Chapter 4 — Tham Gia Horse Carriage

"The things your two sisters have, have now been prepared for you, isn't it enough?" I pushed the box back. "These things originally belonged to you sisters, you shouldn't take them for you." Father's face darkened. "Tham Uyen, don't be ignorant of good and bad." I suddenly laughed. "Before, it was because you knew good and bad too much." "That's why I thought that the hair tie you didn't need, or a page of letters that someone wrote was broken and thrown into the paper basket, these are all things." something incomparably precious.” Father stared at me, as if meeting this girl for the first time. After a long while, he suddenly waved his sleeve. "Sure enough, you are like your ancestor, your thoughts are too heavy." I looked at his back, but there was no sadness in my heart. On the third day after being ordained, in order to silence me, father finally released Mother Tan and her son. He threw the release document on the table and coldly said: "I've given it to you, after entering the palace, don't continue to cause trouble for the Marquis Palace." Mother Qin held the document, crying and wanting to kowtow to me. I quickly helped her up. "Mother, you are free." "Let's take my brother out of the capital, wherever he goes." Mother Qin shook her head again. "This old slave wants to follow you to the North." I was stunned. "When you alone walk twenty miles in the snow, I cannot be with you." She held my hand, her palm was rough but very warm. "From now on, no matter how far the journey is, this old slave will go with you." The day I enter the palace, father said goodbye. sick, the mother said the eldest sister was still scared, and the second sister's cat was sick. No one came to see me off. The phoenix tureen stopped in front of the Marquis Palace gate. I turned my head to take a look. The palace gate is still as tall as before, the pair of stone lions in front of the door are covered with a thin layer of snow. I have lived in this place for sixteen years, but I have never felt like this is home. When the queen saw me, she first noticed the wound on my leg. The female doctor removed each layer of bandage, her eyebrows furrowed. "Previously, the princess had a cold, and the cold wound was not treated carefully. Now the disease has penetrated deep into her bones. From now on, every time it rains or snows, I'm afraid it will be painful." The queen was silent for a moment, then ordered someone to clean up Te Ngo Palace. "Fire charcoal, medicine, clothes and food are all prepared according to the district's standards." Lord.” Instinctively, I wanted to stand up and give thanks. The person raised his hand to hold me down again. "First, take good care of your body." "If you have entered the palace, then you are the Princess Chieu Ninh of this palace." "From now on, there is no need to beg anyone anymore." I bowed my head, tears falling onto the blanket. Not long after, the queen held a spring party in the palace, nominally to send me on my way, and also to let the ladies in the capital get to know me. Thuong Nghi came first to ask if the Marquis had brought the list of formal makeup and ceremonial offerings. Before I could speak, Mother Tan's eyes were already red. "The things the Marquis brought were only two trunks of old things." Thuong Nghi ordered someone to bring them. When the first chest was opened, at the top was a pure gold tree with the words "Minh Chau" clearly engraved at the end. In the second chest is a pair of jade earrings, the inside of which is engraved with the words "Bao Chau". There are also a few sets of clothes, the sleeves and collars have all been adjusted, clearly tailored based on someone else's body shape. Thuong Nghi's face immediately darkened. "Is this using the old things of the sisters, pretending to be a dowry for Princess Chieu Ninh?" The news reached the queen's ears. On the day of the spring banquet, the queen ordered Thuong Nghi to bring two trunks into the palace. Father, mother and two sisters are also on the invitation list. As soon as my mother entered the temple and saw those two chests, her face immediately turned white

sick. Perhaps she did not expect that the things she considered "compensating for me" would be displayed in front of noble ladies throughout the main hall. The queen sat in the highest position, her voice was not loud. "Lady Hau, Chieu Ninh is about to get married far away. Have you prepared her makeup gifts?" Mother quickly knelt down. "Your majesty, my father has fully prepared, there are just a few items that have not yet been renewed." The queen signaled Thuong Nghi to open the chest. The engraved tree with the word "Minh Chau" was displayed in front of everyone. The whole main hall immediately became quiet. The elder sister's face turned red, she wanted to explain but didn't know how to speak. The second sister quietly retreated back. The queen picked up the halberd and looked at me. "Chieu Ninh, are these yours?" I looked at those two words and calmly shook my head. "No." "Previously, this goddess had no jewelry." The ladies in the main hall were all stunned. Someone said in a low voice: "How is that possible? Doesn't Canh Ninh Marquis Palace have three ladies?" I didn't say anything more. At the party, a noble lady suddenly remembered that at previous flower appreciation ceremonies, I always wore an old, washed-to-faded robe. Some people remember that in the year we celebrated the birth ceremony, the Marquis only held a party for the eldest and second sisters.