Hidden golden branches

Chapter 22 Oath
  In fact, Chen Youyu knew very well that it must have been his son.

Otherwise, if Sun Yi had not been beaten sooner or later, he would have been beaten into a pig-headed face on the night when his son Chen Zhao returned to Beijing?
  Chen Rong didn't know this. Apart from going to the palace, she stayed at home for more than twenty days without going out. When she heard this, she said "oh" and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hey, you just doted on her. You doted on her so much that you didn't realize how sinister people are. Fortunately, he regretted it. If Sun Yi regretted it after getting married, Jia'er's life would be worse than death." Only Yunman and Chen Youyu were left in the room. When he was young, Yun Man suddenly said this.

Chen Youyu looked worried, nodded and said, "What Man Niang said is that she was protected too well by us."

Chen Rong was not only pampered by his parents and brothers, but also by the imperial concubine in the palace.

It would have been good if she hadn't been raised crookedly and developed a domineering character.

But he has also developed a temperament that is not in harmony with the world and does not know the sinister nature of people's hearts. Alas! This kind of careless temper also worries parents.

Chen Youyu sighed worriedly.

Afterwards, Chen Youyu smiled at Yun Man and said, "Isn't our Rong'er's character not like yours before?"

When Chen Youyu saw Yun Man for the first time, he was attracted by her pure eyes and amazing beauty.

In order to be qualified to marry a beautiful woman, she worked hard and studied hard, but the emperor paid off, and Chen Youyu finally became the top scorer in high school.

Later, he was reused by the emperor and was promoted to the current position of Minister of Household Affairs.

In order to marry her sweetheart, Chen Youyu once made a vow to her old father-in-law: "I wish to win the heart of one person and we will never be apart until we grow old together."

He had the thought of being a couple for the rest of his life, and wanted to stay and fly together with Yun Man.

After getting married, I will never go to the concubine I brought up from my childhood home.

Little did he know that his overbearing mother, ever since Yun Man came in, would call Yun Man over to set the rules no matter it was windy, rainy or freezing cold.

The reason is that Yunman's natal family is more prominent than her husband's family and has a higher status than the two sisters-in-law's natal families.

Moreover, the old lady couldn't stand the affection between the young couple, so she wanted to tame her daughter-in-law, manipulate her to make Yun Man submissive, and the most obvious thing was to ask her to take the initiative to help her husband take in concubines.

Only in this way can she prove that this daughter-in-law is under her control.

Otherwise, it would not be as simple as setting rules, but she would also be charged with jealousy.

At that time, Yun Man was just pregnant, and her unruly mother was still like this.

As the second son, Chen Youyu is the eldest son of the heir to the Chen family, and the youngest son who is loved by his parents. He is just an embarrassing existence ignored by his parents. If he hadn't worked hard and was more promising than his brothers, he would have married the top scholar in high school. The daughter of Yin Yunsong, the third-rank Shuntian Mansion, is afraid that she will never get ahead!

Chen Youyu could only compromise, thinking that it would be okay to take a concubine as a shield, as long as he would not sleep with her.

Just treat them as decorations.

Little did we know that imagination is beautiful but reality is far from satisfactory.
  On that day, Zhao'er was one week old, and Chen Youyu was happy.

After having a banquet with relatives and friends, I drank too much wine and, following my mother's advice, I was led into the house of my concubine who had been in the house for more than a year.
  For this reason, Chen Youyu gave up drinking.

Nowadays, the courtyard where Aunt He who gave birth to a bastard lives is in a remote corner farthest from the main courtyard.

Chen Youyu sometimes couldn't resist having a drink, so he didn't have to worry about walking into the wrong yard.

In addition, without my mother to interfere with him, even if he went off the road, there would always be someone close to him to lead him back to the original path.

Over the years, Chen Youyu's heart has been placed on Yun Man.

Yun Man glared at him, snatched the fan back from Chen Youyu's hand, turned her back, and ignored him.

How could Chen Youyu not know that his wife was kind-hearted?
  Although he doesn't care about the back house, he still knows that his wife treats him hard and his two concubines are nice. Unlike his elder sister-in-law, he never treats them harshly. The same is true for his concubine. If compared with other people's concubines, the treatment is very good.

Yun Man actually knows a truth in his heart, that is: wealth breeds honesty and kindness, while poverty breeds meanness.

This makes sense to a certain extent. It's not that he's poor, he just has no sense and looks.

Relatively speaking, wealth is somewhat beneficial to children's mentality.

And some people who are poor may not even be poor. They are just scratching, and all kinds of problems arise instead.

Mainly because there are too many things to do.

If you treat that concubine harshly, let him bear the grudge in his heart.

If he catches the opportunity to retaliate, it will be too late to regret it by then
  In other words, who can guarantee that a family will have a smooth life without any disasters?

As the saying goes, "Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river", and "Leave a sliver of favor in the hope of meeting each other in the future" is very reasonable.

Besides, the family doesn’t have enough food and clothing for him alone, so why should he be harsh on a child?

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  Chen Rong didn't care whether her father was angry or not. Anyway, as long as she could go out, she would be happy.

Back at Jinxiuyuan, Chen Rong hurriedly sat in front of the dressing table and asked Cui'er to help her dress up.

The mirror on the dressing table was brought back from Dongzhou by my uncle when he went out. It has extremely delicate carvings of peonies, birds and beasts around it. When she was a child, she went to her maternal grandfather's house and liked the bright mirror very much. When her grandmother saw that she liked it, she gave it to her.

The girl in the mirror has black hair that reaches her waist, a face as white as jade, a pair of emerald autumn eyes that seem to be filled with water, and lips as delicate as new peaches.

There are many kinds of beauty, some are as weak as willows, and some are as noble as orchids. But Chen Jia is as charming and enchanting as Begonia.

Although this appearance is beautiful, it just looks like a vase with ornaments on it.

Otherwise, how could Sun Yi dislike him? Treat her like a scourge and avoid her.

She would not hesitate to use military exploits in exchange for breaking off the engagement, which would bring her reputation into disrepute and put her in an embarrassing situation.
  It is so unbearable for a little girl waiting to be married to have her engagement withdrawn. Needless to say, her future marriage will definitely be difficult.

Although Chen Jia hired a teacher and read through the enlightenment books when she was a child, the Four Books were also covered. She reads more than the average noble lady, but she doesn't look unintelligent, but too bright.

Otherwise, he would not have chosen a son-in-law by himself, and would have done the bold thing of asking the emperor's concubine and aunt to find the emperor's order to marry him.

Chen Rong was dressed up and in a good mood. He took his personal maids Xiao Cui and Xiao Yu and went straight out of the house.

The driver is still in the pine forest.

Amidst the rumble of the carriage, they arrived at the door of Shangshu Mansion in about half the time it took them to pour incense.

When the carriage stopped in front of the Yue Mansion, Cuizhu took Chen Jia out of the carriage. Yue Wanshu was already waiting at the gate, just waiting to pick up Chen Rong.

Chen Rong was dressed up and in a good mood. He took his personal maids Cuizhu and Yuzhu and left the house directly.

The driver is still in the pine forest.

When Chen Rong saw that the driver was Songlin again, he couldn't help but joked: "Songlin, I'll tell Aunt Zhong later that I'll give you two pieces of monthly silver."

When Songlin heard this, he laughed and said, "Okay!"

　Chen Youyu: We are a pair for life, never lose, never forget, never separate. But my mother is getting in the way
  　　Xiao Zi: There is still a long road ahead in life, so go ahead and cherish it.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)