Chapter 3 — Holy Order of Dowry

The great eunuch was so anxious that his forehead was sweating. "Your Majesty, don't make things difficult for this servant." The royal concubine rushed forward and raised her hand to slap me. Ma Ma Tan stood in front of me and just received that slap. With a pop, the yard became quiet again. Ma Qin's face tilted to one side, the corners of her mouth were torn. The smile on my face disappeared. I looked at the Imperial Concubine. "I have memorized this slap." The Imperial Concubine was so angry that she was trembling. "You dare to owe this palace?" I turned around and said to the chief eunuch: "Gong Cong, the Imperial Concubine obstructed the royal edict's counting, and even personally injured my mother to pay the price." The great eunuch immediately said: "Write down the records." The little eunuch who followed immediately picked up his pen. Phi Phi's face completely changed. Tieu Thua Canh's voice was stiff. "Your majesty is very old, she accidentally accidentally." I looked at Mother Tan. "Does it hurt?" Mother Tan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. "It doesn't hurt." I nodded. "But it hurts." I turned around and got on the carriage. Before the car curtain came down, I saw Tieu Thua Canh standing rooted to the spot. For the first time, he didn't chase. The Lieu family mansion is located in the south of the city. We've been here once before. At that time, Lieu Minh Chau had not yet entered the royal palace. He only said that he lived at his relative's house and lived a frugal life. I once brought two carts of charcoal and medicinal herbs. She stood at the door wearing a rough cloth, thanking me, with tears in her eyes, saying that the princess was very kind and would definitely repay me in the future. She has indeed responded. Take my chest, wear my brocade, my jewelry, then kneel before me and offer me tea. When the carriage stopped, the main gate of the Lieu family mansion was tightly closed. Forbidden soldiers to knock on the door. Inside for a long time, no one spoke. The great eunuch's face darkened. "Phung was just doing his job, he didn't open the door, broke the door." Finally, panicked footsteps were heard behind the door. A woman opened the door and as soon as she stuck her head out, the army pushed her aside. We got out of the car and walked into the yard. Lieu Minh Chau's mother Trinh Thi sat in the main hall, wearing a thick cotton coat, her face full of anger. She saw me and laughed coldly. "Your majesty's prestige is great." "My daughter just entered the royal palace, and you brought someone to her mother's house to inspect the house." I didn't bother to say much to her. "Where is the warehouse?" Trinh banged on the table. "Even though my Lieu family is not as good as the royal palace, it is not a decadent household that allows you to bully and humiliate me!" The great eunuch opened the edict. "Lady Lieu, if the royal concubine's dowry is here, tomorrow Now we must repay it.” Trinh Thi's face stiffened. I looked towards the western room and closed the door tightly behind her. Under the door, a corner of gold-woven brocade protruded. That pattern, I recognize it. It's a bunch of wedding curtain fabric my mother prepared for me a long time ago. I raised my hand. "Open the west room." Trinh Thi stood up. "Who dares!" The army did not wait for her to say the second sentence, and went straight forward to break the lock. Broken lock. The door opens. Six golden wooden chests lined up neatly in the room. The lid of the chest was slightly open. In the top chest, a pure gold phoenix hat is pressing on a red silk strip. Next to the phoenix hat, there is also a notebook. There are a few words written on the cover. Minh Chau's dowry.04The main hall was so quiet that only the sound of Trinh Thi's rough breathing remained. I stood at the door, looking at the notebook with the words "Minh Chau's dowry" written on it, and suddenly felt ridiculous. The phoenix hat my mother prepared for me was hidden at the bottom of the chest, waiting to be exchanged for honor with another woman. The great eunuch was the first to recover. He walked up, picked up the notebook, flipped through two pages, the more he looked at it, the more unsightly he looked. "Your Highness, this is clearly written down." "One pure gold phoenix hat, four woven gold wedding curtains, two strands of Dong Hai pearl necklace, one pure white wish-fulfilling jade." "All of them are handmade items."

from the warehouse of the Regent of the Royal Palace." Trinh Thi suddenly rushed forward, wanting to grab the notebook. The Imperial Guard raised a knife to stop her. The sheath of the knife hit her wrist, she took half a step back in pain. "That is the prince's reward for my daughter." Trinh Thi gritted her teeth and looked at me. "The next day, Minh Chau must serve the prince, she cannot walk through the door with a humble appearance." I looked at her. "So the humble one is your daughter, and Is that thing on my face my mother's wedding dress?" Trinh Thi's face turned blue and then white. She was about to open her mouth to continue, but suddenly there was the sound of a carriage outside the door. Lieu Minh Chau was helped by her maid to enter. Her hair was still loose, the corners of her eyes were red and swollen, the buttons of her cloak were missing four pearls, her whole person looked extremely miserable. As soon as she entered the door, she saw the fog in the western room had opened, and her body immediately staggered. Trinh Thi hurriedly. called her. "Minh Chau, you came just in time." "Quickly tell the princess, are these things given to you by the prince?" Lieu Minh Chau raised her eyes to look at me. Tears fell from her eyes again. "Sister, the prince feels sorry for you without a father or brother, so he sent someone to add some things to add to your dowry." "I really don't know that these are your dowry items." I walked to the chest and picked up the phoenix hat Pure gold weighs heavily in the hand.