Chapter 7 — A Sister doesn't get married, neither do I

Sister A's face turned white for a moment. I conveniently grabbed the broom from the corner of the wall and was about to rush forward when Ta Hanh raised his hand to stop me. He took two steps forward, looking down from above at his stepmother kneeling on the ground, her eyes indifferent. "To Ly Thi." Ta Hanh spoke up with a cold voice: "You accepted bribes from Prince Binh Marquis and framed Miss To. This crime has been recorded by Dai Ly Temple." "After being dismissed, not only did you not know how to repent, you also went everywhere spreading rumors, ruining the reputation of others." "According to Dai Luong law, a person who defames another person, causing that person's reputation to be damaged, he must suffer forty rods and be exiled three hundred miles." The stepmother's whole body trembled and she raised her head in disbelief: "I... I am the head of the To family! Who dares to touch me?" "The head mother of the Su family?" Ta Hanh smiled slightly. The cold smile made people's spines go cold. "This father also wants to see, in this capital, is there anyone who dares to accept you as their master mother?" As soon as he raised his hand, two squads of forbidden soldiers wearing bright armor rushed in outside, forcing his stepmother to the ground. Step-mother desperately struggled, screaming and scolding Sister A with harsh words. Ta Hanh turned his head to look at Sister A, his voice immediately became soft: "What do you want to do, Miss Su?" Sister A looked at her stepmother struggling on the ground, silent for a long time. In the past, it was this woman who punished me to kneel in the cold winter sky. She even ordered the lady to use cold water on me, saying she wanted to freeze a disobedient concubine like me to death. This same woman cut off sister A's moon silver and took over every piece of jewelry left by her mother. She also wanted to marry Sister A to a fifty-year-old widower as his successor. Sister A walked to her stepmother, squatted down, her voice was calm without any ripples: "To Ly, what you owe me, what you owe Au Vi, cannot be paid in full by forty rods." "I will not beat you, nor exile you." "I want you to live." "Live well." "Live to see how your stupid son To Canh Minh is trampled under our feet." "Live to see the face that you value most little by little." A little broken.” The stepmother suddenly opened her eyes wide, as if she had just heard something extremely scary. Her only son, To Canh Minh, is her only hope. But To Canh Minh was pampered to the point of being spoiled. Currently, he enjoys playing, gambling, and often visits brothels; Do any bad things. Sister A stood up and nodded slightly to Ta Hanh: "Take her away." "Let her go back and kneel in front of the To family's door." After the stepmother was pulled away, the yard became quiet again. Ta Hanh looked at sister A, with a bit more depth in his eyes: "The words Miss To just said are truly heart-wrenching." Sister A turned her head and looked at him calmly: "Does the master think that I have a cruel heart?" "No." Ta Hanh smiled slightly: "I only feel that there is no one else besides Miss To who is suitable to be my wife." When he said these words, his voice was too natural. It was like the title "ma'am" had rolled across his tongue thousands of times. Sister A was choked by his straightforward words. She expressionlessly turned around and returned to her room, but her ear was so red that it was almost dripping with blood. I stood in the yard holding a broom, looking at each other with Tieu Liet. "Are men with high positions like you all so shameless?" I asked sincerely. Tieu Liet immediately expressed his loyalty: "I don't know shame." "He's only shameless with sister A alone."## 10 After Ta Canh Hoai was exiled to the northern border, the Binh Marquis palace completely declined. Old Hau's wife was not pleased. She colluded with Ta Canh Hoai's former subordinates and bribed her to escort criminals

person, intending to rob Ta Canh Hoai in the middle of the street. When the news reached the capital, Tieu Liet was sitting in the yard peeling chestnuts for me. His soldiers loudly reported outside the hospital walls. The movement of Tieu Liet's hand slightly paused. After that, he stuffed the peeled chestnuts into my hand, stood up and brushed off the shells on his clothes. "Au Vi, wait for me a moment." He jumped up on the courtyard wall, turned his head to look at me, grinned: "I'll go catch that scabby toad back, so that he can't jump out of the northern border for the rest of his life." Tieu Liet goes once for seven days. Seven days later, when he returned, he was windy and tired. There were still blood stains on the armor that had not been cleaned. When he climbed the wall, it was not yet dawn. I was sleeping in bed when suddenly I was woken up by the strong smell of blood. Opening my eyes, I saw Tieu Liet squatting next to the bed. He placed his hands on the edge of the bed, his chin resting on the back of his hands, silently looking at me. The morning light filtered through the window and fell on his face. His eyes were filled with blood. Dry, cracked, peeling lips. There was also a faint knife mark on his face. "Woke her up?" Tieu Liet's voice was hoarse. I immediately sat up, grabbed his arm and checked from top to bottom: "Are you injured? Where are you injured?" "Why didn't you go find the royal doctor?" "It's just a skin wound, nothing to worry about." Tieu Liet let me pull up his sleeve, smiling like a fool: "That bastard Ta Canh Hoai led an ambush with twenty people, and I captured them all." "Currently he is imprisoned in a large prison on the northern border. Don't expect to run out in this life." I looked at him. The knife wound on his arm was still bleeding, angrily patted his shoulder. "Is this called a skin wound?" "Do you think I'm blind?" Tieu Liet winced in pain but didn't avoid it. On the contrary, he held my hand, the smile in his eyes deepened. "Au Vi, you are worried about me." "Exaggerated!" "If you are dead, who will bring me Luu Ky dumplings?" I glared at him fiercely, but my voice could not help but tremble. Tieu Liet suddenly reached out and pulled me into his arms. The armor on his body was both hard and cold, making his bones ache. But his voice was surprisingly gentle. "I can't die." "I haven't married you yet." "Even if the King of Hell comes, I have to beat him back." I buried my face in his chest, sadly saying: "If next time you don't say a word and run away risking your life, I will build the courtyard wall three meters higher, so you can't climb in." Tieu Liet's body stiffened. Then he tightened his arms, placing his chin on top of my head. "No matter how high the building is, I can climb in." "Do you believe it?" I believe. There is no wall in this world that Tieu Liet cannot overcome. There is nothing he cannot do.