Chapter 1 — I Replaced My Sister In The Recruitment Palace, But She Didn't Know That The Queen Was My Sister

The elder sister didn't want to go to the palace to participate in the audition, so at midnight she forced me to get on the palanquin in her place. She cried and said: "Sister, please take your place, I don't want to be in the palace." The mother-in-law brought a bowl of medicine.

"After entering the palace, talk less and don't reveal any loopholes."

I raised the bowl of medicine, tilted my head back and drank it all in one gulp. They didn't know. When I was seven years old, I studied medicine with my master in the Medicine Vuong Coc. And the current Queen is my senior sister. It's recruiting day. The Queen sat behind the pearl curtain, quietly looking at me.

“Raise your head.”

I slowly raised my head. The teacup in her hand suddenly made a "bang" sound and broke on the spot. The night the elder sister escaped from the audition, the whole palace did not light a single lamp. Only in front of my hospital gate, four women doing heavy work were waiting. As soon as I pushed the door open and walked out, someone held my shoulder tightly.

“Second Miss, please don't blame the servants.”

"My lady has instructed me that no matter what happens tonight, I must put you on the palanquin."

I looked at the red ironwood palanquin behind them. The palanquin curtain is closed. Inside is neatly placed a set of blue palace decorations reserved for the entrance exam. I smiled slightly.

“Where will we go?”

The ladies didn't dare raise their heads to look at me.

“Enter the palace.”

We continue to ask:

“In whose name?”

No one answered. At that moment, elder sister Lam Thanh Nguyet slowly walked out from the hallway. She wore a white fox fur coat on her body. Red eyes. At first glance, it looked like he had just been brutally bullied by someone. However, the pearl-studded brooch in her hair was extremely neat, not even a single pearl was out of place. She called me by my nickname. Since my mother passed away, she has never called me that again. I look at her.

“Are you going to let me take part in the auditions instead of you?”

Tears immediately fell from her eyes.

“An Ninh, you really can't enter the palace.”

“The royal palace is a place that eats people.”

“You have a weak personality, if you step in there you will definitely die.”

I nodded slightly.

“So let me die for you?”

Her face immediately turned pale.

“I… didn't mean that.”

Stepmother Chu Thi slowly walked out from behind her. In her hand she held a bowl of medicine.

“Ninh Nhi, don't say such harsh words.”

"Your sister has been weak since she was young, and is truly not suitable for entering the palace."

I glanced at the bowl of medicine in her hand.

“So is it suitable for me?”

Chu Thi smiled.

“I grew up in the countryside from a young age, my body is stronger than my sister.”

“After entering the palace, just be careful with your words and actions, it is not necessarily the case that there will be no fate and good fortune.”

“Impersonating a beautiful woman is a crime of lese majesty.”

The smile on Chu Thi's face gradually faded.

"You and Thanh Nguyet are sisters, your appearance is five or six parts similar."

"In the palace, we've only seen portraits. Who can recognize them?"

I asked again:

“What if someone really notices?”

Thi Chu brought the medicine bowl in front of me.

“So this bowl of medicine, you must drink.”

I bowed my head and sniffed lightly.

“Dumb medicine?”

Lam Thanh Nguyet's tears fell even more intensely.

“An Ninh, I'm sorry.”

“I really have no other choice.”

I looked straight at her.

“There's no other way, so I have to be poisoned until I become mute?”

She bit her lip.

“It's just for a while.”

"Sample I told you, this medicine won't really harm you."

Chu Thi calmly said:

"Ninh Nhi, after entering the palace, just talk less and you won't reveal any loopholes."

"Wait until the entrance exam is over. If you are eliminated, I will naturally take you back."

I burst out laughing.

“What if I am chosen?”

Thi Chu's eyes looked at me like she was looking at a ridiculous thing. She sighed softly.

“Ninh Nhi, it's not like mother looks down on you.”

"The selection of elites in the palace must consider background, appearance, and rules."

"I've lived in the countryside for ten years, and I don't even know the ceremony."

“Can anyone choose me?”

Lam Thanh Nguyet said softly:

“An Ninh, please rest assured.”

"I've already made all the arrangements. I'll be eliminated from the first round."

I look at her. Because I didn't want to enter the palace, she even prepared the path for me to be eliminated from the entrance exam. Truly thoughtful to the point. I reached out my hand to receive the bowl of medicine. Thanh Ha rushed out of the room.

“Young lady can't drink!”

She is the person my mother left beside me. During the past years in the Lam family's palace, she ate cold meals with me and endured all kinds of contemptuous and cold looks. Thi Chu looked at her coldly.

“Close his mouth.”

Several women immediately rushed forward to hold Thanh Ha tightly. Thanh Ha struggled until she burst into tears. Only choked sobs could come out of his mouth. I held the bowl of medicine and raised my eyes to look at Chu.

"As long as I drink this bowl of medicine, will you let Thanh Ha follow me into the palace?"