Chapter 1 — Marriage Agreement to Return the Elder

The chief went out to investigate the case and sent home an envelope. "Duong Chau is famous for velvet flower brooches. What designs do Ngoc Nhuan and Tri Dung like?" The elder sister replied: "Ngoc Nhuan likes pink the most." So on the day of my birthday party, my brother asked someone to bring back two velvet flower brooches wrapped in thread. One tree is pink, the other tree is still pink. As soon as the elder sister saw it, she immediately chose the peony hairpin. She loved it and couldn't bear to let it go. She immediately put it in her hair. My fiance, Bui Hoai Can, laughed and teased her: "This flower is so beautiful. Aren't you a buffalo chewing peonies when paired with Giang Ngoc Nhuan?" “I think you should still choose peach blossom.” The eldest sister, who was inherently aggressive, was so angry that her eyes turned red, causing Prince Bui to immediately calm down in a panic. In the end, both brooches belonged to the eldest sister. After that, Bui Hoai Can saw me hiding and crying, and sighed helplessly: "Tri Dung has a beautiful appearance, but unfortunately her mind is too sensitive and narrow-minded." "After we got married, Ngoc Nhuan was also my eldest sister, so it was inevitable that we had to go back and forth often. Yet she couldn't even give up a hairpin." He seriously advised: "If you still refuse to change, what will you do in the future?" We listen to him. From then on, we no longer fought for anything. Therefore, during the flower feast in the palace, the eldest sister accidentally fell into the lotus pond. I also instinctively pushed Bui Hoai Can: "What are you still doing there? Hurry down and hug sister A." 1. Yen Hoa Trieu in March was originally an opportunity for princes and noble ladies to come of age in the capital to see each other. It's just that recently there were rumors that the Third Prince wanted to choose a concubine, and the noble ladies all wanted to stand out at the banquet. Among them, only the eldest sister is the most different. She had always criticized flower appreciation ceremonies as being too cliche, so today she deliberately hid her beauty, only wearing a cloth dress, a wooden brooch, and elegant makeup. Only on the bun is a lifelike peach blossom brooch. Unexpectedly, among a crowd of people full of jewels, she became even more prominent. Auntie Hua was next to the Queen. The Queen stood on one side, her eyes flickered back and forth between me and the elder sister for a long time, then nodded with satisfaction: "The lady in the blue shirt has an outstanding appearance, is dignified and polite. Although the lady with the peach blossom is dressed in a simple way, her temperament is extraordinary, which is also very likable." The aunt smiled and asked: "I wonder which palace the two young ladies are from. Do you have a marriage contract or not?" I was taken aback, a bit frantically tightening my handkerchief. For a moment I didn't know how to answer. Logically speaking, a lady like me who already has a fiance should not be alone participating in the water song and mourning party at the flower reward banquet. But today the elder sister was too prominent, the flower branches given to her by the noblemen had piled up into a small mountain. When the white-clothed young man with black hair finally gave flowers to the eldest sister, she turned around and raised her eyebrows at Bui Hoai Can: "I told you? A beautiful face is not omnipotent. Even if this lady doesn't wear makeup, the number of flowers she received will definitely be more than your fiancee who is as soft as a lump of dough." "If you bet, you have to admit defeat. Quickly call me, auntie." Bui Hoai Can refused to be weak: "It's true that he's so sentimental. Are there any young masters and ladies in the capital who don't know that she's the fiancee of the prince of the Marquis Palace? If not, would a tigress like you still want to win against our family's Tri Dung?" The older sister angrily raised her hand to strike, but he leisurely held her wrist. You two, one sentence, I one sentence, keep arguing. I wanted to dissuade them several times, but they were arguing so passionately that no one had time to pay attention to me. It wasn't until the flower branch floated along the water in front of us that we realized they had gone too far. I'm the only one left standing in the same place. …… I promise you're still smiling, waiting for us to answer. I suddenly saw Bui Hoai Can coming, my heart relaxed, and I was about to open my mouth. Bui Hoai Can spoke first: "Wait a minute. The lady on the left is the eldest daughter of the Giang family, Giang Ngoc."

Nhuan, you have an engagement with me." 2. I stood there bewildered. Bui Hoai Can didn't look at me. On the contrary, the eldest sister was the first to react, immediately straightening her back and saying: "Yes, I have a free and open personality, I don't want to be locked up in the royal palace to study rules, so my family has long arranged a marriage for me." "I'm afraid I'm out of luck with the position of the Third Imperial Concubine." As soon as the words ended, the surroundings immediately rang out deep breaths that were deliberately suppressed. The eldest sister was lost when she was young and was found not long ago. She was raised outside, so she has an arrogant and arbitrary personality, and often says things that surprise others. She is truly different from the noble ladies who always follow the rules like us. At this moment, Bui Hoai Can's usually lazy, peachy eyes were staring intently at the older sister's face, her eyes incredibly bright. It's just that Miss Hua's face is a bit unsightly. She took her eyes away from the elder sister and looked at me again: "What about this young lady?" This time still did not wait for my answer. Bui Hoai Can looked at me, smiled indifferently and said: "Miss Hua, she can't either." “This is the second lady of the Giang family. She looks dignified, but in fact, she doesn't know anything about housekeeping, has been pampered too much since childhood, is extremely narrow-minded, always likes to compete with her sister for things, and is unable to take on the position of Third Imperial Concubine. In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on him. I instinctively intended to refute, but was held tightly by the elder sister next to me. She leaned close to my ear and said in a low voice: "I heard that the Third Prince has a dark personality. A few years ago, I was chased by the mandarins to a pagoda outside the capital to pray for blessings, and only recently have I returned to the capital... Even if your reputation deteriorates, Tieu Bui will still marry you, but I absolutely cannot be chosen." "Good Tri Dung, can you help sister A this time?" The elder sister was good at riding horses, but at this moment she was probably too impatient, so her grip on my arm was extremely strong, almost wanting to crush my bones. I was in so much pain that I couldn't say a word. While talking, the elder sister took off the peach blossom hairpin from her hair, and did not allow me to refuse, but put it in my hair. In front of everyone's eyes, her reluctant voice was extremely clear. It's like she's truly thinking about others: "Is Tri Dung still angry at sister A because of the brooch? It's sister A who's wrong. If you like this peach blossom brooch, then Sister A will give it to me, but please don't use Sister A's fiance to be angry anymore, okay?" The way Hua aunt looked at me immediately changed. Immediately after that, the surrounding sounds of quiet chatter were heard from the princes and noble ladies of the family. “……What's going on? I remember that the person who has an engagement contract with the crown prince is Miss Giang, right?" “You don't know about this. The marriage contract of the Marquis was originally intended for the first young lady, but because she was lost at a young age, it fell to the second young lady." “Look at Second Miss Giang, her appearance is so outstanding and she still looks at one of her eldest sister's hairpins, it's enough to see that she really is a person with deep thoughts. No wonder the prince wants to change people..." The unscrupulous gossip stabbed straight into my ears. I silently bowed my head, the tears that I had endured for a long time almost burst. Bui Hoai Can next to me saw my expression and was suddenly stunned. It seemed like he wanted to say something. But someone spoke up first: "The prince and Miss Giang said something like that, I'm afraid it's not okay, right?" 3. The person who spoke was dressed in white, with hair as black as ink, gentle as jade, as if he had stepped out of a painting. I miss him. He was the last prince who gave flowers to his eldest sister. “My appearance doesn't look like a normal person, but my clothes are too simple. I'm afraid I'm just a poor scholar who got here because of his connections. Although I won't look down on him, brother A and mother definitely don't want me to accept his flowers." The elder sister sighed, looking reluctant, throwing the dahlia branch aside. Her movements were so fast that I didn't have time to tell her. Actually, I accidentally saw that young man just giving flowers to his friend. Perhaps the coffee's true owner

Nhu Duc Duc is also a prince of the family. The elder sister recognized him, her beautiful eyes glaring at him, refusing to be weak: "Young master, if you are dissatisfied with throwing away your flower branch because of me, deliberately making things difficult for me in front of everyone..." The young master did not look at the elder sister, just nodded at aunt Hua. "Today the banquet has hundreds of flowers blooming, but the second lady is wearing a green dress. The hairpin and the bow on her head are all blue or blue, and even her lipstick is a light sandalwood color that is not favored by noble ladies." “You can see that the second lady doesn't like the color pink.” His gentle gaze fell on the person: "A young lady who doesn't like pink, how can she compete with her eldest sister for a peach blossom brooch?" I was immediately stunned. Bui Hoai Can's movements paused, as if he instinctively wanted to look at me, but in the end he restrained his eyes. When he spoke again, his voice was much quieter: “……What do you mean, young master?” At this time, the young master's eyes glanced over his and his eldest sister's faces. Obviously he's still smiling. But his voice was no longer as gentle as before: "Chu Mo thinks that... if a person has been caught telling a lie, then the other words that come out of that person's mouth cannot be easily trusted. What do you think?" The elder sister's face suddenly changed. The surroundings were quiet for a long time. A moment later, Miss Hua bowed and bowed: "Young Master, what you say makes a lot of sense." The flower feast that day ended very early. It started to drizzle in the sky. The elder sister lost face at the banquet so she got angry and rushed into the rain alone. Bui Hoai Can gave me his only umbrella and carefully told me to stay where I was and wait for the government carriage to arrive. Then, he turned around and chased after the elder sister. I looked at his back for a long time, until my whole body was soaked by the rain before I regained consciousness. In the gloomy rain, the young master named Chu softly called out to me. He held a large bamboo umbrella. Also put yourself under the protection of an umbrella. I bowed my head and saw a beautiful blooming daffodil being carried from thin fingers. “Miss Tri Dung.” The white-clothed young man was clear and bright, but his ears were so red that he couldn't hide them. "My name is Chu Canh Hoa. I just returned to the capital not long ago. The flower branch that my sister received at the banquet was given to her on behalf of a childhood friend who was not good at speaking. The name engraved on the flower branch is also that person's name." “And this flower branch is my true heart.” “……Are you willing to accept it?” I don't know why, when I look at his face. My heart suddenly trembled. ……… Returning to the palace, what greeted me was a slap from my elder brother. “Kneel down!” 4. "My elder sister was soaked in the rain all the way, and as soon as she returned, she had a fever." "The doctor said she had a cold and was upset, so her fever wouldn't go away. After taking the medicine, she was able to sleep." The elder brother's eyes were extremely heavy, the disappointment when looking at me could not be hidden: