Chapter 8 — My sister changed her concubine, I was reborn to reclaim my fate

When worshiping, in the main hall were Dinh Vien Hau and Mrs. Hau sitting in the chair. Dinh Vien Hau is a quiet person, from beginning to end he hardly spoke. On the contrary, Mrs. Hau always smiled, her eyes looking at me carried warmth, as if she were looking at her own children and grandchildren in the house.

"First worship of heaven and earth."

"Second bow high street."

"Husband and wife worship."

Tham Hoai Du's movements are very standard, neither too fast nor too slow, neither too much nor too little. After the ceremony, a lady led me to the new room. Tham Hoai Du walked behind, still keeping a distance of three steps. When the door closed, there were only two of us left in the room. He sat down at the table and poured a cup of tea.

"You took off your headscarf yourself. I don't follow those rituals."

I raised my hand to lift the scarf and looked up at him. He is also looking at me.

"She really resembles her mother."

"Have you ever met my mother?"

"I met her once when I was young, but I don't remember it clearly. It's just that in my mother's room there is still a painting of her mother when she was young."

He stopped for a moment.

"The matter of her cousin..."

"We all knew."

"Mother told me."

"What your father does, the Marquis will not stand by and watch."

"No need."

I accepted the cup of tea he gave me.

"I will solve the matter of the Co family myself."

Tham Hoai Du looked at me for a moment. But don't ask further.

"That's fine."

"If there's anything missing, just tell the housekeeper."

"The rules of the Marquis' Palace are that every first day of the month, we go to the rooms to ask questions. On weekdays, we don't have to go back and forth every day."

"Do whatever you want to do."

"There's no need to look at anyone's face."

His words are not many. But every sentence... also speaks to the point. This person... Different from what I ever imagined. The first night after getting married, he slept on the couch in the outer room. And I lie on the big bed in the inner room. But my mind never had a moment of rest. Marrying into the Marquis's palace... is just the first step. Lieu Uyen Nhu will not give up easily. Father... I won't either. The estates and dowry that I just took back from Lieu Uyen Nhu... They will definitely find any way to take it back. What makes me even more uneasy... is the way Lieu Uyen Nhu looked at me before leaving. In those eyes... There was no sign of someone who had lost. According to the rules of the Hau palace, on the morning of the second day after the wedding, the bride must offer tea to her elders. I carried the tea tray and walked into the main hall. Dinh Vien Hau and Mrs. Hau sat in the chair, on the left and right were people from the rooms in the Hau palace. I offer tea to each person in turn. Correct rules. No errors occurred. When it was the turn of the second room of the Hau palace, a woman over thirty years old took the tea cup and looked at me from top to bottom.

"Is this the younger sister who just married into the palace?"

She put down the teacup and used her handkerchief to gently wipe the rim of the cup.

"I heard that the Co family initially planned to marry not this one, but another lady."

"Then suddenly changed people."

"It also caused quite a bit of laughter."

Tham Hoai Du's voice rang out from behind.

"The marriage has already been decided by mother."

"I've been worrying too much."

The people of the Second Room slightly pouted. In the end, nothing more was said. Meaning in her eyes looking towards me... It's so clear. Your background... Someone is talking about it. After serving tea and returning to the new room, Mother Trieu was waiting at the door. The Marquis specially picked you up from the Co Palace and told you to let her be my dowry mother. His father did not dare not release him.

"Miss, someone came to the Co Palace just now."

"It's the administrator of the Co Palace. He said he was sent by the old man to discuss the dowry matter with the Marquis Palace."

I took off the brooch on my head.

"What about the dowry?"

"He said that the amount of dowry that Miss Co brought with her when she got married was incorrect. Some items were recorded in the Co government's public records and should have been returned."

I laughed softly. Even faster than we expected. Among the dowry left by her mother, the most valuable was three thousand acres of good fields and two shops in the west of the city. The land and the store are both in the hands of the father. Although the things he transferred in the name of Lieu Uyen Nhu were temporarily sealed thanks to Mrs. Hou, the real ownership has not yet been concluded. At this time, he wanted to take advantage of the time I had just married into the Marquis's palace and had not yet stood firm, to quickly reclaim everything.

"Mom, please wait in the lobby. I'll go there myself."

In the lobby, the administrator of the Imperial Palace was sitting in the guest chair drinking tea.