Su Jin'an is the eldest son of Duke Lu. The Duke of Lu was still young and had not invited him to be crowned heir, but Su Jin'an's status as the heir of the Duke of Lu was a certainty, and no one would be able to shake it. Although not as good as the heirs of the former Marquis of Hengyuan, Lu Ping, Duke of Lu's heirs are not small. But unlike the former Marquis of Hengyuan, the identities of the concubines and concubines in Duke Lu's mansion are very clearly distinguished, and there will never be a situation where the status of a concubine surpasses that of a concubine. Lu Guogong's wife, Su Su's family background is not very high. She is the daughter of Jiangguang Governor. Later, Jiangguang Governor was promoted to the post of Jiangguang Salt Affairs Department, in charge of salt affairs in Jiangguang area. She is a powerful and rich woman. position. Because of this reason, after Lu Ping became the Duke of Lu, his wife, Su Su, insisted on taking the housekeeping right from her mother-in-law, and she was the wife in charge of the Duke of Lu's mansion.
Su Su's family is also a very powerful woman, with such a large population and such complicated relationships in the entire Lu State Duke's Mansion. She can manage Duke Lu's mansion in an orderly manner. The Su family is shrewd and resourceful. Although the Duke of Lu has other wives and concubines, he respects his wife very much, and he listens to this wife's opinions on many important matters. The Su family had two sons and two daughters for Duke Lu, and the eldest son was Su Jin'an. Su Jin'an has such a powerful biological mother, and he himself is not a fool. Naturally, no one can shake his position in the mansion.
At this time, Su Jin'an was holding a greeting card in his hand, and the origin of this greeting card was beyond his expectation. He had just returned from the yamen, and before he had a sip of hot tea, the chief manager of the Hou's mansion immediately sent over this greeting card. But from one thing the butler said, he seemed to understand the meaning of this invitation.
"Eldest young master, Jincheng is here."
"Let him in quickly."
Su Jin'an raised her head, and soon, a young man walked in hurriedly, even jogging a little. As soon as he saw him, the other party raised a greeting card in his hand and shouted: "Brother, Cousin Yun'an sent someone to send me a greeting card, inviting me to go tomorrow at noon. Your wish. Have a small gathering!"
This young man is none other than Su Jin'an, the younger brother of his mother's compatriot, Su Jincheng. Su Jincheng is one year older than Shao Yunan and six years younger than Su Jinan.
Su Jincheng was surprised and excited. People from Duke Lu's Mansion had sent Shao Yun'an many invitations, but they were all rejected. Now that Shao Yunan took the initiative to send him invitations, how could he not be surprised and excited.
Su Jin'an raised the greeting card in his hand: "I also received it."
"Brother, you also received it?!"
Su Jincheng reached out and snatched her elder brother's greeting card, opened it, and sure enough, the content was the same as his. At this time, Su Jinying's eldest girl came in again and said, "Eldest young master, young master Jinyu is here."
"Let him in."
Su Jinyu, the grandson of Su Chenyi's stepmother. Because Su Chenyi was married, the son born to his stepmother became the first son. This Su Jinyu was the eldest grandson of the second room, and also the only direct grandson of the second room. Su Jinyu was holding the same greeting card in his hand. Seeing this, Su Jin'an and Su Jincheng understood each other's intentions.
Sure enough, Su Jinyu saluted Su Jin'an and Su Jincheng, and said a little nervously: "Brother Datang, Cousin Jincheng, Cousin Yun'an sent someone to send greeting cards to Brother Yu, and Brother Yu heard that Brother Dao and Cousin Jincheng also accepted We're here." Because Su Jin'an is the eldest grandson of the eldest house and the eldest son of the Duke of Lu, the servants of the Duke's mansion all call him the young master, and the younger brothers also call him the eldest brother.
Su Jinyu was only thirteen, and he was taken aback by the sudden invitation from this distinguished cousin. Although in terms of identity, he and Shao Yun'an should be the closest, but because his grandma is the second son, and his uncle was already married when he was born, so he and Shao Yun'an are very strange. Su Jinyu went to his grandma immediately after receiving the greeting card. After learning that the two cousins had also received the greeting card, under the advice of his grandmother and mother, he ran over to ask the two cousins, Especially what should I do about the big cousin. Going is definitely going, but always find out what the other party means.
Su Jin'an read Su Jinyu's invitations over and over, and after Su Jincheng also compared them, he asked first, "Do you know why cousin Yun'an sent you invitations?"
Su Jinyu shook her head: "I just didn't know that's why I came to see my two cousins."
The Duke of Lu's mansion did not have a separate family. The former Duke of Lu had three brothers. The first, second and third bedrooms lived in three relatively independent courtyards, the main courtyard, the east courtyard and the west courtyard of the Duke of Lu's mansion. The matter on the courtyard side is not clear about the second room and the third room. On the contrary, Su Jincheng said: "Cousin Shuhan went to 'Qingyuan' to book a table today, but was refuted by cousin Yun'an, saying that cousin Shuhan wanted to book three tables tomorrow night, and cousin Yun'an said that only Five days later. My cousin came back and told grandma about it, and grandma went to find mother. As for what mother will do, I don’t know. I just came back and haven’t gone to see mother yet.”
Su Jinyu is still young and doesn't have much city mansion. Hearing what Su Jinmu said, his first reaction was: "Cousin Shuhan went to Qingyuan for dinner? Or three tables? It's very expensive there. Aunt Ru gave Cousin Shuhan so many pocket money ah."
Unlike Su Jinyu, when Su Jincheng said these things, there was a bit of disdain in her eyes. Su Jin'an said at this time: "I just came back too, so I don't know about the letter. Yun'an sent the greeting card, so we are going there naturally. Do you know who else has accepted the greeting card?"
Su Jinyu shook his head: "I don't know, I seem to be the only one in the second room." When he said this, he couldn't hide his pride.
Su Jincheng said, "I didn't ask."
Su Jinan said: "Tomorrow, you two, don't run around, I will ask who else has received it, and tomorrow we will go to 'Qing Yuan' together."
"Okay!" Su Jinyu was the first to agree.
Su Jincheng nodded: "I'm not going anywhere tomorrow. Brother, let's go there, we can't go empty-handed."
After thinking for a while, Su Jin'an said: "Yun'an's greeting card says that we are invited to a small gathering. Since it is a small gathering, don't be too polite. I will ask my mother to make some snacks."
Su Jinyu: "Then I'll ask my mother to make some snacks."
"good."
Su Jinyu left happily, but he was the only one in Erfang's generation who received the greeting card. Su Jinyu left, and Su Jin'an and Su Jinying went to see their mother. Mrs. Lu Guogong's wife Su Su was in the room, and she was not surprised at all that her two sons came. If the two sons don't come, she will send someone to call them over.
As soon as the two sons came in, Su Su asked, "Did you get the greeting card sent by Yun'an?"
Two people: "Got it, mother."
Su Jin'an: "Jincheng and I came to see mother for this purpose." As he said, he put the two greeting cards on the small square table beside his mother. Su Su picked up the two greeting cards and read them carefully, then put down the greeting cards, and said with a bit of joy on his face: "Only your brothers and sisters have received the greeting cards here in Dafang. Don't run around."
Su Jin said politely: "I have already told my elder brother that I will not go anywhere tomorrow, and then I will go there with my eldest brother and cousin Jinyu. Mother, cousin Jinyu said that he was the only one in the second room who received the greeting card, so what?" Has anyone from Sanfang received it?"
Su Su smiled slightly and said, "There are only three of you in our Duke's Mansion."
"Ah? Why is that?" Su Jincheng was surprised. There were both the first room and the second room. How could there be no third room? At least there must be a share, right
Su Jin'an kept silent and drank tea quietly, but Su Su asked, "Jin'an, do you know why?"
Su Jin'an put down the tea bowl, and said calmly: "Cousin Yun'an is not close to my Duke Lu's mansion, it's not that he has high opinion, one is that he is loved by thousands of years and has many things; In 2010, I just recognized my relatives, and we are his natal family, so naturally there is no chance of close relatives. This third, the third uncle is married again, and he and the second wife are already estranged a lot now. Cousin Yunan and We are naturally much strangers."
Su Su nodded with satisfaction: "You know the truth."
Su Jincheng didn't interrupt, but listened carefully to what her elder brother and mother had to say. Su Jin'an did not continue to speak, but instead asked: "Mother, do you know about the letter?"
The smile on Su Su's face faded, and he said: "The child in the letter is not sensible, the old lady loves him, and she was going to show up, but the old lady is not a foolish person, I told the old lady, and this matter will be settled." That's all. Shuhan is not from the Su family, so his mother will discipline him, and mother has already played drums with the second and third bedrooms to discipline the children of the Bei family, and don't do anything rude in a daze."
This time Su Jincheng couldn't hold back: "Mom, grandma just forget about it? I thought grandma would definitely come out for the letter again."
Su Su said lightly: "No matter how much the old lady loves him, he is also from your family. Your grandma can't offend Wang Zhengjun and Yun'an just because of a foreigner." Said: "Jin'an, you haven't answered what mother asked you just now."
Su Chenyi was walking with the queen, Dai Mingrong was not by his side when he was pregnant with two children, he endured all kinds of discomfort during pregnancy and the loneliness of childbirth alone. Fortunately, he had a strong personality and never complained about Dai Mingrong because of it. It was just that after Shao Yun'an was lost, he was in great pain and had been depressed for twelve years, which hurt his body a lot. Now his son is back, and under his care, he is in a happy mood and his body has returned to normal.
For this child, Emperor Yongming was extremely careful after renting the monarch. Emperor Yongming is the emperor after all, at this time Su Chenyi is the best person to accompany the queen during her pregnancy.
"Chitose, take a rest, you should be more cautious in the first three months."
"good."
The maids and eunuchs immediately spread thick and soft cushions on the seats in the gazebo, and served tea and fruit snacks. After returning to the palace, Shao Yun'an saw his little father talking and laughing with the queen from a distance. Little dad is a man and wife, and there are many female relatives in the general's mansion, little dad; there is no one around who can talk, and in the palace, it is most suitable to talk to the queen.
Shao Yun'an came back, and the Queen and Su Chenyi had one more person to talk to, and the atmosphere was even better. Shao Yun'an didn't mention anything about Duke Lu's mansion. After talking with the two of them until the queen was tired, he and the younger father accompanied the queen back to Jingyou Palace to rest, and then went to the residence of the younger father in Fuli, and Shao Yun'an told the story of Ru's letter. Sure enough, Su Chenyi's reaction was: "Why is this child so ignorant?"
Shao Yun'an: "Brother Guo said that he is quite favored in Duke Lu's mansion."
Su Chenyi said angrily: "Your cousin is the only daughter in the eldest room, and the eldest aunt has spoiled her since she was a child. She wanted to marry Ru Shilin, the son of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Ru Shilin was seven years older than her. Not to mention eight years old, the eldest son is five years old. Ru Shilin married a male wife, and the two of them have a very deep relationship. Ru Shilin has no concubine, no concubine, and only Zhengjun. But your cousin Forced the second elder in the family to die, and threatened to marry even if she was a concubine. She said that she would marry as a concubine, but how could the eldest daughter of the eldest son be a concubine for others. The eldest son put pressure on the status of the Duke of Lu , forcing Na Ru Shilin to marry her as a common wife.
How could Ru Shilin feel better if she intervened so abruptly. She got married and was not loved by her husband, so she went home and cried. In short, both parties were upset by her. Ru Shilin died of illness two years ago, everyone in the Ru family believed that Ru Shilin's early death had something to do with her, and no one in the husband's family wanted to see her. A married daughter can't ask her mother's family to help her out again and again, and the Ru family doesn't make things difficult for him, but just neglects her. Da Fang had no choice but to bring her back, saying that she felt sorry for her widowhood. "
So that's the case, Shao Yun'an: "I heard that the current Lu Guogong loves this sister very much? And this letter from Ru?"
Su Chenyi - in the words: "The old lady of Dafang loves her daughter very much. As the Duke of the state, she can't ask others to say that she is not filial to her parents and does not protect her brothers and sisters. In addition, this is a matter of the inner house. The mother-in-law wants to bring her daughter back, regardless of the son. If you are kind or not, outsiders will only say bad things about women. Mrs. Su is the eldest daughter-in-law of the big house, the wife of the Duke. It's different from the situation in our General's Mansion. The men in our family are all at the border. The whole family lives together so that we can take care of each other. Your aunt is a sensible person, and she never makes things difficult for her brother and sister-in-law. After all these years, Thanks to her at home."
Shao Yun'an agreed: "My aunt is different. My aunt wants to housekeeper, and you are a son-in-law. With your aunt here, at least you and your aunt can worry less about grandma."
"Isn't it? Your little aunt at home also worries a lot."
It is precisely because of this that Su Chenyi seldom returns to her natal home. Although he is from the second room, he has a lot of troubles. The wife in charge of the second bedroom is his stepmother, and if he doesn't go back to his mother's house, no one else has anything to do with him.
After getting the letter of approval from his father, Shao Yun'an knew what to do next. Not long after, the three young masters of the first house and the second house of Duke Lu's mansion received invitations sent by Shao Yun'an, and Guo Zimu, who also returned to the palace, also received a message from Shao Yun'an asking him to help arrange something.
For the aristocratic families in the capital, things spread quickly between each other, especially the things about the inner house. It soon became known to everyone that Shao Yun'an refuted Ru Shuhan's reservation of a table at "Qing Yuan" on the spot. It is also well known in the capital that the two young masters of the first room and the young master of the second room received invitations from Wang Shaozhengjun respectively. Not to mention the reaction from Sanfang, Ru Shuhan, who got the news, locked himself in the room and tore up a whole book.