Chapter 103: Stunned
The coming-of-age ceremony.

As the first ray of morning sunlight shone on the glazed tiles of Anping Palace, Ye Jinshu was finally about to step into what others considered to be the most solemn and meaningful day in her life - the coming-of-age ceremony.

After all, it was not the first time, and Ye Jinshu was no longer as strange as before. Instead, onlookers felt that she was extremely steady.

The servants in Anping Palace were particularly puzzled. Why had they not noticed that the princess was so calm and composed?
Ye Jinshu, who got up early and was surrounded by palace maids to dress up, didn't feel sleepy at all. If you ask her why she wasn't sleepy, how could she be sleepy when she hadn't even slept?

This is how the coming of age ceremony is done, starting with dressing up in the early morning, which makes sense.

In front of the bronze mirror, her hair was like a waterfall, reflecting the peach blossom red on her delicate skin. The palace maids sent by the queen held silver combs and gently tied up her black and shiny hair, and inserted an exquisite jade hairpin inlaid with gems into it.

Ye Jinshu knew that this jade hairpin seemed to be left by her mother, but now she didn't care so much about these things.

After getting dressed up, she was led by palace maids to the hall where the coming-of-age ceremony was held in advance.

As the drums and music played, Ye Jinshu, wearing a phoenix crown and a bridal robe, walked slowly into the hall.

When he stepped into this place again, for some reason, the laziness that usually hid in Ye Jinshu disappeared completely.

At this moment, she was walking in the hall, her every move showing her elegance, her eyes moving and her gaze full of brilliance.

The emperor and the empress sat in the middle, and their eyes when they looked at Ye Jinshu seemed to be full of satisfaction and expectation for their daughter's growth.

Being stared at like this feels like being truly loved.

"Worship Heaven and Earth, and respect your parents."

Ye Jinshu's parents had passed away long ago. Although the emperor and empress could receive gifts as her relatives and sit in high seats, they still left two seats vacant on this important day. It was self-evident who they were left for.

It was precisely because of these details about the emperor and empress that Ye Jinshu never doubted their love for her.

Suppressing his emotions, Ye Jinshu reverently performed the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows.

Afterwards, "reciting the Book of Songs and learning etiquette", Ye Jinshu held a bamboo slip and read chapters from the Book of Songs. The sound was like the sound of a spring, striking the hearts of everyone present.

The incident that Ye Jinshu mentioned about the Third Princess almost making her look bad was when she was reciting the Book of Songs.

Ye Jinshu has never had a talent for learning. She could never learn poetry, songs and other things that other ladies from noble families could recite easily.

The only some of the allusions she knew so quickly were those that her sisters had practiced with her in specific environments.

That time he had an argument with the third princess and failed to familiarize himself with the content he needed to read the day before, so that she didn't know a punctuation the next day.

Fortunately, she relied on her first instinct and quickly bypassed it and got away with it.

However, people close to her seemed to have discovered some clues. After she lost everything, she often heard people making fun of her about this matter.

They laughed at her for being ignorant, for being a foolish daughter of a legitimate wife, and for being unworthy of the bloodline of the Ye family. But now, for the sixth time, Ye Jinshu read what she was supposed to read perfectly without any mistakes.

During the subsequent three plus three bows, Ye Jinshu remained very calm and did not make any mistakes.

It can even be said to be too calm.

"Give a name and blessing, present a pendant and a seal."

There is nothing special about the name given, it is just a polite remark. Ye Jinshu had his own title when he was six years old, and he still uses the same title, and there will be no changes.

Finally, there is a celebration that lasts all day.

On this day, countless people's eyes were fixed on the position of Crown Princess. They were watching to see whether the Emperor and Empress would grant the position of Crown Princess to Ye Jinshu as they had always shown.

Promises made on such occasions cannot be easily retracted.

But just like in previous lives, the emperor and empress did not make promises easily on this important occasion.

Ye Jinshu, who had already known some things in advance, finally saw a trace of pity on the Queen's part after careful observation.

She thought she knew where to start.

After living comfortably in Anping Palace for so many days, she had thought about giving up in this life and continuing to live a carefree life in the manor, but she couldn't bear to let her sisters lose everything with her again.

So she wanted to give it a try.

Only by extracting the truth from the fog can we know how to proceed.

Ji Yanqing said that if she couldn't find out who threw the stones and didn't understand why that person threw the stones, she would always be tripped by the endless stream of stones.

Finally, he was covered with bruises.

She couldn't just focus her eyes on Ye Ruoyan, because Ye Ruoyan was just a thrown stone.

After the prosperity came to an end, everything gradually returned to tranquility.

Ye Jinshu returned to Anping Palace and saw that the eyes of the person in the mirror were no longer childish, so he made up his mind.

Let’s start with the Queen.

It is said that a dying person's words are the best. She wants to find out the truth from the queen's mouth when she is closest to death.

The plague that is coming soon is an opportunity.

Never mind! The princess is stunned!
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