This is not what he said in his previous life!

Xue Qi helped her up with a smile in his eyes.

Only then did she understand that he shook his head with some helplessness in mind.

"I admire brave young people like you the most. Not many people dare to kneel before me in public and want to become my disciple, especially a young lady like you who comes from a relatively high family background."

"I have traveled extensively for so many years, and it is time for me to find a disciple to inherit my medical skills. From now on, you will be my last disciple!"

Su Lanyin's eyes suddenly filled with tears and she was about to kneel down and kowtow: "Yinyin greets Master..."

"Hey! Don't be anxious. This apprenticeship banquet is not so easy to fool. You need your mother to arrange it well."

Lu Wanjun was so excited that she nodded immediately: "Okay, okay, I will arrange it myself later!"

When everyone saw it, they were all delighted and couldn't help but congratulate them.

Su Lanyin touched the wooden hairpin on her head, her heart filled with joy, as if she had seen her elder brother standing up with his eyes restored.

In her previous life, many years after she lost her legs, she accidentally heard that there was a female doctor in Shengjing who could treat plague.

It’s Su Lanxin!

By chance, she met Xue Qi in the south, and became his disciple, inheriting his lifelong medical knowledge.

Relying on her superb medical skills, she won the hearts of the people and moved towards the pinnacle step by step.

And in this life, she must seize every opportunity before that person comes!

……

The birthday ceremony was warm and lively, with even many guests from the coming-of-age party squeezing in during the ceremony.

Although they all came for the Minister of Personnel, Liang Youdao and Doctor Xue, it also served as a testimony to Aunt Lu's extensive and powerful interpersonal relationships.

A first-rank official, the best detective in Shengjing, and the best doctor in the world, these three identities alone are enough to make people of Su Yongchen's class jealous.

"I didn't expect that the most prestigious person in the Su family is actually a concubine. The real distinguished guests all come for her."

"Liu Ruyan is the daughter of a marquis after all. She doesn't even know how to greet guests on a daily basis. Didn't anyone teach her how to be a mistress in her family?"

"To be honest, Liu Ruyan is just a concubine's daughter in the Marquis's mansion, while Lu Wanjun is a legitimate daughter."

"That's true. The Lu family is the richest and most famous royal merchant in Quanzhou. Mr. Lu has only one precious daughter, so she must have been well-educated!"

……

These people started talking at once, as if they were not the ones who had belittled Lu Wanjun and praised Liu Ruyan in the garden before.

They are really a group of villains who change their attitudes according to the situation and seek profit and avoid harm.