Chapter 1 — Bamboo Burning Brooch

The year I was born, my mother personally made me a bamboo brooch. When the elder sister saw it, she blamed her mother for being biased and insisted on an identical bamboo brooch. Mother had no other choice but to take off the hairpin from my head and put it in my sister's hair. Who would have thought that the eldest sister would cause trouble outside, using that brooch to injure a young man. After that, she threw the brooch back to me and told me to clean up the mess. In my previous life, I saved that young man. It was not until he came to the palace to ask for his hand that I learned that his true identity was the current Crown Prince Ly Tuyen. After we got married, the Crown Prince and I held peace and were indescribably affectionate. When he ascended the throne, I was appointed Queen. However, the eldest sister married the wrong man and suffered all kinds of torment. On the day I gave birth, my body was weak after giving birth, so my eldest sister followed my mother into the palace to visit. As soon as she met the Emperor, she cried and said that in the past, she was the one who saved him, but I took the credit for it. She spoke with certainty, still clearly remembering the situation of Ly Tuyen being injured that day, and having her mother stand as witness. The Emperor, because of his gratitude, appointed her a noble concubine, and favored her so much that he even took the child I gave birth to and gave him to raise. Later, I was seriously ill and couldn't recover. The elder sister used the excuse of a severe stomachache and kept all the royal doctors by her side, not allowing anyone to leave. The palace servants knelt down and begged, but were reprimanded by the Emperor and the Crown Prince and sent back, saying that I had been fighting for my whole life, and up to this point, I still pretended to be seriously ill to compete for my sister's life. I die without closing my eyes. Resurrected once again, looking at the bamboo burning brooch that the elder sister brought me, I snatched it and threw it straight into the lake, and advised the older sister that without the brooch, there would be no evidence left. If that noble prince died, it would be even better. gradually spread over the lake surface. Where the bamboo-burning brooch sank, the water also gradually became clear from turbidity. Only then did I turn around, trying to make my voice sound exactly like the Second Miss in my previous life, innocent and without any heart, only knowing how to endure and give in. "If he dies, of course no one will know who injured him." The elder sister bit her lower lip, her almond eyes covered with a thin layer of water. I know what she is afraid of. In her previous life, at this same time, she disguised herself as a man and went out to meet her lover, but she still hadn't returned for half a day. As soon as I got home, I panicked and stuffed the brooch into my hand, just saying: "I accidentally used your brooch to hurt someone." Then he hid in his room, pretending to be sick, refusing to come out. Hearing my eldest sister injure someone else, I was afraid of a murder, so I foolishly ran to where she said. Sure enough, I saw a young man dressed simply fainting in the middle of the forest on the mountainside, blood from his chest staining more than half of his shirt red. I was startled, quickly took ointment and a cloth bandage with me to stop the bleeding, bandage his wound, then used a horse-drawn carriage to take him back to the city for treatment. Thinking of my eldest sister's mistake, I was afraid that in the future he would pursue the matter and report it to the officials. At that time, the government officials would not forgive the Lam family, so I stuffed the handkerchief that I brought with me into his arms, so that if we met again in the future, we could make up for the debt. Who would have thought that this young man who looked poor and struggling was actually the current Crown Prince Ly Tuyen. Ly Tuyen borrowed his identity as a new scholar to disguise himself and leave the palace to travel. When halfway up the mountain, I didn't know why I met the elder sister, and a misunderstanding arose

Then she used a bamboo burning brooch to stab and injure me. If it hadn't been for me to promptly save him that day, wait until nightfall when the wind was strong, the mountain was cold and there were wild animals passing through, I'm afraid he would have died there a long time ago. Therefore, later to repay the favor, he followed the lotus flower pattern and the word "Lam" embroidered on the handkerchief, came to my house and asked me to marry him. After getting married, because he remembered that kindness, Ly Tuyen treated me extremely well. The Eastern Palace has never paid Trac Phi or Luong Di. He and I truly had a very loving time. Not long after, the Immortal Emperor passed away, Ly Tuyen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and the chapter established me as Empress. The elder sister didn't know from the beginning that Ly Tuyen was the person she injured that year. Because of that, my heart was always uneasy, afraid that the other person would come to my door to settle the matter, so I urged my family to quickly marry me to the Marquis of Vinh Ninh Palace. Marquis of the Vinh Ninh palace and the eldest sister were originally children and grandchildren. The marriage contract between the two had been decided by the elder sister's mother and the Marquis since she was still alive, so the Crown Prince had always been gentle and thoughtful with the older sister. It's just that after getting married, I don't know why The Prince suddenly changed. He no longer treated his eldest sister like before, and continuously took in many housekeepers and beautiful concubines. The elder sister used to cry and make a fuss, but in the end, the Crown Prince was so annoyed that he kicked and beat her. The elder sister cried and returned home to tell her suffering. Father and mother wanted to support her, so they went to Vinh Ninh palace together to demand an explanation. However, our family's family status has declined a lot compared to before, unable to compare with the noble Marquis's palace. At first, Mrs. Hau was a little guilty, but after being caused trouble twice, she was fed up. From then on, every time the Lam family came, she did not even allow the gate to be opened. It wasn't until I married into the Eastern Palace that the Marquis and the Crown Prince regained their previous stubborn appearance and began to treat their eldest sister more kindly. But the elder sister's body had long been damaged from the time she was kicked by the Crown Prince, leading to a miscarriage, weakening her foundation. At that moment, she learned that thanks to saving Ly Tuyen, she became the Crown Princess, and she couldn't help but feel regretful. A year later, I gave birth to a Prince. Mother followed the ceremony into the palace to visit me, and my eldest sister, who had not been with me for a long time, also came along. As soon as she saw Ly Tuyen, she burst into tears, saying that the person who saved him on the mountainside that year was her. Ly Tuyen did not believe it. I also yelled at the elder sister for lying, clearly that year she was the one who used a bamboo broach to injure Ly Tuyen. She did not dare to take responsibility, so I went up the mountain to save people. Who would have thought that the elder sister would say that the bamboo burning brooch was originally a gift that my mother gave me that year, the one who injured Ly Tuyen was me, and the one who saved him was her sister. The elder sister's name is Thanh Phu, my name is Thanh Ha. Phu Dung and lotus flowers are inherently the same species, just based on the embroidered scarf, it is completely impossible to distinguish. So my mother-in-law took the stand to testify, to see whose bamboo burning brooch actually belonged to. Who would have thought that right in front of me, my mother would roll her eyes and lie, admitting that the bamboo burning brooch was made by her for me, with the craftsman testifying, and then blatantly attributing the credit for saving people to her elder sister.