Chapter 5 — I choose Ninh Vuong in the middle of Kim Loan Palace

If I don't come, she can spread the word that I hold resentment and disrespect towards the Central Palace. She had just stepped up to the throne and needed someone to establish her authority. And I am the most suitable person. Father smiled coldly. "She really knows how to choose the right time." Mother said: "Then just use the excuse of being sick and not go." I shook my head. "Using illness as an excuse is to show weakness." Father raised his eyes. "You want to go?" "Go." I picked up the card. "But don't go alone." Father was silent for a moment, suddenly understanding my meaning. "You want to invite Ninh Vuong to accompany you?" "Cung Phuong Nghi invited Ta Minh Duong." I closed the card. again. "But now Ta Minh Duong is Ninh Vuong's fiancee." The mother was stunned, then asked: "Minh Duong, have you really thought about this marriage carefully?" The main hall became quiet. Father and mother both looked at me. We know what they are worried about. Ninh Vuong Tieu Nghien holds heavy troops and has a very high reputation. Marrying him is not necessarily more peaceful than staying in the palace. The new emperor was afraid of him, Tham Nhuoc Nghi hated me, the courtiers stood by and watched, and his ancestors avoided him. Just one wrong step and you will fall into the abyss. But we have no way back. I said in a low voice: "I have thought carefully." Mother's eyes turned red. "I liked the Crown Prince before." I lowered my eyes. I really liked it before. I liked it so much that he recited the chapter at night, and I stayed up with him until dawn. I like him so much that he is lost because of Tham Nhuoc Nghi, I can still find a reason for him. I liked it so much that when he promised to give me the afterlife, I truly believed in that lifelong promise. But something called love, once trampled on in front of everyone, can never be put back together again. I raised my head. "The previous Ta Minh Duong has been left behind in the Eastern Palace." Mother covered her mouth, tears falling. Father turned away, and after a long time said: "Okay." He stood up. "If you choose Ninh Vuong, the Ta family will walk this path with you." My heart heated up. Father said again: "But if you want to enter the palace tomorrow, it may not be possible." As soon as he finished speaking, the butler came in to report again. "Master, Ninh Vuong Palace sent someone." This time the person who came was the chief historian of Ninh Vuong Palace, Tan Chu. He brought two things with him. A rare red fox skin chest in the Northern Military Camp and an envelope written by Tieu Nghien himself. There were only eight words in the letter. Tomorrow at Dragon time, this king will come to pick you up. Mother read the letter and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Father stared at those eight words again, his face complicated. "Ninh Vuong had long guessed that Empress Tham would invite you into the palace." I put the letter away. "You reminded me in the palace." Father's eyes became deep. "Minh Duong, Ninh Vuong is not a simple person." Of course I know. A seventeen-year-old person can lead soldiers out of the customs, how can it be simple? Today, on the outside, he entered the palace at will, but in reality, every step stepped on Tieu Thua Duc's most painful place. He accepts this marriage as both protecting me and forcing the new emperor to show his attitude clearly. But for some reason, I'm not afraid of him. Maybe it's because of the snow seven years ago. Perhaps because when the whole hall was silent, he was the first to stand up and say that he was satisfied. Late at night, I returned to my institute. The maid, Thanh Hanh, helped me take off my hairpin and asked softly: "Tomorrow, Miss, do you really want to go to Phuong Nghi palace?" I looked at myself in the mirror. "Go." Thanh Hanh bit his lip. "The maid is afraid that the Queen will make things difficult for you." "She will definitely do that." I raised my hand to take off my earring. "So I want to see how difficult it can be for her." Thanh Hanh was about to say something, when suddenly a sound rang out in the yard outside. dull. It was like something heavy had fallen down the wall. She stood up in panic. "Who?" No one answered

again. I signaled her not to speak, went to the window and pushed open a small crack. Under the moonlight, at the foot of the wall, there was a man in black lying down. In front of his chest was a short arrow, blood soaked his shirt. Thanh Hanh almost shouted, but I quickly held him back. The man in black struggled to raise his head, revealing half of his pale face. He took out an iron command from his chest and pushed it towards me. On the plaque is engraved the word "Ninh". My heart sank. The man in black opened his mouth, his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible. "Miss, don't enter the palace tomorrow." "In Phuong Nghi palace, there is someone who wants to take your life." 06 The man in black just finished saying that and immediately fell into a coma. I sent Thanh Hanh to invite his father, and ordered him to block the courtyard door. Father quickly ran over. Seeing the Ninh Vuong Palace order on the ground, his expression immediately changed. "Bring people to the secret room." The palace doctor treated him all night long. When you pull out the short arrow, the arrowhead glows dark blue. The doctor said in a low voice: "It's poisonous." The mother took a cold breath. Father looked at me. "Can't go tomorrow." I didn't answer right away. The man in black was a member of Ninh Vuong palace, but he fell at the foot of the wall of Ta palace. If he really came to report the news, it would prove that something had happened to Ninh Vuong Palace as well.