Men on the side of the road are not picked up
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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 — Men on the side of the road are not picked up

Updated 10/08/2026 5 min read

Is he planning to force me to lose my husband again? 16 When Ta Du drugged me and tied me up, my mind was completely confused. "Why?" Isn't he a king who lives a leisurely life, not caring about the worldly world? Giao Dong district is famous for its wealth! As long as he lives in peace as King of Giao Dong, his descendants will enjoy endless blessings. Why would he want to rebel? Ta Du's face was full of sadness: "An Ninh, this king is also unselfish." "This king's biological mother is not the first emperor's daughter Dung, but the next queen of the dynasty..." I widened my eyes and opened my mouth. It turned out that that year, the next queen was not yet a queen, just an unfavored noblewoman in the harem. After overhearing that the empress intended to take the first emperor's orphan child to raise with her, she immediately bribed the nanny, secretly swapping the two children, turning her son into the first emperor's orphan. Sure enough, because Ta Du was personally raised by the emperor and Empress Uyen, he was ordained as Giao Dong King from a young age. As for the real orphan child of the first emperor, in order to root out the weeds, his successor arranged for him to suffer a bout of wind and cold, and died of illness less than a year old. My lips trembled: "So, now you want to... plot to usurp the throne?" Resist, open the palace door, wait for me to be crowned emperor, I will make you queen, okay? "Got your head! Not to mention if I just conveniently saved Ta Ky An, would he give up his world for a life-saving benefactor like me? Even if he really did that... Waiting for Ta Ky An to die, can I still live? The Crown Prince's brother is my only support in the capital! I pretended to be moved and was extremely obedient along the way. Arriving at the capital, Ta Du's rebel army was indeed surrounded inside like a wedge of mortar. Seeing Ta Ky An appear on the city wall, Ta Du roughly pulled me in front of him, pulled out his sword and placed it on my neck. "Ta Ky An, haven't you always said that Khuong Tue Ninh is your life-saving benefactor, will you protect her for the rest of your life?" "Right now your life-saving benefactor is in my hands! I want to see if you choose the country, or choose to save your benefactor!" "Idiot!" I scolded. Although I don't know exactly what that sentence means, my mother often uses it to scold people, so she must have her logic. "Shut up!" Ta Du looked at me with sharp eyes. "An Ninh, if you want to live, I advise you not to do tricks." I rolled my eyes and raised my head to look towards the rising sun. Almost there. 18The sun gradually climbed up the wall from behind the citadel. Suddenly, Ta Du standing behind me couldn't help but let out a soft groan. It's time! I turned around and pulled out the brooch on my head and pressed it to the organ. A small blade that cuts through iron like mud pops out of the brooch. Ta Du suddenly widened his eyes. A "thump" sound rang out, the small knife blade cut Ta Du's throat. Hot blood gushed out like a stream. The sword in Ta Du's hand fell to the ground. He used both hands to cover the wound that was constantly spurting blood, looking at me in horror. It seemed he didn't expect that the chessboard that he and his mother had painstakingly planned for more than twenty years would be destroyed in the hands of an unremarkable village girl like me. Looking at the soldiers and war horses behind Ta Du falling one after another, I grinned. "Ta Du, you also know that I am just a village girl coming out of the mountains, a small medical woman. So why don't you know to be careful of medical women?"

like me?" 19 Herbal medicine can save people, but it can also kill people. Ta Du didn't know that my mother and I had a special contract. Every month on the first day and the full moon day, the two of us had to send letters to each other once. If we didn't receive the letter, it meant that something had happened to me. Coincidentally, the day Ta Du detained me was the day my mother and I had arranged to send the letter. A few days later, when the rebels were still alive. Before we left, my mother realized something was wrong, so she led someone to sneak into Giao Dong district and found me. After that, my brother and I didn't have to worry anymore. The crown prince sent someone to secretly transport the herbs we needed inside. After I finished preparing the poison, the internal medicine arranged by my brother would secretly poison the food of the rebels died on the spot, just because the crown prince wanted Ta Du to lead a rebel army to pretend to attack the capital. That way, his plan to usurp the throne would be completely exposed, never having a chance to turn around... 20After Ta Du's successor and rebel army were destroyed, the good news is that I was promoted to a rich mandarin My elder brother succeeded, because I had the merits of trying to rebel, so he broke the rules and appointed me the eldest princess of Vinh Ninh, enjoying the hamlet of five thousand households.

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