Chapter 2 — My Thanh Mai

“In order to please the royal sister, you can actually go to this extent!” “As expected of her as her favorite errand boy.” Having finished speaking, he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something. It took a long time for him to speak up: "I almost killed you." "If you were afraid of the water, you would still jump in, you deserve it!" "Next time you won't be so lucky!" I immediately understood, he hated me so much that he wanted me to die. Perhaps he thought I was not satisfied with my position as a palace maid and wanted to climb to a higher position. I also understand that I cannot continue to stay in the palace. Otherwise, he will forever be insecure. Therefore, in the year of the goat, I asked the Queen to allow me to leave the palace. The lady couldn't bear to leave me, so she kept me for another two years. Last year, people thought that if I didn't leave the palace, I would be too old to get married, so they finally let me leave. When Nhiep Duat heard the news from the Queen, he immediately ran to find me. "I heard the queen say that you want to get married when you leave the palace." "From now on, as long as you don't exaggerate and know how to keep your peace, I can protect you." "But you have to wait until I return from this expedition before I can hold a party." I was extremely surprised. He hates me like that, it's already good that he doesn't scold me for being a toad that wants to eat swan meat, but he's still willing to come and drink wine at my wedding. It seems that he is really worried that I will use the Queen to get close to the Emperor and approach him. Now that I am no longer a threat, he will let me go. Thinking like that, I feel like he's not that bad. I voiced my thanks to him. But human calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation. He just left and went for a year. The marriage between me and Manh Trieu Tham has been decided, I can't wait for him to come back and drink to celebrate. Maybe he didn't even notice. If he really cares, when he returns, I can invite him to a private meal. After returning, he never mentioned this matter, it seemed like he really didn't care too much. The Northern Kingdom won, and the capital was much more bustling than usual. This year's Lantern Festival is even more solemn than every year. Trieu Tham was busy handling all the work of the lantern festival and could not leave. The Queen immediately sent her maid to call me into the palace, saying that the Emperor had been busy recently, he was too bored being alone, and wanted me to come to the palace to be his companion. As soon as I arrived at the Queen's palace, Nhiep Duat immediately followed and entered. The Queen teased him: "At this time, all the young masters and ladies of the Northern country are preparing their costumes for the flower lantern festival. You are not going to meet your lover, why are you running to me?"Nie Duat pointed his finger at me. "On the day of the flower lantern festival, can Tan Nam Yen go with me?"This statement sounds extremely strange. The Queen and I simultaneously looked towards Nhiep Duat. Noticing our gaze, Nhiep Duat immediately bristled. "Queen, do you think that's possible?" "According to Northern tradition, at the lantern festival, many young ladies will bring their cats. I want Tan Nam Yen to come with me just because she is close to cats, can help me attract the sympathy of the young ladies." The Queen breathed a sigh of relief. "It's what you said that made others misunderstand." "If you really like her, I wouldn't still know what to do.” I also breathed a sigh of relief. Then I felt like I was thinking too much. Little General Nie's attitude towards me is completely different from the way people treat the girl they like. He can say he can like anyone who can listen, but he absolutely can't like me. The Queen has never made things difficult for me before. Hearing his request, she said: "This matter must ask Nam Yen's consent." Before I could open my mouth, Nhiep Duat spoke first: "You will not refuse." His eyes fell on me. My heart is established

ie stress. I thought Nhiep Duat had changed, but I didn't expect that he still likes to use old stories to threaten me. But maybe he forgot, now is different than before. I am no longer a palace maid, nor do I need to follow the palace rules anymore. If I don't say it clearly, I'm afraid he won't let me go easily. So, when he asked me if I agreed to go with him, I still nodded. Hopefully after the lantern festival, he will not continue to use those things to threaten us. On the day of the lantern festival, the capital was extremely bustling. I left the palace and went to the appointed location with Nhiep Duat. Seeing the way I dressed, he was extremely satisfied. "And especially changing clothes, it seems you have been looking forward to today for a long time." Today is the lantern festival. Even though Manh Trieu Tham and I are married, we will still celebrate holidays like this together. After finishing the work at Han Lam Institute, you will come find me. Of course we have to put on beautiful makeup to wait for him. Unexpectedly, Nie Duat was sarcastic. "Isn't little general Nie also dressed very neatly?"