Chapter 7 — Little Demon King Khang Vuong Phu

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When I arrived at the gate of Tho Khang palace, my father was kneeling under the stone steps. He had not yet had time to change his royal clothes, and his forehead was covered with a white bandage that was bandaged by a royal physician. Looking extremely weak and pathetic, his back was rare and straight. I rarely see him like that. As soon as he saw me walk out, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately after that, he frantically asked:

“A Man, will you be punished?”

I looked straight at him.

“Father, mother didn't die of illness, right?”

The little bit of blood on his father's face immediately drained away without a single drop remaining. He clung to the ground and staggered to his feet. But just halfway up, his knees went weak. I quickly reached out my hand to help him.

“Dad, stop pretending to faint.”

He smiled miserably.

“Dad, I can't stand very well.”

The Queen Mother was helped out by a female official. She looked at my father.

“King Wang, this matter has been kept a secret for sixteen years, how long are you planning to keep it hidden?”

The king bowed his head low.

“Your Highness the Queen Mother, I only wish for A Man to be safe and sound.”

The Queen Mother coldly asked: "Today he overturned the Crown Prince's carriage, beat the Prime Minister's son to his knees, and threw the Co family's daughter into the lake. How long do you think he can be at peace?" The king's father was speechless. I then said for him: "The Queen Mother, the list is missing Tham Tung Le." The king's father almost fell to the ground. The Queen Mother glanced at me.

“Shut your mouth.”

I obediently kept my mouth shut. Father pulled me back a little behind him.

“The past has passed.”

The Queen Mother said: "It's not over yet."

"She's dead, everyone in the family almost lost their lives."

“The poisoner is still alive.”

“Sixteen years ago, that person has now dared to reach out to the Eastern Palace, reaching all the way to this Tho Khang Palace.”

My heart jumped.

“Today's intention, isn't it the Queen Mother's intention?”

The Queen Mother did not respond. My father suddenly raised his head. There was not even half a smile on the Queen Mother's face.

“My father sent someone to call you into the palace to ask questions. He never told me to force you to copy Female Gender a hundred times, and he never told me to detain you for three months.”

I suddenly remembered the maid who was holding the bright yellow scroll in the temple. Remember the faces of the Crown Prince and Khanh Vuong at that time. It turned out that someone, using the Queen Mother's name, wanted to imprison me in Tho Khang Palace. I asked: "So where is that inner servant?" The female official replied in a whisper: "Just now, a body was found in the well in the back hallway."

“Dead?”

“It's dead.”

My father's hand was shaking. On the contrary, I still smiled.

“Actions are also quick.”

The Queen Mother stared at me.

“Aren't you afraid?”

I replied: “What good is it to be afraid?”

"I'm afraid, can my mother come back to life?"

"I'm afraid, will that person not kill me again?"

The Queen Mother looked at me, her eyes finally changed a bit. She lowered her voice and said softly: "You and your mother are exactly the same." The king closed his eyes tightly.

“Your highness.”

The Queen Mother did not care about him.

“The spring party that year was just as exciting as it is today.”

“Your mother is not a noble lady from the capital, she was originally the descendant of a famous physician in Jiangnan region, who followed King Khang back to the capital. let out contemptuous criticism."

“But she is brave and her mind is straightforward.”

"That day, someone respected someone and offered a glass of wine."

“The cup of wine was just approaching your lips when your mother suddenly rushed forward and knocked the cup of wine away.”

“Poisonous wine splashed onto the back of her hand, she immediately collapsed on the spot.”

My throat felt like something was blocking it.

“The person she saved was you?”

The Queen Mother nodded.

“Also the current His Majesty.”

"That day, Your Majesty stood right next to someone, if that glass of wine was not aimed at someone, then it was aimed at you."

My father's voice was hoarse:

“When she was poisoned, the doctor said there was still a glimmer of hope for survival.”

“But that night of changing medicine in the palace, the medicine decoction furnace was attacked by people.”

“She couldn't last that night.”

I slowly turned my head to look at him.

“So dad always knew everything.”

The corners of his father's eyes were red.

“I know.”

“So why don't you investigate?”

As soon as this sentence came out, I immediately regretted it. Because I saw my father's face as if it had just been cut by a knife. He whispered softly: "Dad has investigated."

“I've been investigating for three years.”

“But until the end, we only discovered that all the witnesses had died one after another.”

“The mother who served beside my mother is dead.”

“The little monk also died if he took the medicine.”

“Even the person who delivered the message back to Jiangnan died on the way.”

“Finally, a fire burned down the Western Court of Khang Vuong Palace.”

“That night I was only three years old.”

“Father carried me and ran from the sea of fire, even my hair was scorched.”

He gently rubbed the top of my head.

“A Man, it's not that I don't want to reclaim justice for your mother.”

“I'm just afraid that even my son won't be able to keep it.”

I was speechless. It turns out that all his life he had to bend down, not because he was born without courage. It's because in his chest, he is protecting me. The Queen Mother said: "Now someone is moving again."

“As soon as Thanh Ngoc Khau appeared, they began to panic.”

I asked: "Where is the other half?" Father was silent for a moment, then pulled out an old brocade bag from his chest. The stitching on the bag is very rough, the edges are worn and torn. He opened it, and inside, there was indeed half a Thanh Ngoc Khau. The two halves of jade are joined together, the veins in the middle are perfectly seamless and tight. On the back of the pearl, there is an extremely small word engraved.

“Salary.”

I asked: "Who is Luong?" The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly turned cold. Before she could speak, outside the palace gate suddenly came the loud voice of the inner court.

“Your Majesty issued an edict, calling for Princess Khang Vuong Tham A Man to immediately go to the Royal Library to face the saint.”

The king suddenly grabbed my hand tightly. The servant who came to deliver the message bowed his head, his voice sharp and shrill.

“Your Majesty said, only the princess is called.”

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My father refused to let go. He grabbed me tightly, as if clinging to the last lifeline.

“Why does your Majesty only declare Aman alone?”

The maid only bowed her head.

“I don't know.”

The Queen Mother coldly said: "Does the Emperor know who is questioning this matter?" Noi Thi quickly pressed her forehead to the ground.

“Your Majesty said, it was because the Queen Mother asked things that should not be asked That's why I called the princess over there."

In front of Tho Khang palace gate, there was a moment of silence. I saw the Queen Mother's face become extremely unsightly. My father's hand became colder and colder. I grabbed his hand back.

“Father, I'll go.”

“No way.”

“The royal study room is not a tiger's den.”