Chapter 10 — The Emperor gave me a wedding, the General publicly proposed me as his concubine, I threw away my veil and left

The general manager of the city leaned close under the light and read each item written above.

"The death benefits of soldiers who died in battle in Bac Canh are divided into three exit routes."

"One way to enter the Army warehouse, one way to stay in the Bac Canh army, one way to transfer to the private hospital in the west of the city."

"Every month, the private hospital in the west of the city releases money, which is used for the Luc family's palace, Deputy General Han's private book, and Lieu Thi's tonic and clothes."

Lieu Thanh Ha screamed shrilly:

“Not me.”

This time she even forgot to cry.

“I have never heard of any survivor benefits.”

Mother Truong laughed coldly.

“The lady doesn't know about the survivor benefit.”

"The lady only knows how much silver the accounting department sends each month to buy Nam Chau, enough to replace new silk brocade or not."

Lieu Thanh Ha rushed forward and tried to hit her, but her shoulders were held tightly by the palace staff.

“Old servant, you hurt me.”

Mama Truong no longer pretended to be scared.

"Who said in the past that if you were pregnant with the General's flesh and blood, not to mention thousands of taels of silver, even the Luc family would have to give way to you?"

"Who criticized the medicinal herbs in the villa for not being good enough and told the manager to change them to ginseng slices that were only available in the palace?"

"Who said that the Lam family's daughter has a tough fate, the whole family is gone, so keeping that survivor's pension money is just keeping it in vain?"

The entire main hall seemed to be swept by a cold wind. Mrs. Thai hugged her chest, tears immediately rolling down. Luc Canh Tham slowly turned his head to look at Lieu Thanh Ha. His eyes looked at her, finally no longer impatient to protect a weak person. Lieu Thanh Ha's face turned pale and she continuously shook her head.

“General, I don't have one.”

“She hates me, she wants to drag me to the grave with her.”

Luc Canh Tham did not say a word. I heard my own voice ring out.

“Are you saying that the Lam family is all gone?”

Lieu Thanh Ha's lips trembled.

“I don't have it.”

“Mother Zhang lied.”

I knelt and took a half step forward, bowing my head towards the throne.

“I beg Your Majesty to allow me to ask myself.”

The Great Hall was silent for a moment. The Emperor looked at me for a long time, then nodded slightly. I turned to Mama Truong.

“Your last sentence, when did you hear it?”

Mama Truong glanced at Lieu Thanh Ha, her eyes shining with the gloating of an avenger.

“On the third day after the decree of marriage was brought to Lam Palace.”

“General Luc has arrived at the mansion.”

“The lady cried all night, saying that the baby in her belly could not become a bastard outside.”

“The general said he would give her a title.”

“The lady asked, what about the Lam family's daughter?”

“The general said, holy orders are difficult to break.”

“Then the lady said…”

She suddenly stopped, as if deliberately holding back her last breath.

“What did she say?”

Mama Truong lowered her voice.

"She said, the Lam family's daughter has no relatives anymore, and once she marries into the palace, it will be easy to control."

"As long as the General does not share a room with her, does not give her housekeeping authority, as time passes, she will naturally accept her fate."

My fingers clenched tightly into my palm, touching the exact wound. Under the bandage, warm blood slowly seeped out. Luc Canh Tham finally spoke up.

“I don't agree.”

I look at him.

“But you did.”

The color of blood on the face he completely disappeared.

“At that time... I just wanted to prolong the wedding until after the wedding, then I would think of a way to arrange it properly for you.”

I repeat those two words softly.

"Take me to the heavenly courtyard, let Lieu Thanh Ha lean on the fetus and stay by your side."

"When she gives birth to the baby, you will tell the outside world that my body is weak and cannot give birth."

"Wait until Your Majesty and the people of the world gradually forget about this marriage that was given to you, then you will give her the position of official wife."

There was a flash of pain in Luc Canh Tham's eyes.

“I never thought that far ahead.”

“So you are just step by step trampling on the dignity of my Lam family.”

His throat moved slightly. Not even a word of rebuttal could be said. The Emperor opened the third envelope. The letter was very carefully preserved, with elegant handwriting, clearly written by the same person as the previous letter. The Queen received it and read it through, her face also darkening.

“Your Majesty, this letter mentions the Lam family's old case.”

My heart immediately sank.

“Your highness.”

The Queen looked at me and slowly said:

“In the letter, it was written that among Bac Canh's old books, there was an additional list of casualties.”

“If that supplement is brought back to the capital, the battle to hold the barrier that year will be retried.”

A bee sounded in my head. Five of c.'s father died in battle. The court closed the case very quickly. The chapter at that time recorded that the Lam family's army was entrenched, food and grass were exhausted, reinforcements did not come, and the whole family was devoted to the country.