my wife is wonderful

Chapter 291 Planning
"Your Majesty!" Chu Yin stood in front of Geng Xingbing and knelt down to salute.

"What happened?" Geng Xingbing sat up slightly.

Chu Yin sighed, "My queen, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, the Anping Marquis's Mansion will hold a coming-of-age ceremony for Miss Geng Liu."

"I already know about this." Geng Xingbing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Chu Yin say this. "I also know that it was the Sixth Princess who helped arrange this."

Chu Yin's expression did not ease, she continued: "The princess asked you to go to the Bo's mansion to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of Miss Geng Liu."

Geng Xingbing was stunned. Ma Ya, who was standing beside him, was shocked and angry and said, "But on the ninth day of the lunar month, the queen was still in confinement. Although it is spring, the weather is still a bit cold. How can a person who is still in confinement be exposed to cold wind? It will cause illness."

"When Madam Wu came to talk to me, I replied like this, but Madam Wu was very tough. She said that this was the princess's order. Please... please obey her orders, my lady. This concerns the future of the palace."

"It's related to the future of the palace? Ha, does the Ping Palace need to please a poor baronial palace? It's ridiculous. She just feels unfair because I gave birth to the eldest son of the palace. I was wondering why she didn't make trouble during this period. It turns out that she didn't find an opportunity. It's just that her method is too stupid."

Although Geng Xingbing was angry, she had always looked down on Princess Ping. After she gave birth to Prince Ping's eldest son, she felt that Princess Ping, who was in poor health, was not a big threat to her, and it was actually good to have her sitting in the position of princess.

Chu Yin looked at Geng Xingbing in silence, thinking, could it be that after giving birth to a child, her master's brain became dull? She was still immersed in the joy of giving birth to the eldest son of the palace and hadn't woken up yet!
The princess is not very smart, but she is not stupid either.

It sounds like an order that is meant to make things difficult for people. Without the prince's consent, the princess would not have resorted to such a desperate measure.

But Chu Yin was just thinking about this in her heart. Even before Geng Xingbing entered the palace, she was already considered someone close to her. However, she did not dare to say these "unpleasant words" at this time.

"Your Majesty, how should I report this to you..." Chu Yin looked a little hesitant.

"Report? Report to whom? Madam Wu?" Geng Xingbing asked three questions in a row. Chu Yin looked stunned, as if she didn't know what to do.

Geng Xingbing chuckled from above, "You should stay in the Snow Pavilion for the next few days. Don't go out. We can't leave you in this courtyard."

Chu Yin knelt down and replied, "Yes."

Seeing that Chu Yin had no intention of saying more, Geng Xingbing felt bored and slightly unhappy.

"Okay, you can leave now." She said calmly.

Chu Yin bowed and retreated.

The sun was setting and night was gradually falling. In the main courtyard of Prince Ping's mansion, Princess Fu was sitting under the eaves, staring in the direction of the courtyard gate without moving.

"My lady, it's getting dark. Although it's spring, the wind is still very cold at night. Let's go inside."

Nanny Wu stood beside Princess Ping and reminded her in a low voice.

"Ahem..." Princess Ping coughed softly, "Do you think he will come tonight?"

Nanny Wu did not respond.

"I guess he will come." It seemed that there was no need for Nanny Wu to answer. Princess Ping answered herself right after she asked.

Nanny Wu felt sad when she saw her princess' increasingly thin figure, but she did not continue to persuade her. It was useless. She felt that her princess's temperament had become more strange in recent times. She had a feeling of going to death calmly, but there was always a madness hidden in this calmness, which made Nanny Wu feel a little scared. Didn't she see that Su Ting and others who used to like to get close to the princess and say nice things to flatter her, now only dare to do what they should do and say what they should say when serving her, and dare not act like before?

Sure enough, just as Princess Ping said, even though he attended the celebration banquet for the Zhen Yao Army today, it was already late when he returned to the palace. Except for Prince Ping who had not stayed in the main courtyard for a long time on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, he still came to the main house where the princess lived that day.

When Princess Ping heard the servant's report, she stood up and waited for Prince Ping to enter the room.

"Your Highness!" Upon hearing the footsteps, Princess Ping knelt down respectfully without even raising her head.

Prince Ping hummed, walked to the table and sat down. Princess Ping then looked up at Prince Ping.

Prince Ping looked the same as usual, but Princess Ping sneered in her heart. She knew that her master always required herself to be calm and composed in the face of adversity. Even when faced with a huge change, he wanted to show a calmness like "not changing his expression even when facing a collapse of Mount Tai", but...

Princess Ping couldn't help but sneer in her heart again. His calmness, which was only on the surface, could deceive ordinary people, or even most people. Perhaps many court officials were also deceived by him. Otherwise, why did so many court officials praise him as a modest gentleman who was graceful, respectful and courteous to others?

But he couldn't fool her!
The maid brought the tea. Prince Ping took a sip, frowned slightly, and glanced at the maid. The maid was so scared that her face turned pale and she was about to kneel down to apologize.

"Your Highness, in the afternoon, I asked Nanny Wu to find Chu Yin." Princess Ping spoke at the right time, interrupting the maid's apology.

The kneeling maid breathed a sigh of relief, and Prince Ping's attention was also drawn to the princess' words. "You asked Geng to return to Anping Marquis's Mansion on the ninth day of the first lunar month?" Prince Ping asked.

"Suqing, you go down first!" Princess Ping said to the kneeling maid.

After the maid left, she answered Prince Ping's question, "Isn't this what the prince meant? Could it be... that I misunderstood?"

Princess Ping looked puzzled at first, then worried.

"No, what I mean is that you only asked Madam Wu to pass the message to the servants of Treading Snow Pavilion, and did not meet with Geng in person. Did Geng agree to this matter?"

There was a hint of impatience on King Ping's face.

"This... I don't know. If the prince is worried, I will go to the Taxue Pavilion tomorrow. After all, Concubine Geng is still in confinement, so it's not appropriate to ask her to come and pay respects. If she gets caught in the wind and gets hurt on the way, it will be my fault."

Princess Ping thought that after she said this, Prince Ping would at least look embarrassed, or even ashamed, but to her surprise, Prince Ping just nodded and said, "Then go tell her tomorrow and ask her to make a trip to the Anping Marquis's mansion."

After saying that, King Ping stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Princess Ping looked at Prince Ping's back as he left, and after a while she murmured to herself, "It looks like... a disaster is about to happen."

Su Qing and Su Ting, who had just come in to help the princess rest, were startled. They looked at each other with pale faces, but they didn't dare to say anything.

But King Ping returned to the study in the front yard and immediately called the chief secretary and his staff to discuss matters.

"Your Highness, hundreds of people from the Xie family have died. No one is left alive. Even if Zhu Yue is suspicious, so what? Everyone knows that the Xie family has always been a supporter of the eldest prince. Although the eldest prince is imprisoned, doesn't the Zhang family still have it? Miss Zhang Ba even tried to go to the West Land to find Xie Kun last year."

Zheng Rong, the chief historian of the palace, said that although he felt that the Zhenyao Army's return from a great victory would cause some troubles due to the affairs of the Xie family in the west, all that the Xie family did could be pushed onto the eldest prince who had lost his prince title.

And although what they did in Ningdu City did not achieve the most perfect ending, the emperor did not die in Prince Shen's rebellion, but Prince Shen fell. Although he is not dead yet, his ending will only be more miserable than the eldest prince, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

This result seems pretty good now.

Among the emperor's sons today, in terms of seniority, mother's status, virtue, and reputation, who can surpass him except their prince?
"But the eldest prince is not dead, nor is he mute. Even if he is mute, it is useless because he can still write. As long as the eldest prince is asked, the emperor and the court officials will know that the eldest prince did not ask Xie Kun to do anything that would harm Daning. Then we can only put all the blame on the dead Xie Kun. But if there is no one behind Xie Kun, what is his purpose in doing that? We have to make up a reasonable reason..."

"No need to go to such trouble." The aide was interrupted by Ye Xiucheng before he could finish his words, "There will be evidence to prove that it was the eldest prince who ordered Xie Kun to collude with Yaomu."

As soon as he said this, the chief secretary and other staff members looked at him, but Ye Xiucheng didn't seem to want to explain. He just looked at Prince Ping and said, "Your Highness, I have arranged everything. You... don't need to worry."

King Ping nodded, "I believe you, but..."

He couldn't really tell what it was, but he always felt uneasy.

I am afraid that all the arrangements will not turn out to be foolproof in the end, but will instead fail at the last moment.

Yang Qingmo came to the Bo's house early in the morning on the sixth day of the first lunar month. It was not because of any business, but as the future son-in-law, since he was back, he wanted to come and pay his respects to his future father-in-law and mother-in-law as soon as possible, which could also show his importance to this marriage.

He had only sat there for a while before he was called by someone from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, who said that General Zhu asked him to go to the Dali Temple.

Geng Xingshuang guessed that it was probably about Prince Shen and the Xie family.

These two days, she asked Jinbao to go out for a walk, but she didn't hear any useful news, so she just ignored it.

Her family is preparing for her coming-of-age ceremony, and she is busy too.

Geng Xun and Xia were still anxiously waiting for Geng Shulou to come back, but because the Sixth Princess had helped to arrange this coming-of-age ceremony, even though the two were reluctant, they did not dare to express any opposition.

Geng Wen and Ruan didn't expect them to help at all, as long as they didn't cause any trouble.

But Geng Xun seemed to know what Geng Wen was thinking, but he did not do what he wanted. He either called him to talk or called Geng Shuhuai who had returned home during his absence.

However, Xia tried several times to keep Geng Xingshuang to talk, but was stopped by Ruan on the grounds that she had to prepare for her coming-of-age ceremony. Perhaps because of the Sixth Princess, although Xia was unhappy, she did not dare to say anything.

"Why did you take so long?" On the evening of the eighth day, Geng Wen disappeared again. After asking, she found out that he was called to Yide Courtyard again and came back after more than an hour. When Ruan saw him, she was a little unhappy. She glanced at her husband and said coldly: "Tomorrow is Sister Shuang's big day. If you disappear without a trace again, don't come into this courtyard anymore."