my wife is wonderful

Zhu Yan was stunned, and Geng Xingshuang pushed her, "Go back quickly, I'm almost done here."

"I haven't had lunch yet!" Zhu Yan said with some regret.

"I will invite you to have dinner at Ruyi Tower in two days."

"A word is settled!"

Zhu Yan finally returned to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion contentedly. Zhu Yu accompanied her back, and Princess Shanning naturally wanted to go back as well.

With the imperial edict bestowing a name, Geng Xingshuang herself was also given the title of Princess Lingshuang. This imperial edict brought the already grand coming-of-age ceremony to a climax.

"Sixth sister, I feel like those people are looking at you differently."

Geng Xingchen said in a low voice.

"What's different?"

"I used to feel scrutiny, but now I feel envy, jealousy, and... disbelief. In short, it's very complicated, but I'm very happy watching it."

Geng Xingchen asked Jiang Xuefu and the others for their opinions. Jiang Xuefu nodded repeatedly, "It's so refreshing. I couldn't help feeling a little suffocated when I saw those people's looks before, but I didn't know what to do or say. But now...haha..."

At the end of her speech, Jiang Xuefu couldn't help laughing. Her voice was a little loud and the people around her couldn't help but look at her. Her mother, Madam Jiang Wang, couldn't help but glare at her daughter. This was in her future mother-in-law's house. Even if she was going to reveal her true nature, she had to wait until after the marriage. Otherwise... what if... she didn't want to marry him?
Jiang Xuefu didn't know what her mother was thinking, but she didn't have time to pay attention to her mother at the moment, because she was laughing when she heard a servant come to report to Ruan, "Madam, the fourth aunt is here!"

Although everyone knew that Geng Xingbing was not the biological child of the Anping Marquisate, the Marquisate had never disowned this daughter. Geng Xingbing's name was still on the genealogy of the Anping Marquisate, so it was normal for Geng Xingbing to attend Geng Xingshuang's coming-of-age ceremony.

but……

"Hey, I just calculated in my mind, Concubine Geng hasn't finished her confinement yet, right?"

Someone whispered.

"You've calculated it right. It's only been two days. The weather is warm now, and we got out around noon. It shouldn't have any effect on our health."

Yu Qiaoxin listened to the conversation between the two people in front of her with her eyes lowered. She did not know the two women in front of her. She heard that they seemed to be the families of officials of the Ministry of War and their identities were ordinary. However, even they knew that Concubine Geng was still in confinement after giving birth. Could it be that Princess Ping did not know?
Princess Ping naturally knew about it, and based on her understanding of her, although that woman was not very smart, she was not a coward. Concubine Geng gave birth to Prince Ping's only son, and her status in Prince Ping's mansion was at its peak at that time. So when she came to the Earl's Mansion to attend her cousin's coming-of-age ceremony, it was either because she wanted to come on her own, or... Prince Ping ordered her to come.

"It seems that what I heard before was all false."

Meng Yijiao, who was walking beside her, suddenly spoke, interrupting Yu Qiaoxin's thoughts.

Before Yu Qiaoxin could say anything, another voice rang out from the side, "What's fake and what's real?"

The person who spoke was Zhong Chuyun, the fifth lady of the Yongkang Marquis' Mansion.

"That... I heard from my mother... No, I heard from others that the relationship between the first and third branches of the Anping Marquis's Mansion is very good. Look at Sixth Miss Geng's coming-of-age ceremony, Seventh Miss Geng served as an official and accompanied her throughout the whole process. Third Madam Geng was busy all the time, and she was chatting and laughing with First Madam Geng. When we came in, we saw Third Master Geng busy entertaining guests outside. Even the two boys from the third branch were following Second Master Geng, learning how to greet people. But look at the Second Branch of the Geng family, except for that bastard, from Second Madam Geng to First Aunt Geng, they seem to be more distant than ordinary guests, especially Second Madam Geng. No matter how I look at her, I think she's a little weird."

Meng Yijiao felt that the two people in front of her were not people she could afford to offend. Since they asked, she could only honestly tell them everything she had observed before. Mainly, she also wanted to find someone to talk about her findings.

Yu Qiaoxin didn't say anything, but Zhong Chuyun immediately said, "That second wife Geng is a little weird. When we were having sex just now, I accidentally saw her expression. She stared at Miss Geng Liu with gloomy eyes, which was very creepy. Tsk, I wish they would make a fuss, so that it would be fun to watch."

"That's why I said that the relationship between the first and second houses of the Anping Marquis's Mansion is not good, and the Anping Marquis and his wife are also very partial. Previously, the Anping Marquis said that he was not in good health, so he was unable to attend Miss Geng Liu's coming-of-age ceremony, but when he received the imperial edict, he looked fine and didn't look sick."

Although Meng Yijiao felt that her cousin was too arrogant and that she needed to flatter her when talking to her, there were some things that she could only agree on with her cousin. Therefore, when it was necessary to flatter her, she was able to do so without any rebellious mentality.

While Yu Qiaoxin was listening to the conversation between the two, she was already thinking about what was happening inside and outside Prince Ping's mansion. She always felt a little uneasy.

At this moment, everyone was walking from Lanhui Pavilion to the flower hall next to it. A banquet was held there at noon today. The women were eating there, while the men went to the outer courtyard to eat. Geng Xingbing, who had just arrived, was led by the servants directly to the flower hall next to Lanhui Pavilion.

When Yao heard that Geng Xingbing was coming, she didn't know what her mood was. She went to the third-day bathing ceremony of Prince Ping's eldest son. There were many people there that day. She wanted to say a few words to her daughter alone, but she didn't find the opportunity.

However, she was still very happy at that time. After all, her biological daughter's in-laws were gone, and she didn't know where she had gone. Even if Zhu Ni came back, what would happen? Not to mention whether the mother and daughter could recognize each other, even if they recognized each other now, would the Bo Mansion accept her? What could she bring to their second room and her Dalang?

In this case, she doesn't need to worry about whether he is her biological child or not. After all, she has raised Geng Xingbing for more than ten years. No matter how poor the Bo family is, it is at least a thousand times better than the Tao family who is so poor that they can't even afford to eat.

Yao had some understanding of the daughter she raised. She knew that Geng Xingbing would not break off the marriage with the Bo Mansion. With the Bo Mansion as her maiden family, Concubine Geng would be from an aristocratic family, not a poor family.

Ruan hated her niece Geng Xingbing to the extreme. Although the Prince Ping's Mansion completely blamed the Xie family and the horse thieves in the west for Geng Xingshuang's kidnapping, Ruan knew that Geng Xingbing had played a great role in it. As a mother, she failed to run to the Prince Ping's Mansion and tear Geng Xingbing apart. That was both her incompetence as a mother and her only remaining sanity.

Now that Geng Xingbing came up to her, Ruan felt that if she continued to treat him gently and politely as before, even if it was just for the sake of face, she would be letting her daughter down, and even more so letting herself down for the restlessness she had experienced over the past six months.

Therefore, Ruan did not arrange a seat for Geng Xingbing to have dinner, nor did she come forward to pay her respects like other female relatives whose status was lower than that of Concubine Geng. She just stood there and stared at her coldly.

Geng Xingshuang is now a county lord, and Geng Xingbing is the concubine of Prince Ping. The two have equal status, but Geng Xingshuang was granted the title of "Lingshuang" county lord by the emperor's decree. She is a county lord with a title and a salary. As long as Prince Ping does not ascend the throne in the future, it can be said that of the two, Geng Xingshuang's status is more valuable.

Geng Xingbing didn't seem to care about Ruan's attitude, or rather, although she came here, she didn't care that much about what was happening. She raised her hand to the people who saluted her, then walked through the crowd and went straight to Geng Xingshuang. She looked at her for a while before saying to the maid behind her, "Ma Ya, give the gift to Sixth Sister."

Ma Ya stepped forward, holding a box in her hand, and respectfully knelt down to bow to Geng Xingshuang, "Sixth Miss, this is the coming-of-age gift our queen gave you."

Geng Xingshuang glanced at Ma Ya and naturally remembered who she was. She was the daughter of Ma San, who had harmed her before. She smiled softly and said, "I'm sorry to have troubled Fourth Sister."

She didn't want to say anything more at her coming-of-age ceremony. After saying this, she asked Hualian to accept the gift, but did not invite Geng Xingbing to eat, after all, there was no room left.

Geng Xingbing saw her accept the gift and turned around. Geng Xingbing thought she was going back, but she paused after walking for a while and glanced at Yao in the crowd. "Mom, I'm a little tired. Please accompany me to Yingheyuan to rest for a while."

After Geng Xingbing and Yao left, Third Madam Jiang patted Ruan's hand soothingly, and then invited all the guests to sit down and have dinner.

Naturally, everyone was very considerate and sat down at the assigned seats. Today's dishes were prepared by the invited chef from Shi Man Lou. Many of the dishes could only be eaten at Shi Man Lou at a high price. For some guests whose families were not so wealthy, this was considered a very sumptuous banquet.

But now no one had the heart to taste the chef's cooking skills. Instead, they were whispering about the relationship between the old uncle and his wife, the first and second wives of the Anping Marquis' Mansion, and the timing and reasons behind Concubine Geng's appearance today. Finally, they extended it to the real reason why Geng Xingshuang was kidnapped last year. However, because Geng Xingshuang had just been named Princess Lingshuang, everyone was very reserved about her kidnapping.

But even so, Ruan was extremely angry. Geng Xingbing's appearance had ruined Shuang Jie'er's perfect coming-of-age ceremony.

Even after sending all the guests out, Ruan still felt unhappy.

Geng Xingshuang noticed Yang Qingmo's gaze opposite her and smiled at him. That smile was so bright without any gloom, and seemed a little... heartless.

Yang Qingmo thought so in his heart, and felt that this was good enough.

"Mother, there is nothing perfect in this world. Look, I have already received great benefits today. The princess helped me arrange the coming-of-age ceremony, the emperor gave me a name and gifts, and finally I got the title of a county lady for free, and it is a paid title. I can't be the only one to get all the good things in the world. If that were the case, I wouldn't be able to bear it. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep at night because of the pressure.

Now that the fourth sister has appeared, it doesn't seem so perfect, but in fact it has no effect on me. I feel much more at ease. You don't know, when I saw the fourth sister, I thought to myself, 'It's good, it's good, it turns out that everything today is real. I thought I was dreaming.'"

Although what Geng Xingshuang said was a bit exaggerated, it was indeed because of the appearance of Geng Xingbing that she returned to reality from the unreal state of pie falling from the sky.

At that moment, she suddenly realized that her title of county lord was not a piece of cake. It was due to the good things she had done in Cangcheng, but more importantly, it was because of Yang Qingmo.

It was earned by his military merit, so Geng Wen, who had always wanted Yang Qingmo to use his military merit to help Geng Shulou escape punishment, turned pale the moment he heard the decree, as if he had had a nightmare from which he could not wake up. (End of this chapter)