Chapter 5 — Both Lives – We Live Well

Why did this person appear here? The person who came was the person I had prayed to in my previous life to give La Vinh Quan an official position. The eldest son of the National Palace - Ta Truong Thanh. The Ta family is a real family in the capital, with immense power, just one lift of a hand is enough to change the situation. Originally, a fallen Marquis like ours had basically no relationship with the Ta family. However, that year my ancestor accidentally saved Ta Quoc Cong when he fell into the water. Therefore, Ta Quoc Cong once said that if his eldest son marries his wife, he will definitely choose the Ta family's daughter, and at the same time, he will often secretly help our family. And the reason why our Marquis did not fall too quickly was thanks to the help of the Ta family. It's just that after my father passed away, the Ta family's help to our family mostly stopped in terms of money. From then on, the two families only interacted on holidays. So when I was young, I went to Ta Phu several times. One time in the garden, I saw Ta Truong Thanh being criticized by several older children, saying that he had drugged one of them. But I once learned through investigating cases. We relied on every small clue, step by step to investigate, and finally discovered that they were the ones who made the mistake and slandered Ta Truong Thanh. I helped him clean up his wrongdoings and return his innocence. Because of that, although Ta Truong Thanh and I were not close at that time, it was still considered a friendship between us. After I got married, when I helped La Vinh Quan achieve an official position, I also used this favor to find Ta Truong Thanh. But now... Why did Ta Truong Thanh appear here? According to the events of his previous life, at this time, Ta Truong Thanh should have secretly left the capital with the new emperor - his brother - in disguise. Looking at his tired appearance at this moment, it was obvious that he had just rushed back from outside. So why did he appear here right now? His father and others were also extremely surprised. Father immediately stepped forward and respectfully welcomed:

"Your honor, surnamed Ta? You... why did you appear here at this time?"

It is absolutely not unusual for his father to show respect to Ta Truong Thanh. Just his status as the eldest son of the Ta family is enough to make others take him seriously. What's more, my father is also a reincarnated person. He knew clearly that in his previous life, Ta Truong Thanh had served as a mandarin with the position of Left General, his power reaching its peak, under one person over ten thousand people. In the previous life, people supported La Vinh Quan as Right General, and Ta Truong Thanh as Left General. The two men were called the two pillars supporting the Dai Qi court. It was they who helped Dai Te usher in a period of prosperity, making people live in peace, the world was peaceful, and the country was extremely prosperous. To be more precise, it would be me and Ta Truong Thanh, who are the two pillars supporting the Dai Qi court. The subordinates behind quickly chased after, intending to stop Ta Truong Thanh. As soon as they saw us, they quickly explained that this person had rushed in without even waiting for their notification, and it was absolutely not their fault. Ta Truong Thanh used to follow his ancestors and father to our house a few times, but only on holidays or important days, not regular guests. Furthermore, he is now an adult, his appearance has changed a lot, it is normal for people to not recognize him. Father did not want to hear them say any more words that might make Ta Truong Thanh feel insulted. He immediately told them to open their eyes and remember Ta Truong Thanh's appearance. There was no need to inform them in the future, just let them in directly. Then he yelled at them to quickly get down. Ta Truong Thanh wore his sword at his waist and walked quickly. From afar, he glanced at me for no reason. Then, with a strong murderous aura, he glanced at La Vinh Quan. When approaching, he quickly turned towards my father, politely clasped his hands in greeting, and said:

"Uncle Xiao, I came here uninvited. I hope you will forgive me."

“It's just that the younger generation is outside, and I heard that Uncle Tieu has just chosen a son-in-law under the golden table, and also said that he wants to marry the eldest daughter of the Marquis Palace to that scholar?”

“I wonder if Uncle Tieu still remembers that there is still a marriage contract between this junior and the eldest daughter of the Tieu family?”

“Remember this is your lesson?”

"Even though at that time my father only said to let me marry the Tieu family's daughter, at that time your Tieu family only had the eldest daughter, Ninh Tinh!"

“The daughter of the Tieu family that my father spoke of is Miss Ninh Tinh!”

"At that time, my father was just momentarily happy and a bit confused so he didn't say it clearly!"

“But when Master Tieu came to my house as a guest, he only brought along Miss Ninh Tinh!”

"My juniors always think that in their hearts, everyone already has a tacit understanding of this marriage!"

"If Uncle Tieu still doesn't understand now, then today I will make it clear!"

“Miss Ninh Tinh has an engagement with me.”

“I hope Uncle Tieu will not be so confused and take away my fiancee!”

I'm a bit stunned. Is Ta Truong Thanh here to accept me as his fiancee? Indeed, Ta Quoc Cong once talked about letting Ta Truong Thanh marry the Tieu family's daughter. At that time, our Tieu family really only had me as the only daughter. When Ta Quoc Cong said his engagement to my ancestors, I was even in diapers.