my wife is wonderful

Zhu Yan took a bite of the red date cake and said, "No, in a few days, Duke Dingguo's mansion will come to our house to propose marriage."

"Did something happen while hunting at the Imperial Mansion?" Geng Xingshuang remembered Zhu Yan saying that it was her, the eldest granddaughter of the Duke of Zhen Guo, who wanted to marry his eldest grandson, rather than the one whom Duke Zhen Guo wanted to marry. The daughter of the second brother-in-law who was rushed out of town and could not return to Ningdu for several years.

Although they are both granddaughters of Duke Zhen, Zhu Yan and Zhu Ni are obviously different.

Zhu Yan nodded, "Do you know why Mr. Cheng'en and his family walked to the back yesterday?"

"Is it related to the incident with Miss Zhu Er? Could it be that something happened to the 'crab brother and sister' again?"

Geng Xingshuang instantly thought of the time when the two men set up an ambush and fought in the tea shop to catch Yang Qingmo, regardless of the guests and various precious furnishings in the tea shop.

Zhu Yan nodded solemnly, "That's them. I've seen Zhang Kexin in other houses before, and also attended the banquet of Cheng'en Gong's house. Even in her house, she is the master, and she is accustomed to doing things her own way.

This time at the Imperial Manor, I don’t know why I didn’t like Zhu Ni. After dark, I tricked Zhu Ni into the forest. Although I didn’t go into the deep forest, there were still wild beasts in the shallow areas. Then that Zhang Liu The young master took Wu Shisun into the forest and led him to where Zhu Ni was. He made an excuse and left first. There was snow in the forest, and when the wind blew, the snow on the trees fluttered even more. As the shuttle fell, Zhu Ni was not only freezing, but her clothes were also wet. She was dizzy from the cold within a short time of being in the forest.

When Wu Shisun saw her like that, he had no choice but to take her to the horse. The two rode on the same horse. Zhu Ni still... was still hugging her tightly. When they came back, everyone was coming out of their respective houses to hunt for the last time. In the evening, Huangzhuang prepared a bonfire and barbecue, so this scene was seen by many people. "

"Then?" Geng Xingshuang asked.

"Then someone suggested that it would be better to make a beautiful marriage on this beautiful night. Someone urged Duke Dingguo to quickly request an order from the emperor. In that case, if Duke Dingguo didn't move, he just didn't want to be responsible. In desperation, Duke Dingguo had no choice but to kneel down and ask for the marriage. Perhaps he thought that the emperor would not agree, but the emperor agreed."

"So now Miss Zhu and Wu Shisun are getting married by imperial decree?" Geng Xingshuang thought this sounded a bit weird.

Zhu Yan nodded, "The emperor granted me a marriage, but why Wu Shisun and Zhu Ni ran into the woods so late at night, how they met, and Zhu Ni later developed a fever, the emperor still needs to ask clearly about this. So after questioning and investigating, I found out the 'crab brothers and sisters' from the Zhang family."

"So when we returned to the city yesterday, it was punishment for Duke Cheng'en to walk behind?"

Zhu Yan nodded, "The 'crab brother and sister' only received a scolding, but the eldest prince was also scolded for not taking good care of his cousin."

Geng Xingshuang was surprised, "The eldest prince is also quite unjust."

Don't emperors generally favor their own sons?This was the first time she had heard of her son sharing the blame for other people's children.

"Is he unjust? I don't think he is unjust." Zhu Yan said.

"how do I say this?"

"Don't you think there's something fishy about this matter?"

Geng Xingshuang nodded, "It's a little strange."

"What do you think is strange?" Zhu Yan asked hurriedly.

"I wish you the best, Miss Second, but Mr. Wu... Rumors from the outside world say that he is talented, handsome, calm, capable, and of good character. For what reason could Mr. Zhang Liu trick him into the woods? "

Zhu Yan nodded, "This is what I thought of first. Zhu Ni is stupid. Not to mention being deceived into the woods, she was deceived and sold to help others earn money. However, Mr. Zhang Liu is the second prince. He deceived people into the woods on the pretext of going hunting without taking any guards."

That day, Prince Shen caught the fewest prey among the princes. Even the two underage princes had one more rabbit and one more pheasant than him. At that time, he looked a little embarrassed.

Although Prince Shen has always been a steady man and does not seem to care much about gains and losses, he is a prince after all. Who really has no concern for gains and losses. At that time, Zhang Shiyu hurriedly found Mr. Wu, pulled him and ran out, saying that he did not dare to talk to others. He said that he was afraid of damaging the second prince's dignity, so Mr. Wu didn't have time to think too much, so he went to the forest with him.

"This is still weird." Geng Xingshuang always felt that there was a line in the middle that was not connected in series.Zhu Yan said: "Isn't it true? Even if the reason Zhang Shiyu found is enough to convince others, including the emperor, I still feel that something is wrong."

"Why do I feel that the Zhang brothers and sisters are helping Miss Zhu Er?" Geng Xingshuang has had this idea since the beginning, but now the more he hears it, the stronger the feeling becomes.

"Zhu Ni was seriously ill before. This time she was frozen hard and fell ill again. Before I went out, I went to say hello to my grandmother. My grandmother was listening to Aunt Xiao's report. After taking medicine this morning, she felt faint again. She fell into a deep sleep. I will go see her again after I go back today. To say that she is not innocent in this matter is simply stupid. If she fails to do this, she will freeze to death in the forest or be swallowed by a wild beast. In the stomach, it’s not impossible.”

Zhu Yan later talked about the attitude of the people in the Zhenguo Palace towards this matter. Naturally, everyone was unwilling, but the imperial edict had been issued, and Rong had no choice but to accept it, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.

"By the way, last night, my eldest brother told us all our previous speculations in front of the whole family, excluding Zhu Ni."

Finally, Zhu Yan threw these words to Geng Xingshuang.

"Ah?" Geng Xingshuang was so shocked that she didn't know how to react. After a while, she asked helplessly: "Didn't you tell me about such an important thing earlier?"

Zhu Yan said: "Is it important that Wu Shisun and Zhu Ni have an imperial edict to confer marriage?"

Geng Xingshuang really didn't know how to judge.

"Last night, my eldest brother and I both knelt down in the ancestral hall, and my eldest brother was whipped several times."

"So serious?"

"No, Zhu Niruo is really not our family's flesh and blood. This is a marriage fraud in our family."

Geng Xingshuang suddenly thought of some contents in the script and asked quickly: "Does that count as deceiving the emperor?"

"That night when they came back from the woods, my eldest brother was not there until the imperial edict granted the marriage. He was resting in the house during his shift. My grandparents, father and mother didn't know about it, but early this morning, my grandfather and father still came in. Palace, regardless of whether it is true or not, it is better to report this matter to the Emperor first. If the Emperor blames it, it is better than hiding it until the end."

Geng Xingshuang did not expect that the Zhenguo Palace would be so resolute.

"By the way, my grandfather has sent someone to deliver a message, ordering my uncle and aunt to return to Beijing as soon as possible."

Although Zhu Yan said that the emperor might punish him, looking at Zhu Yan's appearance, he didn't seem too worried.

Later, it turned out that Emperor Shengning did not punish the Zhenguo Palace for this matter, but he did not withdraw the imperial edict because of it. He only asked the Zhenguo Palace that if it was later proven that Zhu Ni was not the Zhenguo Palace's flesh and blood, he would need to adopt him. I wish you good luck and treat her as your own daughter.

As for whether to make it clear to Duke Dingguo, the matter is still unclear. Besides, the emperor already knows it. Whether Duke Dingguo knows it or not cannot change the facts. Therefore, adhering to the idea that one thing is worse than one thing less, until Zhu Er When the master and his wife returned to Ningdu, no one from Zhenguo Palace went to Dingguo Palace to talk about this matter.

The twelfth lunar month of the 14th year of Shengning was an unusual twelfth lunar month.

Geng Xingshuang's birthday was on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. Given the current situation of the uncle's house, naturally they would not hold any birthday party for her, but they had no hope of the uncle's house.

Geng Shuhuai took leave one day in advance and returned home. It was just because Geng Cheng passed away this year, so he only invited Zhu Yan, Jiang Xuefu, Xu Lianyang, Tao Yuyu and other friends to come and get together. Everyone gave them gifts. .

Yang Qingmo came in person early in the morning. Not only did he bring gifts from Mr. Yang and his wife, but he also gave a whole box of fur materials specially brought from other places and rubbles that could be used to decorate clothes. , what Geng Xingshuang wore on her head was the gold hairpin inlaid with two white swans, Hongfu and Luxi, custom-made in Zhenbao Pavilion.

But in the end, this birthday party was not as simple as Geng Xingshuang's family expected. (End of chapter)