Chapter 1 — Fake Fiance Committed His Love To Thien Kim, I Let Them Be Honest

The day my fiance and the Duke of So Dao arranged to confess their love, I went one step further and secretly hid the news of the two of them secretly meeting in private. In my previous life, I knelt before the elders of my clan and begged them to save the lives of those two people, in exchange for killing my entire family after he passed the exam. Before dying, So Dao's eyes were red:

"If it weren't for you meddling in me and Co Dien Chi's affairs that year, we wouldn't have had to endure three years of useless torment."

“If you harm yourself, you will also harm your family.”

When I opened my eyes again, I was back to that night of "death by love". In this life, I raised the cup of poisoned wine with my own hand and brought it before him:

“Miss So is waiting for you in the inner courtyard.”

Tonight the moon is bright and beautiful. I want to see with my own eyes that lovebirds going down to the royal stream together. Three days ago, I was still lying in a pool of blood, watching Co Dien Chi standing in the middle of the ruins of the Tham family, in his hand still holding the imperial award envelope. He didn't even glance at me. On the contrary, So Dao looked. She squatted down in front of me, her eyes were red, her voice was so soft it sounded like she was comforting a child.

"Chieu Ninh, if you hadn't had many troubles that year, Dien Chi and I wouldn't have had to endure three years of torment."

“If you harm yourself, you will also harm your family.”

I want to talk, but my mouth is full of blood. I want to ask her, that year I knelt in front of the gate for three days and three nights, begging the elders to spare the lives of the two of them, but in return was this the end result? I want to ask him, the Tham family spent all their money to help him read books, attend exams, and establish relationships on his behalf, yet after his golden name was announced, the first thing he did was kick the entire Tham family into the mud? But I can't ask a single question. Blood clogged in the throat. The moment my eyes gradually darkened, I heard So Dao coldly say:

"Can't blame her, who said her fate wasn't good?"

Then, I woke up. Woke up three days ago... The night before Co Dien Chi and So Dao promised to "suffer their love". I sat on the bed, staring at the moon outside the window, my whole body still cold as if the blood of my previous life was still there. Thanh Hoa held a bowl of calming soup and walked in, saying:

“Miss, Mr. Co sent someone to deliver a letter, saying he wanted to see you again tomorrow.”

I received the letter. Familiar handwriting, familiar writing style, each sentence and each word carries an air of gentleness and care. In my previous life, when I read this letter, my heart was filled with sweetness. But looking back in this life, I just feel nauseous. Because I know, before he finished writing the letter to me, he had already written another letter to So Dao. In the letter there are only four words:

“Try to hold on for three more days.”

Three days later was the day the two of them promised to "decline their love". That so-called martyrdom, from beginning to end, was nothing more than a drama. There is no pheasant poison in the wine, what is added is just an anesthetic. The two of them drank it and pretended to faint, waiting for others to find out, making a fuss, forcing the Tham family to break up the engagement, forcing the So family to accept the marriage. We never knew about our previous life. I really think they want to die. At that time, I was so scared that my soul and spirit disappeared, right inside that night, he ran to kneel in front of the street, begging the clan elders to come forward and resolve this matter. The elders of the clan respected the Tham family and were indeed able to force this matter down. But the price to pay is that the Tham family must bow to both families. Co Dien Chi was called and punished by the elders of the Tham family. As for So Dao, he was banned by Tran Quoc Cong government for three years. So Dao hated me for three years. Co Dien Chi also hated me for three years. What they remember is not the Tham family's life-saving grace, but those three years of "suffering and humiliation". So after Co Dien Chi passed the exam, the first thing he did was to order someone to play the harp to my father. The second thing he did was to cut off all of the Tham family's business lines.