Chapter 1 — Rules of Thanh Lien Coc

Her husband is the most powerful doctor in Thanh Lien Coc, but he was born noble and arrogant, with many rules. My father was beaten by bandits and had seven veins and eight veins broken. I brought twenty taels of silver scraps that I had accumulated over the years, kneeling outside the door and begging him to save my life: "Bui Ngoc Duong, in the whole of Thanh Lien Coc, only your medical skills can save my father." He looked at me, slightly frowning: "You know the rules. Thanh Lien Coc does not accept scraps of silver. One hundred taels of money for diagnosis, hand over enough money first before asking about the patient." Watching my father's vitality slip away little by little, I tried to suppress the pain in my heart, using a tone that was almost humble. Begged Bui Ngoc Duong: "I'm your wife, my father is your father-in-law, can't it be..." "It's the same. The rules of Thanh Lien Coc cannot be broken." My father's lips no longer had any color of blood, but he still smiled at me as if comforting: "Tieu Linh, I won't cure you anymore. I'm old, I'm not worthy of letting you break the rules. Don't... don't argue with me because of me." A person who has been stubborn all his life, until the moment of birth. t.t., and even tried to please me cautiously. I didn't stop anymore, I stood up and ran out of the cup. But until I knocked on every door, bowed my head to every home, and borrowed a hundred taels to return, Bui Ngoc Duong closed the diagnostic room again. It turned out that Bui Ngoc Duong's sister, who knew how to prepare poison, poisoned himself. But right now, Bui Ngoc Duong is not taking a dime, curing the love poison for his junior sister. Duoc Dong said: "Madam, your father has already been carried into the next room. But master Bui specifically told you to wait a bit, wait until he has finished curing sister Tiet's love poison, then naturally go to see your father's illness." That day, I waited from daytime until late at night. Bui Ngoc Duong finally arrived, but my father's body was already no longer warm. Like a crazy woman, I questioned him: "Your junior sister has poisoned herself, it won't endanger her life at all. Why can't you come see my father first!" He looked at me with cold eyes: "Illnesses are regardless of severity, all patients are treated the same. You still don't remember my rules?" Again, it's a rule. I have heard these two words for seven years. But it turns out, his rules only apply to me. If that's the case, I'll leave a letter of resignation. From now on, your rules no longer have anything to do with me. …… It turns out that when heartbreak reaches its limit, even tears will disappear. I turn around. Gently put his father's hand back in the blanket, and instead of him, pulled the corner of the blanket closed. This little old man always wields a great sword, likes to boast in front of me that his sword technique is unparalleled in the world, yet he was tortured to death with pain, no longer having any vitality left. Until now, there was still not a trace of guilt in Bui Ngoc Duong's eyes. He changed into a clean set of robes, but the obvious traces of love on his neck could not be hidden no matter what. He walked to the front of the bed, looked at my father only once, then withdrew his eyes: "My father-in-law is nine parts damaged, even if I can save my life, I will be a cripple. Father-in-law is an aggressive person, surely he would rather die than be a cripple." "Your father-in-law is dead, you still have me. From now on, you won't have to run back and forth in the valley anymore." When he said these words, his voice was calm, as if my father was not dead. This little old man always wielded a great sword and liked to brag in front of me that his sword technique was unparalleled in the world, yet he was tortured to death and had no vitality left. I clenched my fist, the smell of blood faintly lingering in my throat. "Should I thank you then, Doctor Bui?" Bui Ngoc Duong heard the sarcasm in my voice and was a little stunned. In the past, I was always careful to please him in front of him. Since when did I ever talk to him like that? Sharp

His face immediately darkened: "Trieu Tri Linh, it's you who didn't bring enough money for diagnosis, you can't blame anyone else!" "What's more, your father's injuries were self-inflicted. He's old and still beats and tortures people every day on the streets. If he were more peaceful, it wouldn't be to the point..." Before he could finish speaking, I used all my strength and slapped him fiercely. The heart felt like it was being cut by a blunt knife, one by one, the pain was almost suffocating. He said my father did it himself. But it's clear that because of his strange behavior these years, the princes and nobles didn't examine him, and when he was in a bad mood, he offended many people. There were countless people who wanted to take his life. If it weren't for my father guarding the valley all these years, how could he feel secure as his godly doctor? My father never let me say to him: "You have a high spirit. If he knew, he would definitely chase you away." "My Tieu Linh likes him. I protect him and protect Tieu Linh." My father could have retired and lived out the rest of his life smoothly. It was to protect him that he picked up the knife again. Seven years of time left him full of old illnesses. In the end, it's only in exchange for a sentence of self-reproach. I raised my head, looked at Bui Ngoc Duong, questioned each word, my voice couldn't help but tremble: "So has your good junior sister brought enough money for the diagnosis?" "She has drugged herself time and time again, isn't she doing it herself?" Bui Ngoc Duong finally looked towards me. A red bump appeared on that cold face. He stood in front of me, only three steps away. I clearly saw the look of disgust flashing in his eyes. "Yeu Nhi is only twenty-five years old, a famous doctor. Her father is already half-buried in the ground. Whose life is more urgent, can't you tell?" "Selfish self-interest, truly a vulgar peasant woman. Have you learned the rules of Thanh Lien Coc in the dog's belly?" Mo Yeu took it upon herself to condemn her own life. And I want to ask you to look at my father, who has protected you for seven years, first. Become vulgar, selfish and self-interested. My blood ran cold all over my body, but I suddenly burst out laughing. I threw the entire box of silver I borrowed from my chest onto the ground. Money was splashed in all directions, the sound was heavy. "Bui Ngoc Duong, the rules that I have kept for seven years are not worth a penny at all. In your eyes, my father's life, my mother's life, and even the life of our child, are not as good as the pleasure you gave me to detoxify you and Mo Yeu!" Seven years ago, because of Bui Ngoc Duong's sentence "this life does not disappoint Tri Linh, living together, misfortunes and happiness" from Bui Ngoc Duong, I ignored it. all married to him. But after we got married and no longer swore to each other, the words he told me the most became the rules of Thanh Lien Coc. Seven years, the days we share the same room are fewer and fewer. He said, the rules of Thanh Lien Coc, every generation of the owner of the valley needs to purify his mind and cultivate himself, not to be attached to sex. For seven years, I copied three thousand sheets of medicinal herbs for him, cooked tens of thousands of bowls of medicinal soup, and walked in the wind and snow for three days and three nights to pick medicinal herbs for him. He said, the rules of Thanh Lien Coc are not to keep useless people, the lady of the coc cannot break that rule. At that time, I thought that keeping his rules was a sign that husband and wife were in agreement. Until his junior sister Mo Yeu had already left his sect and returned. Mo Yeu doesn't need to do anything. She just needs to stand there, Bui Ngoc Duong will lift the entire Thanh Lien Coc to her. It turns out that his rules can be easily broken, just never for me. Three years ago, the year my mother passed away from serious illness, I also asked Bui Ngoc Duong to come take a look at her. But he wanted to retreat and practice medicine, his voice was cold

denied: "Your mother's life can be compared to the lives of ten thousand people?" Later I learned that what Bui Ngoc Duong wanted to practice was not the good medicine to save people and help the world, it was just because Mo Yeu put a poison on his body, betting to see if he could cure it in half a month or not. A year ago, I had a miscarriage because of hard work, and I curled up in bed alone in pain all night. The pain was so bad that the blood almost dried up, even the copper medicine couldn't find Bui Ngoc Duong. The next morning he returned. I endured the pain and asked him where he had gone. He said: "The sparrow that Yeu Nhi raised fell and broke its wing. Last night I reattached it." "That sparrow is very smart. I fed it with jam, and it immediately stood in my palm and acted like a babe. Yeu Nhi taught it very well." He said it himself, mentioning Mo Yeu, his eyes full of laughter. Completely ignoring the dried blood stains under my body. In my memory, only the first year I married you, you smiled at me. At that time, he stood behind me, watching me clumsily write the recipe, suddenly smiled, reached out to hold my hand: "Later, I will teach you." But after that, his smile was all for Mo Yeu. As for me, I copied three thousand sheets of recipes and cooked ten thousand bowls of medicinal soup, and you never smiled at me again. Mo Yeu's other sparrow later lived very well. But our baby hasn't even had a name yet. It's not like I've never messed with Bui Ngoc Duong: "You like your good junior sister so much, why did you marry me in the first place?" He just saw me as an unreasonable, arrogant crazy woman, forcing me to drink bowl after bowl of tranquilizer. Duoc Dong, who had followed him for many years, couldn't bear it and secretly told me: "Lady, the master of the valley and senior sister Mo are childhood sweethearts. If it wasn't that year, senior sister Mo suddenly didn't say goodbye and left the valley, the valley master wouldn't have arbitrarily married a lady out of anger..." "You still don't fight with senior sister Mo anymore, there will be no more fighting." At that moment, the heart seemed completely silent. Turns out, my delusion was just arbitrarily done to him. From then on, I immediately recognized my identity. But after making up our minds, every night we couldn't sleep all night. Close your eyes, in your mind are all the stories we once had. See. God is so funny. Those who are ungrateful have smooth sailing. He made me love him just by paying the price for a moment. But when I let him go, I had to endure pain like crushing my bones into ash. Therefore, I no longer force myself to forget him. It's about setting yourself a deadline to leave him. One year. Today is the last day. I never thought I wanted to compete with Mo Yeu. I just want to pray to Bui Ngoc Duong, respecting my seven years of love for him, writing the recipe for cooking, saving my father's life. But even this, he was not satisfied. …… Perhaps my words have penetrated Bui Ngoc Duong's feelings. He was silent for a moment, his voice softened a bit: "Trieu Tri Linh, my current wife is you. Yeu Nhi is just childish, so I'm a little more lenient with her." If I remember correctly, Mo Yeu is two years older than me. She has a childish personality that needs to be tolerated, while I have to be like a girl who lights a fire and ignores orders, without resentment or complaint. "If you are angry about me curing Yeu Nhi's love poison, I apologize to you." Sorry. Those four words, he said calmly as usual. Like the lives of our parents and our children, just one apology can erase them. It's like all my suffering is just because I'm jealous of Mo Yeu. Fingertips dug into flesh. I was just about to open my mouth to say something, when suddenly an impatient voice came from outside the room: "Coach, sister Tiet's emotional poison has not been completely eliminated, she is feeling uncomfortable right now.

very!” As soon as he finished speaking, Bui Ngoc Duong's face showed worry, he lifted his feet and wanted to go out.