Chapter 3 — Bride of the World

"According to the rumors I heard about the Fourth Prince, he will definitely come before Your Majesty to cause trouble and demand strict punishment of the Hua Palace, otherwise he will not obediently come to the land. If Your Majesty wants to quickly send this evil official away, he will definitely severely punish the Hua Palace."
I laughed and said:
“Father, guess, will His Majesty strip us of our titles, or reduce us all to commoners?”
“Hua Niem Thu!”
Father shouted in a serious voice.
“I'm here, father.”
I didn't panic at all.
"The daughter didn't say anything wrong? With the fourth prince's temperament, we would be lucky not to destroy our entire family. He could really do that."
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"If one person is glorious, the whole family is glorious; if one person is harmed, the whole family is harmed. What good will it do for you if the Hua family is in trouble? If you make a fuss about this in front of the Fourth Prince, you yourself will not have a good ending!"
The mother-in-law spoke up, looking dissatisfied.
"So what? After all, the Fourth Prince is not a good person, and I will not have good days marrying him. Having you all die together, I am very happy!"
"Thu Nhi, why have you become so cruel? Do you have to kill our entire family to be satisfied?"
The mother looked extremely heartbroken. I smirked.
"Mother was joking. If it weren't for my younger sister stealing my bride price, I wouldn't have had the chance to drag everyone into the water with me."
"It's just a few sets of jewelry and a few dresses. The fourth prince is a prince after all, he won't be so petty."
Hua Niem Tran still didn't realize the seriousness of this matter, craning her neck and glaring at me.
“Tran Nhi, return the things to my second sister.”
When his father spoke, Hua Niem Tran was immediately unhappy.
"I won't pay! I've never had such a beautiful set of jewelry before. Based on what Hua Niem Thu owns, it's obvious that she's only worthy of picking up things I don't need!"
"Good Tran Nhi, that's not what you should get. Another day, mother will take you to buy something better."
Her mother coaxed Hua Niem Tran in a low voice, but she was extremely stubborn.
"I refuse! Those jewelry sets are all the best, even my great-grandmother doesn't have such good things. Mother can't afford to buy anything better!"
“Pop!”
The mother-in-law slammed her chopsticks on the table.
“Eldest daughter-in-law, this is the good daughter you taught!”
"Please forgive me, mother. My daughter-in-law will definitely teach Tran Nhi well."
Seeing that Hua Niem Tran refused to listen, the mother directly ordered the maid:
"Go to the third lady's room, bring everything she took back to the warehouse. If one item is missing, be careful of your skin!"
The maid quickly ran out.
“Are you satisfied now?”
Mother fiercely glared at me. I didn't say anything, just stared at the jewelry on Hua Niem Tran's head. Mother realized what I meant and said to Hua Niem Tran:
"Tran Nhi, take down the jewelry from the warehouse and return it to your second sister."
"I don't want it! These are all my things!"
Hua Niem Tran's eyes were red, extremely unhappy. When my mother saw it, she couldn't bear it, turned around and said to me:
"Just this one set. As a sister, giving my sister a set of jewelry is also the right thing to do."
"There is nothing in this world that should be taken for granted. Unless you don't let me marry the Fourth Prince, otherwise, all we need is one missing thing." I will tell the Four Princes clearly on the night of the wedding ceremony. Otherwise, the bride price will be lacking. In case the Four Princes think that I arbitrarily took it, I will be the one in trouble."
“What if I suffer a little? My sister likes you, can't you be a little more patient for her sake?"
As soon as mother finished speaking, I immediately threw down my chopsticks.
“Does mother really think that I am a piece of dough, letting you knead it, squeeze it into a ball and flatten it? You guys pushed me into the tiger's mouth, and you still expect me to be moved to tears and bow my head to thank you?"
I coldly snorted.
“I don't live well, you guys don't want to live well either. Today, Hua Niem Tran stole my things. Not only will I not hide it for her, but I will also add salt and sugar, saying that everyone in the Hua mansion helped her. At that time, everyone will die together and go to the underworld to reunite!”
Mother was so angry that her hands shook, she pointed at me and shouted:
“Unfortunate! Why did I give birth to a cruel person like you?
Father couldn't bear to watch anymore, so he directly pulled the jewelry off Hua Niem Tran's head and threw it to me.
“Is that okay?”
Her father was not gentle, Hua Niem Tran's hair that was tangled in the jewelry also had a few strands torn off. The pain was so much that she screamed loudly. Mother quickly comforted her and gently coaxed her.
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“Just returning it cannot erase all the anger in my heart.”
“What else do you want?”
The mother did not care about her image and became angry. I did not move at all.
“Hua Niem Tran stole my jewelry and dress, and according to family law, beat her twenty times to calm my anger.”
“Are you crazy? With twenty lashes, your sister will lose half her life!”