Chapter 2 — He said he wouldn't marry me until the Holy Order came down and he would go crazy

Those two jade blocks have seamless patterns, as if they were originally a pair. Old Lady Tham's face was completely pale. Tham Nghien Tu raised his eyes.

“Tham Nghien Phong.”

“This king asks you one more time.”

"Where did the jade on your waist come from?"

Tham Nghien Phong's hand was still placed on the jade pendant, his knuckles were white to pale blue. He was silent for too long. It took so long that everyone in the main hall realized something was wrong. The Emperor spoke up.

“Bring it here.”

The royal guard immediately stepped forward. Tham Nghien Phong suddenly took a half step backward.

“Your Majesty, this is my personal thing.”

The Emperor's eyes darkened.

“Can't I see it?”

Tham Nghien Phong stiffened. He didn't dare retreat any further. The guard took down the jade pendant and offered it to the throne. The eunuch passed the edict and also raised Tham Nghien Tu's old jade block with one corner chipped. As soon as the two jade blocks were placed next to each other, the main hall immediately rang out suppressed exclamations. The chipped area fits so tightly that there is no deviation. Cloud patterns connect into a complete whole. The back of the jade block is engraved with two small words. Tham Nghien Phong's face instantly turned white as paper. I heard behind me, Thanh La took a sharp breath of cold air. Tham Nghien Tu looked at that piece of jade, his voice was calm, almost cruel.

“This is the Crown Prince jade that my father personally gave me when I was ten years old.”

“The day I fell into the abyss, someone snatched half of me from my body.”

Old Lady Tham moved her lips slightly.

“I gave that jade to Nghien Phong.”

Tham Nghien Tu looked at her.

"So that means the old lady admitted that the jade on Tham Nghien Phong's body was taken from her."

Old Lady Tham's face stiffened. Only then did she realize she had said the wrong thing. The emperor placed the jade pendant back on the altar.

“Lady Shen.”

“If this jade belongs to Tham Nghien Tu, why is it on Tham Nghien Phong?”

Old Lady Tham knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I'm old, I remembered wrongly."

“That year, after Nghien Tu disappeared, the relics were brought back to the palace.”

"Nghien Phong missed his brother, so he kept this jade."

Tham Nghien Tu calmly said:

"In the list of relics that the Tham family submitted to the government that year, there was no such piece of jade."

Old lady Shen was shocked. Tham Nghien Tu raised his hand. The guard presented an old notebook again.

"I recuperated in the Northern border for three years. After I recovered my memories, the first thing I looked at was this list."

“That year, the Tham family announced a funeral, and it was very urgent.”

"Even the body has never been found, a tablet has been made for the god."

"But the strange thing is, the people who went missing on that trip, besides Tham Trung, were three other guards."

"Their family members later suddenly became ill and died."

Tham Trung bowed his head vigorously.

“Your Majesty, please reconsider.”

“All three of those people saw it.”

"They did not die of acute illness, but were poisoned to death by people from the Tham residence."

Mrs. Tham angrily shouted:

“You vile slave!”

“You dare to slander me one more time!”

Tham Trung raised his head, his eyes filled with hatred.

“The old slave's son is also dead.”

“He's only sixteen years old.”

“Just to replace the old slave an envelope, the next day he drowned in the river outside the city."

Mrs. Tham cried so much that she could barely breathe. She looked towards Tham Nghien Phong, her eyes were no longer heartbroken, but fear. I suddenly understood. It was not the first time Mrs. Tham heard these stories. She always knew. Tham Nghien Phong knelt on the ground, his voice trembling.

“Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me.”

"When I was still young, many things were arranged by my grandmother."

Old Lady Tham suddenly turned to look at him.

“What did you say?”

Tham Nghien Phong gritted his teeth.

“Grandmother, you said it yourself that year, if elder brother returns, the Tham family house will no longer have a place for me.”

Old Lady Tham's face changed drastically.

“Shut up!”

But Tham Nghien Phong seems to have been forced to the limit.

“It was he who told me to lead my brother to the cliff.”

“It was you who said the bandits would attack.”

“I didn't want to push him.”

“I just…”

His words were suddenly interrupted. But it was too late. The entire Taiji Palace heard it. I looked at him kneeling on the ground and suddenly felt extremely ridiculous. This person used to be noble and noble, and hated me getting involved with him. But once the blade fell on his own body, he was the one who knelt faster than anyone else.