Hidden golden branches

Chapter 2 Deeds
  The day when the Wei Dynasty army returned in triumph was a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly.

In the capital, both sides of the main street inside the city gate are already crowded with heads.

The common people lined the streets to welcome the soldiers who returned victoriously from the front.

Especially Sun Yi, the only legitimate son of Zhongyong Hou Sun Qingwu and the general who won the battle this time.

It is said that Sun Yi was tall and handsome, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and he was a man of extraordinary talent.

It's just a pity that famous flowers have owners.

Sun Yi has become engaged to Chen Rong, the daughter-in-law of the Hubu Shangshu family.

This Chen Rong is the only niece of the current Holy Emperor Hui's favorite concubine, the Holy Concubine. In addition, the Holy Emperor is middle-aged and has only a prince but no princess. Therefore, he also loves the niece of the Imperial Concubine very much and often recruits her into the palace to accompany the Imperial Concubine. , and when Chen Rong was young, the emperor named her the head of Jiahe County.

The Lord of Jiahe County is beautiful and graceful, and is the most beautiful woman in Jinling City.

Not only that, he was also kind-hearted. This time, Ji Yuxian, the new champion scholar, went to Tongzhou to provide disaster relief. The county owner took out the remaining grain from the farm under her name and the personal silver in her hand and donated it to the court.

Due to the war, the imperial treasury was tight. Under Chen Rong's leadership, many aristocratic families donated food and money in the name of their children. The urgent need of the court was solved.

Therefore, Emperor Hui looked at Chen Rong in a special light. She was rewarded with countless treasures in the palace.

It is said that three months ago, a small barbarian country close to the western border invaded with its troops. Due to the negligence of the border generals, they did not take the powerful and scheming Dar country seriously, resulting in a devastating defeat and the loss of three cities in a row. Moreover, all the people in the city were massacred.

After the victory in the battle, Tride Songtsan, the king of the Dar Kingdom, went even further and made arrogance, demanding that the Wei Dynasty cede three more cities before retreating.

This Sun Yi asked to follow General Meng to the frontier to kill the enemy, eh! Unexpectedly, he turned out to be extremely brave and accomplished many battles.

No, General Meng stayed in the frontier to finish the work. Sun Yi returned home with ten thousand soldiers and a merit book, waiting for the emperor to reward him for his merits.

"Master, there are too many people here. Be careful of bumping into you." A handsome young man in green clothes was stretching out his arms. In front of the stand-in was a thin young man who was half a head shorter than him and wearing indigo clothes, blocking everyone who came close to her to watch the fun. of people.

"I don't know when the army will enter the city. My legs are almost tired from waiting." The young man in indigo clothes had his hair tied up and a layer of sweat had already formed on his forehead. He took out an embroidered handkerchief from his sleeve and started. wipe.

When the embroidered handkerchief was taken out, it brought out a scent of fragrance. The two or three men nearby couldn't help but turn their heads in search of the scent. They actually looked at the young man holding the handkerchief and wiping his sweat without realizing anything was wrong. , still muttering: "It's so hot. If I had known, I wouldn't have come so early. Pine Forest, I'm thirsty."

With this charming voice and that pink face, her elaborate disguise was completely in vain.

Songlin heard his master say he was thirsty, and noticed the understanding looks in the eyes of the people around him. He seemed to take a step closer to him naturally, ensuring that there was no possibility of being sneaky behind his master, and then he took out the kettle and handed it to his master.

Before the water was drunk, there was a commotion in the city.

"General Sun is back!"

"General Sun has returned triumphantly!"

"General Sun."

The suddenly agitated crowd pushed forward. Xiao Songlin saw that his mistress was about to be pushed forward, so he reached out to hold her arm. This also caused his mistress to lose the absolute advantage that had been queued in early. Best location.

Needless to say, this pretty young girl who disguised herself as a man was Chen Rong, the lady from the Shangshu Mansion who came to pick up her fiancé.

At this time, she didn't care where she was standing. She was holding the sheepskin kettle that Songlin had just given to her. She was looking at General Sun, who was riding on a tall horse and slowly approaching from a distance. Sun Yi, who was sitting on a horse and returning from victory, looked so tall and majestic that even the old lady who ran the tavern could not help but stare at him.

What's more, Chen Rong, who has been thinking about Sun Yi for many years?

Song Lin didn't care about the enthusiasm of others. He didn't even look at Sun Yi, who was riding on a tall horse with a cheerful face and a cheerful face.

His face was as normal as he was protecting his young lady from being bumped into by others, but when he saw a simple carriage entering the city with the troops, his eyes flashed slightly.

Although it was simple, it was covered so tightly that no one could tell who was sitting there.

Chen Rong had doubts in his heart, but he didn't care much.

It wasn't until the people around him spread gossip that the person sitting in the carriage was General Sun's newly married wife in the frontier fortress, Chen Rong's heart trembled, but he quickly denied such gossip.

Because she was sure that Sun Yi would never do this.

Not to mention that she and Sun Yi were in love, and besides, her marriage to Sun Yi was personally gifted by the emperor. How could it be so easy to regret marrying someone else?
  Sun Yi rode his horse and slowly walked up to Chen Rong.

Chen Rong looked at him with a pair of extremely expectant eyes. She originally thought that the two of them would always have a tacit understanding, just waiting for Sun Yi to make eye contact with her, but to her surprise, Sun Yi just passed by without looking away.

Chen Rong felt disappointed, but he didn't do anything more outrageous. Instead, when he turned around, he forced a smile and said, "Let's go back quickly, otherwise my mother will find out that I'm not here and punish me for not saying anything, and my father will also punish me." I’ll punish you.”

Song Lin just smiled bitterly and said, "As long as the master is happy, the slave is rough-skinned and thick-bodied and is not afraid of being punished."

When Chen Rong sneaked back to Shangshu Mansion, Shangshu's wife Yun Man was already sitting in the main room of her Jinxiu Courtyard waiting for her to come back.

Chen Rong didn't even have time to change out of his male attire, so he could only hang his head, walk up to his mother, and whisper, "Hey, mother, why are you here?"

Yun Man, the head of the Shangshu Mansion in front of her, has been married for more than 20 years, and her appearance seems to have remained the same as before. She just looked at her daughter who was bowing her head and cowering in front of her, with a little more anger in her eyes.

"Sun Yi broke off the engagement to your father, did you know?"

The day before yesterday, she received a letter from Sun Yi about breaking off the engagement. After receiving the letter, Chen Youyu did not publicize it. He first asked his wife to go to the palace to discuss it with his sister, the imperial concubine Chen Wanru, and wait until Sun Yi returned to Beijing.

Therefore, no one else in the Chen family knew about this except Shangshu and his wife.

Yun Man originally wanted to come over first to accompany her daughter, and then tell her the truth after Sun Yi entered the palace and the emperor dealt with it.

Unexpectedly, even if they sent people to watch her, she still sneaked out to see Sun Yi returning in triumph.

Knowing that she couldn't hide it any more, Yun could only tell her the truth so that her daughter would wake up from her dream as soon as possible and avoid further harm to her daughter.

Chen Jia's face was filled with astonishment, and the red heat on her face from the sun faded away in just a moment.

"Mother, what did you say?"

　Chen Rong: My fiancé returned to Beijing in triumph today, so happy!

　　Yun Man: Sun Yi broke off the engagement
  　　Xiao Zi: The poor little girl was still looking forward to the return of her beloved, but in the end it was all in vain!

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)