Chapter 10 — Instead of Marrying His Wife, 7 Years of Supporting Him to the Throne, In Exchange for a Cup of Poisoned Wine

That day it snowed heavily. I was practicing my letters by the window when Phuc Thuan suddenly came to pass the message, telling His Highness to invite me to his study. When I arrived, Ta Hanh was leaning on the small bed reading the chapter, his face still not really good. Seeing me enter, he put down the tablet in his hand and said faintly:

“You've been avoiding me lately.”

Not a question. It's an affirmation. My heart clenched slightly, but it didn't show on my face.

“Your Highness is too thoughtful.”

"Right."

He looked at me, his eyes very calm.

“So why is it that every time I look for you, you have something else to do?”

I lowered my eyes and smiled.

"The Eastern Palace is inherently full of work. After His Highness recovered from his illness, the chores in my hands became even more numerous."

“Tham Thanh Vu.”

He suddenly called me by name. I raised my head, meeting his eyes.

"You think that after she gets sick for a while, she will treat you differently, so you're trying to get high now?"

As soon as this sentence came out, my heart suddenly turned cold. Many times in my previous life, I also heard him say such probing words. Then we will feel sorry for ourselves, uncomfortable, and risk our lives to explain that we didn't mean it that way. Now it won't be like that anymore. I looked at him and slowly said:

“Your Highness has thought a lot.”

“I never dared to expect that you would treat me differently.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly became quiet. Ta Hanh stared at me, his eyes darkening little by little. But we don't back down. In my previous life, it was because I retreated too much that I pushed myself into death. After a while, he asked in a low voice:

“What are you resenting her for?”

I paused a bit. Then suddenly I felt a little funny. What do you resent him for? Do you resent him for giving me poisoned wine in my previous life? Resentful, he watched with impassive eyes as Tham Minh Chieu stepped on me and stepped up. Or resent him for clearly using me in this life, but he still wants me to be like my previous life, obediently standing still in place, waiting for him to occasionally give me a glance. We cannot say these things. So I just lowered my eyes and spoke calmly:

“I do not dare to resent your highness.”

Ta Hanh looked at me for a long time. It took so long that I thought he would get angry. But in the end he just smiled coldly.

“Don't dare?”

“Or… don't bother.” “That's it)

This sentence made my heart suddenly skip a beat. He is certainly more sensitive than we thought. I don't answer. Just the ritual rules.

“If your highness has no other instructions, I will take my leave first.”

Having finished speaking, without waiting for him to open his mouth, I turned around and left. The moment I stepped out of the study room and the wind and snow outside hit me, I discovered that my palms were covered in a layer of cold sweat. Ta Hanh started to really look at me. But this is not a good thing. Because once I get his attention, in the future, whether I want to withdraw or take revenge from my past life, it will be even more difficult. But there are some things that cannot be avoided in the end. In this life, if I enter the Eastern Palace, sooner or later I will have to stand in front of him. Just this time. I will no longer be Tham Thanh Vu but only have him in my heart... After spring, the situation of the Marquis Palace became more and more difficult. Manager Zhou's bookkeeping scandal, on the surface, was just a bit of a loss of face. But in fact, what was torn apart was the hollowed-out foundation of the Marquis Palace for many years. In order to fill the deficit, the father had to sell them cheap manor. Mother was so angry that she fell ill, and for several consecutive months she no longer had the heart to socialize. Worst of all, Tham Minh Chieu's marriage completely fell apart. In her previous life, after I changed her marriage, she could have found another noble family. After that, the Third Prince's side kept an eye on her, partly because of her talented appearance. Partly because of seeing the vague relationship between Truong Ninh Marquis Palace and the Eastern Palace. But in this life, no one dares to believe her anymore. A noble lady once criticized the Crown Prince for being weak, but before the wedding day, she changed her mind. After that, he ran to the Eastern Palace to cry and compete for the throne. In the eyes of the noble ladies in the capital, it soon became a joke. It is said that recently, because of her marriage, her mother almost went to all the families she used to have good relations with. But those families don't have to find an excuse to refuse, they just drag it out for a long time. No one wants to receive this hot potato. When this news reached the Eastern Palace, I was choosing gifts for the Queen's banquet. Xuan Hanh laughed until her eyes widened.