Chapter 5 — I was taken to the palace as a substitute for the dead princess

“Who are you looking at anyway?”

“Is it Tham Dien?”

“Or me?”

I stood to the side, just feeling like my soul was being pierced by countless needles. Bui Nghien did not back down. He looked at her, his voice very soft.

“So who do you hope I'm looking at, princess?”

“I” paused for a moment.

Immediately after that, a trace of anger gradually appeared in the bottom of her eyes.

“You've always been so good at dodging.”

Bui Nghien slightly lowered his eyes.

“I don't dare.”

"Up until now, he has never been someone who didn't dare."

She suddenly reached out and grabbed Bui Nghien's sleeve.

“That year, I told you to take me away from that place.”

“But he didn't come.”

“I died in the cold palace.”

“You didn't come either.”

“Now I am alive again.”

“Do you still want to treat me coldly like that?”

My whole body shook. Princess Truong Le... Didn't she die on her hospital bed? Palace leader. Why is it a cold palace? Bui Nghien's fingers gently tightened, the movements were so small that they were almost imperceptible.

“That year, I was ordered by His Majesty to leave the capital.”

“Wait until I return…”

“It was all too late.”

"My" eyes gradually turned red.

“But then…”

“You still marry her.”

She raised her hand and pointed towards my tablet.

"You married a woman who has the same year, same month, and same birthday as me."

“Even my face looks like mine.”

“Bui Nghien.”

“You dare say…”

“Have you never considered her a shadow to replace me?”

I looked towards Bui Nghien. That one sentence... Like a blade hanging above my head. We wait for your answer. Bui Nghien was silent for a long time. It was so long that the eternal lamp in the hall suddenly made a crackling sound. My soul suddenly trembled violently. It turns out that's it. Three years of my wildness. Right from the start... Just because of this face.

“I” laughed.

She seemed to have finally won. But right after that, Bui Nghien continued to speak.

“In the beginning... that's true.”

The smile on her lips immediately stiffened. Bui Nghien raised his eyes.

“I married her.”

"It's because the emperor and Huyen Hu have had their eyes on her from a very early age."

"If she doesn't marry into the Bui mansion."

“That night, all the people in the old Tham family's palace will be killed.”

I was stunned. Princess Truong Lac was also stunned.

“What... did you say?”

Bui Nghien looked towards my tablet, his voice seemed to be trying to suppress every mouthful of blood in his chest.

“Three years ago.”

“Huyen Hu has found Tham Dien.”

“He said her eight characters were a perfect match for the princess.”

“Moreover, her soul is very light.”

"The most suitable person to borrow my body to restore my soul."

“Your Majesty wants her.”

“I have no choice but to marry her first.”

“Bring her to Bui Palace.”

“Put her right under the Bui family's eyelids to protect her.”

I remember the wedding night. He refused to lift my veil. He removed the red soul guard string from my wrist. He said... As long as I obediently settle down. You will keep my title as Mrs. Bui. That's not hate. It's a warning. It's also a way to silently protect us. But... Why don't you tell me? We step back, step by step. But in my heart I don't feel any lighter. There is only a cold perhaps even deeper than before. He protected me for three years. But in the end... Still can't protect me.

“I” laughed coldly.

“He married her.”

“Not to forget me?”

Bui Nghien did not answer that question. He just spoke calmly.

"Princess."

“Tham Dien is an innocent person.”

“Her body.”

“It's time to give it back to her.”

“My” face instantly turned cold as ice.

“Give it back to her?”

She slowly smiled.

“Bui Nghien.”

“Do you know that under the yellow spring…”

“How cold am I?”

“Do you know…”

“The royal brother hugs my body every day and cries.”

“What does it look like?”

“It was very difficult for me to return.”

“Now you want me to die again?”

Bui Nghien looked at her.

“The person is dead.”

“It is impossible to come back to life.”

Those words just ended. "My" eyes completely changed. She raised her hand. Slap Bui Nghien hard in the face. A crisp "chat" sound echoed throughout the hall. Bui Nghien tilted his head to the side. The corner of his lips slowly oozed a stream of blood. I instinctively rushed forward. But... My body went straight through him.