Chapter 11 — Bamboo Burning Brooch

Ly Tuyen lowered his head to look at his mother kneeling at his feet, then glanced at his eldest sister who was sitting on the ground trembling, and finally his eyes fell on her. I calmly accepted that gloomy gaze, standing in the middle of the hall without being arrogant or cowardly. After a while, he slowly spoke: "Second Miss Lam is really very calm." "Your Highness, I only think that the tree is not afraid of dying!" I replied softly. "If Your Highness wants to investigate, please investigate the beginning and end of today's incident, also to give me a clean record." "Clean?" Ly Tuyen seemed to have just heard something ridiculous, the corner of his lips slightly raised. But as soon as he touched the wound in front of his chest, he covered his mouth and coughed twice. "Today you also want to see, how much of your innocence is finally clear." Having finished speaking, he pointed to the bamboo burning brooch and instructed the leader of the Vu Lam guards: "Bring this brooch to the Penal Department, compare it with the wound on your body. In addition, send people to Princess Truong's palace and Ninh Vuong's palace, invite Princess Vinh An and Ninh Vuong to come and take statements." Vu Lam guards ordered to leave. The atmosphere in the hall became even heavier. The elder sister was still sitting on the ground, tears smeared all over her face, her makeup smeared into two messy streaks, no longer radiant and arrogant as usual. It seemed like she finally realized she had fallen into a trap. His resentful eyes were like daggers pinned on his body, his voice trembled in a low voice: "Lam Thanh Ha... your heart is so cruel..." Cruel? Compared to the fact that in her previous life, with just a few words, she slandered me, stole my credit, robbed the Crown Prince, robbed the royal physician, and finally killed me... Today, I just returned intact what she once did. Not long after, the guard from Princess Truong's palace returned first. Ly Tuyen asked about the situation on March 15th. The guard bowed and replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, Your Royal Highness the First Princess personally confirmed that that day, Princess Vinh An and Second Miss Lam indeed had a dispute in front of Ngu Thuc Trai's door. Because there was only one last piece of Ngu Bach cake left, both wanted to buy it, so there was a struggle. Princess Vinh An fell down, crying and returned to the palace. After Princess Truong heard the news, she immediately sent someone to take Second Miss Lam back to the palace for questioning, until the next evening. Just let her go home." Ly Tuyen's face darkened slightly. "Did the mother personally say that?" "That's right. Her Royal Highness the First Princess also said that after Second Miss Lam was detained at the princess' palace, she was always detained in the backyard for a day and a night, and was not released until after she was punished." At the same time, the guard from Ninh Vuong's palace also returned. Ninh Vuong Phi did not want to come personally, but only sent the Chief Secretary of the Vuong Palace that day to answer. He confirmed that it was true that on the fifteenth of the third month, someone saw Ninh Vuong and his eldest sister going to the Quan Am temple on Dong Son. After hearing the rumors, Ninh Vuong Phi went to Lam's palace to ask about the crime. Unexpectedly, it was just a misunderstanding. The elder sister already had a marriage contract, and went to Dong Son just to pray for her fiance's blessings. Coincidentally, she was on the same road as Ninh Vuong. In front of the Crown Prince, the elder sister said she went up the mountain to pray for her mother's blessing. In front of Ninh Vuong Phi, she said she was praying for her fiance's blessing. Contradictions before and after, it's really hard to make others trust you. It can't help but make people doubt that what she said up until now, in the end, some parts are true and some parts are fake. The hall once again fell into silence. Ly Tuyen bowed his head and looked at his elder sister. There was no longer any compassion in his eyes like before, on the contrary, there was only suspicion and faint disgust. At this point, no matter how stupid he is, he still understands that his past life is the end

who injured me? Furthermore, after injuring him, the elder sister did not return to the mountain. So he also understood that the person who saved him was not the eldest sister, but someone else. "Arrest Lam Thanh Phu and take her back, interrogate her carefully. Ask her if the execution of her was done by her alone, or was there someone else behind the orders!" Obviously, Ly Tuyen began to suspect that the elder sister colluded with Ninh Vuong to injure him. Didn't he also track down Ninh Vuong in his previous life? Pitiful for the elder sister. My previous life slandered me, causing me to suffer enough. Now I finally taste the taste of being slandered by others. Even though there had been many years of friendship between her and Ly Tuyen in her previous life, this time it was difficult to avoid going to prison. Mother and father, who had just returned home in a hurry, changed their faces when they heard this and simultaneously knelt down to beg on behalf of their eldest sister. What they fear most is not anything else. But once the elder sister's crime of assassinating the Crown Prince is convicted, the entire Lam family must be buried with her. Fortunately, our dynasty has laws, the crime does not involve married daughters. The marriage between me and Mr. Chu has been arranged. Duong Chau is several thousand miles from the capital, just delivering the marriage certificate took several days. Even if news of the Lam family's trouble spread to Duong Chau, by the time the Chu family reacts to cancel the marriage, I'm afraid I will have long escaped the Lam family's quagmire. Moreover... I also left a retreat at Princess Truong's place. As for the marriage contract between the eldest sister and the Marquis of Vinh Ninh Palace... I'm afraid it will have to be canceled. I was busy thinking when I suddenly heard Ly Tuyen speak: "Lam Thanh Ha, don't you have anything to say to me?" What else do I have to say? He is alive again. I absolutely cannot let him know that I have also come back to life. She had to respectfully shake her head. "The goddess only asks for purity, other than that, there is nothing more to say." Ly Tuyen's eyes darkened. He nodded slightly to the housekeeper next to him. The maid immediately understood and ordered someone to escort the elder sister out of the hall. His father quickly chased after him, constantly begging for love.