Chapter 1 — No Regrets

On the day our family's assets were confiscated, between me and my maid Xuan Dao, my father decidedly chose to preserve the maid, and turned away and pushed my biological daughter to the Cam Quan. "A Nghi, Dao Dao's mother was kind to me in the past, I had to take care of her." "You have read many holy books since you were young, so you can sympathize with your father, right?" I sympathize with you. Therefore, I was obediently taken away, sold into the Church Ward, and became the lowest prostitute. After three years of being trampled on day and night, I used one night of humiliation in exchange for news about the situation at home. But it turned out that two years ago, his father's crimes were cleared. The saint even wanted to compensate him for his fame and fortune and promote him to rank and position. Yet he used that favor just to pray for the maid in the house to have the title of princess. Throughout the capital, there was no one who did not praise him for his kindness and respect. That night, I chose to dance all night long in the winter night. While my feet were frozen to the point of ulceration, I finally caught his eye. Twenty years later, I sit high and high on the throne. Looking at my son's uniform, he brought back a shy and shy girl from Giang Nam. She said her name was Xuan Y. "What did you say your name was?" I stared at the girl in front of me, my fingers unconsciously clutching the armrest of the chair under my body. "The girl's name is Duong Xuan Y, after a letter from her mother's name." She had pink cheeks and almond eyes, and when she mentioned family members, her smile became brighter. "The girl's mother is Xuan Dao, the Princess Xuan Dao who was personally ordained by the emperor in the year of her birth. "It's just that my grandfather said he hated the dangerous officialdom, so he took his mother away from the capital and settled in Giang Nam." I was a little stunned. Giang Nam. No wonder I've been looking for them for so many years without any news. "It's a coincidence that Xuan Y and his mother have the same last name as Duong. Is this the destiny of birth to become one family?" The young man smiled and spoke up. But I know. Duong Xuan Dao's family name was Chu, and my father later changed his family name to her. She was six years old when her father brought her home, saying she was to be my cleaning maid, but she dressed and lived exactly like the young lady I was. Even at the moment of life and death, a maid like her is carefully protected by my father, while a master like me is pushed to bear the blame. Thinking about the days of living with nothing in the past. The corner of my mouth hung with a cold smile. "Are you from the same family? I don't even consider whether I am worthy or not!" These words were very heavy, so heavy that the little girl's face immediately turned pale, her eyes also blushed a layer of light red. "Mother! How can you..." The Emperor looked sadly at the pale face of the person in his arms, his eyes looking at me also had a slight resentment. After all, I have never had such a harsh side before. Even the old people in the palace who secretly harmed me, I can generously forgive. But you keep saying such harsh words to a little girl. "Then I don't mind speaking frankly, this marriage of yours, I don't agree with." I coldly opened my mouth. I will not tolerate my enemy's descendants becoming my daughter-in-law. "But mother, didn't you promise me before that you wouldn't force me to marry a woman I don't like?!" The Emperor shouted in disbelief. "But I also said, my marriage has never been just my business." Don't mention her family background, just her petty appearance revealed just because of this one sentence, she can't bear the responsibility of mother Nghi Thien. lower. But the emperor thinks that I am intentionally causing trouble. "Even if you agree

Or not, the Duong family is about to come to the capital for the sake of you and Xuan Y's marriage. Unfortunately, I had a big argument with the Queen Mother. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, once a year, the Duong family's name suddenly appeared on the curtain. Through the blurry screen, I saw my father and his maid Xuan Dao sitting in the front row. Both sides of my father's temples only had a little white hair, and the little maid Xuan Dao, who used to have a thin yellow face, was now wearing gold and silver, and was even very rich There is a gentle and elegant husband. No longer the shy and self-deprecating appearance when we first met. It seems that these years, they have really lived very well. I sighed and gave tribute to the Duong family, but even the palace servants in the main hall did not have it. Such obvious dislike made everyone understand that this so-called new Duong family was just like that Being hated by the Queen Mother, how can he still stand? The mocking looks thrown one after another made Duong Xuan Dao's face painfully embarrassed, not to mention Xuan Y's daughter, who was already lying on the table sobbing. "Father..." She pulled on Duong Tri Chuong's father's sleeve, and in response she was a big reassuring hand. "Dao Dao, don't be afraid." "It's just a preemptive act from an ignorant woman." He absolutely won't. Let no one block the path of the noble daughter he loves. The man narrowed his eyes, then straightened his shirt and stood up. "Your Majesty, although I have long since retired from public office, the young lady Xuan Dao is a noble princess personally appointed by the emperor, and according to the rules, she should enjoy the royal family's share." His words were neither arrogant nor self-deprecating. Many people also remembered the old story of the past, when the first emperor made an exception to appoint the only maternal princess That's right. No matter how noble the queen mother is, she can't disobey the emperor's wishes, right? The emperor next to him also quickly helped: "Yes, mother, stop being so stingy. After all, Xuan Y will be your daughter-in-law in the future, she will be filial to you." But everyone knows this is not just about a tray of cloth, but also involves the royal family's face and attitude. "Your Highness? Ai family almost forgot about this." I smiled slightly. "I just don't know if Duong Thi Lang can tell anyone about the status of the noble princess of Lenh beloved in the end?" "Anyway, Ai remember that Duong Thi Lang has more than just one daughter." As soon as he finished speaking, the man's face suddenly turned pale again. "The Queen Mother has said too much, this minister only has one daughter, Dao Dao, why is there any other daughter?" His words were urgent. iron, making my teeth cold. I ordered someone to slowly lift up the pearl curtain separating my eyes, revealing my face that resembled his grandfather in three parts. "If that's the case, who knows how to do it." My eyes were like a knife, when facing the father I once loved so much, it seemed even more oppressive. But in the first and last time

And also daring to see my face clearly, Duong Xuan Y had just cried for a while and suddenly cried out in surprise: "Why does the Queen Mother look so much like a blind old lady in a young lady's house? She's just a noble and elegant lady, and that old lady is extremely lowly, thinking about it, she probably only has a few chances to be like her." The young lady didn't understand things, but was suddenly favored by the emperor, trying to use such humiliation to regain her face. "That old woman still screams day and night like a ghost, saying she wants to find her daughter, but doesn't even look at herself..." "Xuan Y, shut up!" Duong Tri Chuong's father shouted loudly, interrupting her. But I only heard the words old lady who looked like me. Actually, I am most like my mother. But not long after I was taken to the Catholic Church, the Duong family announced that she sadly passed away. Fingertips in court uniform fiercely pierced the skin. But on my face, I smiled calmly. "The Duong family's daughter is blasphemous, it is a great disrespect." "Let the staff strike you to death!" Receiving my order, the palace servant next to me immediately wanted to drag Duong Xuan Y down to be executed. "I'm here, I'll see who dares to touch the world's future mother!" Seeing that the person in his heart was scared into panic, the emperor for the first time opposed his mother, covering up his body. She was behind me. "It's all because I said something wrong first. If you want to punish me, please punish me. Please respect Tieu Y's young age and take back the order!" Duong Tri Chuong's father also bowed his head. Of course, the courtiers could not bear to see the dispute between the mother and son of the family. They offered their words, saying good days and months, kneeling down to ask me to calm down. "It's fair to say, after all, you are already this old, really not worth comparing with a young girl in your prime." My bright red-painted fingertip gently tapped. "But the daughter is not educated, it's the mother's fault!" "Princess Xuan Dao is already a noble lady recorded in the royal jade butterfly, naturally it's the same. Consider it someone's younger sister. Then the crime of death can be forgiven, the crime of living is hard to forgive! Moreover, this punishment requires you to take off your clothes up to your buttocks. For women, this is a humiliation even more unpleasant than death. But this time, no matter how much the emperor begs, I will send someone to pin them down and beat them twenty times firmly. Of course, Xuan Y's daughter cried until she fainted, but Xuan Dao's mother did not even dare to beg for forgiveness. Just because she understood too well what she had taken from me. The moment she saw me, she even wanted to run away far away. Their mother was carried out of the palace. It's just that from that day on, the capital began to spread rumors that the Queen Mother had a tyrannical personality and intentionally humiliated the former minister's family. Discussing indiscriminately about the heavenly family is a serious crime. But such rumors have not been put to rest until now, and the people behind them add fuel to the fire without even having to say anything. But I don't care. But on a day with a light breeze, I held the sword and personally led three thousand guards to kick down the main gate of the Duong family. "Duong Lenh Nghi! What do you want?! Do you want to kill your father?!" When the cold white long sword was placed across the neck of Duong Tri Chuong's father, the man's face turned pale. "So you also remember that you are my father." I smiled. But the sword in his hand did not tremble at all. "Today I just want to take my mother away, otherwise don't blame me for slaughtering your Duong palace." Can climb from the lowest Church Ward to the position of crown prince.

After all, no one knows how much blood my hands have been stained with.