Chapter 2 — Abandoned by the Marquis, I Became the Person Two Young Men Couldn't Compete With

I tied him up in a five-flower-big-ban style to the hallway pole outside the treasury, then took away thirty thousand taels of silver bills. Before leaving, I turned my head to look at him. Under the moonlight, his lips were purple, and there was a faint flow of dark energy around his neck. I studied medicine for many years, but I still have that vision.

“Little master.”

I stood on the porch, cracking my fingers and calculating.

"The fire poison in your body has penetrated into your bones. If you don't treat it, you will definitely die in three months. If you want to cure your illness, tell the Duke to prepare 100,000 taels of silver in the treasury. Next time I'll come pick it up and save you."

His mouth was sealed, he could only make a "mmmm" sound, not knowing what he was scolding. Having finished speaking, I jumped over the wall and left, extremely relaxed. Unexpectedly, he accidentally dropped the jade pendant he always carried with him there. Now that I think about it, Ve Hai Yen was so frantically looking for his owner all over the capital. In the end, did he want to capture me to avenge his hatred of being tied up and robbed, or did he want to find me to cure the poisonous fire that was demanding his life? Regardless of the reason, Khuong Thu Dao rushed forward to admit it, it was like jumping into a fire pit. Obviously Khuong Thu Dao was not satisfied with my reaction. She pouted and made another sound.

"Why are you pretending to be calm? I don't know how jealous you are. But it's okay, when I get married there, I'll remember to reward you with a few bundles of old fabric to make clothes."

Having finished speaking, she turned and left. The skirt of the skirt swept across the green moss on the edge of the stone steps, her back was straight, like a peacock raising its head high. I brushed my hands off, stood up, picked up the medicine box that was placed next to me. She likes to find a way to die, I can't stop her, and I don't want to stop her. The third day after Khuong Thu Dao's concubine was sent away, the Uy Vien Marquis palace was in chaos. I was pounding medicine in the yard when I heard a commotion in the front yard. Xuan Hanh ran in.

"Eldest lady! The Duke of Wei's Palace has already responded. Three days later, the young master will come personally to present!"

(symbolic: the ceremony where the groom's family brings the official bride price to the bride's family to confirm the engagement) The medicine pounding pestle in my hand stopped. Ve Hai Yen also acted quickly, was this because he was afraid the fish would run away? That very night, my father, Uy Vien Marquis, opened the hall and personally wiped the ancestral tablets three times. Mrs. Lam stayed up all night and ordered someone to bring out all the brocade that had been stored in the warehouse for ten years and cut and sew the clothes. The ladies in the palace embroidered day and night until their eyes were about to go blind. Not long after, the mother next to the mother came to call me into the main hall, her voice carrying a bit of contempt.

"Miss, I'm calling you over. There's something good I want to tell you."

I put down the pestle, brushed off the medicinal herbs in my hand, and followed her to the main hall. As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Khuong Thu Dao's cooing voice echoing from inside.

"Mother, what should we do about the engagement between me and the Song family? Should we cancel the engagement?"

Lam Thi's voice was full of laughter.

"You stupid child, what kind of family is the Wei Guo Gong palace? How can the Song family compare? As for the annulment of the marriage, mother herself arranged it."

I raised my eyebrows and walked in. Lam Thi sat in the main chair, Khuong Thu Dao stood next to her, her face red. Seeing me enter, Lam Thi lightly cleared her throat voice then spoke up.

"Uyen Ninh, you also know that Thu Dao and the young master of the Ve Quoc Cong palace have a destiny made by heaven. This marriage is a great blessing like heaven. It's just that Thu Dao was previously engaged to the Song family palace, and the marriage cannot be annulled to cause disapproval from outsiders."

She looked at me, her tone as if she were giving grace.

"Your father and I have already discussed it. The Song family's marriage will let you marry there in place of Thu Dao. Although the Song family's young master is a bit weak, he also comes from a wealthy family, but it's still better than being a maid all his life."

Khuong Thu Dao immediately continued, covering her mouth and smiling.

"That's right, sister. Tong Tap Tan is a sick guy, just worthy of a woman like you that no one wants to marry. You can rest assured that you can marry there and live for the rest of your life, as if you have a place to rely on."

I paused a bit. Tong Tap Tan. Son of Cabinet Prime Minister Song Thien Truong. People say that his literary talent and appearance are both outstanding, but unfortunately he is a person who is sick all year round.