Chapter 1 — People risked their lives to save, but wanted to marry my sister to show gratitude

Three years ago, I risked my life to save Co Can Nhien from falling into the water. Three years later, he brought one hundred and eighty chests of bride gifts to Ta Do Ngu Su palace to ask for marriage. I thought you came for me, to save me from the fire pit, but I never expected that you would personally give a pair of swallows as a bride price to your sister.

"Noan Noan, three years ago you risked your life to save me. Today I personally came to ask you to marry me. For the rest of your life, let me protect you."

It's ridiculous, people like him should have died by then. The bride price of Van Chieu Ba's palace was carried for a day and a night. The first chest had been brought into the warehouse of Ta Do Ngu Su palace, and the last chest had not yet left the gate of the Count's palace. Even the pair of swallows used to pray for marriage were hunted by the Great Prince of Ba Palace himself, enough to show his sincerity and respect. There was no one in the capital who wouldn't flirt with a deep and meaningful love story. His father and mother even personally went to the gate to welcome them. The person they surrounded was a woman dressed in lotus-pink brocade, pretty and noble. That person is my real sister. She stood under the sun enjoying that love and glory, while I could only be like a rat in the sewer, standing in the most hidden corner quietly observing their happiness. Even though because I didn't want to marry the sixty-year-old old man of the Royal Family as my successor, I personally sent my closest maid to take a token of trust to beg Co Can Nhien to help me, but that life-saving kindness ended up being exchanged for the fact that he mistakenly recognized his benefactor and came straight to ask for her hand in marriage to the person I hated the most.

"Miss, what should we do now? It's clear that the slave has personally delivered the token to Grand Master Co's close entourage, why would he..."

Tieu Hoan, a close maid, spoke up impatiently. I know, she must have personally delivered the token. I don't know whether Co Can Nhien received it or not. I only know that the marriage contract between him and his sister Truong Van Noan has been finalized. If we want to escape, we can only find another way.

"It's okay, I can't blame you for this. Even if something happened in the middle, there's no point in pursuing it now."

The Xuan Vi exam has just ended, Co Can Nhien ranked sixteenth in the first group. To avoid unnecessary social parties, he always stayed in the palace and did not step out. We can't meet in person, and I'm just a lowly female. Whether he didn't know what was going on, so he identified the wrong person, or whether it was intentional, I don't know. Whether based on merit or private equity, my sister has an advantage over me. A worried look appeared on Tieu Hoan's face.

"Does the young lady really have to marry the old Vuong to be her successor? He is already sixty years old!"

I glanced at her, Tieu Hoan quickly closed her mouth. Just as I was recovering, I suddenly vaguely felt someone looking at me. I raised my eyes to look over and just met my sister's provocative eyes. Once she stole another thing I cared about, she was extremely pleased. Co Can Nhien is talking to her. Seeing her looking at me, he also turned his eyes towards me. My eye sockets turned red, I just made eye contact for a moment and immediately moved away, not even bothering to look at Co Can Nhien's expression at that time. The banquet in Ta Do Ngu Su Palace lasted for a long time, with excitement from early morning It wasn't until late afternoon that it gradually subsided. A few days ago, my mother was falsely accused of disrespecting her master and detained, and today she can't attend the party. This is also good, to avoid people seeing my sister's brilliant and glorious scene, while I struggle and decline and feel more upset for no reason. After the crowd dispersed, a private person secretly sent a message, telling me to go to Tay Giac Mon, there was someone waiting. We can roughly guess who it is. If I secretly meet my grandmother, if someone with a heart sees me, I'm afraid I'll have a hard time avoiding a beating. Hesitating again and again, in the end I still went. That young man had a tall, jade-like figure, had just passed the Xuan Vi exam, and now had settled down, he was truly proud of the spring, with an enthusiastic spirit. His body seemed to carry its own light, so bright that people couldn't take their eyes off him. I hid behind a hallway pillar and secretly looked at him.

"It's already here, why don't you come out? Why are you hiding?"