Chapter 13 — My sister changed her concubine, I was reborn to reclaim my fate

After reading it, Marquis Dinh Vien conveniently threw the letter on the table.

"What is the Gu family planning to do? Their daughter is already married and they still want to intervene?"

Mrs. Hau picked up the letter and looked at it, laughing coldly.

"This matter is not something that Co Chinh Vien alone can instigate."

"More than ten clan elders have the same name."

"Behind him..."

"There must be someone to help."

I stood below, waiting for the two of you to finish talking. Dinh Vien Hau looked at me.

"What do you think?"

"The person behind this letter..."

"Not father."

"It's Lieu Uyen Nhu."

"Father values face very much."

"He won't take the initiative to bring things to the Marquis's residence like today."

"Among the elders who signed were several people who were very close to Lieu Uyen Nhu, including one whose grandson had discussed marriage with her."

"She..."

"I'm using the clan's hand to put pressure on you."

Dinh Vien Marquis slightly raised his eyebrows, bowed his head and looked at the letter again.

"How are you going to respond?"

"I want to meet those elders."

"This is not the Co Palace."

"How did you meet them?"

"Invite them to the Marquis residence."

Dinh Vien Hau and Mrs. Hau looked at each other. Finally, Mrs. Hau spoke up.

"Let me send you an invitation."

"Three days later."

"Invite them to the Hau palace to sit and play."

Three days later, the six elders of the Co family simultaneously sat in the hall of the Marquis' residence. At the head is Tam Thuc Co Sung Van, the highest ranking person in the clan, over seventy years old, leaning on a cane, with a stern face.

"Nem Khanh."

"Do you know why we came here today?"

"Third Uncle came to blame me for being unfilial."

"If you know, then listen carefully."

He took out the letter of association and read each article one by one.

"First, you humiliate your biological father in front of outsiders, which is against filial piety."

"Second, you didn't care about your sister's love and pressured your sister Lieu Uyen Nhu to the point that you didn't have a home to return to."

"Third, you rely on yourself to marry into a noble family, so you don't pay attention to anyone, disrespecting the clan."

"The daughter of the Co family..."

"There is no one like that."

The six clan elders nodded in unison. It looks like it's telling me that...

"Just accept it."

I stand in front of them. Not a single word of explanation. Wait for everyone to finish talking. I slowly spoke up.

"Three Thuc Cong."

"I have three things I want to ask you about."

"Just say it."

"The first."

"Do you know that father changed my concubine to become Lieu Uyen Nhu's?"

Tam Thuc Cong paused.

"This..."

"My parents..."

"Must have my own calculations."

"Do you know that my father removed my name from the family tree and replaced it with the name Lieu Uyen Nhu?"

Tam Thuc Cong... Say no more.

"Do you know why Lieu Uyen Nhu discussed marriage with your nephew and then canceled the marriage?"

Tam Thuc Cong's face immediately changed.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is..."

"Lieu Uyen Nhu annulled the marriage that year because she was aiming for a marriage with the Marquis of Dinh Vien Palace."

"Your grandson..."

"Not enough to catch her eye."

"When the marriage was annulled, in the letter to the Lam family, she wrote that 'the eight characters are not compatible'."

"But behind..."

"She told the maid again..."

"'Marrying a poor scholar is worse than dying.'"

"If you don't believe..."

"Then just go back and ask the lady in my palace."

"That day..."

"Some people saw it with their own eyes."

Tam's face The uncle turned red. Several clan elders nearby looked at each other. Everyone looked surprised.

"Three Thuc Cong."

"Today the letter carrier came to scold me."

"I accept."

"But before you receive Lieu Uyen Nhu's favor to stand in for her..."

"Best think..."

"In her eyes."

"Are you really worthy of her respect?"

The hall fell silent for a long time. Cong Tam Thuc tightened his grip on the stick in his hand. The blue veins on the back of his hand appeared intermittently. Finally... He stood up with his cane. Six clan elders walked out of the Marquis palace gate one after another. No one turned their heads to look at me. There's no one left... Recall that joint letter again. The clan elders have left, but things are not over yet. Half a month later, shocking news broke out throughout the capital. Someone from my grandmother's house has arrived. Not to visit relatives. It's about demanding justice. Luc family in Jiangnan, the main line of the reigning Grand Viceroy Luc Hong Nho. The person sent by the Luc family was my uncle, Luc Hoai An, currently holding the position of Director of the Giang Nam Construction Department, with the rank of third-class official. He brought with him twenty assistants and three carriages and horses. There are no gifts in the carriage. It's evidence. In the main hall of the Hau palace, Dinh Vien Hau and Mrs. Hau sat in the chair. Luc Hoai An sat in the passenger seat, the tea cup in front of him remained untouched.