Chapter 13 — Holy Order of Dowry

“What else do you ask for?” I raised my head. “Your Majesty please leave the palace.” The whole palace shook. Tieu Thua Canh turned his head to look at me. "Tham Van Chi!" I didn't look at him. I only looked at the Emperor sitting behind the throne. "My father was married to the royal palace for three years, his dowry was confiscated, his property was plundered, his health was destroyed." "The royal palace used my gifts to insult me, used poison to harm me, and used old things from my mother's house to nourish the outside." "My father stayed one more day, which is another dangerous day." "I beg your Majesty to allow my father to leave the palace." Go out separately, wait for the verdict to be clear, granting the royal court to my father and the Prince Regent." Tieu Thua Canh's voice trembled. "Faithful?" I finally turned to look at him. "Didn't the prince always say, telling me not to cause trouble?" "This time, I won't cause trouble anymore." "I'll go." There was something in the bottom of his eyes that was broken. "This king does not allow it." The emperor said coldly: "Your uncle, Tham Thi." I'm begging you.” Tieu Thua Canh's throat slid up and down, he knelt in place without saying another word. The royal concubine suddenly rushed to Tieu Thua Canh's side. "Canh Nhi, don't let her go." "If she goes, the old subordinates of the Tham family will know that the palace treats her badly." "The Central Western military will be in chaos." As soon as this sentence ended, the Emperor's eyes instantly changed color. I also raised my head. Former subordinates of the Tham family. Central and Western military scene. My father used to guard the Western region, and after his death in battle, his old subordinates were successively transferred away. Tieu Thua Canh took over military authority. I used to think it was just a replacement for the official position. But why is the Royal Highness afraid that they will know that I am humiliated? The Emperor slowly opened his mouth. "The Imperial Concubine reminded me of this." He took out a sheet of secret notes from under the royal throne. "Old General Tham's old subordinates presented the secret notes three days ago." "It is said that the military food shortage in the Western Region in the past was not due to losses due to war, but someone took the Princess's dowry to cover up the military's secret records." Tieu Thua Canh's face changed dramatically. The royal concubine lay paralyzed on the ground. There was a ringing in my ears. It turns out that behind my dowry, there is also the heavy blood sentence of my father's subordinates. The emperor handed over the secret document to his inner servant. "Instruct the old servants of the Tham family to enter the palace." The palace door opened. An armless old general walked in carrying the night mist. He saw me, eyes red and knelt down. "The general is late." "Please forgive me, young lady." He took out a scroll of blood from his chest and held it high. "That year the old general died in battle, not because of an enemy attack." "But because someone cut off the reinforcements." 13 The armless old general, surnamed Han, named Than, was once a pioneer under my father. When I was young, I met him. At that time, he could even use one hand to lift me onto the horse's back, laughing and calling me "Little General". Now he was kneeling on the cold tile floor of the royal study, his sideburns were white, and one sleeve was empty. The military report scroll in his hand was presented to the court by the inner chamberlain. The Emperor opened it and his face slowly sank. No one in the palace dared to speak. I hear my heart beating, each beat is heavier than the last. Han Than raised his head to look at me, his eyes red. "Eldest lady, in the past, the old general was trapped in Lac Nhan Linh for three days." "Reinforcements were only twenty miles away from him." "But the order to mobilize troops was held back in the capital, and food and grass had to be changed in the middle of the road." My fingertips were cold. "Who kept the order?" Han Than pulled out from his chest half a broken piece of bronze soldier talisman. "The general just snatched it back. got this thing." "The remaining half piece, in the past, was in the Regent Palace." Tieu Thua Canh suddenly raised his eyes. "Han Than, you said there must be proof

evidence." Han Than laughed coldly. "Proof?" "This arm of the last general, is the proof." "Before his death, the old general put a military talisman in the last general's hand, and told the last general to go back to the capital to inform his wife that the Tham family was not defeated by the enemy, but by his own family." My mind thundered. In the past, my mother heard the bad news of my father, and after just one night her hair turned white. Before she died, she only gave me the notebook. dowry, repeatedly told me to take good care of my belongings. At that time, I did not understand. Now I understand, she did not regret the gold and silver. She knew that the last evidence that the Tham family left behind was probably hidden in these old items. "Regent, do you recognize this half piece of military talisman?" The concubine immediately raised her head. "Canh Nhi!" Tieu Thua Canh did not look at her. "This is the order of the border military command that was previously held by your father." "When I took over the royal palace, the remaining half was no longer in storage." I asked him softly. "Then why didn't you tell me?" He looked at me, his eyes were filled with indescribable difficulty. "At that time, your father had already been buried, the old case involved was too extensive, my king did not want you to be caught up in it."