On this day, Chu Baning and General Zhao only stayed in the study for a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, General Zhao became dejected and heavy, and walked out of Su Wang's mansion with heavy steps.
After General Zhao left, Chu Baning just stayed in the study and didn't come out for a long time.
Ananda sat on the pit and hugged the two little foxes that had been cleaned by the maid, and listened to the servant's report. He couldn't figure out what exactly Chu Baning said, which made General Zhao feel so heavy. Could it be that he really has no nostalgia for letting Zhao Qihua go? Anan felt that since Chu Baning had a childhood friendship with Zhao Qihua, he shouldn't be punished too severely, right
Ananda wondered if he cared too much, maybe Chu Baning never took Zhao Qihua seriously, and he was playing tricks on himself.
But after General Zhao left, Chu Baning still lived his recuperating life leisurely. Most of the time, he was tired of being with Ananda. She embroidered for him and read a book, and the two little foxes napped in the basket. Ananda felt that this winter was actually not cold at all. Because, there is always someone by your side who is with you, cares about you, and even warms your cold hands in the cold weather.
During this time, Chu Baning didn't say anything to Ananda at all, and Zhao Qihua didn't mention anything as if he didn't exist.
After a few days, Ananda learned from Mrs. He that Zhao Qihua had left Tongcheng the day after General Zhao came to the mansion.
Zhao Qihua left so hastily and quietly that few people noticed it.
That day, Ananda took a peek and asked Madam Zhang to make some popular snacks in the capital and put them in boxes to visit the Chengshou Mansion.
Mrs. He took Xiao Niuniu to meet Ananda, and after playing with Xiao Niuniu for a while, Ananda drank tea with Mrs. He and talked about recent events. Inadvertently talking about Zhao Qihua, Mrs. He suddenly patted her forehead and said: "Oh, I almost forgot, the little lady of the Zhao family was sent away by General Zhao a few days ago. Hehe, there will be one less person with a whip to go around in Tongcheng. Miss Zhao ran away, I believe half of the people will not be used to it."
Ananda was startled, she did not expect that Zhao Qihua would be sent away from Tongcheng. Of course, Ananda's first reaction when he heard the news was that he was shamefully happy for a while, and then he remembered the expression on General Zhao's face when he left that day. Ananda frowned slightly, could it be that her prince meant to ask General Zhao to send his daughter somewhere? However, she thinks this is not enough to make General Zhao show such a heavy expression, right
Mrs. He took it as an interesting story and told Ananda, and immediately told her everything she knew, "I don't know what the young lady of the Zhao family did. She was sent to her hometown in Yanzhou to marry. In fact, according to the status of the Zhao family, the young lady of the Zhao family can find a random family member in the capital to marry. People don't give face to the Zhao family. The queen is the aunt of the young lady of the Zhao family. She will help her no matter what, and won't let her suffer. But when I returned to my hometown Yanzhou, I heard that there were no relatives there, and I didn't know that she was alone. Can the little girl who was pampered and brought up by her father survive..."
Mrs. He was stationed at the frontier with her husband ten years ago, so she grew up watching Zhao Qihua. Although she didn't like Zhao Qihua's hateful temperament, after all, they had been together for many years, so they had some feelings. Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, seeing her as a lonely little girl being sent back to her hometown by her father to an unfamiliar place, I felt a little sad and sighed for her.
Ananda was stunned.
Zhao Qihua disguised herself as a man and sneaked into the army and ran to the city tower except for a few upper-level figures in the army who knew about it, but no one else knew about it. Mrs. He was naturally kept in the dark, not knowing that Zhao Qihua had done such daring things. But Ananda knew what was going on best, knowing that Zhao Qihua was forced to leave Tongcheng and return to his hometown to marry, probably because of Chu Baning's intention.
This trick... is really ruthless.
It is really a tragic thing for an ancient woman to let a woman who admires herself go back to her hometown to marry a man under her own instruction, and she doesn't know if she can marry a good man.
When Ananda thought about it, in this cold weather, he was so frightened that he shivered, and he didn't know what it was like. Having been married for so long, Ah Nian had actually gotten to know Chu Baning's temperament for himself, but now he realized that he was not as fair and serious as he thought, and also had a ruthless side.
Ananda spent two lifetimes thinking about what kind of man he would marry if he wanted to get married. Maybe he is honest and honest, maybe he is gentle and reasonable, maybe he is tolerant and open-minded... But I never thought that there would be such a man who could decide a woman's life so inadvertently.
And what Ananda wants to know is, does Chu Baning know what Zhao Qihua is thinking? Did he know that he cut off all Zhao Qihua's thoughts so mercilessly
"Princess, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Ananda staring blankly outside the room, Mrs. He couldn't help but yelled worriedly.
Ananda came back to his senses and smiled at her to indicate that he was fine.
Ananda chatted with Mrs. He for a while, then left.
After leaving the city guard's mansion, Ananda didn't want to go back, so he took two maids and a guard and walked slowly down the street.
When I passed a small roadside stall selling tofu nao, I could smell the tangy aroma of beans. Ananda saw that the shop was only about ten square meters in size, maybe a little smaller. The owner was a middle-aged couple. There were several tables in the shop, and almost all of them were full.
Ananda glanced at it, got up together, picked an empty table and sat down.
"Several guests, would you like a bowl of tofu nao?" Seeing that the group of people were dressed in rich or expensive clothes, the owner of the shop came over to greet them very attentively.
"Shopkeeper, give us a bowl of tofu nao. Well, I want to add sugar and peanuts." Ananda said to the owner of the small stall, then turned to the two maids beside her and said, "What flavor do you want? Go talk to the store."
Ru Cui Rulan responded with a crisp voice, and also said the taste she liked, but the guard had a solemn face, and said simply: "It needs to be salty."
"Okay, please wait a moment, sir!" The stall owner said, and immediately began to make tofu noodles for the customers.
Soon, the tofu nao was served.
The white and tender tofu nao is sprinkled with brown sugar water and crushed peanuts, which looks very attractive. Ananda also hadn't eaten for several years, and he missed it very much, so he let go of his heart and started drinking.
The tofu nao here is very good. The bean curd is rich in aroma, soft and melts in the mouth, and the peanuts are fried very crispy. Ananda liked it in her heart, and couldn't help but want to pack a portion and go back to give her prince a taste...
Ananda was startled by his thoughts, and at this moment, he felt relieved.
No matter what kind of person Chu Baning is, he is her husband. The person she wants to be with for the rest of her life, why bother so much? She is not the Holy Mother, how can she always comment on the fate or actions of others? Therefore, no matter how Chu Baning treats Zhao Qihua, and how pitiful Zhao Qihua is, it is not something she should care about.
Ananda was relieved, and with a smile on his face, he said to the couple who were busy at the small vendor: "Shopkeeper, please pack me two more tofu nao later, with less sugar and more peanuts."
"Okay~"
Ru Cui asked with a smile: "Miss, do you want to take it back for the prince to taste? Miss, you like to eat sweet things, and the prince likes to eat refreshing and slightly sweet things..."
"So what?" Ananda gave her a blank look. Can she care about her husband
Ru Cui was still grinning, "It's okay, as long as the lady is happy! If the lady is happy, so will the slave~"
Ananda didn't bother to white her anymore, and continued to eat tofu nao.
"Oh, isn't this Wang... the little lady of the Lu family?"
A magnetic and laughing voice sounded, you don't need to listen to the voice, just listen to the strong teasing taste in that voice to know who it is.
Ananda looked up and saw a man in white clothes like snow standing not far from the shop—Wen Liang, he was a little surprised but not a little surprised.
Sure enough, when Wen Liang came in familiarly, smiled and said the old rules to the shop owner, and the shop owner responded cheerfully and started to work quickly, Ananda knew that he was a regular customer here. The tofu nao here is very good. It would be strange if Wen Liang, a foodie, didn't find it.
Wen Liang looked around and saw that the tables around were already full, he apologized to Ananda, and sat down on an empty stool opposite Ananda.
Soon, the store brought up the tofu nao that Wen Liang wanted, and Wen Liang wiped out the bowl of tofu nao with an elegant and quick movement. When he wiped out the bowl of tofu nao, the second bowl of tofu nao was already gone. It's on the table, and then the third bowl, the fourth bowl...
Ananda, Rucui, Rulan and the others stared blankly at the appetizing military commander, and visually judged that the amount of sugar added to the tofu was several times that of theirs, and they could still eat bowl after bowl, no matter how delicious it was If you eat something like this, you will get sick of it. Ananda hadn't finished eating a bowl, and already felt sick to his stomach—it was purely disgusted by the sugar on a certain military adviser's tofu brain.
Wen Liang finally stopped after eating five bowls, wiped his mouth gracefully with a handkerchief, then looked at the people at the same table with a smile, and asked in surprise: "Hey, why don't you eat it? But it is a century-old brand with a mellow bean aroma and a soft mouthfeel, which you can’t even eat in the capital.”
Ananda put down his spoon and smiled politely, "Thank you, we are full."
Mr. Wen didn't have the consciousness of disturbing people's appetite at all. He smiled lightly, opened the iconic fan with a snap, and fanned it leisurely. It looks really weird in this winter, but it's up to him to do it. However, there is an indescribable beauty, which is very pleasing to the eye.
"Hehe, Wangfei, it's rare to see you on the street. Why did you come out alone today? How is the prince?"
"My lord is fine, thank you for your concern."
"Yes, that's good. It's the first ten days of December now, and the Chinese New Year will be in 20 days. You should also leave for Beijing to celebrate the New Year. I feel really reluctant." Wen Liang said with a melancholy expression, I don't know if it's people he is reluctant to part with, or the days when he can go to the palace to eat and drink every day.
After Wen Liang said this, Ananda remembered that they were going back to Beijing for the New Year a few years ago. Thinking of those people in the capital, Ananda felt a little depressed, feeling that his birthday was not yet a few days away, and he was going to face a lot of trouble again. Whether it's the queen mother-in-law who always wants to give people to the palace, or the old lady Lu who always wants to suppress her, or the cousin who wants to be a mistress, or the group in Beijing who always want to see their jokes and bet on her when she will be on her own. Such a dead idler... Ananda felt that his head was really big. What annoys her the most is that the Chinese New Year is festive, and the queen mother doesn't know if she will put people in the mansion. She is not afraid of the queen mother, as long as those women come here without fear of being killed, she is afraid that her prince will not give face at all. In the end, the queen mother was suffocated by her youngest son again, so she could only drag her and say that she was not virtuous or filial...
"Oh, by the way, Princess, do you know about Miss Zhao's departure from Tongcheng?"
Wen Liang's sudden remark stunned Ananda for a moment, and he couldn't help but look up at him. Wen Liang put away the fan with a snap, and the folded fan pressed against his lips to cover his chin and lips, but Ananda didn't need to look carefully to know that his movement indicated that this girl was snickering.
Although he didn't know what he was laughing at, but his appearance was extremely lively and eye-catching. His long black and smooth hair was still casually scattered, with a few locks hanging on his chest. The black hair and white clothes formed a stark contrast. On Ru Guanyu's face, a pair of peach blossom eyes that love to laugh are full of smiles, just looking at it like this, I feel my eyes light up instantly, and the room is full of brilliance.
"Just now I heard about this matter," Ananda said.
"Oh, I guess, this is not what the prince told you." Wen Liang said with certainty.
Ananda was a little puzzled about what he was going to say, but told the truth, "Sister Chu's said it."
Wen Liang smiled slightly, and said: "Hehe, I knew it, how could the prince have such a temper, and Mrs. He probably only knows some superficial things." Wen Liang said, seeing Ananda staring straight at He couldn't help covering half of his face with a fan, and lowered his voice.
"Speaking of which, it's also the girl from the Zhao family who is pitiful. Although she is ignorant, she has never understood her feelings for the prince, but the prince is not a piece of wood. On the contrary, he is a ghost in his heart. How could he not know?"
Ananda only felt his heart skip a beat, knowing that Wen Liang was going to tell him a very secret matter, even though he didn't know how he knew it, he still listened carefully.
Rulan Rucui and others have automatically moved to the next table, looking at their noses and their hearts. There are some things that they are not able to know as servants. At this time, it depends on their self-awareness.
"Do you know, because the Miss Zhao family likes the prince in her heart, but this makes the prince feel extremely dirty and disgusted. He can't bear to have a woman who likes him dangling in front of him every day, so Miss Zhao's family is forced to send him away. Because of this matter, General Zhao has also been decadent for a few days..." Wen Liang paused for a while, then continued to lower his voice and said: "I grew up with the prince, although I can't say that he is a bug in his stomach, but I also know what he is like. Personality. I have seen him beat to death a court lady who liked him, and even the family of that court lady was dispatched to the border and never returned to Beijing. Normal men are admired by women, and the desire for domination in men’s nature is satisfied. Although he might not accept it, he would be somewhat proud of it. But the prince is different. Those who like him make him extremely disgusted, and he thinks this is a very dirty thing... "
Ananda was sweating profusely when he heard this, and his heart was colder than just now when he knew that Zhao Qihua was ordered by the prince to go back to his hometown to get married.
What a serious cleanliness is this, that even one's spiritual feelings feel dirty and disgusting. Could it be that if she fell in love with him, it would also make him feel dirty
Ananda was frightened for a moment, and he couldn't help thinking wildly.
Wen Liang slowly let go of the fan that covered half of his face, looked at the girl with a blank face opposite, and said softly: "Princess, maybe you are luckier than Miss Zhao..."
Ananda looked at him with a blank face, then slowly narrowed his eyes, suspecting that Wen Liang had suddenly said these words to her.
Wen Liang smiled and said, "It's getting late, Princess, Zixiu will take his leave first."
As he said that, Wen Liang shook his fan, and walked away Shi Shi, the white clothes danced in the wind, with infinite grace.
At this time, the shopkeeper had already packed the tofu nao that Ananda wanted, and Ru Lan went to pay the silver and took the tofu nao.
"Miss, are we going back?" Ru Cui asked.
Ananda was not in the mood to go shopping, so he nodded and went to the palace.