Chapter 1 — Sister Thanh Thu

The Emperor issued an order, our family was forced to send a daughter to the royal palace. Mother told us sisters to have a fortune teller to decide whether to stay or stay. I took the words and knelt down first: "Mother, I agree to enter the palace. In the palace is a cannibal cave, my younger sister is naive, she will not be able to live there. It's better to let her marry the son of the Co family." In my previous life, the fortune-telling master said that my destiny lay on Co Lam. I believe and happily marry him. Who would have thought that less than two months after entering the palace, the queen would strip her of her clothes and hit her with a cane in front of everyone, humiliated and angry, biting her tongue and committing suicide. Before she died, she left a letter to Co Lam, saying that I had bribed the master and deliberately brought her to the palace to die. Co Lam rushed in, kicked me down, and slapped me until the corner of my mouth bled: "You killed your sister, you can't die properly!" At that moment I knew that he and my sister had already been secretly going back and forth. He bribed my maid, put drugs in my rice and soup, so that the man would humiliate me. Then he composed his own performance to catch the cheat. He stripped me of my clothes in front of everyone and personally executed thirty people. He didn't know I was his flesh and blood. I cried and begged him to spare the child in my womb. He laughed coldly: "The crime A Nguyet once suffered, how could she escape?" I was beaten to the point of having a miscarriage on the spot, losing too much blood and dying. Once reborn, I took the initiative to kneel down before fortune-telling and took the initiative to enter the palace. Take me and Co Lam, this male and female dog couple, to keep each other company. …… Hearing me proactively want to jump into the fire pit in the palace, mother and younger sister were both stunned. "You don't need Co Lam anymore?" "Haven't you admired the young master of the Co family for many years?" Mother frowned, and younger sister also looked at me with wide eyes, perhaps thinking I was angry. I bowed my head down. In my previous life, I just admired him. I have poured out my entire heart. In the end, he was caught by his own act, beaten to the point of miscarriage and bleeding. Painfully died on the execution chair. He didn't even bother to look at me one last time. Instead of being defeated and injured, it's better to each take a step back. He married the person in his heart, I went into the cave to eat my people. "Mother, I have thought carefully." Mother looked at me for a long time, her lips moved, and finally sighed: "It's up to you." As soon as the words fell, the door was kicked open. Co Lam rushed in, rushed in front of her sister in three steps, hugged her waist with one hand, bowed his head and kissed her forehead. When he raised his head, his eyes were red, his voice trembled: "A Nguyet, I've been waiting for this day, I've been waiting for two lifetimes..." Her sister's body trembled, snuggling into his arms: "Master Co, why did you come here?" Co Lam hugged her tighter, gritted her teeth and said: "If I don't come again, your sister will push you into the royal fire pit." He glanced at me, his eyes shining. ” He glanced at me, his eyes like knives. "She wants to climb high alone, using her as a stepping stone." The younger sister's eyes reddened, gently tugging at the hem of his shirt: "Don't say sister like that, she's also for my good." "If she's really good for her, then she should die herself, not let her go!" The younger sister wiped the corner of her eyes, her voice filled with tears: "Mother has agreed to let her sister go." Entering the palace..." Co Lam immediately covered her behind, observing me from top to bottom, the corner of her mouth curled up: "Just with your appearance, entering the palace is only destined to be an abandoned concubine." He forced himself a step forward, raising his voice. "Do you think the emperor can look at you? Don't dream anymore." His younger sister pulled him from behind: "Young Master Gu, stop talking..." Co Lam didn't pay attention. her, pointing straight at my nose: "In your previous life, you killed A Nguyet, in this life you still want to take me? My Co Lam, even if she married a dog, she would not marry me.

you!” I pursed my lips and said nothing. My mother was so angry that she slapped the table: “Co Lam, you are arrogant! This is the inner courtyard of the Cui family, it's not your turn to make trouble!" Co Lam stopped and immediately knelt down: "Mother, I spoke too hastily just now, but every word was sincere." He raised his head, his eyes red. "I beg you to marry A Nguyet for me. The gift will be delivered within three days, not a single inch, as long as you nod." My younger sister quickly knelt down and pulled her mother's sleeve: "Mother, Mr. Co really treats me sincerely, please complete it for us..." Co Lam bowed her head again strongly: "Mother, I swear in this life I will only love A Nguyet, absolutely will not let her suffer even half of the resentment!" Tears in my sister's eyes. My sister was about to fall but she didn't fall yet, she softly said: "Mother, sister has her own path to follow, you also let me live my life..." I laughed softly. One of us played the villain, the other played the gentle role, the acting was better than the theater troupe in the palace. My sister's eyes rolled around, and she thought of a new trick: "Mother, I am willing to replace you in the palace, not letting you get warmed up." !” Co Lam immediately changed her expression and pulled her arm up with one hand: “Are you crazy? Entering the palace means going to die, I absolutely will not allow it!" My sister shook her head and pushed his hand away, crying even louder: "But I can't watch my sister jump into the fire pit..." Co Lam was so urgent that her eyes turned red, squatted down and hugged her sister's face: "You died for her, will she accept your love? She just wishes she could disappear!" He turned his head to glare at me, his eyes as if he wished he could eat me alive. "Ci Duong, are you just standing there looking at me? Your younger sister wanted to die for you, didn't you say a word?" I bowed my head: "I never asked her to do it for me." Co Lam was so angry that her whole body trembled. She hugged her sister again: "Ah Nguyet, listen carefully, if you dare to enter the palace, I will stab my head and die in front of the palace gate!" My sister sobbed in his arms, her body trembling. I glanced at Co Lam's hand holding my sister, the corner of my mouth curled up slightly. "Mother, I can't bear to leave Young Master Co, so just let me marry you." My sister raised her head from Co Lam's arms, her tears had not yet dried, but Co Lam's eyes were also stunned, not expecting me to take the initiative, her lips moved but she couldn't say a word I turned to my mother: "I'm entering the palace, no one owes anything to anyone." My sister quickly tried to force out two more tears, pulling at the hem of her mother's shirt: "Mother, you're talking angrily, I can't take away your fate..." Co Lam reacted, hugging her sister even tighter, staring at me, her eyes disdainful: "It seems like you know how." Hey, my hands clenched into fists in my sleeves, but my face remained calm for a moment, and finally nodded: "So let's decide." A few days later, when the selection ended, I was personally appointed by the emperor. Just on the day my sister Co Lam and I were married, she stood in the middle of the hall, wearing a dark red robe, holding Co's arm Lam: "General loves me, this drink has cost you half a year of allowance." As she spoke, she glanced towards the door to see if I had arrived yet. As soon as I sat down in the corner, she smiled and called out: "Are you coming too?" I thought you wouldn't come." I came to watch a play, not to drink. The women around me all turned their heads to look at me. Some people covered their mouths and smiled, whispering in their ears to the people next to them. A lady next to them asked in a low voice: "Is this Cui's response? You dare come dressed like this?" My sister didn't miss this opportunity: "Why don't you sit in the front?"

before? After all, you are my real sister!" Co Lam stood next to my sister, her face cold and speechless. I bowed my head: "The position is low, so sitting in the back is suitable." The smile on my sister's face stopped, I didn't expect that I could be so patient. She picked up a cup of wine on the table, walked in front of me: "Sister, today is my great day, I don't wish you and the general Is this an old lady?" I clenched my fists. A lady next to me chimed in: "That's right, my sister should also have a drink." Co Lam sat at the main table, her face gloomy: "It's not necessary to show off." A few guests at the table burst out laughing, seeing me, they quickly restrained themselves. I slowly stood up, looking at the cup of wine in my sister's hand: "According to palace regulations, the concubine cannot sit at the same table with the foreign minister. drink." My sister's smile stiffened. I tilted my head to look at Co Lam: "The general is a court official, he must understand the rules better than the concubine. Do you want me to violate the rules?" Co Lam's face darkened, he put his chopsticks on the table. His sister quickly reconciled, pulling his sleeve: "You're right, let's not make things difficult for you." She picked up the cup of wine and drank it herself: "Then I'll drink for you, wishing you and the general eternal life." Returning to the table, she poured herself a cup again. I sat back in the chair, my fingers slowly relaxed. out of his sleeve. The eunuch ran in with a shrill voice: "Your Majesty, please." Everyone knelt down in panic. The sound of footsteps came from the entrance, and a group of people walked in. The emperor's voice carried a smile: "Let's all calm down." I stood up and followed everyone, not daring to look directly at the emperor, but from the corner of my eye I saw the Emperor's face turn pale. He suddenly stopped and asked the eunuch next to him The eunuch has just been recruited?" The eunuch bowed his back: "When the emperor returned, it was indeed Cui who agreed." The emperor looked at me from top to bottom, the corner of his mouth curled up: "I remember that day your response was not bad." Co Lam stood on the side of the male guest, trying to force a smile on her face. The emperor directly said to the eunuch: "Cui agreed to be appointed a nobleman, assigned to Truong Ninh Palace." I was stunned for a moment. A woman next to me gently pushed me. Me: "Aren't you quick to thank me?" "I thank you for your grace." The emperor was about to leave, but suddenly stopped. He glanced at the table full of food, then looked at the crimson robe on his sister, frowned slightly, and said in a faint voice: "Who is doing the wedding?" The eunuch quickly replied: "Your Majesty, it is General Phieu Ky who is getting married today." The emperor said "oh" and looked towards him. Co Lam: "You're so elegant. My concubine Qin came to congratulate you, but you let someone sit in the corner?" Co Lam's face changed and she immediately knelt down: "I don't dare." My younger sister also knelt down, her wedding dress spread all over the ground, her face pale. The emperor bowed his head and said to me: "Sir, if you don't want to come next time, don't come. She is my person, there is no need to respect anyone." The emperor nodded and turned around. Waiting for the emperor to go away, my sister stood up, accidentally spilling the wine cup on the table, the wine spilled all over her sleeve. She gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "You are truly a good person." When I turned to leave, in the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of my sister's hand squeezing tightly. The next day, my sister had a good fate. Entering the palace. "Your sister has been promoted to the throne, I came here to congratulate you." The brocade box was opened, but inside was a jade brooch, which was broken into two pieces, tied with a red string. I recognized this brooch as a family heirloom. I had installed it three years ago. My sister took a step closer.