Chapter 5 — Mother wants me to share my husband with you, so I won't marry anymore

If you should eat then eat, if you should sleep then sleep, between the eyebrows and the corners of the eyes finally gradually have a bit more fresh vitality. Calculating the date, Co An Hoai's letter should have arrived. I'm not in a hurry. But Tong Dao was in a hurry. She waited for a few days, and seeing that I didn't have even the slightest intention of giving in, my mother finally couldn't sit still anymore. This was the first time she came to my hospital to look for me. She looked at my garnet red dress, her lips moved a few times, but in the end she still didn't say anything unpleasant.

“Rest assured.” She sat down, her voice was deliberately soft: "Mother asks her conscience, all these years she has treated you two sisters the same, and has never mistreated you."

But he never favored me. She used a deep and sincere tone and continued: "The General's Palace is a good marriage. You marry there to be the main wife, Dao Nhi will be Binh's wife, staying by your side to help you handle everything. You two sisters share the same love and support for each other, isn't that good?" She said the four words "divide favor equally" in a very matter-of-fact way, as if she were saying some profound truth.

“Even if it wasn't Dao Nhi, it would be someone else.” She looked at me, her eyes were earnest, and kindly advised: "How can outsiders be as close to your own sister as your own sister? Outsiders will only harm you, only your sister can truly help you."

I looked at her coldly. In my previous life, the person who hurt me the most, besides my mother, was Tong Dao. She always has a soft and weak appearance, she doesn't compete with anything she says, as long as her eyes turn red, her mother will appear for her. Instead of her fighting, instead of her robbing, instead of her I offer everything with both hands.

"I already have a marriage contract, I can't marry into the General's palace."

"Didn't mother always say that all concubines should be treated the same? If that's the case, why don't you go and tell Mrs. Bui? Wouldn't it be better to let Tong Dao marry her as his main wife?"

The mother's face became even more unsightly, and her voice also carried a bit of resentment: "That General's Palace is really a dog's eye that looks down on others, and yet he looks down on his concubine to this extent. But Yen Nhi, after all, she is also your biological sister, do you have the heart to watch her become a concubine?" I snorted coldly: "If I remember correctly, when the General's Palace came to the door to propose marriage, the person they wanted to marry was the daughter of the Song family, not the concubine."

"She fantasized about something that didn't belong to her, so of course she had to bear the consequences herself."

"If you are not willing to be a concubine, mother can consider a normal household for her, let her be the main wife, and live out her life in peace."

Mother glared at me, about to explode in anger. The gatekeeper ran slowly inside and said excitedly: "Madam, Miss Yen, Prince Co has arrived! Prince Co has personally come to give birth!" My heart suddenly jumped, a wave of heat rose from my chest, and even my arms and legs felt a bit soft. He actually came in person. I stood up, quickly raised my hand to adjust the jewelry in my hair, pulled the hem of my dress, and took a few deep breaths. Mother regained consciousness, looked at me with a complicated expression, then ordered the servants to bring someone over main hall, welcome guests kindly. When I walked to the main hall door, I just glanced at him. Co An Hoai's figure is tall and straight, sitting in the passenger seat, his spine is also straight. Hearing footsteps, he immediately stood up. He looked towards me, there were so many things rolling in his eyes, as if he were hiding thousands of words that he wanted to say. In the end, he just bowed and said in a low voice: "Miss Song." I bowed down in return, lowered my eyes, not daring to look at him for too long. Mother followed in, sat down in the chair, a polite smile on her face. Co An Hoai did not beat around the bush. As soon as he opened his mouth, he went straight to the point, clearly stating his intention to come here, then presented the list of bride price with both hands. Mom took it and gave it to mother. Mother opened it and her eyebrows involuntarily raised a little. That list compared to the bride price list in the General's Palace in her hand was two full pages more. Co An Hoai sat in the lower seat, modest and polite, his words and gestures couldn't make out even half of the mistakes.