Chapter 16 — Past Fairness Restored

“Duong Am, don't listen to crazy people.” I asked softly: "Whose daughter am I?" Tham Hoai Chuong suddenly shouted: "Of course you are the daughter of the Marquis!" “Don't talk nonsense in front of His Majesty!” Ta Tam Lang smiled. “What's the hurry, Marquis?” “If it's really the girl, it's okay to say it clearly.” The Crown Prince suddenly opened his mouth. “Shen Bao Chau.” “If you don't want to die, hand it over.” Tham Bao Chau trembled even more. Lieu Thi lost her voice: "Your Highness!" The Crown Prince laughed coldly. “You still protect her until now?” "If it wasn't for your Marquis's greed for the things that woman left behind back then, how could it have happened today?" My ears rang. That woman. Something left behind. His Majesty slammed the throne. “Speak clearly.” The Crown Prince looked at me, his eyes filled with malicious pleasure. “Tham Duong Am, do you think you are only hated by your biological parents?” "Are not." “You were not born from the Lieu family.” “Your real mother is the female general Van Huy who was conferred by the Immortal Emperor, Lam Chieu Vi.” “The talisman she left behind before she died is hidden in your diaper.” “Dinh An Marquis Palace never came back to seek you out to receive a daughter.” “But to find that hidden book.” 16 The silence in the palace was terrifying. The Crown Prince's words were like a rusty knife, slowly cutting open the world I had known for nineteen years. I was not born from Lieu. My mother's name is Lam Chieu Vi. Female general Van Huy. I've never heard this name. But for some reason, the moment I heard it, the edges of my eyes suddenly became intensely sour. Like a long time ago, someone hugged me in the wind and snow. Lieu Thi rushed forward and wanted to grab my skirt. "Duong Am, don't listen to his nonsense." “You raised me, I also love you.” We take a step back. “You love me?” “She loved me so after I fell into the water, she took me back to my hometown at night?” "You love me so you haven't asked me for four years?" “You love me so just now you forced me to pray for Tham Bao Chau?” Lieu Thi's hand stiffened in mid-air. Tham Bao Chau bowed his head, his face frighteningly white. Tham Hoai Chuong's forehead was full of cold sweat but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, these words of His Highness the Crown Prince are absurd." “Duong Am is truly my daughter.” "It's just that the family was in chaos that year, and Mrs. Lieu had just entered the palace not long ago, causing outsiders to misunderstand." The Crown Prince laughed coldly. “The Marquis of Shen still wants to hide it?” “Before Lam Chieu Vi died in battle, she sent me to Dinh An Marquis Palace.” "You said to outsiders that the child died prematurely, turn around and take her back to the countryside, wait for the storm to pass and then slowly look for the hidden book." "But you didn't expect that the thing in the diaper had already disappeared." “So you searched for her for fifteen years.” "After looking for her, you searched her room and still couldn't find her." "Shen Bao Chau was afraid that she would lose her love, and he was afraid that you would investigate him, so he pushed people to the lake." Speaking of this, his smile became even colder. "In the end, from beginning to end, no one in your Marquis Palace considered her a daughter." My chest tightened, my fingertips grew cold little by little. Ta Tam Lang suddenly grabbed my wrist. His palm was very warm. He didn't use force, just pulled me out of that cold area a little. “Duong Am.” “She looked at me.” I raised my head. His eyes were a bit red but he still tried to smile at me. "Don't believe them when they say she's not needed by anyone." “Her mother could have taken her out of the battlefield, she must have run out of breath
last breath to hope she lives.” “It's not like she doesn't need you.” “But there is someone who disappoints her.” As soon as this sentence ended, my tears almost fell. I tried to hold back. His Majesty's eyes were as dark as the sky before a storm. “Shen Hoai Chuong.” "That year, Lam Chieu Vi followed the army north and died for the country." “In the last chapter sent to me, she said that if she could not return to the capital, she would send her little daughter to her husband's family.” "I think you are in pain because of losing your wife, so I will allow you to take your daughter back to the palace." "After that, you will present a memorial saying that the child will die prematurely, and I will also offer silver sacrifices." “Now you tell me, she is still alive.” “You sent me back to my hometown for four years again.” Tham Hoai Chuong's whole body trembled. “God deserves death.” “But I'm just temporarily confused.” "That year the child was indeed missing. It had been many years before I found him again." "I was afraid that outsiders would talk about her, afraid that her identity would be taken advantage of, so I didn't immediately report to Your Majesty." Aunt Dao got angry when she heard that. “Your mouth is so flexible.” "If you lose your child, you're afraid of gossip." "If you find your child, you're afraid of being taken advantage of." "Harming a child is temporary confusion." "It turns out that all the good words in the world are for you to say." Ta Tam Lang continued in a low voice. “Auntie, you scold very methodically.” Aunt Dao glared at him. “Shut up.” Ta Tam Lang immediately fell silent. After a while, he secretly said again: "I'm very serious." My heart, which was already tense to the point of pain, was loosened a bit by this sentence. His Majesty looked at Tham Bao Chau. “Where is that thing?” Tham Bao Chau shook his head violently. “Goddess does not know.” The Crown Prince suddenly said: "You don't know?" "That year, you took half a piece of jade and went to the East Palace to find me, saying you found a big thing." "You said Tham Duong Am shouldn't have come back."