"Mother Wu, Su Ting, you didn't go to greet Uncle Anping, Mrs. Uncle, and the second wife? It seems that I treat you too laxly on weekdays, so that you forget the rules!"
Princess Ping suddenly turned cold. This was beyond Su Ting's expectation. Didn't the princess want to...
"Princess, it's my fault. I only thought about my aunt's body. I wanted to bring the sixth girl to the house to accompany my aunt as soon as possible, but I forgot the most basic rules. I understand my crime and ask the princess to punish me!"
Before Su Ting could react, her body was violently pulled by Grandma Wu, and she couldn't help but kneel down with Grandma Wu.
"Since you know your mistake, go down and receive the punishment!" Concubine Ping said calmly.
Aunt Wu glanced at Princess Ping in surprise. With the look on the princess's face just now, she thought that they would have to be punished today, but the princess only asked them to go down and receive the punishment by themselves. She picked it up high and put it down gently. The scale could be completely adjusted according to them. Adjusted by one's own words.
It's just that... Aunt Wu felt that this girl Geng Liu didn't seem to be that easy to fool.
Su Ting had served Princess Ping all year round, so she naturally understood what the princess meant by what she said. She felt relieved at first, and then felt proud.
Geng Xingshuang didn't seem to care about how the princess dealt with Nanny Wu and Su Ting. She just turned her head and glanced at Geng Xingbing, and then said: "Fourth sister, I think your face looks okay, so I will go back first. After all, I am not a guest of the palace, but my grandfather is still Uncle Anping, and I am still the lady of the uncle's palace. I am not a guest, so how can I stay in the palace as a guest without knowing it? It is not only disrespectful to the palace, but also an insult to my uncle's palace. of good reputation."
Geng Xingshuang said, and bowed deeply to the princess, "Mother, since I have seen the fourth sister, I will take my leave now!"
Princess Ping really didn't expect that Geng Xingshuang would be so difficult to deal with, clinging to the rule that no one had cared about for a long time. It is true that the concubine's natal family is not a relative, but it does not mean that there are no guests from her natal family. Is it really possible to treat her as a guest? As a human being, the mistress could at best turn a blind eye.
Princess Ping knew that this was Geng Xingshuang's dissatisfaction with the way she had just dealt with Nanny Wu and Su Ting. She had originally planned to deal with them in front of Geng Xingshuang, either by kneeling in the yard or by hitting a few boards. But when she expressed her intention to punish Nanny Wu and Su Ting, she caught a glimpse of Geng Xingbing sitting at the bottom from the corner of her eye. A smile appeared on her face at that moment. Although the smile was as short-lived as a flash in the pan, But Princess Ping was sensitive to the hidden pride in her smile.
Princess Ping's usually sluggish mind suddenly became much sharper at that moment.
She remembered that after the prince recovered, before it was confirmed that she had a physical problem and could not get pregnant, she used all kinds of methods just to prevent the concubines from giving birth to children. Her methods relied on her power as the princess. Majestic and the servants around her, including the two right-hand men, Wu Wu and Su Ting, played a big role.
Later... After the prince recovered, no child was born in the palace. Both the imperial doctor and the private doctors said that the chance of her being pregnant in the future was very low, so she compromised.
She thought that she had to find someone she could trust to give birth to an heir for the palace, and the child would be brought to her knees to educate her. Later, she didn’t know when or how things turned out, but Aunt Geng gradually walked up to her.
She complained to herself, saying that she was no longer a member of her mother's family. She said that because Tao Yuyu was almost assassinated, the prince suspected that she had done it, so he punished her severely. He said that the prince had already abandoned her, and he had this problem in his belly. The child came unexpectedly, and he said that he was willing to help the princess. He said that the child would be the princess's child from now on. It was not only recorded in her name, but was truly her child. There was no need to tell the child who the biological mother was, and the child was made to think that the biological mother was the child. princess.
She was ill at the time and was told that she could not have children in the future. After Geng Xingbing surrendered again and again, she believed her.
The prince seemed to be very satisfied with what he had done. He began to come to the main courtyard to talk to her often, and now he even arranged things for her.
But... was everything Geng Xingbing said before true? No, she always knew that it couldn't all be true, but what if Geng Xingbing not only didn't appreciate her, but always held a grudge against her?
One day, will she also smile as proudly to herself as she did to Aunt Wu and Su Ting just now?
Princess Ping suddenly shuddered.
"Princess, this is the first time for the sixth sister to come to the palace. I would like to invite her to sit in my Taxue Pavilion!"
Geng Xingbing's voice rang in her ears, shattering the storm that suddenly washed over Princess Ping's mind. Princess Ping looked down at Geng Xingbing, knowing that she was reminding herself that she couldn't do whatever she wanted.
"Mother Wu, Su Ting, if you commit this crime for the first time, you will each be fined ten boards. If you commit the crime again in the future, please do not serve me again."
Seeing the princess's suddenly cold face, Aunt Wu and Su Ting dared to beg for mercy, so they hurriedly responded respectfully.
"Don't worry, Miss Six, you are a guest of our palace." Princess Ping comforted her.
Geng Xingshuang understood that they didn't want to let her go, or they couldn't let her go.
Geng Xingshuang followed Geng Xingbing to Taxue Pavilion where she lived.
On this day, Geng Xingbing took her and talked a lot. Until it was getting late, Geng Xingshuang had already said goodbye no less than ten times. Geng Xingbing always had a reason not to let her go. Just when Geng Xingshuang winked at Jinbao, why not go first? If you force your way in, Zhan Pei and the others outside will hear the noise and come in to respond. And even if you can't break out, you won't lose anything.
Just when Jinbao was about to reach out and push the two women guarding the door, she suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Geng Xingshuang asked her with her eyes.
"There seem to be a lot of people outside?" Jinbao said, even she didn't seem to believe it. It was almost dark now, and the movement outside was not the usual many people, but something like...like...
Jin Bao couldn't think of how to describe it for a moment, but after a while, Geng Xingshuang also heard the noise outside. Not only Geng Xingshuang, but also Geng Xingbing and the maid and wife in the room heard it.
Geng Xingshuang's heart trembled, and a particularly bad premonition came over her.
She looked towards Geng Xingbing, who was very calm. She met Geng Xingshuang's gaze and smiled slightly, "Sixth sister, something seems to have happened outside? I think you should stay in the palace for the night."
After saying that, without waiting for Geng Xingshuang to answer, she ordered again: "Chu Yin, go find out what happened?"
After Chu Yin left, Geng Xingshuang slowly sat down. Her mind was a little confused, and she thought of something she least wanted to believe would happen.
"Sixth sister, you are really smart."
The room was already lit, and Geng Xingbing's face did not look so clear in the dim candlelight. Geng Xingshuang blinked and asked, "Fourth sister, what do you want to do?"
"Are you still willing to call me Fourth Sister?"
Geng Xingshuang smiled and said, "Just like what Princess Ping said in the palace before, since the uncle's house has never removed you from the family tree, I naturally have to call you Fourth Sister."
"Sixth sister is really good at talking."
"It's just a fact."
Geng Xingbing never said what she was going to do. Geng Xingshuang guessed that maybe even Geng Xingbing herself didn't know what she was going to do next.
