A Life Without Return
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Chapter 8

Chapter 8 — A Life Without Return

Updated 10/08/2026 5 min read

Lieu Van Ha and her father held hands and looked at each other for real. Tan Man's cold words were also true. It was even more true that his father ordered someone to close the gate of the Qin palace. Everything has clearly happened, how can we return to the past? Father took another step forward, his voice became urgent.

"I know I was confused before. She was out all year round, only Lieu Van Ha was by my side."

"She wiped my body, read poetry in my ear. While dreaming, I watched her become her, then suddenly fell in love."

"But now I know I was wrong. I've been waiting for her to turn around. I intentionally delayed the marriage with Lieu Van Ha, and deliberately raised her up high, just hoping she would come back and scold me. Until then, I can tell her that the door of Qin Palace is always open for you."

The mother laughed, but the smile was cold and heart-wrenching.

"That's enough, Tan Thoi Thua. Why do you need to show off like that?"

"It's just that you are hated by His Majesty, and you see that my elder brother is the one who is highly used by the Crown Prince. The position that Lady Qin should let me sit in, or let Lieu Van Ha who does not have that background sit, of course, you can clearly distinguish."

The father unconsciously avoided eye contact, but quickly looked back.

“You don't need to force yourself so aggressively.”

"Even if the truth is as you think, what's wrong? Iron Sat can't be without a father, Min Nhi can't be without a mother. Do you really want to see the children all their lives being pointed at by outsiders?"

The mother's body paused, as if she wanted to say something. I quickly ran out from behind the tree. I didn't look at my father, I just held my mother's hand.

“Mother, let's go home. I'm hungry.”

She looked at me quietly for a long time, then smiled.

“Okay.”

After a few steps, I heard my father's unwilling screams from behind.

"Do you think the Crown Prince will really marry you? You are the one who remarried, even if you are kind to the Crown Prince, how can you bear the title of Crown Princess?"

"Or do you want to go to the Eastern Palace to be a concubine? If you act like that, have you ever thought about Iron Sat? How will she live when she grows up?"

“Lord Qin!”

This time the person who spoke up was Ky Thanh. He had a serious face, his hands clasped behind his back. Looking at him, he already had some of the Prince's aura.

“If my mother-in-law wanted to be a Crown Princess, she would have become a Crown Princess long ago.”

"He once told his father that he did not want to be locked inside the palace walls all his life. He wanted to use his feet to travel around the world, wanted to collect and edit medical books to cure more people, and also wanted to spend more time with his young daughter."

"Your mother has such noble morals, your father respects you, and I also respect you. Someone with a malicious heart and low dignity like you will never understand."

My father opened his mouth and couldn't say half a word. The person's face gradually deteriorated. Mother held my hand, then held Ky Thanh's hand as well.

"It's not early, let's go home."

15

From then on, I never saw my father again. Half a month later, I heard that the Emperor demoted him and sent him to a distant place to become district governor. The day he left the capital, Tan Man went to the general's palace. He stood outside the door, calling his mother over and over again. He said he was wrong, said he missed his mother, and didn't want to go to that damn place. He promised later I will definitely listen obediently, will never make my mother angry again, and will also seriously apologize to me. But the door of the general's palace never opened, just like that day the door of the Qin palace was closed in front of me and my mother. In the end, Tan Man still had to leave. I heard that when he left, his voice was hoarse because he called for so long. Spring passes and fall comes, and in the blink of an eye, another year passes. The Doan Ngo Tet is coming, my mother took me and Ky Thanh to make scented bags and wrap banh u. The uncle strode back. He was still wearing court clothes, sweat was still on his forehead, but the smile on his face could not be hidden.

“A Thu, that guy named Tan has finally met his retribution.”

“Since he arrived in Minh district, his mother and stepmother colluded with local tycoons, took bribes, and bullied people.”

"There was a villager whose wife was stolen by a tyrant, so he rushed into the district and cut off one of that beast's arms."

"Hmph, I'm afraid that the Tan family's path to becoming an official has come to an end. It's just a pity that innocent people have to suffer."

The mother quickly stuffed sticky rice and fruit jam into the leaves, using string to tie them into beautiful shapes.

“Then the elder brother must make love on behalf of that innocent person.”

The uncle laughed.

“Of course.”

The person carrying the wrapped cakes called me and Ky Thanh.

“Let's go, let's cook rice cakes!”

I followed.

“Sir, I want to eat the biggest one.”

Ky Thanh also followed.

“Then I will eat the second largest one.”

In the middle of a bright summer day, the scent of leaves is fragrant. This moment is the most beautiful thing. RUN OUT OF.

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