Chapter 9 — Once reborn, I will no longer marry the wrong person

Stretch marks have begun to appear.

"This holy edict."

"Currently, it cannot be declared."

Ly Thua Quan put the holy decree back into his sleeve. The voice was calm as if talking about dinner.

"The Eighth Emperor's twenty thousand northern border troops are still outside the city."

"The commander of the Forbidden Army in the capital."

"It's his people."

"In the palace."

"Your eyes and ears are everywhere."

"If the decree is announced now."

"It's like forcing him to make the first move."

"How long are you going to wait?"

"Waiting for someone to return to the capital."

He looked at me. The candlelight reflected in his eyes. Form two small flames.

"Her father."

Tham Tranh returned to the capital after seven days. He led three thousand bodyguards. Day and night he rushed back from Nhan Mon Quan. On the surface, he was in the business reporting on official duties. But in reality. It's because you received my letter. That letter. It was because I ordered the most ordinary servant in the palace to take it away. Communication path used. It is the secret line of communication of the Thoi family on the mother's side. Completely avoid all possible paths to be followed by the Eighth Prince. I only wrote one sentence in the letter:

"Father, the 20,000 troops in Dich Chau are not changing defense lines, but are the Eighth Prince's chess pieces used to force the palace."

Just that one sentence. For my father's acumen honed during twenty years in the army. The day my father returned to the capital. He did not wear armor. Only wearing a dark-colored plain clothes. He also only brought along two entourage. Discreetly like a normal martial artist entering the city. But I know. Three thousand of his bodyguards. Stationed thirty miles from the capital. Just one military order. You can immediately enter the city. The moment when women meet again. The way my father looked at me was extremely complicated. He looked at me from top to bottom for a long time. It's like confirming whether I'm missing a hair or not. His eyes turned to Ly Thua Quan standing behind me. In the blink of an eye. Become sharp.

"Your Highness Ten."

He held the right to perform the ceremony. The voice still carried the roughness that had been honed by the northern wind and sand for many years.

"General Shen."

Ly Thua Quan also returned the favor. Straight posture. No arrogance, no flattery. The two men's eyes met in midair. It was as if two blades had not yet been removed from their sheaths. Silently examining each other. A moment later. My father was the first to withdraw his gaze. He snorted softly.

"My daughter will marry you for three months."

"You've gotten thinner."

Ly Thua Quan turned his head to look at me. Then calmly talk to his father.

"The chef in the palace was sent by someone from the palace."

"The dishes are deliciously sweet."

"Uan Ninh is not used to eating."

"Tomorrow."

"Replace a chef from the northern border."

Her father's eyebrows slightly raised. He also didn't expect it. The Tenth Prince always looked lonely and only knew how to read books. I also clearly remember the fact that his daughter was not used to eating sweets. That night. Father and Ly Thua Quan talked in the study for two hours. I don't know what you two said. When my father came out. A wary expression is always present on the face of a commander in the northern border. It has calmed down a bit. He walked in front of me. A large hand full of callouses gently placed it on my shoulder. Silence for a long time. He only said one sentence.

"The one I choose."

"Father accepts."

He rotated people on horses. Right at night. Leave the capital. Three days later. The old Emperor passed away. The news just spread. The whole capital was like an anthill that had been doused with boiling water. The army immediately blocked the city gate. Eighth prince Ly Thua Trach led people into the palace from the beginning. The noble concubine at the Queen Mother's side cried until the pear blossoms were filled with tears. Everything. Everything is happening exactly like the previous life's scenario. There is one more variable. Twenty thousand iron cavalry from the north in Dich Chau. Didn't move at all. Ly Thua Trach continuously issued three orders. But all are like rocks sinking to the bottom of the sea. The people he sent to Dich Chau gave orders. They all disappeared in the middle of the road. It was as if it had been swallowed by the night. Those twenty thousand cavalry. Exactly like twenty thousand statues. Quietly stationed in Dich Chau. Despite the storms and waves in the capital city. Still no movement at all. My father went to Dich Chau first. He holds a real soldier. Sitting in the great tent of the army. They were the deputy generals who were bribed by the Eighth Prince. He didn't kill them. Just ordered detention. Issue a military order to the entire army.

"There is no military order from the marshal."

"Whoever arbitrarily mobilizes even one soldier is good."

At the same time. In the capital. Another thing happened. Deputy Commander of the Forbidden Army Chu Hoai An. Suddenly leading three thousand Imperial Guards to open the south gate.