Chapter 10 — Empress Dowager Marries the Regent Prince

I drank it all in one gulp, a stream of warmth immediately spread throughout the child's limbs. The weakness that had accumulated over the past several days seemed to have disappeared quite a bit.

"Where is the king?"

"The king has entered the court." The maid replied. "He instructed the servants to take good care of the lady."

I nodded slightly, not saying anything more. I lifted the blanket and got out of bed. The maid quickly stepped forward to help me.

"Miss, your body is still weak, where are you going?"

"I want to go out for a walk."

The maid did not stop him, just took a cloak and carefully put it on him. The palace is very large and very quiet. The pavilion and the pavilion, the rockery with flowing water, the serene scenery. When the servants saw me, they just stood from afar and bowed, no one dared to come close. We go to a garden. The garden is filled with Mac Lan flowers. Right in the flower blooming season, the fragrance spreads everywhere. Looking at those Mac Lan bushes, I remembered the message I sent to my brother.

"The 'Mac Lan' pot in the house is time to change the soil."

Brother's eyes and ears... Is it General Manager Ly? If it were General Manager Ly, he wouldn't be able to understand. So "Mac Lan" really... Who is it? Is it Co Huyen Diep? Was it him who sent Manager Ly to save me? But General Manager Ly... is dead. Died under Bui Triet's arrow. How did it all end up? My heart is as tangled as a thread. At that moment, a servant rushed over.

"Miss, the Prince has returned."

I turned around. Sure enough, I saw Co Huyen Diep slowly walking towards this direction. He had changed into his royal uniform and put on a moon-white plain clothes, a little less sharp, and a little more gentle. He stopped in front of me.

"Is your body better yet?"

I nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my life."

He looked at me, his eyes deep.

"No need to thank me much."

"I told you, you are the daughter of an old man."

I remember that question again.

"Your Majesty, my mother..."

"You were my master." Co Huyen Diep interrupted me.

I was stunned. My mother, a woman with no hands tied to a chicken, how could she be his master?

"When I was young, my body was weak and had many illnesses, so I was taken to a hospital in Jiangnan to recuperate."

Co Huyen Diep's voice was very calm, as if telling someone else's story.

"It was the court that taught me to read books, practice martial arts and take care of my body."

"For me, you are both a teacher and a mother."

I was so surprised that I couldn't speak. Mother has never mentioned these things to me before.

"So... so you..."

"I know what you want to ask." He said.

"Your brother's eyes and ears are not mine."

"It's Ly Phuc."

Ly Phuc is the real name of General Manager Ly.

"He doesn't understand what 'Mac Lan' means."

Co Huyen Diep looked at me.

"He just deliberately pretended not to understand, then used his own way to save you."

"Because he knows, once 'Mac Lan' is activated, it means the Tham family and the royal family will completely lose face."

"He doesn't want to see that day."

"So, he chose to sacrifice himself to preserve the Tham family, and at the same time preserve 'Mac Lan'."

My tears finally couldn't be held back any longer, drop by drop falling from my eye sockets. It turns out that's it. It turned out that General Manager Ly understood everything. He used the death of in exchange for the last ray of hope for the Tham family. Co Huyen Diep did not comfort me. He just stood there quietly, waiting for me to finish crying. Waiting until my mood gradually calmed down, he slowly spoke.

"Bui Triet has given orders."

I raised my head to look at him.

"The entire Tham family..."

"Three days later, you will be beheaded."

I felt like I was struck by lightning, my whole body was numb.

"How is that possible? Didn't you say... you sent someone to stop it?"

Co Huyen Diep's face also became heavy.

"My people failed."

"Bui Triet has prepared in advance. There are experts hidden in the escort team."

"My people cannot save General Tham and Little General Tham."

My heart immediately sank to the bottom.

"Not only that."

Co Huyen Diep looked at me with sharp eyes.

"Bui Triet used the name of 'robbing prisoners' and framed this incident as the Tham family's fear of running away, intending treason."

"Now the Tham family's crime of treason has become a final sentence."

"The royal decree of beheading after three days was posted all over the capital."

I staggered back two steps, leaning against the fake mountain behind me. It's all done. I originally thought that escaping from prison was a ray of hope for life. Unexpectedly... That incident became the last straw that crushed the Tham family.