Chapter 1 — Chess Game In The Palace

Everyone in the harem knows that concubine Luu Thanh Van is the most favored person, and also the one who doesn't care about grace the most. She doesn't need dignity, doesn't need rewards, lives in the most remote, decrepit palace, wears the most rustic wooden brooch. Even when the emperor pointed out that he wanted to be favored, she still refused to come. To comply with the emperor's will, every month I give her a salary according to her rank. Tonight, Luu Thanh Van followed the same old routine and fell ill, refusing to be treated for the twenty-ninth time. Ta
was about to send someone to bring her the medicine, when suddenly he saw lines of golden letters appearing in mid-air. 【If the female lead pretends to be sick and hides from the palace again, the emperor will be really angry! He will directly force her to drink Wen Qing wine and then force love!】 【The female lead only got pregnant once, then bribed Kham Thien Giam, telling the emperor that the child in her womb was a unicorn! From then on, the female lead single-mindedly favored the harem, her son took over the Eastern palace, and the queen could only wait for the day she would be deposed
stop!】 I laughed coldly, calling the palace maid who was about to carry the food back: "Stop taking Luu Thanh Van's food and benefits. The concubine is not entitled to receive benefits." "Also, send someone to inform Your Majesty that Lieu Thi has contracted smallpox, her palace must be blocked. Please take care of your dragon body, absolutely do not come close."If Liu Thanh Van wants to avoid being favored, I will complete it for you. …… Less than a moment later, Luu Thanh Van's palace maid Bao Duyet knelt in Phuong Nghi palace. "Praying to the emperor."
Queen, don't seal the palace! The slave's master only has a common wind and cold, not smallpox!" I said leisurely: "Whether it's smallpox or not, you and your master say it doesn't count. This palace and the Royal Hospital say that's all." Bao Duyet kowtowed until his forehead was streaked with blood: "But lady, you even cut off your salary. Master, if you don't eat well and don't wear warm clothes, how can you recover from your illness..." I asked in return: "Bonus and fortune?" If a person has no dignity, where can he get benefits?" "Still kneeling
"Bao Duyet's eyes turned red, she bit her lips and retreated. The golden letters in front of her eyes began to move again. 【The queen is really cruel! She also falsely accused the female lead of having smallpox to prevent the male lead from seeing her!】 【Is this trick to trick the male lead? The male lead discovers that the female supporting character is a woman! jealous, will definitely hate her even more!】 I didn't panic, just smiled faintly that night, Trieu
Onions came to eat. He picked up a chopstick of food, not mentioning Luu Thanh Van. I scooped soup for him: "Liu Thi's side has been sealed off, every day the Royal Physician will be outside the wall to diagnose the disease. If Your Majesty is not at ease, I can stand with you from afar to look at her for a while." He put down his chopsticks and looked at me: "Queen, you are so determined to lock Thanh Van in the palace, what is your intention?" I pushed the bowl of soup in front of him: "Your Majesty can go to Lam Hoa Pavilion to take a look. The begonia bushes in front of the door have withered, in branch
The leaves also have fragments of medicine." "I sent someone to bring the medicine, but she didn't take a sip. Tell me, is she really sick, or does she intentionally not want to see you?" "This concubine only did this to punish her for committing the crime of lese majeste and disrespecting people." He looked at me for a long time, then picked up the bowl of soup, without asking another question. The next day, Phuc Loc next to the emperor came to pass on the edict: All epidemic prevention in the harem follows the queen's orders. That night, Luu Thanh Van
Sneaking a piece of paper through the door, it passed through many hands before it arrived at Trieu Hanh's case. I stood next to him, sharpening the ink for him, and glanced at the paper with only one line: "This concubine knows I was wrong, I want to meet your Majesty once." Trieu Hanh pressed the paper under the paperweight, neither burning nor responding. But I know that if you keep that thing, you are leaving yourself a step up the ladder. I told Lien Khe to send an additional group of people to guard the perimeter of Lam Hoa Cac. Avoid letting the wind inside blow out again. Day five
inside the palace, Luu Thanh Van began burning incense and chanting sutras inside the palace walls. The song was mournful and graceful, flying through half of the harem. The palace staff gathered and discussed, saying that Lady Lieu was praying for her Majesty's blessing. When I came to report, Lien Khe was so angry that her hands were shaking: "Niang Niang, she can't pretend to be sick anymore, now she has switched to pretending to be in love!" I turned a page of the book: "Tell her to change the singing time, don't disturb the palace's lunch break." That evening, Trieu Hanh returned to Can Nguyen Palace, just passing by Lam Hoa Pavilion.
Luu Thanh Van's voice transcended the palace wall, singing an old song. That was the song that a year ago, when Trieu Hanh was traveling to Giang Nam, he heard her sing outside the nun's hermitage. After that, Trieu Hanh ordered her to return to her secular life and brought her to the palace. Trieu Hanh stood outside Lam Hoa Pavilion for how long, Phuc Loc did not say. But the next day, when I went to the Royal Study Room to deliver pear soup, Trieu Hanh's pen stopped three times while reviewing the chapter. "Your news is really fast."
sensitive." He did not raise his head. I placed the pear soup on the corner of the table: "My concubine's news is not quick. I only know that there are not many people in this world who can make Your Majesty's pen stop while criticizing the chapter." He closed the chapter: "Last night I heard her sing an old song." "She has a good memory, that's a good thing." I poured soup for him: "If your Majesty wants to listen, I will tell the musicians of the Giao Phuong Company to go outside the palace to study. From now on, Your Majesty can listen anytime you want.”Hand
While carrying Trieu Hanh's soup, he stopped and suddenly burst out laughing: "You really know how to help me reduce my work." "Helping Your Majesty reduce my work is my concubine's duty." He did not say more and drank the entire bowl of soup. The golden letters began to jump again. 【The supporting female character is clearly crazy jealous of the beloved female lead, yet she still pretends to be generous and virtuous here!】 【After that, the female lead only needs to faint, and the male lead is heartbroken again. Surely he will think of a way to let the heroine out.】 The golden letters were right. Day 5
Seven wind palace, Luu Thanh Van actually fainted. Bao Duyet was inside the palace wall, banging on the door and crying and screaming, the sound echoed throughout the palace streets. At that time, I was playing chess with Trieu Hanh. When Phuc Loc ran in to report, Trieu Hanh's hand placing troops still did not stop. The black piece falls in the middle of the board. I raised my head and looked at him: "Your Majesty, won't you come and see?" He placed another piece: "It's the palace that you blockaded. If I come to visit, how will you manage the harem in the future?" Chess game
Well, I lost half the point. When Trieu Hanh stood up to leave, I said behind his back: "I will send someone to bring her some precious medicinal herbs to help her nourish her body." He did not turn his head: "You decide for yourself." That night, when Lien Khe helped me remove her brooch, she couldn't help but ask: "Why do you still give her more things?" I looked at her through the mirror: "If she really died, you thorn." Your Majesty will never be able to get her out of your heart. Let her live, but don't let her go out.
This is the end of this matter." Lien Khe blushed and replied softly. I blew out the lamp and lay in the dark, counting the days. On the tenth day of the palace, sooner or later, Trieu Hanh would open his mouth. You are a person of love, I understand that better than you. Luu Thanh Van also understood, that's why she dared to bet. But she forgot one thing. The thing called love, if used once, will be a part of it. This is already her twenty-ninth time. …… The fifth day. Ten palaces, indeed, Trieu Hanh opened them
mouth. He sat in the ovary of Phuong Nghi palace, twirling a chess piece in his hand. He spun the tea cup halfway through before saying: "Let her go, give her a brighter place to live." I held the tea cup, not moving. "When I brought her into the palace, I promised that I would absolutely not let her smell like pepper and jade in these red walls." "Okay." I put down the tea cup: "Let her stay at Quynh Tam garden. That place is very far from Can Nguyen palace, I can rest assured." He looked at it. me: “She is right
know how to choose a place." "If this concubine didn't know how to choose a place, this harem would have been in chaos a long time ago." He tacitly agreed. On the day Luu Thanh Van changed palaces, Trieu Hanh personally came. I stood in the corridor of Quynh Tam garden, watching Luu Thanh Van kneeling in front of the palace door. She wore old clothes, became thinner, even the wooden hairpin in her hair was gone. She prostrated herself on the ground, and as soon as she saw Trieu Hanh, she immediately cried. But she did not cry out loud, just her shoulders trembled. Trieu Hanh I bent down to help her up. I carried the bowl
T.I carried the bowl of medicine and walked over: "Sister Lieu's medicine hasn't been taken yet. Your Majesty, be careful not to get sick." Trieu Hanh's hand stopped in mid-air for a moment. He took the bowl of medicine in my hand and personally brought it to Luu Thanh Van's mouth: "Drink. Keeping your body healthy is the most important thing." When receiving the bowl of medicine, Luu Thanh Van's fingers trembled. She raised her head to look at me and then quickly bowed down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you for the Queen's unmerciful kindness." Trieu Hanh's eyebrows moved slightly, but
he did not answer. That night, he stayed at Phuong Nghi palace. For the first time, he proactively said a sentence to me: "Today she said 'grace not hate', aren't you angry?" I stood in front of the mirror and took off my brooch: "If I'm angry, she will get what I want. I'm not angry, but Your Majesty feels uncomfortable in my heart." He was silent for a long time, then turned around and lay down: "There are times when you are so smart that it makes others uncomfortable." I asked: "So tomorrow, your Majesty, what else will you have?" come
"You didn't answer, but the next day still came. The third day also came. But on the third day, you arrived a moment late. Lien Khe secretly told me that, on the way to end the court, Luu Thanh Van accidentally "twisted his leg", and just happened to fall on the road that Trieu Hanh must have passed when returning to Can Nguyen Palace. Trieu Hanh helped her once. After listening, I told someone to put down the food on the table and change it to a bowl of warmed soup. When Trieu Hanh entered, I finished eating. He looked at the bowl of soup on the table,
I sat down and picked up a drink: "Today, won't you come to Quynh Tam garden to teach her?" I turned a page of the book: "If I come, it will make others feel like I care. If Your Majesty wants her to be my favor, I can't stop you, and I'm too lazy to stop you." He put down the bowl: "You really don't care?" I closed the book: "I'm the queen of the middle palace, so there's no reason to compete with and mess with a concubine. concubine?” His finger tapped twice on the rim of the bowl, without saying more. But the day comes
Wednesday, on the way to the end of the tide, Luu Thanh Van squatted on the side of the road to feed a stray cat. When Trieu Hanh stopped, she raised her head and looked over, her eyes red. Phuc Loc stood behind him and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Queen is still waiting for you to have lunch." Trieu Hanh stood for two breaths and then left.