Chapter 13 — He Gave The Wrong Concubine, I Received The Correct Queen's Throne

I bowed my head and looked down. The bottom of the box cracked open a sealed gap. A thin silver card fell down. The back of the card is engraved with the personal seal of my maternal grandmother. As for the front... It's engraved with a person's name. Not the Tham family. But it's my father. The silver card fell to the ground without a loud sound. But the whole main hall seemed to be hit straight in the heart by that sound. Father crouched on the ground, his shoulders shaking violently. He did not dare to raise his head. The Queen Mother looked at that silver card, the coldness in her eyes gradually drooping down. Yen Hanh ordered his inner servant to present the silver card. He looked it over and then gave it to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother only glanced over in the blink of an eye, her fingers already tightening on the handrail.

"Prime Minister Lam."

His father's forehead was still pressed against the tile floor.

"I was wronged."

The Queen Mother's voice was cold.

"Aye hasn't said the crime yet."

He choked. I looked at his convulsing back and felt no satisfaction in my heart. He used to be my father. Even though he was biased, cold, and considered me a stepladder to save face for the Lam family, I still hoped that one day he would turn around and look at me just once. But he never looked. Finally he knelt before me. But not because of me. But for himself. Lam Ngoc Dao suddenly cried and crawled towards his father.

"Father, save me."

"I don't want to die."

"The only one at two o'clock in the morning"

"My stomach hurts."

It seemed like she was really in pain. Thick cold sweat was pouring down his forehead, his lips were also pale. But her eyes still stared at the silver card. Tham Le also stared at the silver card. His expression was even more complicated than before. There is also the fear of being dragged into the mud by others. I asked him:

"Tham Le, is this something you also took back from the enemy camp?"

He didn't answer. I asked again:

"Or rather..."

"For the past three years, you guys have never really left that net?"

Tham Le suddenly raised her head.

"I am not treason."

I nodded.

"Then it's best not."

He gritted his teeth and said:

"For the past three years, I have been searching for military books. I have indeed found a secret network in the North."

"The purple wooden box I took from a former subordinate who deserted the army."

"Before he died, that person said that her maternal grandmother's death in the past was related to a major official in the capital."

"I'll take the box back to the capital."

"It's to find the real killer."

I look at him.

"Then why don't you present it directly to His Majesty?"

He was silent. Yen Hanh asked me an even more serious question.

"Why did you bring Lam Ngoc Dao into the palace first?"

Tham Le's lower jaw was tense. Lam Ngoc Dao suddenly cried.

"Because I want to see my sister!"

"That sister made me suffer in Bien Bac for three years!"

"I just want her to see with her own eyes that I'm pregnant with the general's child!"

"I just want her to know that even if she becomes a noble person, she still won't be able to win the general's heart!"

She cried until her heart was broken. As if wanting to tear away all the resentment that had accumulated over three years for everyone to see. Many ministers in the palace looked disgusted. Three years ago. Perhaps they even felt sorry for her weakness. But today, she was pregnant and caused chaos in Kim Loan Palace. Again like a dull knife. Peel off your own camouflage skin. I look at her.

"I think..."

"I'm still there Do you want to compete with Tham Le with me?"

Lam Ngoc Dao was stunned. I said softly:

"I already don't need him anymore."

Tham Le's face was slightly pale. I don't look at him. Just look at Lam Ngoc Dao.

"I'm waiting for you to come back."

"It's because my grandmother's relics are in my hands."

"If you would hand it over sooner."

"Even your name..."

"I'm too lazy to listen."

As if pierced by that sentence. Her whole body stiffened. The thing she was most proud of. In my place... It's not worth a penny. It hurt her even more than being scolded. The doctor suddenly said urgently:

"Your Majesty, Third Miss Lam is about to give birth."

Lam Ngoc Dao let out a pitiful scream and her whole body fell to her knees. Tham Le reflexively quickly caught her. But this time, his hand was no longer as steady as before. Yen Hanh looked at the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother said:

"Send it to the heavenly palace."

"You cannot let people die in Kim Loan Palace."

The palace maid and midwife immediately stepped forward to help Lam Ngoc Dao away. She was in so much pain that her face was covered in sweat, but she still didn't forget to turn her head and scream at me.

"Sister, don't be proud!"

"If I give birth to the Shen family's eldest son, the general will still be mine!"

I watched her being taken into the heavenly palace.