Chapter 3 — People risked their lives to save, but wanted to marry my sister to show gratitude

My hands instinctively tightened, but the cowardly and weak look on my face became even more obvious. I shrank my neck very slightly, not daring to look straight at her face, my voice was trembling.

"Eldest sister, I don't dare. I'm just scared and want to ask you to help me with something. I don't dare to compete with you. Elder sister, please believe me."

"What? Afraid of having to marry the old Vuong?"

She smiled maliciously again.

"Only the old King can pay attention to this face of yours, so that you still have some value. Otherwise, with a lowly status like yours, do you still want to step into the Royal Palace? That is a blessing that cannot be cultivated for eight generations. I advise you not to have any wrong thoughts, otherwise you won't even be able to enter the Royal Palace, then there will be delicious fruit for you to taste."

She carefully put the jade pendant in her chest, then instructed her servants:

“I'm in a good mood today, I won't hit you.”

"Lock him up. During these 3 days, only give him one curtain, let him remember carefully, don't miss things that shouldn't be missed."

I am the Second Miss of the Truong family, but that is only in name. Behind someone else's back, my life is not even that of a maid who is favored by her master. Truong Van Noan can scold and punish me at will, but my father doesn't care at all. Just like my sister's name is Truong Van Noan, and I'm just Truong Tu Thao. When beauty fades, emotions also fade, not to mention that in the eyes of father, interests are always placed first. Mother and I have endured so much humiliation. Fortunately, after so many years, we have our own way of coping. After reassuring my mother, I checked the money in my hand. I really don't have much money, I don't even have a decent piece of jewelry. I rarely spend money on myself, because in this palace there are too many relationships that need to be prepared, too many places that need to be lined up. Fortunately, the wedding day is near, every day my sister is busy preparing the wedding dress, choosing the dowry, forgetting to torment my mother and son, so that my mother and I can have peace for a while. One month before Truong Van Noan got married, my father was still discussing with Binh Nam Vuong palace about marrying me as his successor. In order for the old prince to please me, he rarely asked my mother to improve my mother and son's clothes and lifestyle, and also asked the revenue department to give me money so that I could prepare myself properly. After all, a skinny girl, no matter how beautiful, will always make the old king criticize her. I of course accepted that money, but did not use it to buy clothes or jewelry, but told Tieu Hoan to take the money to the West gate of the capital, like always, to distribute it to people who were temporarily in difficult situations. Although my strength is small, my money is not much. But embroidering flowers on brocade is easy, giving charcoal on a snowy day is difficult. I have been frugal with my expenses and have helped many people outside over the years, including candidates who came to the capital to take the exam. There are so many people, there will definitely be one or two people who will become famous one day, and those people are all my pawns. Everything was properly prepared, seeing that there was still no movement from Co Can Nhien's side, I decided to push one more step. I deliberately chose the right day for Co Can Nhien to arrive at the palace, avoiding Truong Van Noan and the others, hiding behind the rockery. cry. On the way, being led by servants to change clothes, Co Can Nhien often encountered her. A woman's tears fell like pear flowers in the rain, weak and helpless. When he caught me, I panicked and wanted to avoid him, but accidentally fell into his arms. He caught me, but didn't immediately let go. People like you are born with the mindset of a man who likes to be a hero, enjoys the feeling of saving people and being admired by others, especially when the other person is a woman with an appearance like me. He even softened his voice and asked why I was crying so pitifully. I just shook my head. It wasn't until he kept asking that I told him the truth. Co Can Nhien breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just because of this? Didn't I say I would help you? Don't worry, in less than half a month, no one will bother you with this matter."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to pat my head, truly the look of a thoughtful senior brother. A trace of disgust flashed in my eyes, but I still bowed my head shyly and bowed to thank him. Co Can Nhien really did not lie to me. In less than half a month, Binh Nam Vuong palace was planning to marry a daughter of a minor mandarin's family into the palace. It is said that the lady is still 2 months pregnant and is the flesh and blood of the old Vuong family. Although this matter did not sound very glorious, for the old Vuong family, at this age he could still have more children, he was overjoyed. This proves that I'm old but still flexible, my whole body looks like I'm ten years younger. So he definitely abandoned me, a woman who only had beauty, and couldn't wait to marry that woman.