Chapter 7 — I Thought I Was A Serious Person, But I Didn't Know That's Not The Truth

While I was absent-minded, To Ngat felt my pulse, the calluses on his fingertips rubbed against my skin. He didn't squeeze as hard as the other doctors, as if he didn't intend to make it difficult for me. But the two children inside thought this was their biological father and were so excited that they forgot to hide. To Nga's calm expression suddenly collapsed. I felt cold all over - it's over, I'm sure I'll be seen. Before I could find a way to cover it up, To Ngat turned around and told the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, Miss Ha - the statue's pulse is indeed a bit strange." Ta Thuy An triumphantly said: "Tham Hoa Lang's medical skills are not inferior to the royal doctor in the palace. Even he caught you pregnant. Ha Linh Thu, do you still want to deny it?"

"Master Marquis, when did I say that Miss Ha was pregnant?"

Ta Thuy An was stunned: "There's something strange about the statue's pulse, isn't it——?"

"Having a strange pulse doesn't mean you're pregnant. I just see that Miss Ha is quite scared today. She's a bit of a mess. It's a typical pulse."

"And about the pregnancy thing."

To Ngat told the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, I have absolutely no joy." Tham Hoa Lang finished, the other doctors did not dare to say anything more. The two children cheered: 【Dad clearly caught Mom's joy and even helped her hide it, he's really a good dad for us!】 【That's right, if he's not our dad, why should he help mom hide it?】 【Mom, I like this fragrant dad!】 I was extremely helpless: 【Children, it's not like that when you recognize dad.】 The Crown Prince said: "If To I said I'm not pregnant, so I'm not pregnant." Ta Thuy An did not believe: "No way! Your Highness, you have been deceived!" Lam Thu Yen also shouted loudly: "I saw with my own eyes that she vomited, her period was delayed, if not pregnancy then what is it!" To Ngac gently said: "Miss Ha just has an unbalanced spleen and sluggish qi and weak body." Ta Thuy An: "But clearly she——"

"That's enough!" The Crown Prince lost all patience: "Ta Thuy An, Ha Linh Thu is the fiancee the emperor gave you. Today you are full of dissatisfaction, constantly slandering her. I see you are not dissatisfied with her, but dissatisfied with the emperor, right?"

Ta Thuy An quickly knelt down: "Your Highness, I absolutely did not mean that!"

"Today I honor you to attend your party, but you let this Crown Prince stay here to watch you perform this useless act?!"

Ly Truong Diep said then grabbed the tea cup on the table and threw it straight at Ta Thuy An's forehead! Ta Thuy An's face was splashed with hot water, causing confusion. He gritted his teeth and endured: "Your Highness, please calm down!" Ly Truong Diep looked at me again: "Ha Linh Thu, Lam Thu Yen is bullying you, how do you want to deal with her?"

"Just say it, the Crown Prince will take care of it for you."

I respectfully bowed: "Your Highness, Thu Yen is after all my cousin. She harmed me out of jealousy. I can't bear to punish her harshly. I just ask her to be punished - drink up this bowl of rose soup." Lam Thu Yen shuddered: "No, I don't drink! Roses are harmful to a woman's body, why should I drink!"

"Rose flowers can also be used as medicine. Besides, didn't your cousin say just now that they were good for me? Surely the dose of rose flowers in this bowl is not too strong."

"You made a mistake today, this is considered a small punishment."

I held a bowl of roses and brought it to Lam Thu Yen's mouth. Lam Thu Yen struggled desperately, refused to open his mouth. I looked helplessly at the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, if Lam Thu Yen refuses to accept this small punishment, I must ask the Crown Prince to handle it according to the law." The Crown Prince agreed to my request: "You have a decree granting the marriage. Lam Thu Yen slandered you for disrespecting the royal family. According to the law, how should you handle it? To Ngu, you tell me." To Ngat continued: "Disrespecting the royal family, plotting to kill people, according to the law, must be sentenced to prison with eighty strokes. Ordinary people are beaten eighty times and die. It is said that their back can be broken. If they survive and become disabled, they will be sent to heaven, imprisoned for life." The Crown Prince seemed to find this very interesting: "If Lam Thu Yen refuses to drink, then take her to Dai Ly Tu for interrogation."

"No no!"

Lam Thu Yen experienced the suffering in heaven ten years before her family collapsed. Fear in her bones made her open her mouth, but the moment I poured the rose in, she struggled to spit it all out! She crawled to Ta Thuy An's feet: "Master Marquis, Master Marquis save me——" Ta Thuy An's face was reddened by the Crown Prince's tea, his face was half red and half white, looking very scary.

"Master Marquis, I can't drink that bowl of soup, there's——"