Chapter 1 — After Rebirth I Decided to Pretend to Be Stupid

Verdict: I thought that being married to Third Prince Chu Tinh An was the greatest luck of my life. He doesn't talk much, I talk a lot, it's truly a match made in heaven. Who would have thought that after a lifetime of passionate love, when he was about to die, he opened his mouth to complain. "My ears have been dulled by you. Don't be so noisy in your next life..." Live again. Exactly on the day the Third Emperor chose his concubine, the whole main hall was filled with noisy banquets. I crouched in the most hidden corner, holding my breath and bowing my head. However, he frowned slightly, glanced around, and his fingertips firmly pointed straight at me. Seeing that I couldn't escape, I had to pretend to be stupid: "A ba... A ba ba ba..." Unexpectedly, he burst out laughing: "Choose her. A ba a ba, that sounds really good." Me: "?" ... Throughout this capital, everyone knows that the third prince, Chu Tinh An, is a man of few words. During the concubine selection banquet, ladies throughout the main hall were playing the guitar and reciting poems, and I was the only one sitting in front, biting melon seeds. By the time he finished biting off the third plate, the eunuch next to him suddenly called out my name in a high-pitched voice. I was so scared that the melon seed shell got stuck in my throat, causing me to cough and choke until the earth collapsed. He walked over, expressionless and handed me a cup of tea. I thought he was planning to punish me for being suspicious in front of the palace, but unexpectedly he just said: "If you choke, don't bite the melon seeds anymore, drink some tea."... My father called him a cold-faced King of Hell, telling me to serve him carefully. The night we got married, he lifted up his wedding scarf, looked at me for a long time, and said only three words: "Are you hungry?" Then he ordered the housekeeper to cook me a bowl of noodles. For the next forty years, every day before entering court, he carefully covered me with the blanket. When he returns from court, he always brings me a portion of braised pork trotters from Hanh Hoa Lau. I sat in the study room, talking endlessly about the long house in the east and the short story in the west, while he sat next to me reviewing the chapter, occasionally just saying "Hmm". I asked him if he was bothered. He said he didn't mind. I asked him if he was bored. He said he was not bored. By the age of seventy. Before he died, I cried so much that I couldn't breathe. My tears and nose were all over Chu Tinh An's sleeve. He raised his hand with difficulty to wipe my tears, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if he had been holding back for a long time. "Thi An, in this life you have made my ears dull." "Next life... don't be so noisy..." Before he finished speaking, his hand dropped down. I was stunned... kneeling in front of his coffin for so many nights, I also thought about it for so many nights. Chu Tinh An doesn't have to tell me not to make noise, he clearly criticizes me! "Chu Tinh An, you bastard!" "In my next life, I won't serve you anymore!"... Open your eyes again. The scent of cinnamon flowers is so strong that it makes my head ache. In front of us is a familiar flower mirror, in the mirror is a young face as if it just needed a little pinch to make water flow. That's what I looked like before being braised with braised pork leg into a double chin. "Miss, it's time to enter the palace." Maid Thuy Vi walked in holding her dress, her smile full of joy. "Today the third prince is choosing a concubine, the old man told you to dress..." "Eh? Miss, why are you crying?" "I'm not crying." I vigorously wiped my face. What are you crying for? Wasn't it enough to cry for him in your previous life? In this life, whoever wants to serve can serve. Anyway, I won't serve Manh Thi An anymore. ... The Dien Vi pavilion was filled with oanh oanh banquets. The noble ladies still played the piano and drew pictures as before, and there was one person who wrote a poem on the spot, making a neat conversation, listening to it to the point where you just wanted to doze off. This time I deliberately chose the most hidden position, bent my neck and bowed my head, wishing I could crawl into the wall. In his previous life, he chose me because I bit a melon seed and caused a stir. In this life, I won't bite anymore, I'll act like I don't exist. The main hall door opened slightly, and the eunuch shouted loudly

loudly: "Your Highness the Third Highness has arrived..." All the noble ladies simultaneously stood up and bowed. I was among the crowd, bowing my head lower than anyone else. "Tinh An, there are so many noble ladies, let's see who suits your liking?" The Queen slowly spoke. The sound of footsteps came from far and near, a pair of black shoes stopped right before my eyes. My heart suddenly tightened, a cold voice rang out on top of my head: "Raise your head." I didn't move. "This noble lady, raise your head." I slowly raised my head, facing a pair of deep black eyes... Chu Tinh An... was Chu Tinh An at the age of eighteen. He was a little thinner than in my memories, his jawline was cold and sharp, his eyebrows were high, and his temperament was even colder. He looked at me, I looked at him. "Choose her." He raised his hand, pointing straight at me without missing an inch. The whole hall was immediately in an uproar. My goodness! Sitting in a corner like this and still being picked? My mind spins around a few times. In my previous life, before he died, he criticized me for being too loud. In this life, if he chooses you again, and then continues to talk to him for another forty years... won't he say one more sentence when he dies, "don't be noisy in your next life"? Thinking of this, I immediately opened my mouth wide: "Ah ba... Ah ba ba ba..." I pointed at my tongue, then waved my hands repeatedly. I am mute. The royal family probably wouldn't choose a disabled person to be the prince, right? Sure enough, the Queen sitting high up slightly frowned. "Daughter of the Manh family? This palace remembers that this child has been active and articulate since childhood. Why did she suddenly become mute?" Chu Tinh An looked at me, the corners of her lips curled slightly. "It's okay." "It's okay?" "Ah ba a ba... that sounds quite auspicious." Auspicious? I was so angry that I gritted my teeth. In your previous life, you criticized me for being noisy, but in this life, you choose a mute person because you say it's auspicious? Okay, you brought it on yourself. I tilted my head, letting a clear stream of drool slowly flow down the corner of my mouth. "Ah ba ba!" The Queen jumped up: "Isn't this just dumb? Isn't this stupid too!" The ladies throughout the main hall immediately whispered, behind the fans were faces full of expressions waiting to see a good show. People who work hard will not have bad luck. Just as I was waiting for Chu Tinh An to change people, he frowned and looked at me for a long time.