Chapter 11 — He Gave The Wrong Concubine, I Received The Correct Queen's Throne

The Queen Mother calmly said:

"Little General Shen's majesty is great."

"Just returned from the capital and taught someone's daughter-in-law how to speak."

Tham Le's temples were tense.

"I don't know her identity."

The Queen Mother smiled coldly.

"If you don't know, can you bully?"

"If she's still just the eldest daughter abandoned by the Prime Minister's Palace."

"So you can humiliate him right in front of the royal court?"

Tham Le immediately didn't know how to respond. Lam Ngoc Dao suddenly hugged her stomach and knelt down. She knelt very hard, tears falling drop by drop to the ground.

"Please enlighten the Queen Mother, my father has never humiliated you."

"My father is afraid that my sister still resents the past."

"For the past three years, the general has lived in Bien Bac, giving birth and dying, and my father has also endured all the cold and hardships with him."

"Now we have brought back important items from Bien Bac. I only ask that Your Majesty respect the general's merits and clear up the misunderstanding that year."

Until now... She could still utter those two words. Finally Yen Hanh also looked towards her.

"Where is the important thing?"

Tham Le raised her hand. Two soldiers carried a long box made of apricot wood. The box body was stained with blood. The blood stain was dry and hard, like dark red scales. The moment I saw that box. My heart suddenly tightened. That wood grain. The four corners are covered with copper. The entire lock was broken and then reattached. They were all long boxes that were missing from my maternal grandmother's dowry. Tham Le said in a deep voice:

"For the past three years, I have been investigating in Bien Bac."

"Finally reclaimed this box from an old bunker in the enemy barracks."

"The things kept inside."

"Suspected that the military book was lost."

"I wish to present it to Your Majesty to prove that the Tham family has no personal feelings."

Lam Ngoc Dao immediately responded.

"Sister, please see."

"The general did not steal."

"What happened back then was all just a misunderstanding."

"You kept us apart for three years."

"Now we should give you guys some justice."

I looked at that long box stained with blood. Then burst out laughing.

"Are you saying this box was reclaimed from the enemy camp?"

Tham Le looked at me. Step by step we go down the jade steps. The eyes of the entire main hall followed my every step. I stopped in front of the long box and gently stroked the old crack.

"But this crack..."

"I dropped it myself when I was seven years old."

"Grandmother once said."

"Even dead wood remembers pain."

"It's like me."

"I've remembered for so many years."

Lam Ngoc Dao's face immediately changed dramatically. I raised my eyes to look at Tham Le.

"If you want to lie."

"It's best to start with the fact that this box no longer accepts its owner."

The main hall was as quiet as paper. Tham Le stared at my hand placed on my long box, her expression finally could no longer remain calm. Lam Ngoc Dao forced himself to open his mouth.

"Sister, why do you keep clinging to the past and not letting go?"

"The box was originally your grandfather's relic, it was taken by the enemy, and then the general took it back. What's wrong with that?"

I look at her.

"Three years ago, you also said that the bronze lock was convenient to take."

"The silk roll was also accidentally taken away."

"Dong Chau is a token of love."

"Now for this box..."

"Another lost item in the enemy camp."

I laughed softly.

"Lam Ngoc Dao, every time you lie, you treat others as blind."

She so angry that my eyes turned red. Tham Le suddenly spoke up. His voice was compressed very low.

"Today's offering of this box is for the sake of the imperial situation, not because of personal resentment."

"You have been in the palace for three years, you must know how important Bien Bac is."

"If she insists on going back to the past."

"It only spoils the big event."

I look at him. It's still those words. Previously, he used the Lam family's reputation to pressure me. Then use the people on the border to force us. Today, we are using the imperial government to force us. As long as he wants to escape. You can always put on a layer of skin called great cause. Yen Hanh returned to sit on the throne. Noi Thi immediately stepped up. Tham Le said:

"Your Majesty, this box's mechanism is very complicated. When I brought it back, two soldiers died under dark needles."

"Please, Your Majesty, let the craftsmen check carefully."

My fingertips are still placed on the lid of the box.

"No need."

The Queen Mother looked at me. I said softly:

"Grandmother used to teach me."

She only taught me exactly once. That year I dropped the box, causing it to crack, and I cried forever because I was afraid she would scold me. But she never scolded me.