Chapter 13 — My Husband and I Were Reborn Together

Bui Kham thought I was soft-hearted, so he quickly crawled forward a few steps.

"Ah Uan, please save me once. As long as you open your mouth, Prime Minister Ta will definitely have a way to protect me. I swear, as long as I get through this time, I will only treat you well to one person in this life."

I looked at him and suddenly remembered my past life. Remember the locked room. Remember the fire crawling up the bed curtain. Remembering me in the thick smoke, calling his name hoarsely. At that time, I also begged him. I asked him to open the door. I beg him to spare my life. May he remember the love between husband and wife for many years. But he never turned back. I lowered my eyes and looked at Bui Kham.

“In my previous life, I also asked you the same.”

Bui Kham's whole body trembled. I continued: "At that time, the pain was so unbearable, I called your name, begging you to let me go. But you stood outside the door, from beginning to end you never opened the door." Snow fell on his shoulders. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. I looked at him, his voice was so calm that there was no wavering.

“So Bui Kham, what right do you have to ask me for forgiveness?”

At that moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard at the end of the street. A group of Cam y guards wearing non-fish shirts and carrying sabers ran straight to Ta palace. The leader threw himself off his horse and gave orders in a cold voice.

"The court is pursuing serious criminal Bui Kham. Anyone who obstructs will impeach his accomplices."

Bui Kham's face turned pale. He panicked and wanted to grab the hem of my dress. But Xuan Hoa quickly pulled me back. Cam Y Ve stepped forward and held his arms tightly. Bui Kham struggled to look at me, his voice almost broken.

“Ah Uan, save me!”

I stood under the porch, watching him being dragged away little by little. From start to finish. Don't say another word. The case of conspiracy to murder the Crown Prince was investigated very quickly. There is evidence that Lieu To To handed over, there is the testimony of the assassin, and there are letters back and forth between Bui Kham and the Second Prince's palace, even if Bui Kham has a hundred mouths he cannot deny his guilt. The second prince was deposed as a commoner and imprisoned in heaven awaiting trial. Noble concubines were stripped of their titles and sent to the cold palace. The officials who had secretly relied on the Second Prince were also brought to justice one by one. The Bui family was even more unable to escape. Father Bui, because he did not raise his children strictly and was suspected of concealing a serious crime, was dismissed from his position and investigated. Mother Bui could not bear the attack, and on the day the Cam Y Guard sealed the palace, she fainted several times. As for Bui Kham, from being a new graduate in Tham Hoa, he was once praised by everyone, but eventually became a serious criminal and was spit on by the whole capital. On the day of sentencing, I also came. Not because I wanted to see him off. But I want to see with my own eyes the fate of the person who burned me to death and killed my entire family in my previous life. Dai Ly Tu Khanh stood in front of the public hall, his stern voice rang out every word.

"Bui Kham colluded with the Second Prince, colluding to betray the party, plotting to harm the Crown Prince, intending to shake the country. The evidence is solid, the crime cannot be forgiven."

Bui Kham knelt on the street, his gray and white prison uniform covered with dust. He lost a lot of weight. In just a few short days, his originally handsome face had become so haggard that he could no longer recognize his once elegant appearance. When he heard the words "decapitation", his body trembled slightly. But he did not complain. Didn't struggle either. He just slowly turned his head to look at me. Those eyes contained regret, despair, and a final ray of pleading. I stand behind the thin curtain, calmly looking back at him. Don't avoid it. Not soft hearted either. The verdict quickly spread throughout the capital. Three days later, Bui Kham was escorted to Ngo Mon to be executed. Before his execution, he asked to see me one last time. I wasn't planning on going. But thinking about my previous life, when I was in a sea of fire calling his name until my voice was hoarse but he didn't turn around, in the end I still changed my clothes and got on the carriage to the heavenly prison. In the dungeon, the smell of mold and blood mixed together. Bui Kham was locked in the corner of the wall with an iron chain. Hearing footsteps, he slowly raised his head. His voice was so hoarse that it almost didn't sound human. I stood away from the bars looking at him. He looked at me for a long time, then suddenly smiled bitterly.

“I thought that if I lived again, I would definitely win.”

"I know who will ascend the throne, know who will lose, know how the court will change in the future. I think as long as I stay one step ahead of others, everything will be in my hands."

He lowered his head and looked at his chained hands.

“But it turns out I only remember the results.”

“I never understood why I got that result.”

I said nothing. Bui Kham raised his head, his eyes red.

"Ah Uan, if it weren't for you in my previous life, I wouldn't have been able to reach the third level position. I knew it was too late."