Chapter 2 — The day after the wedding, he had to kneel and call me Queen

Her voice was neither fast nor slow, but carried a majesty that did not allow anyone to doubt.

“Yesterday, this young lady received the decree of ordination.”

Mother stopped for a moment, her eyes slowly glanced over Co Yen Thanh's stiff face, every sentence and every word were extremely clear.

“Currently, she is the Queen of the Central Palace.”

"If you meet him, you should also pay respects."

The flower hall was dead quiet. The youthful look of pride on Co Yen Thanh's face seemed to be fiercely crushed by an invisible hand. The blood drained from his face, from pride to surprise, then to horror and disbelief. In the end, only a white patch remained.

“What...what did you say?”

Co Yen Thanh's voice trembled, as if someone had just hit her head with a stick, her mind was unable to react in time.

"Mrs. General, this kind of thing... can't be joked about."

He tried to force a smile, but the corners of his lips kept twitching, looking even more unsightly than crying. The mother still sat upright, her expression not showing any signs of joking.

“Vu An Marquis, the decree here, can it be considered a joke?”

"Yesterday at noon, the General Manager of the palace personally came to the palace to promulgate a decree, His Majesty ordained young lady Tham Uyen as Queen."

"Three days later, I will enter the main Kun Ninh palace, and the date for the ceremony will be chosen."

Every word from mother was like a heavy hammer, fiercely pounding straight into Co Yen Thanh's heart. His eyes were completely disintegrated. Yesterday's Horse Hour. At that time, he was surrounded by many guests, his face beaming as he received congratulations. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Vu An Marquis Palace, the Tuong Palace is receiving a decree that is powerful enough to change the whole world. How ironic. In my mind, the scene from yesterday also appeared. Outside the palace, there was the sound of gongs and drums and the sound of firecrackers resounding in the sky when Co Yen Thanh welcomed Tham Vi, it was extremely bustling. Inside the palace, my courtyard is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop. The high-pitched voice of the General Manager read each sentence and every word clearly the content of the decree.

"... Now I hear that General Tham Tong's daughter Tham Uyen has a gentle and virtuous character, is good at domestic affairs... now she is specially ordained to be Queen, and she will test it out."

I knelt on the ground and calmly received the bright yellow silk roll. At that moment, the sound of fireworks simultaneously exploded, one after another, shaking the whole world. It seems like he's congratulating me, but also like he's sending my past to the grave. Father stood behind me, his expression extremely complicated, with some surprise, some worry, but most of all he felt like a burden had been lifted. I stood up, both hands offered the blessing to my father. I looked at him, my voice was very soft, but extremely determined.

“My daughter will no longer marry the Marquis of Vu An.”

His father's eyes immediately turned red. People thought that I would cry, cause chaos, and live and die, demanding death. Anyway, in order to marry Co Yen Thanh, I once disobeyed her. I once threw all the official documents on your case to the ground, just to beg you not to accept another marriage. But we didn't do that. From the moment he learned that Co Yen Thanh begged her father to change her marriage to Tham Vi My wife, my heart is dead. Therefore, when this holy edict descended from heaven. I'm not crazy happy, nor feel insecure, I just feel that everything has finally returned to dust, rocks to rocks. This is a path. A path that leads straight to the pinnacle of power, a path that is enough for me to trample all those who have looked down on me under my feet. So why should we refuse?

“Queen... how could this be... how could this be so...”

Co Yen Thanh muttered absent-mindedly, he completely could not accept this truth. In his eyes, I am just a woman he abandoned, a parasitic red string that cannot live without him. How can I become Queen? On what basis does he think we can't? Just based on his ridiculous sense of superiority?

“Why did Your Majesty issue this edict?”

"Everyone knows about the engagement between me and Uyen Nhi. His Majesty..."