Chapter 4 — She Changed Kisses Right on Kim Loan Palace, Her Coldly Regretful Father Goes Crazy

Co Truong Khanh leaned against the jade photo, his fingertips gently turning the phoenix jade pendant.

"Her last sentence was a reminder to him, or..."

"I'm reminding you." I passed him and went straight to the study room.

"Half a month later, Ta Nguy will frame the Tran Bac Hau palace in collusion with the enemy. I need the secret files of the Dark Shadows in your hands."

His steps stopped. I pushed open the study door, opened the secret compartment, took out the tiger amulet and military book, then turned to look at him.

"Didn't the Crown Prince always want to have a map of the defense layout of the three northern border continents? Is it enough to use this in exchange?"

Co Truong Khanh stood at the boundary between light and darkness. After a long time, he chuckled softly.

"Tham Tri Uan."

He slowly walked forward, his cold fingertips lifted my chin.

"She's really..."

"What's true?"

"It really makes this Crown Prince... unable to get rid of it."

The red candle burned until the third watch, when Co Truong Khanh used the scale to gently lift the wedding scarf on my head. The cold feeling of the scale gently slid across my chin. I raised my eyes, just facing his deep black eyes. He wore a dark red uniform, making his already pale face even paler, as if it was about to blend into the flickering candlelight behind him.

"Miss Shen."

His wrist turned slightly, placing the scale on the dressing table, making a clear sound.

"Today's wedding is three times bigger than Ta Nguy's battle that day."

"Your Highness is not satisfied?"

I raised my hand to remove the hairpin, and the golden hairpin fell onto the brocade blanket.

"I intentionally ordered people to beat gongs and drums and circle the capital three times."

He smiled slightly, then suddenly bent over and coughed violently. The coughing sound seemed to tear apart my heart and liver, so intense that I felt like I wanted to cough my lungs out. I gave him the handkerchief. He took it, but when he opened it, there was a puddle of dark red blood on the towel. He held the blood-stained towel and looked up at me, the tear mole at the corner of his eye was red to the point of being strange.

"People say that coffins are prepared in my room all year round, and the bride will not be able to live past the third watch."

"So the Crown Prince should be lying in the coffin right now."

I grabbed his wrist, placing my finger on his pulse.

"He has a swollen pulse and has been poisoned for at least five years. He has been seriously injured in the last three months. He has been able to survive until now with just one breath trying to save his life."

He let me check my pulse, his other hand suddenly held the back of my neck. The force is not strong, but enough to make me unable to move.

"Tham Tri Uan."

His breath blew in my ear, carrying the stench of blood.

"Did you come here to get married, or did you come here to perform an autopsy?"

"Come to discuss business."

I tilted my head to avoid his breath, pulled out a military book from under my pillow, and placed it firmly on the low table on the bed.

"Have you forgotten? The map of the three northern border regions was exchanged for all of the Shadow Ty's secret files on Ta Nguy. The crown prince has been investigating him for a long time, isn't that right?"

His eyes immediately darkened.

"How do you know..."

"The jade bracelet on your thumb is the token of the Shadow Ty Commander."

My fingertips gently touched his ban.

"Three years ago, when Ta Nguy went to Giang Nam to do something wrong, he met an assassin. The masked man who wanted to kill him at that time had a scar on wrist. That position is exactly the same as where you held my hand yesterday in Kim Loan Palace."

Co Truong Khanh let go of me, leaned back against the head of the bed, suddenly laughing so much that his chest shook slightly, followed by a few coughs.

"So that's it."

He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips.

"She chose me not to anger Ta Nguy, but because she knew I could protect Tran Bac Hau's palace."

"Each one takes what he needs."

I pushed the military book towards him.

"Half a month later, Ta Nguy will frame my father for colluding with the enemy. We need evidence to counterattack. If you want to stand firmly in the capital, you need military power as support. Becoming friends is the fastest way to ally."

He stared at the military book for a long time. Suddenly, he reached out his hand, but not to pick up the book, but to grab my wrist and pull it towards him. I didn't have time to take precautions, my knees propped up on the edge of the bed, my whole body almost falling face down on his chest. His other hand was placed on my right shoulder. After the class happily dressed, he used force to press down.

"This scar..."

His voice was so hoarse that he could barely make a sound.

"This scar was left by an arrow five years ago in Liangzhou, when she risked her life to save a 'white-eyed wolf'."

My whole body suddenly stiffened.

"Why are you..."