Chapter 5 — He Thought I Was Still Waiting For His Palanquin, But The Divine Order Has Come To My Palace

Du Tu Tam pretended to pull my hand, his voice sounding like an admonishment.

"Sister Lam, don't blame brother anymore. Once I'm cured, I'll leave the capital. I won't dare disturb your eyes again."

Before she could finish her words, her eyes were already red, her face immediately showed a warm expression as if she had been bullied by me. Tham Trac Nien looked at me, his eyes gradually colder, his gaze was three parts blame, seven parts contempt.

“Okay then.”

He opened his mouth first, his tone natural as if this were just a conversation between relatives.

"If I hadn't happened to meet you today, I would have gone to the palace to look for you. Tu Tam's illness is getting worse, and the medicine is missing a golden Zen tail. If I remember correctly, this item is recorded in your dowry list."

I suddenly understood why he so easily gave away a chain of bracelets worth thousands of gold. It turns out, there was already a plot. Even though we had long since broken off, these words were still like an invisible needle piercing straight into my chest. I glanced at him, my voice cold as ice.

“What if I don't agree?”

Du Tu Tam gently pulled his sleeve, her face was weak, her whispering voice carried a noble look.

"There's no need to force it. It's all my destiny. I don't want to make brother and sister Lam misunderstand because of myself. Every living person will die at some point. Tu Tam was loved and protected by the Tham family like that, so there was nothing left to regret."

He looked like he wanted to die for the sake of justice, to live apart and die, right in a crowded place. I didn't know but I thought she was a martyr ready to sacrifice herself for the country and society, for the people of the world. I looked at him and frowned, but still didn't say a word. Tham Trac Nien got angry again and shouted at me.

"It's just that I took it out a little earlier, what's so difficult? After you marry into the Tham family, won't the things in your dowry chest also be put into storage? At most, you should give Tu Tam medicine a few days in advance. Why do you need to make a big deal out of it and make everyone uncomfortable?"

The way he uttered those words was so calm that it was brazen. I burst out laughing.

"Is this the style of the Tham family? All day long, they pay attention to the bride-price brought by others? If this matter is known to outsiders, aren't you afraid that people will laugh at you for being shameless?"

Tham Trac Nien's face immediately darkened.

"Saving one life is better than building seven stupas. If you hold precious medicine tightly in your hands and see people dying but don't save them, you are shameless."

Du Tu Tam interrupted at the right time, his voice sounded as if he was about to cry.

"It's Miss Lam's medicine. If she refuses to give it, it's natural. Even if I die, it's my destiny."

Du Tu Tam still choked up as he spoke

“Tru Tam is truly not afraid of death.”

That one sentence was like a big hammer hitting his head, hitting straight at the morality of humanity. She clearly wanted to use the title "I saw death but didn't save her" to put me in a position where I couldn't raise my head. The little maid next to me was so angry that her face turned red and she couldn't help but shout loudly

"There is nothing else called life-saving medicine. That day, the wind and snow were so fierce, the prince threw my lady into the cold snow until she fainted because of that fox. If it weren't for the golden Zen tail to mix the medicine, the young lady would no longer be alive today."

"Medicine, medicine, in my mind there is only the medicine of that vixen. So what about the young lady's life, does it deserve to be trampled like that by you? And what about the young lady's life? Want to marry a lady into the palace? If the Marquis Palace doesn't have a mirror, you should use a urine pot to look at your face and see what you are."

Tham Trac Nien's face turned pale. He stammered

“That day, on a big snow day, you…”

I interrupted him

“As you wish, I have had enough of my teachings. We have learned. Dirty, rotten goods should definitely not be kept.”

After saying that, I turned and left, leaving the two of them standing in the cold wind, not bothering to look back. The anger in my chest has not subsided yet, but my steps are strangely steady. I used to think that between me and Tham Trac Nien, all relationships ended there. Unexpectedly, in less than two days, he was just like when he was a teenager, sneaking in through the wall. Under the crackling light of the oil lamp, he stood stunned for a long time. Only when he saw me holding scissors pointing at him did he awkwardly open his mouth, his voice was extremely difficult to speak

“Lin Nhiem, can... can you lend me the wedding dress I once gave you?”

I was stunned for a moment.