Chapter 4 — The Bride Cannot Be Swapped

"So where am I? Can you send someone to take me to the dining room first? I've been hungry for a day and a night, I've eaten all the pastries." I pointed to the bundle on the table, it was the food my mother-in-law prepared for me. She was afraid that we would get hungry along the way, so she prepared a lot of cakes. I ate a little on the way, and yesterday I ate a little more so it was all gone. "Bring the young lady to the dining room, inform the lady by the way, and tell her to arrange a place for the young lady to live." After Minister Tong instructed his servants, he immediately entered the court. I followed the maid to the dining room. It was still too early, the Minister's wife and Tong Ngoc Du had not yet woken up. Minister Song often had breakfast at the mandarin's mansion after court. The servants in the Minister's Palace have not yet finished preparing breakfast. Mom in the kitchen can only bring me porridge and leftover breakfast from last night. I was both sleepy and hungry, and didn't care much. I ate cake and then drank two mouthfuls of porridge. When I had eaten half, the Minister's wife arrived. She was woken up by a servant sent by Tong Thuong. "Ngoc Tu, it's all your fault. Yesterday my sister suddenly fainted, and because you were so worried, you forgot about me." The Minister's wife sobbed in a low voice. I looked at her coldly. I have felt the love of a mother and father, and know what it is like when parents love their children. Ta Quan Nghien and I went out. If we were even a moment late, the mother-in-law would have been worried. She was afraid something would happen to us. I can see that the Minister's wife does not love me. She only loves Tong Ngoc Du. Seeing my silence, the Minister's wife cried for a while and then stopped crying. She took me to her hospital. That place is both remote and small. Like the courtyard in Ninh Vuong Palace for theater troupes to rest. Not where the master of the palace would live. I looked at the Minister's wife suspiciously. "Am I going to stay here?" "As soon as my sister saw you, she wanted to leave. That year after you were kidnapped, I longed for you day and night. Luckily, your sister appeared to help ease your suffering. She is kind to you! Please be patient for now. When my sister accepts you, I will move to the main courtyard." "Can I return to Ninh Vuong Palace?" I asked. first, asked the words in his heart. "Everyone has a new daughter. She doesn't want to see me, so let the family of three of you continue to live happily together. I'll return to Ninh Vuong's palace, from now on we won't have anything to do with each other anymore, okay?" "Ngoc Tu, if you say that, you're gouging my heart! You're a piece of meat that fell from my wife, how can you bear to separate me?" The Minister's wife started to cry again. I looked at her coldly, my heart not wavering at all. She didn't care about me, so why couldn't she bear to let me leave?07