Chapter 10 — He promised to pick me up three months later

“What do you say?” I pressed each word. “I'm not getting married anymore.” “From today onwards, I want to have a female householder.” This sentence made people even more surprised than Tong Hoai An's last sentence. The crowd outside immediately stirred. Bui Nghien also suddenly looked towards me. "Tham Chieu Duong, are you crazy?" I didn't pay attention to him. From my sleeve, I took out the jade button left by my mother, along with a piece of paperwork that I had prepared early. "Before mother passed away, she left the shop and manor to me." "Now that you are retired, your husband's family no longer has the status to keep you." "If your mother's family only wants you to return and continue to patiently endure, then there is no need to take care of you anymore." "I respectfully ask my lord to set up a woman for me." Phu Doan's expression was full of awkwardness. Tham Hoai Can immediately spoke up. "I don't agree." Tham Lam Chu said coldly. "I agree." Tham Hoai Can rolled his eyes at him. "Naughty son!" Tham Lam Chu stood up straight. "If father is afraid of losing face, then go back to the palace." "Today it is Duong Duong to reclaim her debt, not the Tham family selling their daughter to pray for peace." My heart is a bit bitter. But we don't turn back. At this time, I cannot show weakness. Phu Doan looked to Master Tran. Master Tran immediately presented the contract. "Miss Shen has her own property, a shop, and a manor." "According to Dai Zhou law, widows, retirees, or women who no longer have a husband to rely on, can establish a female householder." "The Shen family does not want to continue protecting her, in accordance with this law." Tham Hoai Can's face turned pale. "Who says the Tham family doesn't want to?" I looked at him. "Father just now." told me to return to the Marquis' Palace and bow my head." "And said that if you insist on reporting to the mandarin, the Tham family will no longer recognize you as a daughter." "Even though this was conveyed by mother, everyone in the yard has heard it." Thai Linh immediately knelt down. "The slave can testify." Nurse Bach also said calmly. "I heard it too." Treasurer Nghiem also followed suit. "The villain is also present." Tham Hoai Can's lips moved slightly, but did not move. Can't say anything more. Phu Doan looked at the growing crowd of people on the street, and finally put down his pen. "I have my own property documents, and I don't have a husband's family to return to, so I'm ready to set up a female householder." The clerk brought the civil registration book. I wrote the three words Tham Chieu Duong on the notebook. When writing, my wrist was still a bit weak. But when that stroke of the pen fell, I suddenly felt the suppressed resentment in my chest melt away a little. From today onwards, I am no longer the father of any family, nor the abandoned son of any family. I am Tham Chieu Duong. Be the head of your own household. Bui Nghien looked at that notebook, his eyes were filled with emotions that I could not understand. "Chieu Duong, why do you need to go to such an extent?" I put away the jade button. "What Marquis should think about is not why I have to do that." "But within three days, how will you pay that money." Phu Doan sealed it right at the public hall. The housekeeper of the Marquis Palace knelt on the ground, his face as gray as ashes. Tham Hoai Can waved his sleeve and left. Before leaving, he threw back a sentence. "Today you have taken this step, in the future don't cry and return to the Tham family." I looked at his back. "Father, please rest assured." "Even if I cry, I will not return." Tham Lam Chu said softly. "Duong Duong." I shook my head slightly. "Big brother, I'm okay." Actually, I'm very hurt. The pain in the body, the pain in the heart, are still there. But pain doesn't mean you have to give up. When leaving the office, the sky had become overcast. The people standing outside the public road automatically gave way. Someone said in a low voice. "Miss Shen really has a strong spirit." Someone also sighed. "For a woman to be able to do this, it's not easy." I held onto Thai Linh's hand as I walked.

get on the carriage. Bui Nghien chased him out. He stood under the steps, his voice hoarse. "Chieu Duong." "Are you still hiding something from me?" I turned to look at him. His eyes stopped on the female doctor Bach, then returned to my face. "That day after she left Nhan An Duong, her face was very different." "What kind of medicine did you take?" The cold wind blew, chilling to the bone. I only said one sentence. "It has nothing to do with you." Before the car curtains fell, I saw Lieu Ham Yen holding on to the door frame, standing in the distance. Her face was pale and bloodless. But in the eyes looking at me, there was a hidden trace of resentment. Immediately after that, she suddenly clutched her stomach and collapsed. Bui Nghien instinctively ran towards her.