Hidden golden branches

Chapter 9 Concubine
  Chen Rong sneaked out while worshiping his ancestors and came to Sun Mansion.

Chen Rong came out secretly this time, so he definitely didn't dare to enter through the main entrance. Instead, he climbed a tree and climbed up the wall. After searching for a while, he saw a familiar maid wearing a brand new silver-red outfit coming out of Qingju Courtyard. .

Chen Rong hurriedly waved to her: "Wan'er!"

Wan'er raised her head and took a look, oh my mother!
  He quickly ran over and gave a blessing ceremony to Chen Rong, who was riding on the big tree behind the wall, and said nervously: "County Lord, please come down quickly, don't fall."

"I'm fine, Wan'er, go and call your second young lady over for me." Chen Rong smiled, freed up a hand and waved.

Wan'er agreed, turned around and trotted to call the second young lady, Sun Yuting.

Cuizhu carefully helped Chen Rong get down from the tree. After waiting for a while, her friend Sun Yuting came out and walked around to the back door to meet Chen Rong.

"Why did Rong Rong come here at this time? Why are you staying here without going in?"

Sun Yuting, who was wearing a goose-yellow dress with double butterflies and pearls, was close to Chen Rong in age and had always had a good relationship, so when she saw Chen Rong coming to see her, she felt happy and guilty at the same time.

"My brother was raped by that vixen"

"Tingting, I want to meet that girl alone." Chen Rong said bluntly.

Sun Yuting looked at Chen Rong, then sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want you to see her, it's that the vixen is not in the mansion now. If you want to find her, you may have to go far away."

It turned out that the Sun family did not recognize her. It is said that after Sun Yi brought her in that day, Mrs. Sun threatened to die and refused to allow the woman to come in. Sun Yi had no choice but to temporarily raise her in another house.

"Tingting, I just want to see her." Chen Rong insisted.

Sun Yuting was really in love with her sisters, so she risked her life and said, "Okay, I'll take you there."

"The woman looked so weak that she just stood there without saying anything. My brother protected her like his eyes. Because of this, my mother cried several times, and my father almost wanted to break up with her. Relationship." Sun Yuting sat on the carriage and chatted with Chen Rong.

The carriage had been gone for about half an hour. After passing the city gate, I saw Sun Yuting opening the lavender thin silk curtains, looking out and saying: "We are almost here. If you really see her, plan to how?"

Chen Rong was silent for a moment. All she thought about was coming to see the girl, but she didn't think about what she was going to say or do to the girl.

"Let's talk about it after we see him." Chen Rong replied dully.

The Xuyi carriage came to a village near the foot of the imperial city. The slaves in the village recognized Sun Yuting, so they did not stop Sun Yuting from taking people into the small house in the village.

Sun Yuting also had a cheerful temperament. When she entered, she called a woman wearing a dark blue cotton jacket that had been washed and turned white to call someone.

But soon the mother-in-law came back with a message and said to Sun Yuting: "The young lady said she is unwell and cannot come to see her."

"She also took Qiao. Young madam? What kind of young madam? She didn't even enter the Sun Mansion, and there is no genealogy in her family. Where did the young madam come from? You servants can only give people gold. "When Sun Yuting heard this, she immediately became angry and looked at the woman with raised eyebrows, but anyone could tell who she was shying about in her words.
  The woman was scolded by Sun Yuting and shut up.

"Sister Ting, it was my fault. Just calm down. It's not Mrs. Li's fault. If you are angry, just come at me!"

Just by hearing this weak voice with a hint of grievance, Chen Rong knew that it was someone who could help the weak and weak.

Sun Yuting turned around, and Chen Rong finally got a clear look at the woman from the frontier who was married back by Sun Yi.

At this moment, she was wearing a goose-yellow skirt and top. She had a beautiful appearance and her skin was so white that she looked sickly. Probably her health is actually a bit worse than that of her cousin Qinghe, who has been frail since childhood.

Chen Rong immediately felt a little sympathetic, but now that she had robbed her fiancée, he couldn't regard her as innocent.

"You are still not polite when you meet the county lord? Are you waiting for someone to teach you the rules?"

Sun Yuting didn't sympathize with her!
  The family was filled with sorrow because of her arrival. It is said that her father was disliked by the emperor because of this. He was eaten in public in the morning and fell ill when he returned home.

Therefore, her tone was poor and menacing, and she looked more like she was looking for trouble than Chen Rong.

The woman's pale face showed a look of shock and cowardice. She quickly bowed to Chen Rong and said in a trembling voice: "I, I have met the county lord."

Although Chen Rong felt that there was nothing wrong with her self-proclaimed name, the word "concubine" sounded really harsh and disturbing to her now.

"Get up." Chen Rong had no intention of deliberately tormenting the patient. After asking her to get up, he asked her name.

"My surname is Zhang and my given name is Xiuxi."

Zhang Xiuxi.

Chen Rong recited the name in his mouth, and then said: "Your name is quite good, Miss Zhang. I don't know how you met my fiancée back then, and how familiar you are with him. It's just me and him." We have been in love since childhood, and it turns out that he wanted to fulfill the engagement when he returned from victory this time, but because of your complicated affairs, I really can't bear it."

Zhang Xiuxi raised her head suddenly, glanced at Chen Rong for a moment, then lowered her eyes, raised her hand to hold the embroidered handkerchief, covered her mouth, and said with a cry: "I didn't mean to do this, and I beg the county master for your magnanimity. Give me a way to survive."

"I don't want your life. As long as you are willing to leave, I will give you countless money and order you to be sent back alive." Chen Rong frowned and watched Zhang Xiuxi cry, as if he was trying to force her to death with a vicious look.

"Yes, but I had already paid homage to the general at the border and drank Henan wine. I swore that we would never be separated from each other in this life. How could I leave my husband just for money?" Zhang Xiuxi had tears in her eyes and looked at Chen Rong calmly. Afterwards, he suddenly knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly and cried: "Please beg the county master to spare me! Please forgive me, the county master."

Chen Rong: "."

Sun Yuting: "."

Cuizhu: "."

What's going on?
  Chen Rong couldn't understand her sudden grief. He obviously just came to discuss with her, but why did it end up like this?

"What do you mean by your posture like this? Is it possible that if you are like this, I can pretend that you don't exist?" Chen Rong really couldn't hear her saying "concubine" on the left and "concubine" on the right, and couldn't stand her even more. She cried as if she was going to die, so her tone became much higher.

"Xixi!"

This familiar voice came from behind Chen Rong with anger. Chen Rong couldn't wait for Chen Rong to be frightened, and felt a gust of wind passing by him. But in the blink of an eye, wearing a green silk garment with the right hem, the egret Sun Yi, who was wearing an official robe, was already standing in front of Chen Rong, holding up Zhang Xiuxi who was crying with one hand, and then stabbed Chen Rong with a sharp look on his face.

　Zhang Xiuxi: I have met the county lord.

　　Chen Rong: This "concubine" sound is too harsh!
  　　Xiao Zi: Did she call her correctly? She has already followed Sun Yi's people!

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)