Today, Marquis Xuanping and his wife were all smiles, and they responded modestly to the blessings from the guests.
After all the guests arrived, Marquis Xuanping and his wife came out holding Jiang Sui's hand. There was a platform in the back garden with a red carpet in the middle.
Cheng Moyang followed behind to escort them. When the family of four came onto the stage, everyone could see clearly who the real daughter of the Marquis Xuanping was.
It turned out to be the wife of the top scholar. When she appeared several times before, everyone felt that she looked familiar. Now standing together with the wife of Marquis Xuanping, they realized that the mother and daughter were like they were cast in the same mold. They were indeed real mother and daughter.
Look at Cheng Xueyun again. Even though she was raised by the Marquis's wife every day, she couldn't learn any of the Marquis's decency and temperament in dealing with people. So, they still have to be mother and daughter. Only then can they look like a family of four.
Everyone expressed their blessings and praised the Xuanping Marquis's family for being so blessed to have such an intelligent and beautiful daughter and such a talented and handsome son-in-law as the top scholar.
Marquis Xuanping couldn't stop smiling. Then, another imperial edict came from the palace, which was the emperor's edict to confer the title of Xiangjun on Jiang Sui.
Now, Marquis Xuanping felt more comfortable, which showed that the emperor was also good at weighing things and knew how to comfort his subjects.
He will make use of those he values and will never let them feel disappointed.
Nowadays, Jiang Sui's status is much higher, and many people have begun to flatter her and try to please her.
Her maiden family is the extremely favored Xuanping Marquis Mansion, her brother serves in the city defense camp, and she herself now has a title. Her husband is the top scholar in this year's imperial examination, a new noble in the court, and a close friend of Princess Xun.
With this identity and background, everyone would give him some face.
In addition, Jiang's maternal family is an aristocratic family in the Yuzhong area. Her maternal family is the Yuzhong Jiang family, an aristocratic family that has been passed down for thousands of years and is highly respected. Only copies of ancient books from two thousand years ago can be found in the Jiang family. They are a family of great Confucian scholars and a veritable scholarly family.
Because of the distance, Jiang's family was unable to attend the daughter-recognition banquet, but they also sent someone to deliver a very valuable gift. When they have time, Jiang will take her daughter back to her parents' home to visit her relatives.
Wherever Jiang Sui goes now, he is surrounded by people.
The Marquis of Xuanping's surname was Cheng. Her original surname was Cheng. She also had her own name, which was chosen when she was still in the womb.
However, she herself had become accustomed to the name Sui Sui, and so had everyone else. When it was recorded in the family tree, Marquis Xuanping named her Cheng Sui Sui, which means year after year.
It is very meaningful to use her own character and the character given to her by Mr. Zhongyun, especially the character "姩", which has a good meaning and is unique.
Everyone still calls her Sui Sui, while outsiders respectfully address her as Cheng Xiang Jun.
Today is a very festive day. Xiao Hechuan saw the constant smile on her face and everyone surrounding her like this. He was very happy in his heart. As long as she was happy, he was happy.
However, halfway through the banquet, an accident occurred.
Somehow, Cheng Xueyun managed to escape from the villa. She was dirty, with mud on her shoes and skirt, and her hair was messy, as if she had run back to the capital overnight.
She suddenly came in, breaking the harmony.
Everyone looked at her and almost didn't recognize her.
Early this morning, Cheng Xueyun took advantage of the night watch maids sleeping and got some aphrodisiac from somewhere, which made them all unconscious. Then she secretly moved a ladder and climbed over the wall.
Before daybreak, she ran all the way out of the villa and headed towards the gate of Kyoto. She was also very brave and was not afraid of encountering wild beasts or people with ulterior motives.
All she wanted was to run back to Marquis Xuanping's mansion and disrupt Jiang Sui's daughter-adoption party.
However, she didn't know the way and ran in the wrong direction. She took a lot of detours and her feet were all rubbed raw and in great pain. When she was isolated and helpless, she broke down and cried.
But she was lucky and met a suburban patrol team. The leader of this team was good friends with Cheng Moyang, so he met Cheng Xueyun several times. He didn't know the private affairs of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and she was Cheng Moyang's sister, so he sent her back personally.
When they returned to Kyoto, the recognition banquet had already begun. By the time she arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, it was already too late. It was a time of great joy, so her sudden appearance caught everyone off guard. They had not even thought of her in the first place.
Seeing her in such a miserable state, everyone was wondering if she had encountered any problem, because her behavior was really arousing.
As soon as she arrived, she saw Jiang Sui, who was the center of attention in the crowd and dressed exquisitely. She could hardly hide the jealousy in her eyes, which were full of resentment. She resented that her appearance had caused her to lose almost all the people and things that were important to her.
Marquis Xuanping and Cheng Moyang looked at each other. For the time being, they would not investigate why she showed up. However, given the current situation, they certainly could not let her continue to embarrass herself here.
So, Cheng Moyang went up to her and pulled her arm, ready to send her back to the yard.
He didn't try too hard, but instead lowered his voice to persuade:
"Go back to the yard and wash up first. Don't act silly on this occasion."
As a result, Cheng Xueyun shook off Cheng Moyang's arm and sneered:
"Father and mother, you two claim to be noble and upright, and treat your children equally, but now you are treating them differently. Although I am not mother's biological child, I am at least father's blood, and the blood of the entire Cheng family flows in my body. In order to set off her, you locked me up in a villa in the suburbs and forgot about me, but you held a grand banquet in the mansion and did not let me show up. Excuse me, is this what father and mother call treating everyone equally?"
Cheng Xueyun bet that her father would not use the reputation of the entire Xuanping Marquis Mansion to protect Jiang Sui.
Because what her mother Ji Rou did was really not worthy of being accepted in a high-class place.
Marquis Xuanping's face darkened instantly.
Fortunately, Jiang was calm and clear-headed:
"I locked you up in the Other Courtyard to make you reflect on yourself. You wanted to poison your sisters out of jealousy, but ended up hurting yourself. Your father and I only sent you to the Other Courtyard to reflect on your mistakes. How come you think we are biased?"
When Jiang said this, the onlookers immediately started talking.
"I didn't expect Cheng Xueyun to be so cruel. She poisoned the county lord out of jealousy. What if someone dies?"
"This is indeed her style. I guess the real legitimate daughter has returned and her position is threatened, so she wants to get rid of Cheng Xiangjun as soon as possible."
"How shameless! She has been enjoying the respect and favor of others for so many years, but she still doesn't know how to be satisfied. Instead, she is resentful. If I were the Marquis and the Marquis's wife, I would never let her go so easily. But she is right."
"It's really unfortunate for our family. The Marquis and his wife have always had a good reputation, but she is such an outlier. She has brought shame upon herself without even realizing it."
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