Just when Ananda declined the invitation from Prince Jing's residence, the invitation from the Prime Minister's residence arrived again.
The post was sent by the prime minister's wife, telling her that the old lady had arrived in the capital.
Ananda's grandmother, the old lady of the Lu family finally came to the capital from Ningcheng, and she is currently staying in the prime minister's residence. This is a big deal for the people in the prime minister's mansion. It is rare for the old lady to come here, maybe she will settle in the capital in the future, and the juniors will have to visit anyway, except for the big sister who has already entered the palace, the remaining two sisters of Ananda will also go back tomorrow . The old lady is getting old, and Prime Minister Lu also wants to let the old lady live happily ever after. The capital's material conditions are good, and the servants are fine, so it is most suitable for the old lady to retire here.
Ananda's impression of the old lady is very vague, and he only met a few times when he went back to Ningcheng to visit his relatives when he was a child. Although the old lady is insightful, she is also a standard feudal society woman, patriarchal and concubine are inferior He takes it very seriously, and doesn't like the grandchildren of concubines very much, especially Ananda, and always has a slight sense of anger and disgust.
There is also a reason for this. Before marrying Prime Minister Lu, the prime minister's wife was the first daughter of the Liu family in Ningcheng, and even the old lady respected her a little, and she was very optimistic about this daughter-in-law. As the patriarch of the feudal family, the old lady hoped that the Lu family would prosper, and she did not object to her son taking concubines, but Ananda's status as a mother was really too low. At that time, Prime Minister Lu had not yet been worshiped as prime minister, and was being relied on by the late emperor. Virtue is always paid attention to, so the old lady thought that Ananda's mother who climbed onto Prime Minister Lu's bed was Hu Meizi who had polluted Prime Minister Lu's character, and was very annoyed. So I don't like Ananda born to her at all. Anyway, the old lady has a lot of grandchildren, all of whom are excellent, and one more concubine is not too many, and one is not too many, let alone care about it.
Due to various reasons, the old lady certainly didn't like Ananda.
Fortunately, Ananda didn't have many opportunities to see the old lady, and she was a stable person. Before she got married, she didn't have much trouble.
Now, Ananda has become Princess Su, and the old lady finally faces up to this concubine granddaughter who she secretly regards as a disgrace.
In a courtyard in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the old lady sat on the couch covered with warm blankets, and said to her son who was sitting opposite: "San'er, I heard that the seventh girl is married to King Su, she is a blessed one."
Prime Minister Lu's originally happy expression froze, and he said with a slightly unhappy expression: "It's Anan's bad luck that he married King Su!"
Hearing this, the old lady was surprised for a while. Ningcheng is a small place, and the kind of irrelevant gossip and gossip in the capital will naturally not spread there. The old lady only knows that King Su is very favored by the current emperor, and he is the youngest son that the Queen Mother loves the most. He has a lot of power, but he doesn't know that King Su still has the fate of overpowering his wife and son. Seeing that the third son looked wrong at this meeting, he asked him what was going on in surprise.
Prime Minister Lu is upright and fair, and it is difficult to tell right and wrong about people, especially the right and wrong of the royal family. The old lady knew her son's character, thought there was some inside story, but she didn't ask any more, she secretly thought that she would call the third daughter-in-law over later for a closer question.
Obviously, Prime Minister Lu's vague appearance misunderstood the old lady.
The old lady came to the capital this time, besides Prime Minister Lu's second brother, she also brought a few grandchildren. The prime minister's wife had been notified earlier, and she had already had people clean up the residence early, and it didn't take much time to arrange for them to move in.
In the evening, the old lady called the prime minister's wife to ask questions. The prime minister's wife is transparent, so she can't let her talk nonsense about who King Su is, but it's not good to go against the old lady's words, so she picks out some general facts and lets her know. The old lady doesn't want to know anything. The situation in the capital is not something she can talk about as a woman in the inner house. She just cares about Prime Minister Lu's official career and hopes that the Lu family will be safe and dignified. The only way to keep yourself and your family is the last word.
I can't blame the old lady for thinking too much. Prime Minister Lu already has a daughter who has become a concubine. It stands to reason that if it is good for Prime Minister Lu, the emperor should not allow the daughter of the Lu family to marry another member of the royal family. Moreover, this society has a strict hierarchy and pays great attention to the difference between concubines and concubines. As Ananda's concubine's daughter, she really cannot be the main concubine of a palace. So the old lady intuitively felt that there was something tricky here, and if something was wrong, she should quickly take effective measures to keep the family safe.
"Mother, Ananda's marriage was personally ordered by the empress dowager. You don't have to worry about those who have passed the imperial ancestral temple." The prime minister's wife comforted the old lady.
The old lady's eyes were a little blurred, she sighed and said: "I used to think Qiyatou's biological mother was despicable, and I didn't even like her, but I didn't expect her to be a lucky one."
After listening to the prime minister's wife, she didn't say anything. The old lady might be feeling emotional for a while now, but she might not think so when she knows the rumors in the capital.
The prime minister's wife also knew the old lady's pimples. In this era, singing girls are the playthings of the rich and powerful, and they are not on the stage. It is okay for rich people to have fun, but they will never let singing girls give birth to offspring. So it is conceivable that the fact that Ananda's mother was pregnant made many people feel uncomfortable. Therefore, after Ananda was born, the prime minister's wife casually gave him the nickname "Ananda".
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Not to mention how the old lady in Lu's mansion asked the prime minister's wife, in King Su's mansion, Ananda was ordering Rulan to go to the storeroom to search for gifts for the old lady when she returned home tomorrow. As the elderly are getting older, they must be more cautious with gifts.
When Ananda was discussing tomorrow's gift with Rulan, Chu Baning just came back.
Seeing the maids in the side hall, Chu Baning frowned slightly. The maids knew that their lord was not happy with their appearance here, so they went out with insight, and took the gift box on the table together. And took it out. Ru Cui originally wanted to say something, but Ru Lan easily carried it out.
Although Chu Baning didn't say anything, Ru Lan is a smart and cautious person, so she didn't know that the prince didn't like their maidservants entering their master bedroom, and when they needed to serve her, she let them wait at a distance. Therefore, every time the prince returns to the mansion, it is the time when these maids disappear automatically.
"My lord, you are back, it's very early today!" Seeing him, Ananda narrowed his eyes and smiled, which was very pleasing.
Chu Baning nodded without saying anything, and asked with some doubts: "What were you doing just now?"
Ananda knew his character and knew that he would not talk to her about work, so she didn't care. Getting along these days, Ananda also knows that Chu Baning is a very standard feudal man, very masculine, and thinks that women don't need to intervene in men's affairs. And he is used to giving orders. Many times when talking to Ananda, he unconsciously took the tone of order. In this era, there is nothing wrong with him being like this, it's just that Ananda sometimes feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Ananda took the coat he took off, and said with a smile: "Grandmother and her old man have come to the capital from Ningcheng, and I want to go back to see her old man tomorrow." She, let her go back to the mansion for a short stay.
After all, it was the place where he grew up. Ananda had a great feeling for the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he left immediately, feeling nostalgic in his heart. Before Ananda got married, she liked to meet the prime minister's father every day when she went to the house to say hello, and then the prime minister's father would ask her about her daily life attentively. Although Lu Cheng didn't pay much attention to Ananda, his father's love for his daughter was genuine.
Chu Baning also remembered what Ananda said to him when he returned from the Three Dynasties. At that time, he promised her to let her go back to the prime minister's mansion for a short stay. Thinking about it, Chu Baning frowned again, as if he was not very happy.
"Let Steward Qin pick some expensive ones and send them over..." Chu Baning paused, and then said, "I'll go with you tomorrow."
"Really?" Ananda was surprised and delighted, this was more pleasing than letting her go back and stay for a few days.
Chu Baning was happy to see her, his bright black pupils widened, his round face was very cute, he looked like a cute cat. The corners of his lips raised slightly, Chu Baning hugged Ananda to his chest and bowed his head to kiss her lips, not surprisingly, he found that the person in his arms froze again.
When Ananda came back to his senses, he found Chu Baning sitting on the couch in front of the window, casually picked up a book of travel notes she had put on the small table, and looked through it, the corners of his lips were pursed straight, as if he was not very happy appearance. Ananda thought for a while, groped over, and tugged at his sleeves. When Chu Baning looked down at him, Ananda smiled sweetly and said, "My lord, thank you."
Chu Baning looked at her with deep eyes, and it wasn't until Ananda felt that his laughter was going to stiffen that Chu Baning stretched out his hand to embrace her.
Ananda leaned against him, heaved a sigh of relief, wondering why this master was losing his temper again.
Ananda felt that Chu Ba Ning's temper was a little bit rough recently, and he wondered if it was because of the unsatisfactory work. Every time he suddenly became unhappy for no reason, the air always became very cold, and Ananda didn't dare to take a breath. It wasn't until she carefully pulled his clothes that the air warmed up.
Ananda's face was full of insiders, it's really hard to feel the two heavens of ice and fire! Marrying a moody husband is actually quite a pain, because she really doesn't understand him losing his temper for Mao!