Hidden golden branches

Chapter 11 Partiality
  Chen Rong was feeling depressed, so he followed Cuizhu's suggestion and went to his home garden to relieve his boredom.

There is also a small pool in the garden, and the breeze brings a cool breeze, which also relieves the heat of summer.

As the only daughter in the family, Chen Rong was much loved and naturally lived a life of wantonness.

The small garden pond at home was built at Chen Rong's suggestion and was approved by Chen Youyu and Yun Man. And all the power was entrusted to Chen Rong.

She actually did it in a decent manner, which made her parents very satisfied.

The place is not big or small, but a small pond has been built. It is full of colorful koi carps swimming under the lotus leaves. It is quite naughty.

A pavilion is set up nearby to cool off the heat, for drinking tea and watching.

A rockery was set up on one side, and various flowers were planted underneath. Hundreds of flowers were in full bloom, and the flowers were in full bloom, making it look like a small lake in Suzhou.

Chen Rongzheng admired several rare varieties of orchids, bright roses and fiery red camellias that he had just bought a few days ago.

Unexpectedly, I met my two cousins ​​Chen Ying and Chen Fu in my small garden.

Huh?
  Chen Rong looked at the two sisters strangely.

It is said that the two sisters, Chen Ying and Chen Fu, are only one year apart. The eldest, Chen Ying, is getting married in a month, and the second, Chen Fu, is getting married at the end of the year. Seeing that the wedding was imminent, Chen Ying couldn't just stay at home and embroider her wedding clothes to prepare for the wedding, so why did she come to her garden?

Moreover, these two cousins ​​​​have not dealt with Chen Rong since they were young, and they would bully her if they got the chance.

Fortunately, they had separated from each other a long time ago, otherwise it would be very frustrating if Chen Rong lived with these two cousins ​​every day.

Since Chen Rong's grandfather and grandmother passed away, the five brothers and concubines of the Chen family have lived separately.

Although Chen Rong's father, Chen Yu, was the second son, he had the highest official position in the Chen family and was highly valued by the emperor.

Furthermore, there was an imperial concubine in the family who was deeply favored by the emperor for many years.

Therefore, the division of the family would only split the old Chen's house into three parts, and the division of the family would not separate the house.

In this way, no matter how high your official position is, Chen Youyu, you can't just take care of your own family, but also take care of their second wife.

The eldest house is in the middle, and the second and third houses are on the left and right. There is just a wall between the two houses.

There are also two concubines who have nothing to do with the ancestral home. Each of them is only allocated a villa, two shops that are not doing well, and fifty or sixty acres of land.

The eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu, has a low official position in her family, and she herself likes to be the best. She has to be competitive in everything, and most of all she hates seeing others living a better life than her family.

No matter how good other people's lives are, it's all in vain if she can't do it.

However, the life of her uncle's family was better than that of hers, so she came over to chat with him whenever she had nothing to do, and made some annoying remarks.

Normally, Mrs. Yun doesn't care much about her. If she comes to get some petty advantages, she will give her a good fuck.

As long as it doesn't touch her bottom line, it doesn't hurt.

When Yunshi didn't care about her, Lu thought that Yunshi was easy to bully.

Originally, when the family was divided, the eldest son was allocated the largest house area, and half of the mansion in the middle was owned by the eldest son.

Not only that, before her death, the eccentric old lady left almost all her private property to her eldest son Chen Can.

Even so, the eldest daughter-in-law Lu was still upset.

Normally everyone spends their time, but every four o'clock and eight festivals, especially New Year's Eve to worship ancestors, because the ancestral hall is built on the land of the eldest son's house, the second, third and second-floor brothers all go there with their families. Worship ancestors and so on in the eldest room.

At this time of year, Mrs. Lu would open her mouth wide and ask for money from the second and third houses to make purchases. If something can be done with one hundred taels of silver, Lu will definitely increase it several times.

The Hang family of the third family couldn't get her, so she pestered the Yun family of the second family.

Mrs. Yun knew Mr. Lu's character, so in order to avoid gossip, she didn't spread the word to make people laugh.

Therefore, Mrs. Lu said that Mrs. Yun sent people to send banknotes to avoid talking.

This also gave birth to the misconception that Mr. Lu believed that Mr. Yun was a soft persimmon and easy to handle.

The second bedroom is located on a small piece of land at the east end, and the third bedroom is at the west end. Of course, it is about the same area as the second bedroom.

Since the area allocated to him was not large, Chen Youyu had to buy an adjacent mansion at a high price. Otherwise, the house really won’t be able to live in it.

Chen Youyu is the simplest of the three brothers, with only two rooms and a concubine.

A concubine is a concubine before marriage, and becomes a concubine after marriage.

It's just that she has nothing to do so far. It's probably because she drank too much of the anti-pregnancy medicine that the old lady sent her during the marriage, which damaged her roots.

The other concubine was the legitimate daughter of a seventh-rank official. After taking her in, she gave birth to Chen An, a concubine who was more than one year younger than the legitimate son.

Because Chen Youshu, the third wife, was the youngest son, he was doted on by Mrs. Chen and developed a laid-back temperament. Mr. Chen donated a sinecure position to him in the Ministry of Etiquette.

The family consists of one wife, three concubines and five legitimate children. The wife is the daughter of Cai Kang, the secretary of the seventh-rank cabinet. She has a fierce personality and never tolerates idleness from others.

She was so frightened that the concubines in the house did not dare to show their anger, let alone let their charming charm seduce their master to pamper her alone.

Before her death, Mrs. Chen left her private house to her eldest son, but left the old man's considerable private treasury to her youngest son.

The second son, Chen Youyu, was originally the one with the best future in the Chen family, but in the end, both sides were in trouble, and his eccentric parents didn't leave him a penny.

The population of the second and third bedrooms was relatively simple, but it was different for the eldest daughter. The eldest wife, Mrs. Lu, had only given birth to two daughters after five or six years of marriage. However, the old man and his wife, who had not yet passed away at that time, were extremely worried. Chen Hope that is the eldest son of Chen, how can he not have any descendants?

So, Chen Youwang, the eldest son, quickly took in one concubine after another, so the four or five concubines also gave birth to a concubine and two concubines for the eldest son.

If Mrs. Lu hadn't been ruthless and ruthless, those concubines would have probably given birth to eight, if not ten, children for her man.

Later, Mrs. Lu also gave birth to Chen Yao, the eldest grandson of the Chen family, as she wished.

It can be imagined that it was not easy to get a son, and Mrs. Lu cherished it like pearls and jade.

As a result, the young boy who was just ten years old was raised to be a playboy. He skipped school all day long and went out to eat, drink, have fun, and fight with his friends.
  Mrs. Lu regards her two daughters as losers. As long as there is a profit, who cares whether they are her own daughters or concubines?
  When you marry your daughter off, does it matter whether the son-in-law is a widower or an unwanted bastard?
  The eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Jia's uncle, Chen Hope, is still a sixth-rank cabinet minister.

Chen Youyou is a dull and unsophisticated person. He only focuses on the rare ancient books in the Hanlin Academy and only does repairs of ancient books and historical books.

When he returned home, he didn't like his wife's sophistication and nagging. He spent every day either in the study or staying with his gentle and considerate concubine.

Mrs. Lu had no way to treat her own men, so she had many tricks to do with her concubines.

It made those concubines miserable
  Under Lu's words and deeds, her two daughters, Chen Ying and Chen Fu, also thought that Chen Rong was easy to bully.

　Chen Youyu: My mother’s body was given to my eldest brother, and my father’s private treasury was given to my third brother. He is just a child whose father does not love his mother.

　　Xiao Zi: The most indispensable thing in the world is eccentric parents.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)