Chapter 1 — I hid my patience in the Hospital Department for ten years, waiting for the day to overthrow the Dog Emperor

I hid my patience in the medical department for ten years, waiting for the day to overthrow the Dog Emperor. The night Dai Dien lost her country, her whole body was covered in blood. She trembled and took off her palace maid's clothes and put them on him.

"From today onwards, you are no longer a princess, you are A Man's maid, remember?"

He pushed me into the middle of the pile of corpses, then turned around and crashed hard into the large pillar. I lay among the corpses for two days, and was finally pulled out by a wounded teenager. He laughed and said:

“Don't be afraid, I'm your big brother, I'll take care of you from now on.”

He did not know that, under the layer of palace maid's clothes on his body, there was still hidden the national heirloom jade that his mother had stuffed into him. Ten years later, the enemy sat on the dragon's chair, pointed at me and laughed:

“Is a child born from a palace maid worthy of standing at court?”

I slowly took off my veil and showed my sister:

“Princess Dai Dien is here, who dares not kneel?”…

On the day Dai Dien destroyed the country, the blood of the forbidden army stained the phoenix robe on his mother's body red. The person pressed me down under his body, his voice trembling so much that it was almost deformed.

“Chieu Ninh, take it off.”

The gorgeous princess's royal robe was roughly pulled down and replaced by a rough cloth palace maid's outfit. The fabric rubbed against my skin, making it cold and stiff. Mother grabbed a handful of ash and smeared it all over my face.

“From today onwards, you are no longer Princess Khuong Chieu Ninh.”

“I am A Man's palace maid.”

“Remember?”

I nodded, tears not daring to fall. He looked at me, in his eyes was madness and determination that I could not understand. Something cold and hard was stuffed into my chest, causing a sharp pain. Is the hereditary jade sister.

“Live on.”

After saying those two words, he suddenly pushed me away. I fell to the side, hitting a pile of palace maids' bodies that had long been cold. The strong smell of blood immediately enveloped me. The mother turned around, used all her strength, and stabbed hard towards the golden dragon pillar in the temple. A dull sound rang out. I closed my eyes tightly. From then on the whole world no longer had any sound. I lie among the dead. When I was hungry, I tore off the corner of my shirt and put it in my mouth to chew. Thirsty, I immediately licked the frozen blood from the body. I don't know if it's been a day or two. The main hall door was kicked open. The light stabbed straight into my eyes. The sound of footsteps stopped nearby. A hand full of wounds and mud pushed away the bodies pressing on them. I see a teenager. He was not many years older than me, his whole body was covered in blood, his armor was tattered. There is a long scar on his face, stretching from his eyebrows down to the corner of his mouth. He smirked at me.

“Found it.”

He extended his hand towards me.

“From now on I am your older brother, from now on I will raise you.”

His voice was hoarse, but extremely gentle. I looked at him, not moving. He didn't push, just patiently stood there waiting. A long time later, I slowly placed my cold fingers into his palm. His hand is very warm. He pulled me out of the sea of blood and mountain of corpses, pulling me back to the human world. His name is Tieu Triet. He said his family was in the south of the city, both his parents had passed away, and there was only one younger sister left, but she disappeared a few years ago. He accepted me as his sister. Also give me a new name. What a coincidence, that It's also the name my mother gave me. I nodded, accepting this identity. I am A Man, an orphan who lost all his relatives in the palace chaos and was found by his brother. Not Princess Dai Dien, Khuong Chieu Ninh. Tieu Triet took me out of the palace. The royal palace, once glorious in the past, has now turned into a human purgatory. We pass through long paths, with frozen blood under our feet. He used his body to shield my eyes, not letting me see those tragic scenes.

“Ah Man, close your eyes, brother will take you home.”

I buried my face on his broad but skinny back. The block of jade in my chest, coldly attached to my heart. It is reminding us that... we no longer have a home. Tieu Triet did not take me out of the palace, but took me to the most remote place in the palace, Hoan Y Department. It was the lowest place in the harem, everywhere was filled with the pungent smell of locust and the everlasting humidity. He said, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The new Emperor Wei Yan ascended the throne and ordered to sweep away the legacy of the previous dynasty, especially the royal bloodline. Leaving the palace is like falling into a net. Staying in the palace, being the lowest-ranking maid washing clothes, on the contrary, you can still keep your life.

“Brother, what about you?” I asked him.

"I asked my connections to join the forbidden army as a junior soldier." He patted my head, then stuffed a still-warm cereal into my hand. “From now on, brother will protect you.”

Just like that, I stay at Hoan Y Department. Every day's job is to wash a mountain of clothes. Those clothes all came from the new masters in the palace.