The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

The coming-of-age ceremony began amidst great anticipation.

Groups of guests carrying generous gifts entered the plum garden.

The Third Prince and the Seventh Prince both came, and the Seventh Prince even brought Murong Yan with him.

As the saying goes, one cannot hit a smiling face. The Third Prince had come with generous gifts, and the matter concerned the relationship between the Great Qi and the Southern Yue, so the Third Prince and his entourage were welcomed into the mansion.

Murong Yan wore a shimmering dress today, precisely to outshine the main character, Su Qianqian.

The flowing skirt was made of flowing brocade, and according to Murong Yan's idea, it was made in a layered style.

This fabric sparkles like shimmering water as you move through it.

Murong Yan held up her skirt with an arrogant look on her face. She was wearing wooden clogs with high heels, and the maid next to her who was holding an umbrella for her was standing on tiptoe and was almost exhausted.

Feng Xiaoshuang came with her brother Feng Yuanxi. When she saw Murong Yan's attire, she spat.

"Pah, she's so inconsiderate. She dressed so extravagantly for Miss Su's coming-of-age ceremony, she must be trying to steal Miss Su's thunder."

Feng Yuanxi, as a man, is even more sharp-tongued than a woman.

"It's no use her dressing up like this. No matter how she dresses up, she can't compare to Miss Su. I curse Murong Yan to never get married and to live a life of widowhood." Little did he know that his curse would come true in the near future.

Murong Yan followed the Seventh Prince toward the lake. Hearing the Meng family's daughters chattering amongst themselves, she slowed her pace to hear what they were saying.

Miss Meng Yuqing, the sixth daughter of the Meng family: "Our Meng family is one of the five great families. No matter how grand Miss Su's coming-of-age ceremony is, it can't possibly surpass ours."

Fourth Miss Meng Yushuang shared the same thought as Meng Yuqing: "Miss Su's coming-of-age ceremony is definitely not as good as ours. Let's go and take a look at her hairpin."

Murong Yan curled her lips in disdain. The Meng family was nothing compared to the Murong family. No one's coming-of-age ceremony could surpass hers.

The venue for the hairpin ceremony has been decorated and is located by a lake filled with colorful flowers.

The trees around were covered with colorful ribbons, and the ground was covered with a red carpet.

Several square golden nanmu wood tables were pieced together on the red carpet to form a long table.

The golden nanmu wood table legs shimmered under the sunlight, exuding luxury.

The young ladies of the Meng family had flushed faces.

A single golden nanmu wood table is already rare, but here are four identical golden nanmu wood tables—clearly a deliberate attempt to show off! Humph!

Meng Yuqing was no pushover. She deliberately mocked Murong Yan, saying, "Miss Murong's flowing dress is beautiful, but unfortunately, it's not as pretty as those golden nanmu wood table legs."

Meng Yuqing disliked Meng Baozhu, so she also disliked Miss Su, who was on good terms with Meng Baozhu.

She has limited abilities and cannot disrupt Miss Su's coming-of-age ceremony, but the Murong family has a higher status than the Meng family, so perhaps Murong Yan can do it.

Therefore, Meng Yuqing deliberately provoked Murong Yan, hoping that Murong Yan would take action against Miss Su.

Murong Yan was indeed quite angry after hearing Meng Yuqing's words. She looked at the golden nanmu table and then at the dress she was wearing.

The golden nanmu wood table was so glaringly bright that I couldn't help but feel it.

Murong Yan's hand, hidden beneath her sleeve, was venting extreme emotions as she tore a white silk handkerchief into shreds, which fell to the ground.

Meng Yuqing saw the silk handkerchief on the ground, torn beyond recognition. Perfect, Murong Yan had indeed fallen for it.

Murong Yan was furious. She got up early in the morning, put on her most gorgeous long dress, and spent more than an hour getting ready before going out.

She dressed up so elaborately just to outshine Su Qianqian!

As a result, even the table at Su Qianqian's coming-of-age ceremony was more beautiful than her gorgeous dress. If word got out, wouldn't she lose face? She really couldn't swallow this insult.

Murong Yan was determined to sabotage the coming-of-age ceremony and prevent everything from going too smoothly.

The coming-of-age ceremony hadn't started yet, but the hairpins given by close relatives and elders were already on the table.

A long table made of Phoebe zhennan wood was covered with red silk, and many trays were placed on the red silk.

The tray was full of hairpins given by close relatives, some made of jade, some inlaid with diamonds, and some inlaid with gemstones.

The most eye-catching item is a red gold hairpin inlaid with red gemstones, with the words "Supervised by the Imperial Household Department" engraved on its body.

The red gemstone set on it was the largest and purest ruby ​​the ladies present had ever seen.

The ruby ​​reflected the sunlight onto Madam Xue's face, making her appear radiant.

Madam Xue said shyly, "Oh, am I the first person to benefit from this?"

Today, the person who brought the young ladies of the Meng family here is Madam Meng, who is Madam Xue's cousin. After marrying into the Meng family, one of the five great families, she looked down on Madam Xue.

But when she met Madam Xue today, she realized something was wrong. Madam Xue was five years older than her, but she looked much younger.

It seems that Madam Xue looked just as old as she did a year ago, but why does Madam Xue seem to be getting younger and younger?

I heard that Madam Xue goes to Gu's shop every day to help Miss Su. Does that mean that women can only grow younger if they have their own career?

Or is it really as the legend says, that following Miss Su will bring boundless good fortune?

Women all want to be young and beautiful. Madam Meng thought to herself, "Does she also have to work for Miss Su in order to become young and beautiful like Madam Xue?"

The girls watching from all around were very excited.

"I heard that this hairpin inlaid with rubies was a gift from the Empress Dowager to Miss Su. It's so luxurious. I guess Miss Su will use this hairpin when she has her hairpin-cutting ceremony today."

"Come and see this diamond-encrusted piece. I heard it was a gift from the Lady of Guiping Marquis. It's extremely rare, with over two hundred diamonds set in it. The largest pink diamond is completely flawless. It could easily be a family heirloom."

Diamonds are rare items, even in Daqi.

The girls were dazzled by the sight and wondered which hairpin Miss Su would use when she had her hairpin done.

Everything seemed perfect; each hairpin was a unique treasure. If it were their coming-of-age ceremony, they would be overwhelmed with choices.

"I think that purple jade hairpin is also quite good. It's not a dark purple color, but a bright violet color. It has a very good translucency and is carved into a silky design of Chang'e flying to the moon. I heard that it was prepared by Miss Su's biological mother, Gu Ji."

Gu, being of humble origin and not knowing what was good, took out all her savings and bought the most expensive jade hairpin in the Treasure Pavilion.

Murong Yan had seen this purple jade hairpin before, because the Treasure Pavilion was a business owned by the Murong family.

She especially loved this purple jade hairpin. Last year, when she held her coming-of-age ceremony in Nanyue, she really wanted to use this hairpin as her hair ornament, but her father did not agree.

Unexpectedly, it has now been bought by Miss Su's mother.

Murong Yan clenched her fist beneath her sleeve.

What she can't have, no one else can have either.