Chapter 7 — As soon as I left, he immediately closed the entire city

The two old people cried until they were in extreme pain. Ly Triet stood in place, his expression extremely cold. Only he himself felt a slow, numb pain, like a sharp blade cutting into himself one by one. Obviously he doesn't love To Le. So why does it hurt? He remembered the last time Tuong To and his wife stood in front of him, which was the day To Le got married. They carried ten miles of red costumes, begging him to treat their daughters kindly. But at that time, he only thought of Tieu Tinh Nhu, afraid that she would be upset, and completely ignored it. That day, he casually grabbed To Le's hand and took her back to the Eastern Palace. On the night of the wedding, the first time she met him, he could no longer remember what his face looked like. For the past two years, To Le seems to have been unhappy. Between her eyebrows and the corner of her eyes, there was always a hint of tiredness and melancholy. But he remembers it very clearly. The first time I met her, she knew how to smile. Ly Triet's body trembled slightly. The two white lanterns hanging under the eaves seemed to cut straight into his eyes, causing him to suddenly have a crazy urge to tear them apart. He heard his own stubborn voice ring out. Ly Triet reached out to help Tuong stand up:

"To Le is not dead. You will find her. She was just angry at you, so she ran away."

To Le... will he be angry? Ly Triet is not sure. He seemed to have never seen her angry. She always quietly and quietly waited in the Eastern Palace, waiting for him to return. Leaving Su palace, Ly Triet immediately sent secret guards to investigate. That day, people saw To Le fall into the lake, but no one jumped in to save her. In Ly Triet's heart, fierce anger rose. It's the Crown Princess, but there's not a single person willing to save her. He wanted to rebuke their coldness. At that moment, a woman with a haggard face suddenly knelt down and her voice rang out clearly:

"Your Highness, it was you who said that the Crown Princess was a concubine in cahoots with the butler, scheming for the family fortune, that's why everyone didn't dare to save you."

Right after that, another person also knelt down and prayed:

"Your Highness, the people who saw the Crown Princess falling into the water... were not only us, but also Your Highness."

Another person knelt down:

"Please, Crown Prince, raise your head and hit lightly. Let the Crown Princess rest in peace at the golden stream."

Everyone around nodded in agreement. Ly Triet's heart felt like it was stuck on an invisible thorn. Obviously no one criticized him directly, but he felt like he was being condemned by thousands of people. He is the Crown Prince. He is the successor to the throne. Who can blame him? That night, Ly Triet locked himself in his room all night long. When morning came, he made a decision. Whether we live or die, we must meet people. A rare heavy snowfall in ten years covered the royal citadel. The lake where To Le fell was frozen several meters thick. Ly Triet led a team of secret guards and frantically dug through the ice to search. He had not slept for two days and two nights. But still couldn't find her. Snow fell fiercely non-stop. To Le's body has not been found, and Ly Triet fell ill. In his daze, he smelled a faint scent. It's the scent on To Le's body. The night the two had sex, he really liked that scent. Unconsciously, he reached out to hug the person next to him. But when he woke up, the person in his heart was again Tieu Tinh Nhu. His face stiffened:

“Why is she here?”

Hearing that, extreme hatred rose in Tieu Tinh Nhu's heart. She planned step by step, only missing the final step of killing To Le, thinking that she would wait for the day Ly Triet welcomed her into the Eastern Palace. But half a month has passed. The letters she sent to Ly Triet, I heard he didn't even open them. Helplessly, Tieu Tinh Nhu had no choice but to find her own way to meet him. She went to To Le's palace, used her perfume again, and then secretly added a little scent of love. After that, she came to Ly Triet's hospital bed, intending to change things. If she succeeds, she will drink the life and death pill, and it's only a matter of time before she enters the Eastern Palace. And if the matter is revealed, Tieu Tinh Nhu can still blame To Le, saying that she accidentally used her incense powder by mistake, that To Le herself once had a deceitful heart, putting medicine in the incense to bewitch the Crown Prince. With that scheme that kills two birds with one stone, even Tieu Tinh Nhu feels that she is so smart that it's scary.