Chapter 7 — After Hearing My Heart's Voice, I Made the Future Gods of the Powers of the Future Ruined

He was escorted downstairs. On the street, there was a round of applause. Dong Tuyet's heart exploded like fireworks in my head. 【Young lady won! Lady wins! Tieu Tan Uyen is completely finished!】 I stood there, the wound on my knee was still aching, but my heart was at peace like never before. In the end, the dust finally settled. Tieu Tan Uyen was convicted of beheading and detained pending trial, waiting for execution next fall. Nguyet Khinh Yen took the baby with her and left the capital. On the day she left, she asked someone to pass on a sentence to me:

“Miss Lac, thank you.”

I'm not going to see her off. Three months later, the general's palace was completely restored, and his father's injuries were cured. The Emperor wanted to make it up to him, so he promoted my father to a rank and title. Everything seems to have returned to its original orbit. Only I know, some things are no longer the same as before. On the fifteenth day of September, the autumn sky was high and wide, the wind was cool and pleasant. I sat in the flower hall of the general's palace, eating the new cinnamon cake made by Aunt Chu and flipping through a travel book. Dong Tuyet stood next to her and said:

"Miss, do you want to go out for a walk? It's not interesting to stay in the palace like that."

But in her heart she was thinking: 【Recently, why don't you like going out anymore? Where has the crazy Lac Uyen Tinh from before gone?】 I smiled and did not answer. Not liking to go out is just because I don't want to go to the places where I once "accidentally met" Tieu Tan Uyen anymore. Even though my heart has let go, the memories are still there. We need time.

“Miss.”

Dong Tuyet suddenly spoke up.

"I heard that a new breakfast restaurant just opened in the south of the city. The almond tofu there is even better than Aunt Chu's. Do you want to try it?"

Almond tofu? My eyes immediately lit up. Dong Tuyet was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. Her heart's voice also echoed accordingly. 【Sure enough, the young lady is still the same young lady, as soon as she hears about food, she immediately gets excited. But... that's also very good.】 I stood up and brushed the crumbs off my body.

“Let's go, eat almond tofu.”

The sunlight is beautiful and the autumn wind is not too harsh. On the main street of the capital, people came and went, extremely bustling. A young woman holding her child walked out of the makeup shop, followed by a tall man behind her. The man reached out his hand to pick up the baby, while the woman stood on tiptoe to brush flower petals off his shoulder. The two looked at each other and burst into laughter. I looked at them and suddenly remembered that night at the Thuong Nguyen palace banquet. If I hadn't heard Dong Tuyet's voice, where would I be now? Perhaps he was in the backyard of the Tieu family's mansion, looking at Nguyet Khinh Yen and that child and shedding tears every day. Perhaps in a more distant future, standing on the execution ground watching the people of the general's palace fall one by one. Luckily I heard it. I withdrew my gaze and walked faster to chase after Dong Tuyet.

“Dong Tuyet, would you say the almond tofu from that store is sweet or salty?”

“Miss, why does almond tofu taste salty?”

“What if there isn't?”

“If anything, it can't be salty…”

“Have you tasted it?”

“So how do you know?”

Dong Tuyet was turned around by me round and round, my heart murmured incessantly. 【You're starting to talk nonsense again, how can almond tofu taste salty...】 I burst out laughing. Laughter was as clear as wind chimes, flying with the wind across the sky above Chu Tuoc Street. In the distance, the royal palace's lapis lazuli tile roof is reflecting sparkling light under the sun. Nearby, Dong Tuyet's face was so irritated that it swelled up like a small dumpling. Everything is very good. Much better than the original "script". (Completed story)