Chapter 8 — Phong Gia Chi Han

“How can that be?”

I smiled faintly:

“Your blood and mine both flow from the emperor's lineage. We are one family, emperor.”

“What is one family?!”

His white face flashed with anger, his eyes red:

"What nonsense are you talking about? You're obviously not my biological sister! Your status as a princess was just forced upon me by the Queen Mother."

“Yes, I am not your biological sister.”

In the thin rain, I smile:

“I am your biological nephew, Your Majesty.”

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The emperor's face suddenly turned pale. He looked at me stunned, staggered back a few steps and then stood dumbfounded. We move forward step by step:

“Before, didn't you wonder why Phong Du forgot the little princess and loved me?

The reason is very simple: he recognized me as that person." I gave him a strong slap, not showing any mercy. It took a long time for him to regain his composure, his body shaking like a dry leaf:

“You said… I slept with my own niece?”

He spit out each word, his voice hoarse; When he looked at me, his eyes were filled with blood red rays. I'm cold:

“You are a beast.”

He stared, not moving. The rain and dust gradually turned into rocks, pouring loudly on him. The eunuch panicked and urged him to leave quickly, but he seemed not to hear. It wasn't until Phong Du led his army to catch up that the tip of the sword pierced his chest. He fell down, still holding my sleeve, his eyes widened with anger and then he closed them, his breathing was ragged:

“Who are you anyway?”

In the midst of torrential rain, I heard my voice:

"I am Chi Nguyet."

He struggled in pain, as if he understood something, the corner of his lips curled up into a bitter smile. The hand holding my sleeve fell down. He died. Phong Du felt a little sad and pulled me up, hugging me:

“It's over, princess.”

He gently kissed my forehead:

“I will make you queen, the harem will only keep you, no one will dare to bully you anymore.”

I shook my head:

“Phong Du, I don't want to be queen.”

He paused:

"So you want to be emperor? If you are willing, I can make you the only queen of Dai Yen..."

“I don't want to be emperor either.”

I interrupted, decisively. Phong Du pursed his lips, slightly confused:

“So what do you want?”

“I want you dead.”

The sound of rain seemed to stop for a moment. I held his hand, not knowing why my voice was choked:

“Phong Du, I want the whole Phong palace to die.”

An arrow tore across the battlefield, piercing Phong Du's right chest. A few steps away, 100,000 soldiers from the suburbs finally arrived. Leading the army, Princess Chieu Hanh stood on horseback and slowly lowered her bow.

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The Phong family's National Palace rebelled, and the entire family was exterminated. Chieu Hanh was supported by the Tham family in Thanh Ha and the Queen Mother, inherited the throne, and became the most famous female emperor. She made me the Chief Princess of the National Protectorate, gave her thousands of households food and hamlets, and gave me two more continents as land. Everything happened so fast. During the ordination ceremony, I was still surprised, as if I had returned to another night, when the lights flickered, Chieu Hanh confided to me:

"Even though I am a princess, from a young age my father personally taught me how to ride horses and shoot archery as well as my brother. Unfortunately, because of my daughter, I cannot succeed the throne...

Among the brothers, only big brother is closest to me. His daughter is the same age as me, and often brings in a little maid provided companionship... Later, big brother was framed by the Phong government and suffered an unjust death. My little niece is also lost, her whereabouts unknown..." She held my hand, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes:

“I always find you very familiar, but I don't remember where I met you.

You are the same age as my nephew, if he were still alive, he would grow up as beautiful as this." I ask:

“Do you want to avenge them?”

Chieu Hanh was startled and tried to cover my mouth with his hand:

“You are crazy! This word reached the emperor's ears..."

I interrupted:

“Do you want to be emperor?”

In her frightened eyes, I smiled:

“The person you hate is also the person I hate. I can help you.”

... Before leaving the capital, I went to see Phong Du one last time. In prison, he looked at me, without sadness, without resentment, just tiredly saying:

“I should have guessed sooner, you were just using me for revenge.”

I'm calm:

“I entered the palace because of hatred.

The Queen scolded me for being confused, which is not wrong. I deliberately attracted the emperor's attention, so that the queen would choose me to serve him. When I heard the news of your defeat, I understood that the only way to get along would be to have the opportunity to meet you personally." Phong Du raised his head:

"But at that time you didn't know I faked my death."

I calmly said:

“So we bet. Bet you're not incompetent.”

“I drugged you and forced you to be physically close to me, in order to force you to return to the capital to marry me, causing the conflict between you and the emperor to immediately flare up.

The fisherman who benefits is me." Phong Du smiled softly to himself:

“My lord, you really planned it from start to finish.”

His eyes quietly stopped at my expressionless face, then smiled wordlessly. He took the cup of wine from my hand and drank it all. I quietly looked at him. There is no great hatred between me and him. Just because he also belongs to Phong Palace, I cannot let him escape, we must destroy him, leaving no trouble behind. I asked softly:

“Do you have any regrets?”

Phong Du lowered his eyes, his fingers gently caressing the scar on my wrist:

“Are you really a little princess?”

He looked up and asked again:

“Are you really a little princess?”

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I stood still for a long time. The smile on my lips gradually disappeared, eventually there was no expression left. For a moment, it was as if he was pulled back to the old Eastern Palace. I'm not a princess. My father is a guard close to the crown prince, my mother is the princess's nanny, and I am just a maid who serves her. During the day, our parents diligently serve; The two of them scraped together every penny, hoping to redeem themselves and buy a small house in the capital. The Crown Prince is kind and often rewards people, so many lowly families like mine can live in peace. But then one day, an invisible fire burned down the Eastern Palace. The crown prince was beheaded, the crown prince and the little princess died along the way into exile, their bones were torn apart by wild wolves. My parents were also tortured to death by the Phong family's hunting dogs. It's just me, trying to survive. … Phong Du said softly:

“Chi Nguyet, do you know? When I was a teenager, I climbed the wall eight times to meet you.

After that first time, I attended a birthday party in the palace, from afar I saw the princess, and also saw you. You stand behind her, bow your head and serve obediently." I closed my eyes, my palms trembled:

“Then why don't you expose me?”

If he says anything, my entire plan will go up in smoke. Phong Du smiled, his originally cold face suddenly softened. Him seriously:

“I like being you, not a princess.

Only the first time I was looking for the princess, every time after that, I was looking for you. It's because you're not a princess that I didn't expect you to hate Phong Palace so much. You were so unprepared and told me every step of your calculations after returning to the capital. I'll leave you at the Queen Mother's palace, so that we can spread the news. Otherwise, how could Chieu Hanh have time to deploy troops outside the city? He spoke softly:

"In the end, success or failure depends on the person, I accept it."

... Once again, we walk on an unlit path. Arriving at the palace gate, it felt like a lifetime had passed. Outside the door, there was a horse-drawn carriage waiting. Chi Ngoc jumped down from the car and happily waved:

"Let's go! Our embroidery shop is about to open!"

I paused, gently wiped away the tears in my eyes, then nodded strongly. (run out of)