Chapter 12 — He Used To See Me As A Decoration, Now He Begs Me Not To Leave

A meal just like that took place in an atmosphere of silence and pressure. After finishing eating, he dismissed all his servants.

“It's been looked up.”

He opened his mouth, his voice a bit dry.

"It was done by the prince's royal party."

“They bribed a little eunuch who specialized in making incense at Tu An Palace.”

Crown Prince Phe is the emperor's elder brother. Three years ago, because of treason, he was deposed and imprisoned in Tong Nhan Palace. One year ago, he fell ill and died.

“That little eunuch's family was controlled by them.”

Tieu Can Ngon continued to speak.

"He has already confessed everything. All those involved, father has ordered strict punishment."

I just listened quietly, without giving any opinions. Royal power struggles like this are both dirty and bloody, I don't want to get involved.

“Tan Chieu.”

He suddenly called my name, raised his head and looked at me with hot eyes.

“This time… thank you.”

He paused for a moment, seemingly trying to organize his words.

"If it weren't for her, the Queen Mother... even the future court department would be unimaginable."

"She saved the Queen Mother, also saved me, saved the entire Can Vuong palace."

He stood up, walked in front of me and did something that completely surprised me. He bowed deeply in front of me, clasped his hands and bowed.

“Before, I was the bastard.”

"It was me who had blind eyes, believed the wrong woman, and hurt her heart."

His voice trembled, filled with regret.

“Tan Chieu, can you…can you give me one more chance?”

The moonlight outside the window passed through the bars and fell on him. That figure looks like it carries some desolation and... inferiority. I looked at him for a long time. Much later. Then I burst out laughing.

“King, do you know?”

I raised the tea cup and gently blew the hot air above.

“When you said these words, I remembered a falcon that my father once raised in the military camp.”

He was stunned.

“That falcon, before being tamed, was extremely ferocious, always wanting to peck and injure those who came near it.”

I took a sip of tea and continued:

“Later, my father starved it for three days and three nights, grinding away all of its pride and wildness.”

"From now on, just give it a piece of meat and it will obediently land on your arm."

I put down the teacup and looked up at him, without a trace of heat in my eyes.

“Your Majesty, you feel like you are hungry right now…”

“…or has it really been tamed?”

Tieu Can Ngon's face immediately lost all color and became as white as a sheet of paper. Tieu Can Ngon staggered back two steps, as if all his strength had been drained by my words.

“I… I'm not…”

He wanted to explain, but found that any words at this time were pale and powerless. Or has it been tamed? That question was like a poisoned thorn, piercing straight into the deepest part of his heart. He always believed that his regret was sincere. But after being dissected like that by me, even he himself began to have doubts. In this part of regret, in the end, how much comes from guilt… …and how much comes from the desire for the value that we have revealed. He struggled to run away. From then on, he no longer came to my hospital every night and sat in hopelessness. Just every session In the morning, on the window sill of our room, a flower branch with dew will appear. Sometimes it's an orchid. Maybe tomorrow. Sometimes it's just an unknown wildflower. I know it's all from him. But we have never touched it. Every day when Xuan Hoa cleans, she brings the previous day's flower branches to throw away. Day after day. Repeatedly. The rewards from within the palace also continue without end. After waking up, the Queen Mother personally issued an order, appointing me "Princess An Khang", granting food to three hundred households, and rewarding her with thousands of taels of gold. In a short period of time, the name Tan Chieu in the capital's ladies' circle became the most sought-after figure. Invitations sent to Can Vuong's palace every day, inviting me to the palace for a chat, piled up into small mountains. I don't meet anyone.