Chapter 2 — Bamboo Burning Brooch

Originally, after giving birth, my body was already weak, but because of anger and injustice, I fainted. When I woke up, I learned that Ly Tuyen had allowed the eldest sister and the Crown Prince of Vinh Ninh to separate, appointed her a noble concubine, and gave her my child to raise. … He said, I owe all of this to my elder sister. If I hadn't cheated and robbed her of her credit in the past, then from the beginning, the position of Crown Princess would have belonged to her eldest sister, and the Queen's position should have belonged to her. Thus, the person who married into the Marquis of Vinh Ninh must have been me, and the person who was kicked until she had a miscarriage must also have been me. Therefore, I must compensate the eldest sister with a child. I tried my best to fight but it was in vain. The parents in the family saw that the king loved his eldest sister so much, and always favored him. My mother also visited me many times in the palace to advise me to ask for my wife's death, and to act for my eldest sister and Ly Tuyen. But we are determined not to let them have their way. I was not at fault and gave birth to the Crown Prince, who has always had a good name, so Ly Tuyen's two requests to abolish the Queen were blocked by the courtiers. They tried their best and finally secretly poisoned my food. By the time we discovered it, it was too late. I was sick to the bone marrow, the maids serving next to me knelt down and asked the doctor to cure me, but I was informed that the noble lady had a severe stomachache, all the royal doctors had been called to the noble lady's palace to wait for orders. A palace maid risked her life and ran to the eldest sister's palace, kneeling and begging her to give me a doctor to save my life. Who would have thought that Ly Tuyen and the Crown Prince I gave birth to would scold her and chase her away, scolding her for being bold, scolding me for not knowing how to repent, clearly knowing that the eldest sister was not well but still pretending to be seriously ill to compete for her life. I die without closing my eyes. To live again, the only thing I hope is that those who have harmed me die immediately. Therefore, I instigated the elder sister to destroy the body and destroy the remains. ... "Thanh Ha." The elder sister pulled my sleeve and asked nervously: "Sister... actually, I couldn't see his face clearly, I only remember that the clothes he was wearing were all precious fabrics, there must have been some status in the house. What if he really died, would it involve our family?" In my heart, I laughed coldly. In her previous life, she threw the brooch at me like a hot potato, never thinking about whether it would implicate the Lam family or not. But on the surface, I softened my voice, holding her slightly trembling hand: "Don't worry, sister. He was able to appear alone near Dong Son, without even an entourage by his side, so he probably wasn't an important person." "Besides..." I leaned closer, whispered next to her ear: "If he is really a noble person, why is he there alone, and let people hurt him?" She gradually felt reassured, a relieved smile even appeared on her face. "That's right... that's it... let me go back and think more." She turned and left, the hem of her skirt skimming the moss on the stone steps, leaving a trail of water. I stood still in place, watching her back disappear behind the moon-shaped archway, then slowly squatted down, looking at my distorted face reflected in the pond. The face in the water is so youthful, between the eyebrows and the corners of the eyes there is still immaturity that has not yet melted. However, those eyes were already filled with coldness that had been tempered over two lifetimes. I deceived the elder sister. I also didn't tell her that after I saved Ly Tuyen in my previous life, when he was still in a coma, he muttered a sentence: "The brooch... the bamboo burning brooch... is evidence..." After Ly Tuyen was executed and returned to the palace, he immediately sent people from the Eastern Palace to search the entire city to find the whereabouts of that brooch. But that brooch was soon destroyed by me. This time, I will not destroy the brooch anymore. I want to see, later

When Ly Tuyen finds the murderer, how will he deal with her? I stood up and brushed the grass off my skirt. In the distance, the mother's voice called the elder sister to come home for a meal, still gentle and gentle as in the previous life. Listening to that sound, in my mind only the image of her standing straight in the middle of Kun Ninh palace pointing at me said: "That day it was clearly your sister who saved the Crown Prince, yet you took the credit for it." It was clear that the eldest sister was the child of her previous wife, and had no blood relationship with her. And I am her biological daughter. Yet time after time, she forced me to give in, even my husband and son wanted to take it away and give it to the eldest sister. You have no motherly love for me, so don't blame me for being unfilial. The pond surface quietly reflects half of the sunset. I turned around and walked back along the green stone path. In the end, the eldest sister did not dare to return to Dong Son. She was afraid of the wind in the mountains, afraid of wild animals in the forest, and could only pray that Ly Tuyen would live and die on his own. It's just that before, even though she liked to fight with me, she had never done anything to stab someone. Suddenly, a stab hit someone in the chest, and it was hard to avoid feeling restless. Seeing this, the mother immediately asked: "Thanh Phu, why are you so absent-minded? Are you not feeling well?" The elder sister shook her head coldly. Up until now, she has never liked her mother very much. Even though her mother is a stepmother, married into the Lam family and has taken care of her for more than ten years, in front of outsiders, she still rarely calls her mother. However, because she wanted to maintain her virtuous reputation, her mother never compared herself with her sister, but on the contrary, she became even more concerned. This time, seeing that she didn't want to eat or drink, and refused to explain the reason, after the meal she called me to ask: "Do you know why your sister is unhappy today? Are you eyeing something of mine again, but you refuse to give it to her?" I smiled faintly, spreading my empty hands.