The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Li Xianglian had never seen Zheng like this before. Even when she found out that she and her cousin were pregnant, Zheng had never been so horrified.

The Sui'an Hall, which was originally bustling with people, suddenly became silent, leaving only the two maids behind her who were too scared to speak.

The rest were all the angry-looking old women around Zheng, and the burly and strong guards.

Li Xianglian stretched her neck stiffly, swallowed hard, looked at Zheng with a vigilant look, and asked stutteringly, "What...what do you want to do?"

Zheng squinted at her, her face calm as water, but her tone was extremely cold: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't do anything at Chu Jie'er's coming-of-age ceremony."

Then, she raised her hand and ordered the guards beside her: "Madam Ru's pregnancy is unstable now, you should quickly send her back to Tingyuxuan to recuperate. Also, go find the fourth young lady and bring her back to Tingyuxuan as well."

"If anyone dares to disobey and tries to rush out, break their legs! If anyone dares to shout or scream, pull out their tongues!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Zheng... um..." Li Xianglian was about to speak when the old woman beside her quickly covered her mouth, and she could only make unclear whimpering sounds.

Afterwards, she was dragged out of Sui'an Hall by several old women.

When Gu Jinchu saw Wan'er coming out of Sui'an Hall, he asked her anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Luo Wan'er is one year older than her and just had her coming-of-age ceremony last year. Logically, she should be more stable, but at this moment she seems even more nervous than her.

"Chu Jie'er, do you need to prepare an extra hairpin inserter? This way, if there is any emergency, we can be prepared."

As the two were talking, Bai Zhi walked over quickly and whispered in Gu Jinchu's ear, "Miss, Miss Song said that she suddenly had a severe stomachache and had to leave the house early to go to the clinic for treatment."

After hearing this, Gu Jinchu nodded slightly to show that she understood, and her expression did not change at all.

All of this was heard clearly by Luo Waner who was standing nearby.

Luo Waner frowned and muttered in a low voice, "Humph, you claim to be from a scholarly family, but I think you are just full of bad intentions!"

Gu Jinchu patted her hand and noticed that someone was looking at her. Gu Yan and Gu Jinyu were standing not far from her.

Gu Yan raised her chin, looked at Gu Jinchu and asked with a smile: "Third sister, what's wrong? Why does Bai Zhi beside you look so flustered?"

"Fourth sister, why are you still in the mood to joke here? Look, Qiuhe is about to cry because of looking for you. I'm afraid something serious has happened to Ting Yuxuan." Gu Jinchu raised his eyebrows and smiled brightly and ostentatiously.

"You, you are cursing my mother and the baby in her belly!"

There are many guests at the Gu family today. Gu Yan has learned from the last lesson and only dares to confront Gu Jinchu in a place with few people around. Even then, she keeps her voice very low.

Gu Jinchu withdrew his gaze from her and said casually, "Whether I am talking nonsense or not, go ask Qiu Wen who is looking for you!" After that, he ignored her.

If Luo Wan'er didn't understand anything, it was probably Madam Ru from the Gu family and this concubine's sister who were behind it.

She didn't say it just now, but when she saw a strange girl coming to see Song Fangya early in the morning, she was afraid that Gu Jinchu would not be able to control his temper and make the situation out of control.

Gu Jinchu told her that since the last time she didn't want to use Song Fangya as the one who inserts the hairpin. Doing so would only make herself look inferior. It would be better not to make friends with the Song family with their behavior.

......

At 1:00 pm, the coming-of-age ceremony officially began.

After the music started, Gu Huanian stood up and began the ceremony, "Today, my daughter Gu Jinchu will have her coming-of-age ceremony. Thank you all for coming. Now, my daughter Gu Jinchu's coming-of-age ceremony will officially begin!"

People who knew Gu Huanian noticed that he was particularly excited today. Even though it was his daughter's coming-of-age ceremony, his flushed face was a bit too much excitement.

Then he continued to sing: Gu Jinchu comes in to greet all the guests.

A large number of the guests who came today had never seen Gu Jinchu. They had only heard that she was an arrogant and domineering girl with a somewhat bad temper.

A very beautiful woman in green satin clothes was seen following the promoter. She walked gracefully into the venue and bowed to the guests.

Then she will kneel down on the mat for the bride and the person who praises her will comb her hair.

Except for the Gu family members and Gu Jinchu's maternal grandfather, the Zheng family, the guests who had never seen Gu Jinchu were surprised at her beauty.

When I saw the wedding guest appear, I realized how excited Gu Huanian was today. It was clear that pride and boasting were written all over his face.

How could the Gu family, who had no roots in Shengjing and a mere sixth-rank official of the Guanglu Temple, have the honor of having the eldest princess of the dynasty as the guest of honor!

Princess Zhao Xuan walked up to Gu Jinchu and chanted a blessing in a loud voice: "This month is an auspicious day, and you are wearing your first clothes. I will abandon your childish ambitions and follow your virtues. I wish you a long life and great happiness."

After the blessing was chanted, the eldest princess put a hairpin on Gu Jinchu's head, symbolizing that she had come of age.

Zhao Xuan lowered her eyes and looked at the two hairpins in the lacquer tray, one was a simple and plain sandalwood hairpin, and the other was a golden hairpin inlaid with jade flowers, red and blue sapphires and double beads.

The eldest princess was of noble status. She stood in front of Gu Jinchu and combed her hair and put on a hairpin. Every movement she made seemed so dignified and elegant, as if she was performing a sacred ceremony.

With Luo Waner's help, Zhao Xuan tied up her hair and put a hairpin in it.

After the tedious ceremony, Gu Jinchu completed the transformation from girl to adult.

Until the ceremony was over, only two guests had unhappy expressions on their faces, they were Song Fangya's parents. How could they know that Gu Jinchu and the eldest princess had such a good relationship.

Even if I knew, I probably wouldn't be able to change anything about what happened today.

You will always have to offend one side, so you can only choose the lesser of two.

The secret of Princess Zhao Xuan's coming was kept secret until just before her coming-of-age ceremony. Gu Jinchu told her father that the princess would come in person to be her guest of honor, and there would also be a hairpin-pin bearer.

After the ceremony, when Gu Li was about to bring her clansmen to kowtow to the princess to express their gratitude, the princess did not disturb anyone, just like when she came.

To put it nicely, he wanted to keep a low profile and not steal the limelight from Gu Jinchu, the bride.

This behavior somewhat shows that he doesn't want to see the Gu family.

When Zhao Xuan came out of Gu's house, she saw her grandparents' Danglu carriage parked at the intersection.