Chapter 4 — As soon as I left, he immediately closed the entire city

I was so impatient that I cried. He said calmly:

"I'm clumsy, really careless. But I can give you another one."

I'm angry:

“Your Highness intentionally damaged it, right?”

He raised his eyebrows:

“You also intentionally made me fall several times in the snow, so consider it even.”

Having finished speaking, Ly Triet proudly left. And I stood there, holding the broken kite, so angry that I stomped my feet. Actually, this kite was given to me when I was seven years old, when Ly Triet traveled to Giang Nam. Unfortunately, he didn't realize it. Can't even remember me. That evening, the maid brought an identical gourd candy kite and timidly said:

"The Crown Prince told his servant to bring it. I hope the Crown Princess will forgive me."

Finally, my heart calmed down a bit. Since he gave me a new child, then I forgive him. Until dinner, Ly Triet still did not appear. The dishes on the table have been reheated several times. Finally, the new maid came to report that while flying a kite during the day, he dropped the fragrant bag I gave him, and now people are searching everywhere. I put down my chopsticks, feeling confused. The mother next to her smiled again:

"The Crown Prince really values the Crown Princess. Even if the fragrant bag given by the Crown Princess was lost, everyone was so worried. But it's cold outside, the Crown Princess should still go find Her Highness to come home and have a meal."

I nodded sadly. Mom doesn't know that I have never given Ly Triet any scented bag. The fragrant bag that has always hung around him for many years was made by Tieu Tinh Nhu. Not only that. The jade brooch on his head, the black boots on his feet, and the jade pendant on his belt all came from the hands of another woman. Under my mother's urging, I went out to the yard to look for him. Ly Triet was leading a group of guards to search through the snow. His face was cold and dark, his body was covered with wind and snow, it seemed like even his posture was tired. I walked up to him and put my cloak on him:

"Your Highness, stop looking. Mom will get suspicious."

Ly Triet coldly pushed me away, his eyes full of blame and dissatisfaction:

“To Le, don't interfere in anything.”

"I acted with you to protect Nhu Nhi."

"If you hadn't insisted on flying a kite today, she wouldn't have dropped the scented bag. You're truly her nemesis."

His chest heaved with anger. Having finished speaking, he turned around and continued to lower his head and dig through the snow to search. I fell to the ground. My hand was cut by a sharp dry branch, the pain was so much that it made me frown. In that moment, my heart turned cold. As expected, things that are just an act cannot be considered real. Over the past few days, I've gotten into my role too deeply. After the maid bandaged my wound, she lit a brazier and my body gradually warmed up. Ly Triet returned. The lost perfume bag was found and hung on his side. His eyes glanced at my hand, his expression somewhat forced, and he asked:

“What's wrong with your hand?”

I didn't answer, just curled myself up in the blanket and lay down, turning my back to him. He smiled coldly again:

"You've really had a lot of plans these past few days. Today you even came up with a miserable and humiliating plan."

My chest is tight:

"If you already know it's a plan of suffering and humiliation, why are you still asking?"

The man did not say another word. In the dark, I used my strength to tighten the brocade blanket, so angry that my chest felt heavy, silently deciding not to pay attention. to him again. Because of the mother's supervision, Ly Triet and I were forced to sleep in the same room. I slept on the bed, and he spread the mat on the ground. In the middle of the night, his soft, suppressed cough rang out, making me feel uneasy. It's so cold. He only covered himself with a thin blanket, but my bed had three layers. In the end, I still couldn't bear it and threw a blanket down for him. But when I saw Ly Triet's pillow, which was a scented bag given by Tieu Tinh Nhu, I immediately regretted it. My heart was filled with bitterness, I just felt that I was being despicable, so I quickly pulled back the blanket I had just given him. Regardless of whether he freezes to death or not. Ly Triet woke up again, still clutching the blanket and not letting go:

"The Crown Princess gave the blanket to someone else, why did she still take it back?"

“Let go.” I frowned, my voice unhappy. “Give me back the blanket.”

“I won't let go.” Ly Triet turned around, curled the blanket tightly around his body, pressing it tightly. “The Crown Princess doesn't sleep, but I still have to sleep.”