Chapter 3 — My Thanh Mai

"Who goes to meet someone they like without dressing nicely?" It's rare that Nhiep Duat doesn't refute me, on the contrary, he blushes. Looks like I told him exactly what he wanted. I don't know which family's girl was so unlucky and caught his eye. Before, he sometimes borrowed me from the Queen. Usually at such times, he would force me to do heavy work. Help him buy and carry things. After finishing, he will allow me to choose a few things and he will pay. But today was extremely strange. I hadn't done anything yet, hadn't even met the girl he liked, he started asking me to choose things. "If you like anything, just take it, I'll pay." Maybe he was just being polite, maybe he really wanted to give it to me. But after all, I'm a woman, so it's not good to casually accept other men's things. What's more, Manh Trieu Tham treated me extremely well. Whatever I want, he will buy it for me. So, I shook my head and politely said: "Little General Nie, there's no need to spend money." "I don't use those things either." Nie Duat nodded. "That's right, I'm just a palace maid, I really can't use good things." This made me a little unhappy. I have married Manh Trieu Tham and am no longer a palace maid. But he still often mentioned my status as a palace maid, using it to humiliate me. I was just about to say something when I raised my head and discovered that he had entered a store. When he came out, he held two brooches in his hands. A tree with better quality jade is also more valuable. The remaining one seems to be extremely ordinary. "This brooch is the style you like, I bought it for you." "The other one is for you. Maybe you won't have a jade brooch in your whole life." He brought the brooch to my head to try, but when he saw the brooch I was wearing, his movements suddenly stopped. He finally realized that the brooch on my head had a much better jade quality than the one in his hand. "As expected of someone who has worked as an errand boy for the royal sister for many years. The royal sister even gave you such a precious brooch." "Your years as an errand boy were certainly not wasted." He said those words over and over again, I really couldn't continue to listen. I had to speak up: "Little General Nie, this brooch was not given to me by the Queen." He did not believe it. "Other than the Queen, who else gave you such a precious brooch?" Perhaps he thought that with my status, Manh Trieu Tham would not treat me that well. I raised my head, my voice carrying a bit of boastfulness. "Who else could it be?" "Of course it was my husband." 2Nie Duat was first stunned. Then he reluctantly shook his head and laughed softly. "I only left for a year, you don't have to be so angry, right?" Angry about what? I always don't understand what the little general says. Calculating the time, Manh Trieu Tham is almost there. Nhiep Duat still gave me the brooch. After leaving the shop, I played with the brooch and looked ahead impatiently. From afar, I saw Manh Trieu Tham. "Even though you're just a concubine, I treat you differently than other people." "Even if it's just to respect my royal sister, I won't let you..."Nie Duat was saying something next to me, I didn't pay attention and immediately waved at Manh Trieu Tham. I'm here! Manh Trieu Tham wore a white robe, not an official uniform. He went back to change his clothes. I was a little embarrassed, but still happily said to Nhiep Duat: "Little General Nie, my husband is here." "Perhaps you also know him. He is the Examiner of this year's exam, Manh Trieu Tham." As soon as Manh Trieu Tham arrived, he held my hand, then bowed to Nhiep Duat. "Little General Nie, what is your lover's intention?" "Today is the lantern festival, I'm afraid Nam Yen can't continue to go with you."Nie Duat Hoi

Long time no reaction. I waved my hand in front of him. "Little general, if there's nothing else, let's go first." He suddenly grabbed my hand again. "What did he give you?" Manh Trieu Tham simultaneously held his wrist, coldly telling him to let go. Nhiep Duat did not let go. He kept staring at me. No matter how much I struggled, he still refused to let go. "Why did you marry him?" "Could it be that he gave you more than me?" His eyes seemed to want to swallow me whole. But I really don't understand. What did he suddenly get angry about? "I didn't marry that guy, could it be that I married you?" Hearing what I said, Niet Duat suddenly laughed a few times, then laughed coldly. "Sure enough, I was not mistaken. You are truly a woman who forgets her sense of gain." After that, he no longer looked at me but turned to ask Manh Trieu Tham: "How much silver did you use to buy her? I can pay double to buy her back." "Anyway, I'm just a girl like her." If you want to find her, there will be plenty of them. If you give her to me, consider us as friends." "I am the youngest general in the Northern Kingdom, and the younger brother of the Queen. Being friends with me will not harm you." "You won't offend me because of a woman?" Even though I didn't like what Nie Duat said before, I still endured it.