my wife is wonderful

Chapter 292 Thoughts
Geng Wen quickly apologized with a smile and explained, "It wasn't my father who called me this time. I went there on my own."

His words simply added fuel to the fire. Ruan frowned and said, "You..."

"No, I didn't want to go. Don't I know that tomorrow is Sister Shuang's coming-of-age ceremony and there are many things to do? I heard Li Deng come in and report that Dad called Mao Shan in."

As soon as these words came out, Ruan's attention was instantly diverted. "Why did he ask Maoshan to do that? To pick on him? On the morning of the sixth day, Maoshan went to Yideyuan and Zhengyuan to pay his respects. When he came here this morning, he also went to pay his respects..."

Ruan's voice became louder and louder, and she became angrier and angrier.

After all, everyone knows that Geng Xun is now obsessed with Geng Shulou. He not only dislikes their family, but even has ill will towards them. He went to find Yang Qingmo. Could it be that he wanted to care about this future granddaughter-in-law who had just returned from a victory?
It's impossible even if you think about it.

"I was just worried that Dad would say something...something bad in front of Maoshan, so I rushed over there." Geng Wen explained.

It was just that he paused for a short time, but the couple had been together for more than 20 years and could be said to be the most familiar with each other, so Ruan still keenly noticed something wrong.

"Are you... hiding something from me?" Ruan asked, frowning as she stared at Geng Wen's face.

"No..." Geng Wen just started to speak when he saw his wife's face getting colder. He opened his mouth and sighed, "I wanted to tell you later. The Sixth Princess is planning to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for Sister Shuang. It's the happiest time. I was afraid that if I told you, it would ruin your mood."

"If you don't tell me, I'll feel even worse." Ruan said.

Geng Wen nodded. That was right. He was not good at lying, especially in front of his wife.

"Dad... he seems to have received Dalang's letter. Although Dalang was injured this time, he also seemed to have made a mistake. He was able to return to Ningdu City not to recuperate, but to stand trial."

Geng Wen didn't know what mistake Geng Shulou had made, and he couldn't understand why. Geng Shulou fought against the enemy in the north and was incorporated into the Zhen Yao Army. He traveled nearly a thousand miles in the cold winter and captured Gaofeng City in Yaomu. Even if he didn't make great contributions and couldn't be promoted, he shouldn't be blamed for nothing.

"What on earth did he do?" Ruan was also shocked when she heard this. She was not worried about Geng Shulou, but she was worried that he would bring trouble to the Anping Marquis' Mansion, and then their first and third wives would be implicated.

Geng Wen also asked Anping Earl, "What exactly did he do?", but Geng Xun did not answer him, perhaps Geng Xun himself did not know.

"Geng Shulou made a mistake, why does he always look for you? You are not an official, and you don't know any powerful people. Can you help Geng Shulou get rid of the crime? Do you want us to pay money to get connections? How much money do you want? Let me tell you, the money in the family is reserved for Huai Ge'er to marry a wife and Shuang Jie'er to buy a dowry. Besides, half of this money is Shuang Jie'er's filial piety, and the other part is Huai Ge'er's previous savings and current salary. It can only be spent on them!"

Ruan became more and more excited as she spoke, thinking that if this man really used the family's money to fill Geng Shulou's hole, she would not forgive him.

Geng Wen waved his hands quickly, "No, I didn't mention the money."

Facing Ruan's suspicious gaze, Geng Wen found it even more difficult to say the next words.

"Although I'm not an official, I still know some powerful people... Dad wants me to ask my in-laws for help. And Maoshan, he has made great contributions this time, and His Majesty will definitely reward him. Dad... Uncle... He wants Maoshan to use the reward to offset Geng Shulou's punishment."

After Geng Wen first heard Geng Xun's bizarre and fantastic idea, he could only look at his old father, Lord Anping, in disbelief for a long time.

He wanted to ask something but didn't know how to ask. In his opinion, not only was this an idea that he couldn't ask out loud, he didn't even need to think about it. Besides, no normal person would have such a thought.

"Although this method I thought of is somewhat unreasonable, it is also well thought out. Think about it. In the past two years, Yang Shaojing returned to Ningdu and jumped several levels from a small county magistrate. Now he is a third-rank official of the court, the Right Deputy Censor of the Supervisory Institute. Last spring, Maoshan won the third place in the imperial examination and first became a seventh-rank editor of the Hanlin Academy with a bright future. Later, he followed the Zhenyao Army to go to war and was promoted to a fourth-rank lieutenant general. The father and son of the Yang family are indeed capable and deeply trusted by the emperor. They are your majesty's right-hand men. However, from ancient times to the present, it is not a good thing to have flowers blooming and fire boiling oil. The moon is full and then it wanes, and the water is full and then it overflows. Now Maoshan has made great contributions again. He has just reached the fourth rank at the age of twenty. Now his merits are here. If he is not promoted, your majesty and the court will feel ashamed of the meritorious ministers. If he is promoted, do you think it will be a good thing? The father and son are officials in the same court, and they are both officials of the fourth rank or above..."

Geng Wen had never thought about what Geng Xun said before, but after Geng Xun's analysis, regardless of his purpose, his words still made some sense.

"You won't agree to it just yet, will you?" Ruan asked nervously when she saw her husband's look.

Geng Wen shook his head. "How could I agree? Besides, it wasn't my military achievement. What's the point of my agreeing? Not to mention me, even my in-laws or Maoshan himself, I'm afraid they can't influence this matter. Thunder, lightning and rain are all grace from the emperor. Whether it's reward or punishment is not something we can think about or talk about. Everything is up to your majesty to decide."

Geng Wen said this and bowed in the direction of the imperial palace.

Geng Wen has been using these words to fool Geng Xun these past two days.

Geng Xun saw that his eldest son had no intention of giving in. The day when Geng Shulou would return was getting closer and closer. He was also afraid that the emperor would reward his meritorious officials in the next few days. Once the reward came, there would be no room for maneuver.

So when Yang Qingmo came today, he couldn't help but want to call him over and speak in person. When Geng Wen heard the servants report that the Lord had called Young Master Yang to Yideyuan to talk, he rushed over immediately and managed to send Yang Qingmo away before Geng Xun could speak.

Ruan heaved a sigh of relief and sat down. She couldn't help but feel angry, helpless and worried. "What is going on? If the Yang family knew that Master Bo was planning this, how would they look at Sister Shuang? If he keeps pestering her, how will Sister Shuang live in the future?"

"Whether it's my in-laws or Liu Lang, they all know the relationship in our family. Even if they know about this, it will not affect Sister Shuang." Geng Wen hurriedly comforted her.

"Not now, but what about in the future? Who can guarantee that it will be like this forever? This is a shortcoming after all. I can't let Sister Shuang have such a shortcoming in her husband's family before she gets married. There will be a lot of people tomorrow, so we must stop Uncle."

Yang Shaojing probably won't come tomorrow, but Hu Fengwei and Yang Qingmo will definitely come, as well as people from the Yang family's first and third branches who have already separated. Geng Xun and Xia can't be given the opportunity to talk to them alone. What they say will certainly not pan out. But just bringing up this absurd idea will make Geng Xingshuang feel short of breath in front of her future in-laws.

On the second day, just after dawn, all the servants in Anping Marquis's Mansion got up and began to perform their duties.

Geng Xingshuang was also woken up by Ruan early in the morning. She reviewed the coming-of-age ceremony that the nanny had taught her again. All the necessary items such as clothes and hairpins had already been prepared.

On this day, the main gate of the Bo's Mansion was opened to welcome guests to attend the ceremony.

At noon, Hu Fengwei and Yang Qingmo, mother and son, arrived at Bo's house. They were the first guests to arrive.

However, Yao in Yinghe Courtyard suddenly stood up after hearing the news.

"Let's go to the main courtyard." No matter who you are, once you enter the Earl's Mansion, you have to pay your respects in the main courtyard or Yide Courtyard before you can continue to come in to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony.

The venue chosen for Geng Xingshuang's coming-of-age ceremony was an open pavilion in the inner courtyard of the Earl's Mansion, named Lanhui Pavilion. It was arguably the most spacious and spacious place in the Mansion. In the past, due to the increasingly impoverished situation of the Mansion, this place had no one to maintain it and looked desolate and dilapidated. As early as March, Geng Wen and Ruan heard from Princess Shanning that the Sixth Princess wanted to help Geng Xingshuang hold her coming-of-age ceremony, so at that time they began to look for people to renovate and clean up Lanhui Pavilion from top to bottom. Now it was the most appropriate place to hold the coming-of-age ceremony.

Yao met Hu Fengwei and Yang Qingmo, mother and son, at the gate of the main courtyard.

Everyone greeted each other and went in together to pay their respects to Mrs. Xia.

After meeting and greeting each other, Xia waved to Hu Fengwei and her son, "Please sit down, let's talk."

"Madam, we won't sit down today. Before we left, our master reminded me that my in-laws would be very busy today, and told me not to be lazy and to help when necessary." Mrs. Hu did not sit down, but said to Mrs. Xia with a smile.

Xia's face stiffened slightly, and Yao's face also stiffened a little. After all, she was the mistress of the second house, and she should have gone to help today. The people from the third house had all gone to Lanhuixuan early in the morning.

"Then you go, Liu Lang stays..."

"Grandma, this won't do. Although most of the guests here today are women, there are many people here, and there are many things to be done in the outer courtyard. Liu Lang must help. I have already arranged his affairs."

Before Xia could finish her words, Geng Shuhuai, who came with her, interrupted her with a smile. Without waiting for Xia to say anything else, he put his arm around Yang Qingmo's shoulder and turned him around, "Come on, help me check if my arrangement over there is OK."

Yang Qingmo hurriedly bowed to Xia, then followed suit and left with Geng Shuhuai.

After the mother and son of the Yang family left, after a while, Xia said, "Today is the sixth young lady's coming-of-age ceremony, and as the second aunt, you can't be lazy, otherwise people will talk about you. You should go and help."

Yao replied "yes".

At the beginning of the morning, Zhu Yan, Zhu Yu, Jiang Xuefu, Shu Chan, Xu Lianyang and others arrived early. Geng Xingchen rested in Geng Xingshuang's room last night, and came to Lanhuixuan with her early this morning. Then Geng Xingshui and Geng Xingyu also came, but Geng Xingyu still had a rash mark on his face, so he just came to give a gift and left. Geng Xingyue also came quite early.

"Sixth sister, you look really beautiful today. With this outfit, you are no worse than our concubine." Geng Xingyue came, looked Geng Xingshuang up and down, and said this.

"Big sister, please be careful with your words." Geng Xingshuang didn't want to spoil her, nor did she want to cause trouble. She just glanced at Geng Xingyue coldly and said no more.

Geng Xingyue was a little puzzled. She was clearly trying to flatter her sixth sister, so why was she still unhappy?

Zhu Yan originally wanted to teach Geng Xingyue a lesson, at least to stop her from talking nonsense and ruining Shuang Jie'er's mood. But seeing the puzzlement and confusion on Geng Xingyue's face, and her careful words afterwards, Zhu Yan could only remain silent.

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