There was an autumn rain at night, one layer of autumn rain and one layer of coolness, and the temperature dropped a few points in the morning.
Ananda sneezed when he got up in the morning, and was quickly stuffed back into the bed by Chu Baning.
Chu Baning frowned, and looked up and down Ananda with his eyes. Ananda's heart beat faster when he saw him, and when he was about to ask him what's the matter, Chu Baning had already looked away, and said while dressing himself : "The weather is cold, so be careful not to get sick. Well, I will be back at noon, and we will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion together.
After hearing this, Ananda didn't bother with his actions just now, and responded. Ananda saw that he had already taken care of himself, and felt that he didn't need to wake up with him, anyway, he didn't need to change his clothes like a virtuous wife.
"Take a rest first, don't tire yourself out!" Chu Baning said very tenderly, seeing his little wife flushed with an apple face, he obviously knew his hint, touched her head and went out .
Ananda beat the bed, it was all because he was inexplicably angry last night, and then tossed her hard on the bed, causing her waist to still be sore now!
At noon, Ananda and the Overlord of Chu took the chariot of King Su's Mansion to the Prime Minister's Mansion together.
When Chu Baning and the others arrived, a carriage had already parked in front of the prime minister's mansion, and the old butler of the prime minister's mansion was waiting in front of the door, waiting for the owner of the carriage. Ananda raised the curtain of the car to look, and found that it was the carriage of Dr. Guanglu Su's family, and Ananda's second sister's husband's family, presumably the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion was in the carriage.
Naturally, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion also saw the carriage of Su Wang's Mansion, and suddenly felt a little troubled. He didn't know whether it was better to come to welcome Su Wangfei, or to greet the second lady who was born first. After a long while, the old housekeeper decided to greet his second young lady in the order of first come, first come first, and then go to welcome the concubine fourth young lady.
The old butler's idea is very good and normal, but when he saw Chu Baning getting off the carriage, his face suddenly turned green, and he looked at Chu Baning who got off the carriage calmly in surprise, wondering if he was old My eyes are dazzled, Su Wang actually came back with Su Wang in person!
It's not to blame for the old housekeeper's gaffe, after all, it's just a married lady returning to her mother's house to visit her grandmother. Therefore, King Su's behavior really scared the old man.
After Ananda got out of the carriage, he saw the old butler's pale green expression, blinked, and asked with concern: "Uncle Qiao, you don't look well, are you feeling unwell?"
The old butler almost knelt down, my lady, you are really at the wrong time! Isn't this obvious? How did his face look so good
The old butler twitched his cheeks and gave a dry laugh. Seeing King Su's dark eyes sweeping over, he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, Miss Fourth. I'm fine. My lord, I didn't know you were here too. It's a crime that deserves death..."
Chu Baning hummed, but didn't answer.
Seeing the appearance of the old butler, Ananda couldn't bear it. Just as he was about to speak, a female voice sounded like a singing voice: "I don't know who it is, it turned out to be Miss Ananda! We are here at the same time, so we are destined. Yes. No, brother-in-law?"
Ananda raised his eyes, and saw a beautiful woman in Chinese clothes standing beside the carriage of Doctor Guanglu's house, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, with a flamboyant and generous demeanor, looking at them with a smile on his lips, but his expression was a bit unfriendly.
This is Ananda's second sister, Lu Feirong, the second daughter of the prime minister's family.
Chu Baning looked serious, and nodded to Lu Feirong from afar.
Ananda docilely bowed to the woman and called "Second Sister".
Lu Feirong glanced at them with a half-smile, stepped forward and saluted, and said, "Ms. Su Lu has seen King Su!" Then she turned to the old butler and said, "Uncle Qiao, the honored guest is here, why don't you go to greet him?"
The old housekeeper smiled wryly, knowing that the strong second lady was definitely unhappy, but he didn't dare to say anything, and went forward to greet King Su. In any case, King Su's power and status cannot be compared with that of a doctor Guanglu, and it is appropriate to say that he is a distinguished guest.
"Mrs. Su is polite!" Chu Baning gave Lu Feirong a light hand, and led Ananda and a few maids into the mansion.
Lu Feirong's eyes darkened, she pursed her lips, and entered the door with a few maids and mothers.
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The old lady lives in the courtyard in the west wing of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is the most exquisite and quiet courtyard in the Prime Minister's Mansion, with deep winding paths, winding corridors, famous flowers and plants, all of which are exquisite. It can be regarded as the most exquisite and beautiful courtyard in the prime minister's mansion. It is conceivable that Lu Cheng is filial to his mother.
When Prime Minister Lu heard that his subordinates had come to report that King Su had arrived, he widened his eyes, with an expression of disbelief on his face, and then muttered in his heart, well, why is King Su here? Is it really to accompany his daughter back to Mother Province? In-laws? Now is the court's eventful season, King Su shouldn't be so boring, right
Although he was muttering in his heart, Prime Minister Lu had no choice but to get up to greet him, and even the old lady was startled.
So, a group of people all went to the main hall to wait for King Su.
"Old lady, father-in-law, and mother-in-law don't need to be too polite, the king just came back with the princess to have a look today." Chu Baning said expressionlessly.
Prime Minister Lu said he didn't dare dare, but in fact he was already angrily in his heart, and roared: Saying these words with this expression, I believe you are a stick!
The old lady came up to meet with a group of female relatives, Chu Baning turned sideways, and asked the old lady behind him to help the old lady up, without looking sideways, "Old lady, you don't need to be polite, it should be the grandson-in-law who salutes you. .” Saying that, Chu Baning made a bow.
The old lady didn't dare to accept his gift, she kept saying that she didn't dare, and she didn't know which way to put her hands. After all, Ningcheng is different from the capital city, how can you see many high officials in a small place, even if your son is the prime minister, he is still your own son, and you don't feel intimidated by officials, only this prince is really a high-ranking adult!
After a period of turmoil, everyone sat down in the main hall to speak.
Chu Baning insisted on being a junior, and sat with Ananda at the seat of Lu Feirong's lower head, and asked the old lady, the oldest old man, to sit at the front seat, and Lu Chengxiang and his wife sat at the lower head of the old lady, behind the prime minister's wife Standing three girls who have not left the pavilion are Ananda's cousins who came from Ningcheng with the old lady.
Prime Minister Lu's second and third sons were also there, sitting upright. Prime Minister Lu's eldest son, Lu Shaoqi, has married and is now the prefect of Quanzhou. The family is still in Quanzhou and has not returned. The last time Ananda got married, Lu Shaoqi happened to be called back to the capital by the emperor because of some things, so she was able to attend Ananda's wedding. After the matter was finished, Lu Shaoqi would return to Quanzhou soon, so the two sons who stayed in the capital were the two sons who were in the prime minister's mansion.
Among them, there were Ananda's second uncle and a cousin, two younger cousins. Erbo Lu heard that he was doing some small business in Ningcheng, and he came to the capital this time to see the market in the capital, and it is said that he wanted to do business in the capital. Cousin Lu Shaonan is the eldest son of Lu Erbo, the second in the family, and his future successor. They came together to investigate the business in the capital. The two little cousins are ten and eleven years old respectively. The eleven-year-old is Lu Shaoling, the only legitimate son of Ananda's uncle's family. He is the eighth in the family and is loved by the old lady; , ranked ten, is also the eyeball of the old lady, who loves her dearly.
Uncle Lu took his two sons and a nephew to salute Chu Ba Ning, Chu Ba Ning responded lightly, and let them get up.
Then, Lu Feirong and Ananda asked the servants to bring all the presents to the old lady. The old lady enjoyed the granddaughter's filial piety, and let them take it with a smile, and then cared about their physical condition and marriage status lovingly. Knowing that Lu Feirong gave birth to a son in July, it's just that the child is too young to bring here, but the old lady has already laughed from ear to ear.
Ananda's third sister, Lu Feiwen, is now two months pregnant. She did not come back this time because of an unstable pregnancy.
In the end, some younger cousins and sisters met one by one. After the ceremony, everyone accompanied the old lady and talked for a while. Seeing that the old lady looked tired, everyone dispersed, saying that they were waiting for the dinner to start. The old lady took the wind and washed the dust.
Two hours before the dinner, Ananda took Chu Baning back to the place where she lived before leaving the pavilion to rest, and introduced Chu Baning while walking. Rucui Rulan and the two old nuns followed behind them from a distance.
"My lord, look, there is an apple tree here, and it blooms a lot of apple blossoms every April, but it never bears fruit. It's really strange, isn't it?" Ananda pointed to a two-meter-high apple tree in the courtyard. Tree, with a happy face. Returning to a familiar place always makes people feel relaxed, and Ananda is no exception, talking a lot more than usual.
Chu Baning looked at the apple tree whose leaves had turned yellow, and found that this kind of fruit tree was only for ornamental purposes. It was planted after being treated by craftsmen, and it would not bear fruit at all. Seeing his little wife wrinkling her small face and looking puzzled, the corners of Chu Baning's lips curled into a faint smile, and she didn't tell Ananda the truth.
The courtyard where Ananda lived was not big, and it disappeared after turning around. But Ananda likes to walk the places he walked over and over again, and Chu Baning didn't want to go into the room to rest, so the two asked the maids and nuns to retreat to the corridor to wait, and followed Ananda to listen to her talk about the plants in the yard. The origin of wood.
Walking under a tree by the wall, Ananda was about to say something when she suddenly heard a crisp laugh. When she raised her head, she happened to see a long, thin black shadow flying over from the other side of the wall. Seeing that it was about to fall on her, his waist was suddenly caught by an arm and he quickly retreated a few meters.
Ananda fell into a warm embrace, and before he had time to think about it, he just watched in horror as a small green snake was stabbed seven inches by a dagger and nailed to where she had just stood, the snake was still writhing and struggling desperately , wanting to throw that dagger away.
Ananda was most afraid of this kind of cold mollusk, Apple's face turned pale with fright, and subconsciously grabbed the clothes of the person beside him. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard an angry voice.
"Ah! Ananda, you bastard, you killed my Xiaoqing!"
Ananda looked up and saw his little cousin Lu Shaoling climbing on the wall, with a cute little face glaring at them angrily.
Ananda opened her mouth wide in surprise, she never thought that this little cousin would have the courage to climb the wall in the prime minister's mansion without saying anything, and dare to point at them and say such outrageous things, a little spoiled by the elders Overlord appearance.
Suddenly, Ananda shivered, and found that the air became very cold. This familiar coldness made her subconsciously look at a certain prince who was still holding her waist, and found that his expression was very serious, and his pair of black eyes The bottoming eyes are now terrifyingly deep.