Chapter 17 — He Gave The Wrong Concubine, I Received The Correct Queen's Throne

I looked at her hand reaching towards me, not moving at all.

"Do you love me?"

Her crying stopped.

"When I was seven years old, my knee fell and broke. My grandmother hugged Lam Ngoc Dao and said she was scared."

"When I was ten years old, she tore up the painting my great-grandmother left for me. She forced me to kneel down on the street, and also told me to give in to my younger sister."

"The day she gave the bride price, she wore my Dong Chau and hugged my engagement letter, but she told me not to cause trouble."

"The way she loves me..."

"Are you making me suffer every time?"

Lady Lam's face turned pale. She trembled and shook her head.

"I don't understand."

"Ngoc Dao's body is weak."

"I'm the eldest sister."

I gently interrupted her words.

"I am not your biological son."

"Right?"

The whole main hall suddenly fell silent. Lady Lam stiffened. Prime Minister Lam suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with horror. Even Lam Ngoc Dao forgot to cry. The child in her arms was still crying. But it seemed like she didn't hear, just staring at me. The Queen Mother looked towards me, her eyes darkened. Yen Hanh stood next to the throne, his eyes cold, but he did not interrupt. I looked at Mrs. Lam.

"For the past three years, I've been looking for my great-grandmother's old servants."

"My biological mother is the main wife of Prime Minister Lam."

"After news of the great defeat of Bien Bac came back, she fell ill and passed away."

"When she entered the palace."

"I'm only three years old."

"So..."

"It's not that you favor Lam Ngoc Dao."

"From the beginning."

"She never saw me as a daughter."

Lady Lam's lips trembled for a long time, then suddenly screamed.

"I'm not your biological mother."

"But I raised you."

"If it weren't for me."

"You were bullied to death by the servants in the palace a long time ago."

I laughed softly.

"She raised me."

"It's because the dowry my great-grandmother left for me hasn't been taken yet."

"For as long as I'm alive."

"Only the Lam family can grasp the land and the store contract."

Her tears stopped. Even pretend. She can't fake it anymore. The Queen Mother spoke slowly.

"So that's it."

Mrs. Lam knelt to the ground.

"Father God just wants to guide Ngoc Dao on a good path."

"The Shen family values the eldest daughter of the Lam family, so my father wants Ngoc Dao to replace him."

"That purple wooden box was taken by Ngoc Dao from the warehouse. Father really did not know that inside was hidden relics of Bien Bac in the past."

Yen Hanh asked calmly.

"What about the short piece of paper?"

Mrs. Lam's throat seemed to be choked. Yen Hanh asked again.

"The piece of paper was sent to Bac Man."

"Is it also because Lam Ngoc Dao took it from the warehouse?"

She did not dare to answer. The Bac Man man standing next to him smiled softly.

"It's okay if Mrs. Lam refuses."

"That piece of paper was written with incense ink only used in the internal rooms of the Lam residence."

"The squid has cinnamon flower powder mixed in."

"My master once said that Central Plains women have delicate minds, even when colluding with the enemy, they still carry the smell of makeup."

Mrs. Lam suddenly sat down on the ground. Prime Minister Lam roared.

"You bastard!"

"You dare hide my correspondence with Bac Man!"

Being shouted at like that, Mrs. Lam on the other hand raised her head. There was hatred in her eyes.

"Hide it from you?"

"That year, weren't you the one who kept the letters requesting help from the main family?"

"Military food is transferred to the Lam family's mansion, isn't it also you? Nodding?"

"Up until now, why are you still pretending to be a loyal servant?"

Prime Minister Lam's face didn't have a drop of blood left. The ministers in the palace simultaneously stirred. But it quickly pressed down again. I stood still in place. The fingers are cold and numb. The maternal grandmother did not die in a great defeat. But he died in every letter asking for help that was withheld. Died among the military provisions swallowed by the Lam family's special forces. Died in the calculations of this couple. The Queen Mother was so angry that she burst out laughing.

"The Lam family is truly a good family."

Mrs. Lam seemed to have disregarded everything, pointing at me and crying loudly.

"If it weren't for you entering the palace."

"How could Ngoc Dao be sent to Bien Bac?"

"It endures all the cold and hardship."

"That's why the Northern Man people pay attention."

"I wrote that note."

"Just ask them to escort him back to the capital."

"I just want to save my daughter."

"So you used your great-grandmother's military book to exchange?"

"Use the Border Guard station to exchange?"

"Using all the people in the city to exchange?"

Her eyes avoided.

"I didn't think that much."

"I just want Ngoc Dao to return."

Lam Ngoc Dao suddenly hugged the child tightly and screamed.

"Mother!"

"Didn't you say that as long as you bring the baby back to the capital, there will be medicine to cover the wolf head tattoo?"

"Didn't you say no one would know?"