Chapter 8 — In Rebirth, I Won't Save Thanh Mai Anymore

I sighed softly: "Your Majesty, this goddess is not willing."

"This life goddess only wants to live freely, and in the end she dies on horseback. The goddess vows to die protecting your country."

"Your majesty's trust is still not strong. At this time, accepting the daughter of a noble family as a concubine is the simplest and most solid alliance. I hope your majesty sees me as a servant, not an unmarried young lady of the Ta family."

His sparkling eyes instantly turned gloomy. But he didn't force him, he just smiled bitterly and nodded. I asked for my old position to guard Southern Cuong. Right before the day of packing up and preparing to carry gold, silver and treasures to the South, I heard news that a bloody crime had occurred in the Princess Truong palace. Since the Fifth Prince failed to compete for the throne, the Princess's position fell into the abyss. She originally wanted to borrow her brother's influence to seize power, even planning to take over behind the scenes, but now she is closely monitored by the new emperor's eyes and ears, and if she begins to abuse her power, it will lead to a chain of murders. The eldest princess could not bear to let her confidant die, so she closed the door and did not go out, drinking alcohol all day in the palace. After that, she began to pray to the fairies to ask for guidance, summoned strange people, and asked when she could defy heaven and change her destiny. It is said that there was a Taoist who pointed straight at Tong Dinh and shouted: "The concubine will not be the wife!", then did not even accept the reward, turned around and left the palace. The princess believed it was true, and from then on, if she didn't fight every day, she scolded Tong Dinh: "You - the son of the god of sin - are really a comet!"

"Whoever gets involved with you is unlucky! Knowing that you were such a cruel person, I should have forced you to sell you to Tiet Nam Ngoc!"

"I hate you to the core! I shouldn't have listened to your predictions and kept you by my side! You're useless!"

Tong Dinh also knew that Princess Truong had no chance of Dong Son starting again. In this life, he bowed his head and acted small, clinging to the dragon and phoenix but still did not have a happy ending, and the "true love" that he could not achieve in his previous life now looked at each other with disgust. His fragile thread of reason finally broke. On a dark, windy night, Tong Dinh swung a firewood-chopping ax stolen from the kitchen and crushed Princess Truong's head. Then he sat next to her body, raised his ax and slashed hard at his own face! Perhaps disaster really does live on. Tong Dinh's handsome face was completely destroyed, but he did not die. For the crime of attempting to murder the princess, he was imprisoned in heaven, waiting for three days to be executed. I decided to go see him once. The dungeon is stinky and damp, with rats and insects crawling sideways. Tong Dinh leaned on a pile of cold dry grass, the huge wound on his face was so deep that his bones were exposed. Now he is so ugly and fierce, just looking at him is enough to give people nightmares. Seeing me coming, his eyes immediately lit up with hope: "Nam Ngoc... do you think I'm pitiful?"

"In my previous life, I was in a state of happiness but didn't know how to enjoy it. In this life, I mistook my fish eye for a bright pearl!"

"As long as you save my life, you can torment me however you want! I should have been the Minister of Rites with infinite glory! I should have had three lovely children with you! I regret it, Nam Ngoc... I really regret it!"

I looked down at him from above: "You don't have regrets, you're just afraid die."

"Tong Dinh, every time I think about how I used to love you, I feel like I was blind at that time, saving a white-eyed wolf like you."

“You are a person who is not worthy of anyone being nice to you – a big scumbag.”

After saying that, I turned around and left, not paying attention to the crying and begging sounds behind me. The next morning, I sat on a horse-drawn carriage heading south, watching the sunlight sprinkle gold on the fields on both sides of the road. Heaven and earth are vast, I have military grace in my hand, tiger talismans and gold and silver, in this life I have unprecedented freedom. Feeling refreshed, I curled my lips slightly and smiled. END