Chapter 1 — I've Come to Be a Concubine, What More Need for Nobleness?

The float stopped in front of the Eastern Palace gate. But there were no fireworks outside, it was so quiet that it made people feel creepy. Lam Lang lifted a corner of the palanquin curtain, his face pale:

"Miss, it's not okay. There are many people surrounding the East Palace gate. The Crown Princess is standing on the palace gate, seemingly reading something."

I lifted the curtain and looked out, the red gate of the Eastern Palace was tightly closed. There were hundreds of people crowded in front of the gate. There were people coming to watch the excitement, there were officials leaning over to chat, and there were more than ten people in the bride-grooming team carrying the bride price following behind me, all of them were blocked outside. At the palace gate stood a woman. The cardinal was blazing like fire, holding a piece of paper high in his hand, his voice so sharp it could penetrate three streets.

"Today I, Lieu Nhu Yen, enter the Eastern Palace. The first order is that the Eastern Palace implements monogamy!"

The crowd immediately stirred.

“All of the concubines are just intruders who sabotage other people's feelings!”

"Within three days, all Trac concubines and concubines in the Eastern Palace must disperse. In this palace's eyes, I cannot contain a grain of sand, and even more so, I cannot tolerate a second woman!"

Is this the rumored Crown Princess? The daughter of the Household Department, it is said that she understands manners and is gentle and kind. Understand etiquette? Gentle and gentle? She continued reading: "This palace comes from a civilized place, where men and women are equal, monogamous."

"If the Eastern Palace has a concubine, it will be an insult to this palace. The Crown Prince promised me that he will only have one wife in his life!"

The Crown Prince stood next to her, his face pale, yet he could not bear to open his mouth to refute. In the crowd, someone shouted: "So what should Trac Phi do? People have already arrived at the gate!" Lieu Nhu Yen laughed coldly: "What's wrong? Tell her to go back to wherever she came from! Can't a daughter of the Tieu family find a husband's house? She's so determined to step in and be someone else's concubine!" As soon as the words ended, I suddenly clenched the wedding fan in my hand. Lam Lang was so angry that he was shaking: "Miss, you... how can you talk like that!" I don't speak up. She shouted again: "Tieu Te Van! Come out! In front of everyone, I ask you, do you know that the Crown Prince doesn't love you, yet he still insists on marrying you to be his concubine? Do you know the humiliation?" All around was silent, all eyes were focused on my palanquin. Lam Lang was about to cry: "Miss, what should I do?" I opened the palanquin curtain and stepped down along the chair. The happy dress swept across the ground, I passed through the crowd, step by step to the palace gate. Lieu Nhu Yen looked down at me from above, her eyes filled with pride and contempt.

“Are you Tieu Te Van?”

“Did you hear what I said just now?”

“We all heard it.”

"Then why are you standing there? Go away."

“My lady, can I ask you a few questions?”

She was stunned for a moment, then smiled coldly:

"Chu Luong De of the Ministerial House of Representatives is currently in the eastern courtyard of the Eastern Palace, Trieu Phung Nghi, the sister of General Tran Bac, entered the palace last year, and Vuong Bao Lam, the niece of the Jiangnan Envoy of Yan Yun, has never made a mistake before. Are you also planning to disband all of them?"

“Of course!”

Lieu Nhu Yen lost patience:

“Who do they want to marry? Then get married, what does it have to do with me?

I looked at her and slowly said each word:

“So I would like to ask you one more question. If the fathers and brothers of those women jointly presented a petition accusing the Crown Prince of favoring a demon concubine, not caring about court affairs, and disrupting decorum, would you be able to bear it?"

Her face changed. The crowd was silent for three seconds, then immediately became as noisy as the market.

“This Trac Concubine is right! Those people are all prominent figures, how can they easily forgive the Crown Prince?

Lieu Nhu Yen's face was sometimes blue, sometimes white. Finally the Crown Prince opened his mouth:

"Nhu Yen, how about... let Te Van go in first, so we can slowly discuss this matter?"

Lieu Nhu Yen suddenly turned her head:

“Qi Duc! What did you promise me?”

The prince bowed his head and said no more. Lieu Nhu Yen gritted her teeth and looked at me:

“Tham Te Van, you want to step through this door, okay.”

“But listen carefully, this palace absolutely does not recognize your identity. If the Crown Prince dares to step into your room even one step, then he will disappoint me!

She crumpled the paper in her hand into a ball and threw it at me aggressively. The piece of paper fell to my feet. I bent down to pick it up, folded it and put it in my sleeve. Raising my head, I smiled:

“My lady's words, I have remembered them.”