Ananda's matter should have ended like this. Who knew that the next day, everyone in the capital knew that she was not only short-lived, but also jealous.
"What? A jealous woman?"
In the Shuangrong Courtyard of King Su's Mansion, Ananda pointed at the tip of his nose in surprise, with an expression of disbelief on his face. He couldn't figure out why Mao himself would become a jealous woman in his mouth.
"Sister Rubi, did you make a mistake? Miss, who is as temperamental as dough, how can she be a jealous woman? When she sees the prince running around like a mouse, how can she be jealous?" Ru Cui After serving tea to Ananda, he also looked at Rubi in disbelief.
Ananda glared angrily, will this girl die if she doesn't get angry for a day? Why did she want to keep this kind of bastard by her side to be angry with herself!
Rubi looked helpless: "The servant girl's inquiry is absolutely true, and I dare not lie."
Ru Lan glared at Ru Cui: "You little hoof! What kind of temper is the princess, let you talk nonsense!"
Rucui stuck out her tongue, ran to Ananda and poured tea for her, letting her drink some tea to calm down.
Ananda looked puzzled: "What unworthy thing did I do to make people say I'm jealous? Rubi, tell me what you know."
"Princess, in fact, this is caused by the matter of the five maids given by the Empress Dowager yesterday. Many people saw that you brought them back in person, but at night, the lord asked the housekeeper to send them back During the palace, many people saw it. The carriages in our mansion have signs, and many people recognized our carriages. When the maids got off the carriage at the gate of the palace, many people saw it. They all said, Princess, you are a powerful Yes, he dared to refute the Queen Mother's will, even the prince did not dare to say anything..."
Rubi whispered more and more, and she also looked helpless.
Ananda opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what to say.
"If it wasn't for the prince's intention, our concubine would have the guts to reprimand the maid given by the empress dowager!" Ru Lan frowned and said, "Don't they have the brains to think about it?"
"I don't think they are brainless, but they just want to see a joke!" Ananda said helplessly, it seems that she was thinking naively.
Even if King Su didn't like the queen mother's arrangement, the first thing most people would blame would be her who brought those beauties back to the mansion for such a slap in the face of the queen mother. As a woman in a feudal society, she cannot be persuaded. It is her unvirtuous husband who keeps those women. And in the eyes of people in this era, which man is not a bunch of three wives and four concubines, only a man who has no ability will push away the flesh that reaches his mouth. Therefore, most people would think that it was she who made the decision to return those court ladies, not King Su himself.
Ananda felt that she was more wronged than Dou E. She obviously didn't say anything. She even experienced the baptism of the cold winter in advance for this reason. She went to the theater for Mao's group of guys, but she likes to speculate wildly
And what Ananda is more worried about is that after this incident, I don't know what the queen mother will think of her, whether she will be angry with her, think that she is not virtuous, and occupy King Su by herself, and push King Su to oppose the queen mother...
Ananda suddenly thought about many things about mother-in-law making things difficult for daughter-in-law, and his head became dizzy.
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Here Ananda is struggling with distress, and in the Chonghua Palace, the Empress Dowager and Queen Su's mother and son are in a stalemate.
Chu Baning still had that incomparably serious expression, even his sitting posture was upright, and his gestures and gestures were naturally noble. Sitting there, an invisible and powerful aura spread out, making it impossible to stare at.
The queen mother sat sullenly on the couch, not saying a word.
Neither the mother nor the son spoke, and the mother and the mother had already been dismissed, and the surroundings were quiet for a while.
For this little son, the Queen Mother has always had nothing to do with him, no matter how much she cares and loves him, he is neither arrogant nor impetuous, neither flattered nor humiliated, as if nothing can move him. Because of some things, the Empress Dowager felt ashamed of her youngest son and always wanted to give him the best. However, she thought it was good, but her son was always unhappy, and would often refute her good intentions, and told herself solemnly that he No need, the queen mother is overthinking.
The Queen Mother remembered that every time Su Wang said to herself with a serious face, "The Queen Mother has a heart!", she always felt extremely painful! Because after he said this, he often had very legitimate reasons to refute his arrangement.
The Empress Dowager knew that her youngest son was the most filial to his mother, but he would not be able to achieve that kind of stupid filial piety, otherwise he would not have climbed to this position at this age. It is not only the emperor's favor that he can hold real power , the corresponding rights must have the corresponding ability to hold.
So, this time, King Su didn't give any face, and very rudely refuted his mother's kindness, and returned all the five beauties.
The Empress Dowager was anxious, although it was in the name of serving, in fact, everyone knew what kind of "serving" she was. It's just that her son didn't accept this favor, and even the emperor seemed to have gotten wind of it, and this morning he specially sent someone to tell her that because of the busy state affairs, he would not come to pay his respects today. The queen mother's wish to ask the emperor to train her youngest son came to nothing. In the end, the queen mother had nothing to do, she was the first to show weakness, and said that it was still five beauties for him to take back, of course not the five who had been to King Su's mansion before. Let's change to a batch of more beautiful ones.
In the end, Chu Baning still refused politely.
When Chu Baning spoke out with a serious face, the queen mother broke the fan in her hand, and then handed the broken fan to Gong'e beside her expressionlessly, and exchanged it for a new one.
Chu Baning drank tea lightly, without making a sound.
The queen mother really felt ashamed, and angrily sent all the maids out, leaving the mother and son in a stalemate, which has been stalemate until now.
After a long while, the queen mother still couldn't collapse, so she retreated first.
"Ba Ning, the queen mother is also for your own good. Your status as a concubine is too low, how can you be worthy of the status of concubine Su..."
"She is the empress mother, you personally pointed out!" Chu Baning interrupted her, no matter how high or low her status is, she is the one who is currently married to the Ming media.
The queen mother was choked up, and said nonchalantly: "There are too few people serving in Prince Su's mansion. These maids are all trained and trained by the palace bureau. With them, the queen mother can rest assured. There are fewer rumors outside..."
"No need! There are enough people serving in the mansion!" Chu Baning refused to enter.
The queen mother finally got angry: "Ba Ning, this is the order of the queen mother!" Staring at the young man in front of her eyes, the queen mother looked sad and said, "Ba Ning, the queen mother is also for your own good. In the early years, Aijia could ignore you, but Now that you are married to the princess, the Ai family can no longer let people slander you because of this, saying that you are afraid of guilt!"
"Why did you say that?" Chu Baning put down the teacup in his hand, and said solemnly: "This king has only been married for half a month, when is he afraid of guilt?"
"If your current behavior is not called fear, what is it?"
"Is it true that the son must let a woman other than his wife serve him on the bed? Isn't he fearful? Queen Mother, do you have such a saying?"
"Uh… "
The queen mother was choked again and couldn't speak.
In the end, it was the queen mother who decided to go with her son, who was as serious as a stone, and gave orders directly as the queen mother. Since you dare to return my beauties, I will send ten or eight more over, and I will send them over "by order of the queen mother", so that you cannot refuse.
Chu Baning pursed his lips tightly and didn't speak any more.
The Empress Dowager leaned on the couch, clenched the round fan tightly with both hands, and the anger in her heart could not be smoothed out. Who is she doing this for? After all, her eccentric son got married, and finally no one dared to question him as "broken sleeves and divided peaches". However, considering his temperament, there will only be one woman in the future. What are people going to say? How could the queen mother make her son a laughing stock in the capital again, saying that he is a "fearful" prince? It would be better to nip the danger in the cradle from the very beginning. If she can't even point out a few serving maids to her son now, she will definitely not be able to point out the side concubine in the future!
There is no way to retreat from this step!
In any case, there must not be only one princess in Su Wang's mansion!
Now that Chu Baning has been newly married for less than a month, she can not point anyone in, but she still has the ability to stuff a few court ladies.
The queen mother is waiting, waiting for Chu Baning's statement.
"If it's the queen mother's will, the minister will obey it." Chu Baning said flatly.
In the end, Chu Baning backed down a step, and finally led the three most outstanding beauties back under the strong intervention of the Queen Mother.
When Chu Baning left, he stared at the queen mother with deep eyes like ink for a few seconds, and said word by word: "I dare not disobey the queen mother's order. Queen mother, take a good rest, and the son will leave first." .”
Chu Baning walked out of Chonghua Palace without hesitation, and didn't look back.
Although the Queen Mother had won, she didn't look happy. She lay on the couch, and after Chu Baning left, she clutched her chest and yelled, obviously out of anger from the youngest son who loved her the most.
It is said that a child is a debt owed by the parents in the previous life. The queen mother thought that she must have owed a lot of evil debts in the previous life, and that she has such a eccentric son in this life. It really broke her heart.
"Your Majesty, calm down." The Empress Dowager's confidant mother came in, and seeing the Empress Dowager's appearance, she hurriedly comforted her chest, but dared not say anything.
The queen mother was so angry that she almost gritted her teeth, beat the couch with resentment and hatred and said: "Isn't Ai's doing this for him? What else is he dissatisfied with? Could it be that people say that he is a good Longyang, and he is afraid of guilt?" Are you happy? He is a prince, how could there be only one concubine? Isn't this a joke for the world? Oh, why is that child so stubborn!"
The queen mother knew that although Chu Baning brought back those beauties, she would never touch them with a finger, and might lock them in a corner, even if they were out of sight.
It can only be said that the Queen Mother definitely understands her son!
After Chu Baning returned to the mansion, his serious face became more serious. After entering the mansion with three amazing beauties in full view, he said to the old housekeeper who came to greet him: "You can arrange these things without any worries. Let them stay where people disturb them, whoever dares to run around will be killed!"
Qin Butler is indeed an old man who has been with King Su for more than ten years, and he immediately understood the essence of his prince's words: This was given by the Queen Mother, and it can be placed in any corner as long as it does not dirty his place. Just do it.
Qin Butler knew that Chu Baning had a very strong sense of domain, and being forced to bring back a few beauties he didn't want to accept was enough to make him uncomfortable. If they appeared in front of him again, wouldn't it make the prince uncomfortable
Chu Baning even ignored people, treating them as dirty things. You can see the resentment in his heart.
So, the three beauties didn't even see Ananda's face, so they were directly arranged by Qin Steward in one of the prince's most remote courtyards.