Chapter 1 — Tham Gia Horse Carriage

Canh Ninh Marquis Palace has three daughters. Father and mother are the people who value fairness the most. Every time a birthday comes, the gold brooch and jade bracelet are prepared in two parts, one part for the eldest sister, one part for the second sister. I once asked my mother: "So where is your share?" She frowned and reprimanded me: "Your two sisters like to fight the most, can't you understand things a little better?" After that, my grandmother fell critically ill, my father and mother took the two sisters on a carriage back to their hometown. The carriage was clearly very spacious, but inside were the eldest sister's piano, the second sister's cat, and two hand warmers. I chased after the car in the snow, crying and begging them to take me with them. Father just let down the car curtain. "The car is too cramped, go another day." By the time I got there on foot, the lid of my grandmother's coffin had already been closed. I knelt in the heavy snow, not even seeing her for the last time. At that moment, I finally understood. The Tham family's carriage can hold a piano and a cat can sit on it, but it cannot hold me. After the grandmother left the funeral, people in the palace came to choose a daughter to get along with. Before the horrified eyes of my father and mother, I calmly bowed my head. "Goddess Tham Uyen, I wish to marry Bac Dich." They did not know that. It's not like I'm willing to get married far away. But in the end I didn't want to continue waiting for a carriage that would never stop for me anymore. Canh Ninh Marquis Palace has three daughters. Father and mother are the people who value fairness the most. Every time a birthday comes, the gold brooch and jade bracelet are prepared in two parts, one part for the eldest sister, one part for the second sister. I once asked my mother: "So where is your share?" She frowned and reprimanded me: "Your two sisters like to fight the most, can't you understand things a little better?" After that, my grandmother fell critically ill, my father and mother took the two sisters on a carriage back to their hometown. The carriage was clearly very spacious, but inside were the eldest sister's piano, the second sister's cat, and two hand warmers. I chased after the car in the snow, crying and begging them to take me with them. Father just let down the car curtain. "The car is too cramped, go another day." By the time I got there on foot, the lid of my grandmother's coffin had already been closed. I knelt in the heavy snow, not even seeing her for the last time. At that moment, I finally understood. The Tham family's carriage can hold a piano and a cat can sit on it, but it cannot accommodate me. After the grandmother left the funeral, people in the palace came to choose a daughter to get along with. Before the horrified eyes of my father and mother, I calmly bowed my head. "Goddess Tham Uyen, I wish to marry Bac Dich." They did not know that. It's not like I'm willing to get married far away. It's that I don't want to continue waiting for a carriage that will never stop for me again. …… When news of the grandmother's critical illness spread, the capital was receiving its first snowfall since winter. Early in the morning, my father ordered someone to prepare the horse. My villa is farthest from the front yard. When the maid came to convey the word, father, mother and two sisters had already arrived in front of the palace gate. Before I could even tie my robe tightly, I carried the Buddhist sutras I had copied for three months so my great-grandmother ran out. My grandmother's eyes were not good. Before she got sick, she always asked me to sit by her bed and read the prayers to her. She said: "A Uyen's writing in our house is the quietest. Hearing you read it immediately makes me feel at ease." I always thought that after returning to my ancestral home, I would personally hand over the Buddhist scriptures to her. But when I ran forward, the driver raised his whip. "Wait for me!" The snow poured into my shoes, so cold that my toes went numb. Mother heard the call and lifted the car curtain to look at me. I looked inside the car,

The car compartment can seat six people. Father, mother, eldest sister and second sister occupied four seats, but the remaining seats were filled with pianos, cat cages and two hand warmers. Senior sister Tham Minh Chau holds the seven-thousand lyre, the instrument case is placed horizontally on the chair. "Grandmother likes to listen to me play the instrument the most, the instrument cannot get wet in the snow." Second sister Tham Bao Chau holds the cat cage in her arms. "Tuyet Cau is timid, putting it under her feet will make it scared." I hold on to the chassis and cautiously say: "You can hold the instrument to help elder sister, you can also sit by the steps. Father and mother are afraid they won't be able to last through today, please Let me go with you." Hearing that, my father impatiently pushed my hand away. "The car is too cramped, I can't sit any longer. You can go another day." "But your great-grandmother is always waiting for you." "Yesterday, she sent someone to send a letter back, saying she wanted to see you." Mother's face darkened. "Your two older sisters were worried all night and couldn't sleep, and you could only fight for a seat." "Tham Uyen, can't you understand the situation a little better?" I stood there dumbfounded. I just wanted to go see my dying mother, but in my mother's eyes, it was just a fight for a seat. The driver's whip lowered. The carriage drove forward, dirty water splashed all over my dress. I chased after him. "Father! Mother!" "I'm not taking up space, I can sit outside!" The wind and snow blew into my mouth, making it almost impossible to breathe. My call was blocked outside the car. Along with the wind and snow. I chased him far away, until the carriage turned through the long street, completely disappearing from sight. The administrator in the palace advised me to go back, saying that if the snow was lighter tomorrow, he would send another carriage to take me away. I shook my head. Grandmother cannot wait until tomorrow. We follow the official path forward. At first, I could still run a few steps, but then the snow got bigger and bigger, my shoes and socks were soaked, my soles were crushed until they were covered in blood. When it was dark, we finally saw the white funeral flag in front of the ancestral home. My heart suddenly sank. I stumbled over, the old butler with red eyes came out to greet me. "Third Miss, why are you only here now?" "Before her death, the old lady kept mentioning you, just now..." I didn't wait for him to finish, I immediately rushed towards the spiritual hall. The coffin lid is slowly closing. Through the last gap, I could only see a corner of my grandmother's white sideburns. "Grandmother!" I rushed forward, but was stopped by two women. The eldest sister stood in the shrine hall, covered her nose and took a step back. "She's covered in mud and snow, don't let her rush in and disturb the grandmother." The second sister lifted up the hem of her newly sewn moonlight white dress, her eyes filled with hate. "Mother, you've soiled the entire floor." I knelt down, raised my head to look at the mother. "Please let me look at the grandmother once." "I won't touch anything, just look once." "Mother, I beg you." people." Mother looked at my muddy appearance, her eyebrows furrowed more and more tightly. "The funeral procession is a big deal, I can't let you here cause trouble." "If you're late, you're late, go out the door and kneel down to reflect." I refuse to go. Father's face completely turned cold. "Close the door." The red door closed right before my eyes. Immediately afterwards, the sound of nailing the coffin was heard inside. I knelt in the snow, my forehead pressed against the threshold, and burst into tears. I walked in the snow for twenty miles. In the end, she still couldn't be seen. That night, the eldest sister cried until she fainted, her father and mother were busy standing by her side. The second sister criticized the hall for being cold and gloomy, and returned early to the ovary. Before leaving, she also told the maid to move the cat's cage a little further away, afraid that the cat would be frightened if she heard the cry. No one remembers that I'm still kneeling outside the door. Before I fainted, I was still thinking. If the nest sample

There is a spirit under the golden stream. Do you blame me for not coming in time? When I woke up, it was afternoon the next day. The person guarding the bedside is Ma Ma Tan, the servant next to the grandmother. Her eyes were swollen very seriously. Seeing me wake up, she turned around and wiped her tears before bringing warm water. "Miss, don't move." "Your shoes and socks were frozen together, the doctor had to cut for half an hour to get them out." "If I were a little slower, these legs wouldn't be able to hold." I lowered my head to look. His legs were wrapped in a thick white cloth, just the slightest movement was painful. Mother Qin's eyes turned red and she asked me: "There is clearly a carriage in the palace, why did you have to walk there yourself?" I was silent for a long time before softly saying: "There is no more room in the carriage." Mother Tan was stunned, in the end she just bit her lip and turned to the side to shed tears. She took out a purple sandalwood box. "This is what the old lady gave to the old slave when he was sick." Inside the box was a transparent jade bracelet and a piece of paper. The writing on the piece of paper was a bit crooked. "On A Uyen's sixteenth birthday, my grandmother can no longer be with me. This bracelet is only given to A Uyen, I hope my grandchild will have someone to love all her life, five years of peace." I pressed the piece of paper to my chest. Tears fell drop by drop. Being this big, this is the first time I have an item that belongs only to me. During the banquet, standing next to my grandmother's coffin, my second sister only glanced at the jade bracelet on my wrist. She reached out and grabbed my hand. "Isn't this the thing my ancestors kept at the bottom of the chest?" "Why is it only for you and not for me and elder sister?" I withdrew my hand. "This is what my ancestor left for me." Elder sister sat next to me, his voice gentle. "Third sister, when my ancestor was sick, he was confused so he forgot about us." "You take it out, the three of us take turns wearing it, also to avoid outsiders saying that our ancestors were heavenly. "If it was before, I would give in. But that was the last thing my grandmother left me. I firmly shook my head. "No way." My second sister's face immediately changed. She reached out to steal. I protected the jade bracelet, but she suddenly let go and intentionally fell to the ground. His palm grazed the edge of the incense burner, leaving a light red mark. Her eyes immediately turned red. "Mother, third sister pushed me." Mother heard the sound and ran over, without even asking the reason, raised her hand and slapped me. "My sister standing by the coffin is already painful enough, do you still bully her because of a bracelet?" I was hit with my face tilted to the side, the corner of my mouth tasted the stench of blood. I held out the piece of paper from my great-grandmother. "Mother, this is what my great-grandmother left for me by name." Mother just took a look and her face immediately turned cold. "The old madam was still biased before her death, no wonder she raised me to be such a selfish person." Mother Qin rushed forward and knelt down on the ground. "Madam, there are more than a hundred pieces of jewelry that the first and second young ladies received." "The old lady only left a memorial for the third young lady. Your request will be fulfilled." Father, who already felt embarrassed because there were so many guests here, became even angrier when he heard that. "A slave dares to reason with his master?" He yanked the jade bracelet off my wrist. I rushed forward. "Father, don't!" Immediately after that, he raised his hand and threw the jade bracelet onto the blue tile floor. A clear cracking sound rang out. The jade bracelet broke into several pieces. I froze in place. Father coldly said: "Now all three of you are gone, it's finally fair." I knelt down to pick up the broken pieces. The sharp edge cut his finger, and fresh blood dripped onto the blue tile floor. The second sister hid in her mother's arms, still sobbing in self-pity.