Chapter 6 — Hong Trang Chess Game

I say thank you, not trying to be strong. Previously, Tham Hac Chau always said I didn't need to do these things. Tieu Thua Doan asked me what was missing. At dusk, outside the translation station suddenly heard the sound of horses. When Tham Hac Chau pushed the door open and walked in, his shoulders were covered with a layer of snow. Haven't seen him in half a year, he's lost a lot of weight. His eyes fell on the fireplace between me and Tieu Thua Doan, his steps slowed slightly. Tieu Thua Doan stood up. "The Marquis of Tinh An has come here from far away, what is the matter?" "Pick up people." Shen Hac Chau looked at me. "Thanh Tu, I have come to pick you up and return to the capital." I continued to check the loom records. "The term has not ended yet." "The Princess has allowed you to return early." "I have asked His Highness to continue the term." His face immediately changed. "Why?" "This place is needed." me.” “I need you too.” The room was quiet for a moment. It seemed that Tham Hac Chau was not used to saying such words, his fingertips tightened on the edge of the table. "After you left, the Marquis Palace remained unchanged. The wedding hall, wedding dress and bride price are all intact. As long as you follow me back, the wedding can be held again at any time." I raised my head to look at him. "The Marquis still doesn't understand." "I understand." He took out a chess piece. That was the black chess piece that Bui Chieu Ninh pressed into the rain that day. "I burned the chessboard. Chieu Ninh is no longer the servant of the Marquis, I have brought her back to the Bui family. From now on, no one will bother us." "Do you think the problem is only her?" "I know there is also me." His voice was a bit hoarse. "I shouldn't use marriage to condone it, I shouldn't rob her of her embroidery, I shouldn't force her to kneel. She wants to. I can give you any compensation." "I want Marquis to leave." Tham Hac Chau's expression gradually stiffened. Tieu Thua Doan did not intervene, just added new coal to the furnace. Seeing that action, Tham Hac Chau's eyes sank. "Thanh Tu, do you like him?" "It has nothing to do with you." "You said you would only marry me in this life." "The Marquis also said he would give me a wedding with ten miles of red page." I closed the book. "There's no need to mention the past." Tham Hac Chau stood for a long time, then placed a wooden box on the table. Inside is a drawing of the mother's dress. The tear was carefully stitched with gold thread, and the writing on the back was also completely reassembled. I pray that my daughter Thanh Tu will meet all good people in this life. He said in a low voice: "I studied for half a year to be able to sew like this." The needle line was crooked, and there were still small wounds on his fingertips. My heart shrinks slightly. Tham Hac Chau looked at me, a bit of hope finally appeared in his eyes. But right after that, a translator from the translation station hurriedly walked in. "Wen embroiderer, there was an urgent letter from the capital. Old man Wen secretly sold embroidered tribute, and was arrested. In his testimony, he said everything was dictated by someone."I immediately returned to the capital that night. What my father secretly sold was not an ordinary embroidery, but a painting of the Hundred Lifes of the Western Border region as a tribute to the Queen. Once the crime is established, the entire embroidery department of the On family will be sealed. Tham Hac Chau stood outside the car and said: "I have ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the files, nothing will happen to the On family." I opened the car curtain. "What do you want?" His face stiffened slightly. "I didn't help you in exchange." "In the past, every time you helped me relieve a siege, in the end you forced me to give something to Bui Chieu Ninh. I'm used to asking for a price in advance." His lips turned white, and after a while he said: "This time I don't need anything." "After returning to the capital, I went straight to the Ministry of Justice. Father grabbed my sleeve from the prison door. "Thanh Tu, quickly ask the Marquis to save the On family. Those embroidered tributes were sent by Chieu Ninh to pick up. He said the Marquis had agreed to give them to the Bui family to rotate."

I just signed the document." I looked at him. "Why do you believe it?" "It holds the order of the Marquis, how do I know it's fake?" "The first time the embroidery was sold, you also said you didn't know." A look of shame and anger flashed across my father's face. "I am your father, can I really harm you? If my younger brother wants to enter the official school, he needs money. The On family prospered, and you also benefited." "How much silver can I exchange for Bach Tho Do?" He avoided my eyes. "Five thousand taels." "Where's the silver?" "Your younger brother took it away to take care of the relationship." I pulled back my sleeve. "Then let him return it." Father was stunned, then slammed on the prison door. "That's your biological younger brother! Now you can rely on Princess Truong, can't even your family recognize it? "I didn't turn around. In the evidence room of the Ministry of Justice, the Hundred Tho Do painting was found. The corner of the embroidered picture was stained with ink, luckily it was not seriously damaged. The female weavers of Xiling brought by Tieu Thua Doan could testify that before leaving the weaving workshop, the Hundred Life Doi had been sealed, I had never come into contact with the shipping documents. Tham Hac Chau also brought evidence. Bui Chieu Ninh forged the orders of the Marquis. The witnesses and evidence were complete.