Chapter 10 Delay
Chen Yu leaned against the wall and opened the door, and saw Chen Yan standing at the gate of the courtyard, with a personal maid beside her holding a food box in her hand.
"Is it not possible for me to see my eldest sister?"
Hong Qiao said, "Please forgive me, Second Miss. The general has ordered that no matter who comes to see us these days, we cannot let anyone go."
Chen Yan looked surprised, and suddenly saw Chen Yu open the door out of the corner of her eye.
"Eldest sister."
Chen Yu waved at her, "Come in."
Chen Yan's eyes swept across the faces of Hong Qiao and Lu Yao who were stopping them, and it seemed that they were still a little afraid.
"Don't worry about them," Chen Yu said lightly, "If they dare to stop you again, I'll let them go to the stables later."
Without any more obstructions, Shen Yan smiled and walked over to hold Shen Yu's arm and sat down, and asked, "Is your leg better, elder sister?"
"It's still usable."
Chen Yan asked the maid to put down the food box and took out the contents one by one. They were all small and exquisite snacks.
"Try it."
Chen Yu picked up one and was about to take a bite, when she looked up and saw Lu Yao and Hong Qiao standing at the door, one on each side, their eyes seemingly glued to her.
"You two want to eat?"
Luyao and Hongqiao shook their heads at the same time.
Chen Yu said, "Then why is the door god still standing there? It's cold with the door open. Go down."
The two of them left and closed the door, leaving only Shen Yu and Shen Yan in the room.
Although they are sisters, when it comes to feelings, they are far inferior to Shen Zhao.
After all, they didn't grow up together. One of them was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, while the other was proficient in swords, spears, and halberds. They had no common language at all. Whether in the past or now, Chen Yu and this half-sister could hardly talk to each other.
I can only find some boring topics to talk about, "Your hair accessories look great today."
Shen Yan stretched out her hand and pressed her temples and said, "This is a gift from you."
"Ah? Really?" Chen Yu was a little stunned.
Shen Yan nodded and stretched out her hand again. The emerald bracelet on her wrist looked very valuable.
"This was also given to me by my eldest sister. You gave me too many things and I can't remember them all. And there are not many things I use that were not given by you, so I remember it very clearly."
Although the general's mansion does not have thousands of servants like those aristocratic families, it still has to maintain its reputation.
Although there were few masters in the family, there were at least hundreds of servants. Shen Zhongan's military merits and rewards were all handed over to Madam Shen for safekeeping. She could only maintain the appearance of being poor.
It was just a superficial prosperity. Relying solely on the rent from the shop deeds, Shen Yan could not buy a few decent pieces of jewelry in a year in private.
But Chen Yu was different. Her mother died early, and Mrs. Lu only had her as her granddaughter. She loved her like the apple of her eye, and gave her all the good things, including gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin.
But she didn't like to dress up, and always felt that those jewelry would affect her martial arts practice, and her hair accessories would fly off after a few moves.
The two of them chatted for a few words, and Chen Yu didn't know how to respond. She kept stuffing snacks into her mouth, "This snack is good, where did you buy it?"
Shen Yan's eyes moved, and she said softly, "Lord Jiang sent it to your door and asked me to pass it on to you."
A mouthful of dessert got stuck in Chen Yu's throat.
She still remembered clearly that Jiang Lian had drugged her food in her previous life, and she immediately wanted to vomit out everything she had just eaten.
Chen Yu lost her appetite, threw the half piece of dessert in her hand on the table, twisted the fine crumbs on her fingers and said: "I told the concierge not to accept anything from him, so you should not pass it on for him in the future."
Chen Yan glanced at her from the corner of her eyes and asked thoughtfully, "Does the elder sister have no interest in him?"
Chen Yu said: "I don't like him, so I don't need him to waste my time anymore."
Shen Yan pursed her lips, "I know."
The two of them looked at each other in silence. Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Shen Yan stood up and prepared to leave. When she reached the door, she stopped and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Father and eldest brother have actually been gone for two days."
Shen Yu looked over in shock.
Shen Yan continued, "Father told me not to tell you. They left after you were punished to kneel for an hour that day."
"Why did you tell me?"
"Because I know my eldest sister wants to go."
The war situation at the border was tense, and Shen Zhongan and his son could not rest. No one knows his son better than his father. Shen Zhongan knew that she would definitely follow him, so he, who always loved his daughter, made people kneel for two days for the first time in history, just to trap Shen Yu at home.
Once the war breaks out, it will last for several months at the least and one or two years at the most. Chen Yu is old enough, and after all, she is still a girl, and she cannot waste her youth at the border.
As soon as Shen Yan left, Shen Yu called in the two maids.
Lu Yao pushed the door open and saw a bundle on the table. It was what she had collected for Chen Yu yesterday.
Hong Qiao saw that something was wrong and timidly called out, "Miss."
Chen Yu looked up and asked, "Did father say when we will leave?"
Hongqiao: "...tomorrow."
"when?"
"At the hour of Mao."
"Pa——" Chen Yu slapped the table, "Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m., will you leave or should I? Father has been gone for three days, and you have kept it a secret from me until now."
Luyao glanced at Hongqiao, his legs went weak and he knelt down. After kneeling, he tugged at Hongqiao's sleeve, and they both knelt at the door together.
Chen Yu was annoyed by what she saw, "Go and get my horse."
Luyao stood up and wanted to leave, but was pulled back by Hongqiao.
Hongqiao raised her head and said, "The general has something to say to the young lady."
"explain!"
"I know," Lu Yao said ignorantly, "The general said, 'That damn girl is bound to follow us. If you can't stop her, tell her to stay in Shengjing. This is a military order.' Miss, these are the general's original words."
Even the word "dead girl" came out, how could Chen Yu not know that it was the original words?
Lu Yao imitated Shen Zhongan's tone and made her laugh.
Chen Yu said coldly: "I am not a military member, and military orders cannot control me. I am the boss when my father is not here. I will lead whoever goes to hold the horse for me."
Hongqiao: "Little..."
Green Medicine: "Great."
Before Hongqiao could finish her words, Luyao had already run away.
…
The cold wind was rustling, and the wind was blowing hard on the watchtower. The soldiers on guard were yawning and paying close attention to any movement around them.
He rubbed his hands and said, "It's really damn cold today. I think it's going to snow."
"It should be," another soldier was already exhausted, half crouching to avoid the wind, "You watch it for a while, carefully, and we will switch shifts."
The soldier crouched on the fence of the watchtower, staring intently outside the camp, "Okay, one hour, I'll be there in a moment, wait, that's--"
The crouching soldier heard the tone was wrong and quickly stood up, "Where is it?"
The soldier rubbed his eyes and looked again, but didn't see anything. "Maybe I saw it wrong. There was a black shadow, and I thought it was a person. It flashed and disappeared. People can't move that fast."
It was dark at night, and the soldiers who were selected to go up to the watchtower had excellent eyesight and hearing.
The soldier was so shocked that he became alert and lay on the watchtower to watch carefully.
Chen Yu crouched behind the parapet and waited for an incense stick of time before sneaking into the camp under the cover of night.
There were soldiers patrolling the camp at night, so she rested in a sheltered place next to the tent for the night, and in the morning she sneaked in while the soldiers were doing morning exercises.
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