Chapter 19 — I heard that I had a loving husband and wife, and had many children and grandchildren. He crushed the white jade bowl in his hand.

More than two years. In my previous life, less than two years after I entered the palace, I started taking that bowl of medicine. In other words... they've been using this trick for at least two lifetimes.

“Are you willing to testify?”

Ngo ma ma bit her lip.

"As long as Mrs. Han asks Lady Dung Tan, tell the old slave to atone for his sins, and give the old slave a way to live."

I will let Ma Ma return to the palace and keep it a secret, waiting for my orders. All the pieces... are in position. Medicine bottle. Remedy. People who know things. The wooden box has the hidden secret of the Co-family. There is also a underground tunnel in the medicine room of Tieu Phong Palace. Next, there was only one missing opportunity to light the fuse. And this opportunity... Co Van Thu personally brought it to the door. She gave Thanh Uyen an ultimatum. In the letter that Thanh Uyen circulated, there was only one line:

"The queen said, if the Han family still refuses to bow before the end of the month, then I will be 'sick to death' in the palace."

I held that letter and sat all afternoon. At dusk, Han Chinh returned from the barracks. As soon as he saw the expression on my face, he didn't ask anything, just came and sat down next to me. After a long time, I opened my mouth.

“Han Chinh, I want to enter the palace.”

"Tomorrow."

“I'll go with you.”

“You can't come in.”

“Then I will send Uncle Manh's men to the palace gate.”

“Too ostentatious.”

He thought for a moment.

“Then I will send five thousand soldiers in camp to the capital, stationed five miles outside the palace wall.”

“Are you trying to cause rebellion?”

“I am here to support you.”

There was not a trace of smile on his bronze face. I looked at him for a long time...in the end, it still didn't work. Early the next morning, I dressed in a bright red outfit. Mom helped me tie my hair in a very neat bun and put it on a rustic silver hairpin. Han Chinh stood at the door and looked at me.

“You always say it's beautiful.”

“Always tell the truth.”

I couldn't help but curl the corners of my lips a little. Then turn around and step onto the carriage. After entering the palace, I did not go looking for Thanh Uyen. Didn't go to Tieu Phong Palace either. I went directly to Tu Ninh palace of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is old and usually does not care about the harem. But in my previous life, she was the only person who said to Tieu Duc when I was about to die:

“Dung Phi is such a pity.”

The old mother in Tu Ninh palace saw me and politely invited me inside to wait. The Queen Mother is in the Buddhist hall chanting sutras. When she walked out and saw me sitting in the outer room, she squinted her eyes and looked for a long time.

“Are you a girl from the Song family?”

“Your Majesty, that's right.”

“My father is the wife of General Han Chinh, Tong Thanh Hoa.”

The Queen Mother sat down, and the maid next to her stepped forward to pour tea for her.

"I ran to see someone early in the morning, is something wrong?"

I kneel down.

“Queen Mother, today my father came here... to accuse the Queen.”

The Queen Mother's hand holding the cup of tea paused. The Buddha hall was extremely quiet. The old mother's face immediately changed and she quickly waved her hand for everyone in the room to leave. The Queen Mother looked at me kneeling on the ground for a long time before finally putting down the tea cup.

“You say it.”

"After Concubine Dung entered the palace, the Queen every month, in the name of tonic soup, secretly added medicine to kill vitality into her tonic soup."

"In My father currently has medicine bottles, prescriptions, testimonies of palace servants who have dealt with this matter, and evidence of the Co family secretly transporting medicinal herbs from outside the palace."

The Queen Mother's expression did not change too much. However, the hand on his knee slowly tightened.

“Where is the evidence?”

From the side, I brought out a small purple wooden box, and placed each item in front of her. White ceramic jar with lid, containing a thin layer of medicine. Remedy. Mother Ngo's handwritten testimony. Small wooden box engraved with the Co-family's secret signature. Mother Ngo had already prepared for me when she heard the news that I was entering the palace. The Queen Mother looked at each of them one by one. After finishing watching, she raised her head.

“How did you get these?”

“In Tieu Phong Palace, there is someone willing to testify.”

“Do you know what... indicting the Queen means?”

“Father knows.”

“But my father's sister is still in the palace.”

"The Queen threatened to let her 'sick to death'."

"My father cannot stand by and watch."

After hearing everything clearly from me... The Queen Mother was silent for a long time.