Chapter 12 — Bamboo Burning Brooch

Finally, my mother couldn't bear it anymore, her voice trembled: "Thanh Ha... you... how could you... She's your older sister..." I turned my head to look at my mother and suddenly burst into laughter. In my previous life, when I was falsely accused, she never remembered that I was Lam Thanh Phu's sister. Now it was the eldest sister's turn, and she asked me again. "Mother." I curled my lips slightly and leaned close to her ear. "Do you still remember Concubine Chu? Seven years ago, Concubine Chu was pregnant. When she was about to give birth, because the baby was too big, it was difficult to give birth. In the end, mother and son could not save both their lives." "Those bowls of tonic soup were all brought to Concubine Chu by mother, right?" "You hate her for her beautiful appearance, okay?" Father favored her, and even took care of her son in front of her. Knowing that she was uneducated and only greedy for nutrition, she deliberately spread the news that the more nutritious food she ate, the better it would be for her I, understand things better than me. That's why these past few years, she's used the death of Concubine Chu and her daughter to intimidate people, causing people to favor her over and over again." Her lips trembled for a long time, but in the end she was still unable to say a complete sentence. I smiled again. "Mother, think carefully. The eldest sister committed the crime of murdering the Crown Prince. Once His Majesty prosecutes her, even if she says she did not mean it, it will be difficult for her and her father to escape being implicated." "If it's light, you'll be punished. If it's serious, you'll be exiled three thousand miles away. You want me to bear the crime for your eldest sister, do you still expect that after she's released, she'll show you a little more mercy?" "Could it be that my biological daughter... won't? Is it worth loving more than a daughter who is not related by blood?" The mother sat down on the chair, as if all her strength had been drained. She looked at me with a gray face. "Thanh Ha... you... when did you become like that..." "How is that?" I turned around to look at her, my voice calm. "Cruel? Mother, I only learned a part from my eldest sister." Mother's face immediately turned pale. Looking at her like that, I don't feel even half the joy in my heart. After all, it was only because she did something wrong that she was held captive by the elder sister for seven years. Pitiful is pitiful, but not worthy of sympathy. ... Outside, there was the sound of his father constantly pleading to admit his guilt, mixed with the sound of hasty footsteps stepping on the green stone floor. The Crown Prince's people work very neatly. In just a few moments, the elder sister was escorted to a prison vehicle outside the palace gate. I heard that sister's shrill cry echoing from outside the courtyard wall. She screamed that it was unfair, scolded her step-mother for not being virtuous, and for the sake of her biological daughter, she had joined forces to kill herself. The mother bit her lips, tears fell, wetting the dark blue pattern on the front of her chest. Kind and virtuous. Deep understanding and great meaning. The compliments that were once given to her are now like slaps, leaving her no longer having the face to face people. The marriage letter from the Chu family was finally delivered before Lam Thanh Phu was convicted. Lam Thanh Phu was pampered since he was a child, but could not stand the torture in prison. After only receiving twenty lashes, she confessed. Revealed the affair with Ninh Vuong. He also testified that that day, after going down the mountain alone, because he had a stomach ache, he ran into the forest in the middle of the mountainside to relieve it. At that moment, he met Ly Tuyen who also went into the forest. She thought she encountered a lustful person, so she used a brooch to stab Ly Tuyen and then ran away. It's a pity... She didn't know that the person she stabbed was the current ruler

Crown Prince. Finally, the Marquis of Vinh Ninh Palace also heard the news. After learning about the not-so-glorious things between the elder sister and Ninh Vuong, they angrily broke off the engagement. Father and mother had not yet had time to resent each other, but the palace had already passed down a holy decree. The mother did not teach her child strictly and was kicked thirty times. His father was not a strict ruler, so he was dismissed and made a commoner. The entire Lam family was exiled to the South. Without a decree, they could never return to the capital. Because I had a marriage contract, I was lucky to escape this disaster. It's just... I didn't expect that in the middle of the night, Ly Tuyen would appear in my yard. Seeing me full of caution, he sighed softly. "Don't be afraid. Tonight you're not here because of Lam Thanh Phu, but because of you, Thanh Ha." I raised my head, facing those deep eyes. The candlelight flickered in the depths of his eyes, reflecting an unpredictable ray of light. "I do not understand Your Highness's meaning." Ly Tuyen did not answer immediately. He clasped his hands behind his back, lightly tapping his fingers together. The pale face under the moonlight became even colder. "Thanh Ha." "Are you also resurrected?" He suddenly spoke, his bright eyes staring at me. "From the first time we met, you were not afraid of me at all. Her sister knelt on the ground trembling, her mother knelt down to plead guilty, her father knelt his head until his forehead was bruised." "Only she, from beginning to end, remained upright, speaking neither arrogant nor cowardly. One A lady who lives in the depths of the countryside, how can she be so calm when she meets the current Crown Prince?" "Unless... Unless she is the same as you, she is the same person who has lived through a life. In her heart, she hates her past life for looking at people who didn't see clearly, causing her to die." "So when she came back to life, even though Lam Thanh Phu said she had injured someone else, she still didn't run to save you like before?" He said guess...it's really accurate. But who said he guessed correctly, I have to admit? "What Your Highness said, I do not understand." "I did not know that the person injured by my eldest sister on Dong Son was Your Highness. Furthermore, even if I wanted to save Your Highness, I could not separate myself, because at that time I was taken away by the people of Princess Truong's Palace."