Chapter 5 — Phoenix Returns From The Border

Lieu Thanh La completely went limp and fell to the ground. Khuong Minh Chau kept shaking her head. "No way..." "Impossible..." She suddenly rushed at Khuong Hoai An's feet. "Father, say something!" "Say I'm your daughter, say I'm not a fake!" Khuong Hoai An bowed her head to look at her. A long while later, his eyes turned red again. "Minh Chau is of course my daughter." Light flashed in Khuong Minh Chau's eyes. Immediately after that, he knelt towards the emperor. "Your Majesty, Minh Chau is just my daughter, not of the Khuong family's bloodline. She does not know this." "I admit guilt." "But Minh Chau is innocent!" Hearing that, I burst out laughing. "She is innocent?" I looked at Khuong Minh Chau. "Miss Khuong, do you need the palace to read for you?" Khuong Minh Chau's face changed dramatically. I took out a letter from my sleeve. "When you were thirteen years old, you once sent someone to Jiangnan to find a woman." "You said that woman's appearance is very similar to the only daughter of the fairy duke Khuong Lenh Nghi. Keeping it will sooner or later become a disaster." "You told the matchmaker to sell her far away, the farther the better." Khuong Minh Chau suddenly shouted. "It's not written by me!" I spread the letter out. "There is the personal seal of the person on it. You." "There's also a reply from the matchmaker." "She said she did as you advised, selling people to the border camp." Khuong Minh Chau's legs went weak and she fell to the ground. Khuong Hoai An looked at her with disbelief. "You've known for a long time?" Khuong Minh Chau's lips trembled. "I... I'm just afraid..." "Afraid of what?" I stepped in front of her. "Afraid that this palace will return to steal your glory and wealth?" She suddenly collapsed. "Yes!" She raised her head, her eyes filled with resentment. "I'm afraid!" "Since childhood I have been the daughter of Tran Quoc Cong, everyone. They all say that I am a descendant of a noble man!" "What is the reason why as soon as you appear, I lose everything?" She pointed at me, crying and screaming: "You are already a slave in a lowly camp!" "People like you should be rotting on the border!" "Why do you have to come back?" I slapped her in the face. Khuong Minh Chau fell to the ground, the corner of his lips bleeding. "Because this palace is not dead yet." No one in the palace dared to speak. I turned my head to look at the old royal historian who had just screamed the loudest. "Just now you said Khuong Minh Chau was innocent." The old royal historian knelt on the spot, his face pale. I looked at the border general again. "You said she was the only grand daughter of the immortal nation." The general raised his hand and slapped himself. "I'm guilty." I walked in front of Khuong Hoai An. He lay on the ground, his whole body trembling. I asked him: "Just now you said that you have been in the Jiang family's son-in-law for twenty years, and have never dared to forget the kindness of the first prince of the country." His lips trembled violently. "I..." I bent down and picked up half of the golden lock. "You really have not forgotten." "You have not forgotten the title of Tran Quoc Duke's palace." "You have not forgotten the military power of the Khuong family." "You have not forgotten the relationships that my grandfather left behind." "So you harmed my mother." I, swapped my own daughter in, let her step on the Khuong family's bloodline, and be a noble lady for twenty years." Tieu Chieu Da stood up from the dragon bed. He walked to my side, looking at Khuong Hoai An. "You are the son-in-law of the Khuong family, inheriting the title of Tran Quoc Cong." "But you killed the only female of the Khuong family, swapping your own daughter in, impersonating the Khuong family's award for twenty years." "Do you deserve to bear the Khuong family name?" Khuong Hoai An lay on the ground, his forehead pressed against the cold yellow tile floor. "I... I am guilty..." I looked at him. me. “No.” “You are not only guilty.” I stepped in front of him. “From today onwards, you are not allowed to

"Your last name is Khuong." "Your last name is Tham, so go back and take your surname Tham." "The Khuong family does not recognize a live-in son-in-law like you." He suddenly raised his head, the last bit of dignity on his face shattered. I stared at him, saying word by word: "Tham Hoai An." "You usurped my grandfather's title and ruined my mother's life." "You let your own daughter usurp the bloodline of the Khuong family, being a noble lady for twenty years. year." "You are more deadly than Lieu Thanh La." The holy edict was announced right in the middle of the palace. Tham Hoai An plotted to harm the main wife, swapped the daughter, impersonated the title of Khuong family, was stripped of the title of Tran Quoc Cong, and was escorted to the Criminal Department. Lieu Thanh La bribed the midwife, murdered Khuong Lenh Nghi, and was beheaded after the fall. Khuong Minh Chau knew that her life was a bit unusual but still harmed the real woman. sold far to the border, was sent to Dich Dinh as a slave, and was not allowed to leave the palace for the rest of his life. The title of Tran Quoc Cong was restored to Khuong Thi. Tham Hoai An's family tree was erased from Khuong Thanh's family tree. As soon as he finished reading, Tham Hoai An felt as if his bones were gone, and Lieu Thanh La struggled like crazy. "I don't agree!" "I just want my daughter to live her days nice!”