Chapter 12 — The Emperor gave me a wedding, the General publicly proposed me as his concubine, I threw away my veil and left

Lieu Thanh Ha suddenly propped herself up and slowly moved towards him.

“General, please believe me.”

"I admit I'm scared, I also admit I don't want the baby to be born without a name or a destiny."

“But those books, those old seals, I really don't know.”

“If I knew it was the Lam family's survivor allowance, how would I dare use it?”

I look at her.

“You don't dare to use the Lam family's survivor allowance, but you dare to use the Lam family's name.”

Her crying suddenly stopped. We continue to say:

“Miss Liu, the money is recorded in the books, it can be investigated.”

"You trampled on my reputation, do you think you won't find out?"

Luc Canh Tham softly called:

“Chieu Nha.”

I turned my head to look at him.

“General Luc, there's no need to call me that.”

“Before today, you and I were just two people getting married.”

“After today, what you owe the Lam family cannot be compensated for by just a friendly call.”

His throat was choked, and after a long time he spoke hoarsely:

“I will pay.”

I smiled softly.

“What do you get to pay?”

“Taking your lost and then found private seal?”

“Or take that deputy general whose whereabouts are unknown?”

"Or take Lieu Thi's innocence as you said?"

Luc Canh Tham did not answer. Outside the palace, the sound of the wind suddenly became more intense. The military commander stepped into the palace again, his knee armor hitting the yellow tile floor, emitting a heavy sound.

“Your Majesty, the north gate just sent news.”

"After La Thua Nghiep left the citadel, he went northwest, accompanied by seventeen cavalrymen, and changed horses along the way."

“They killed a good soldier on the station road and stole three station horses.”

The Emperor's eyes immediately turned cold.

“He wants to leave customs.”

The Minister of Military Affairs hastily said:

"If we let him pass Ngoc Duong station, he will be able to enter the old route of Bac Canh."

"There are many veterans in the army on that road. If there were people to assist, the pursuit would be even more difficult."

The Emperor looked towards Luc Canh Tham.

"Your former minister, will you help him or not?"

Luc Canh Tham bowed his head.

“I dare not guarantee.”

As soon as these words fell, several important officials in the palace all changed their faces. Previously, Luc Canh Tham had a great reputation in the Bac Canh army. He said he couldn't guarantee it, meaning that in the old army in Bac Canh, there were people who might not only listen to royal orders. The Emperor slowly stood up.

"Order, blockade all city gates in the capital."

“Order the army to dispatch three hundred cavalry to arrest La Thua Nghiep.”

"The infantry immediately checked all mobilization orders of the Bac Canh army in the last three years."

"All the people in the private courtyard on the west side of the city were escorted into the prison, separated individually for interrogation."

Lieu Thanh Ha suddenly raised her head.

“The woman is pregnant.”

The Queen looked at her coldly.

“Pregnancy is not a talisman of immunity.”

Lieu Thanh Ha hugged her lower abdomen, tears falling more intensely.

“But the baby is innocent.”

I look at her hand. Every time she fell into a dead end, she pushed the baby forward. The doctor bowed his head, not daring to speak. His Majesty asked:

“How is her pregnancy?”

The physician quickly replied:

“Your Majesty, the fetus is still stable, but because of extreme fear, it is necessary recuperate.”

His Majesty said:

"Escort into the private garden in the palace, leave it to the Royal Physician to take care of it."

“If the baby is still alive, then take good care of it.”

"If someone dares to borrow the child to escape crime, the crime will be one level more serious."

Lieu Thanh Ha's face completely lost all color. But Mother Truong suddenly burst out laughing. She laughed very softly, her voice was hoarse.

“Miss, did you hear that?”

“The road that you exchanged for the baby... has come to an end.”

Lieu Thanh Ha suddenly rushed towards her.

“Shut up.”

The palace staff immediately held her tight. Right in the midst of that chaos, Mama Truong raised her head, as if she finally remembered something.

“Your Majesty, this old slave has one more matter.”

"Among the letters Deputy General Han sent, there was one that was not addressed to Miss Lieu."

His Majesty stared at her.

“To whom?”

Truong ma ma lightly swallowed her saliva.

“To General Luc.”

Luc Canh Tham immediately raised his head.

“I never received it.”

Truong ma ma said:

“That letter never reached the General.”

“After Miss Lieu finished reading it, she burned it herself.”

Lieu Thanh Ha screamed shrilly:

“You lied.”

Truong ma ma stared at her, saying every word:

"In that letter, it was written that in the past, Lam Vien Son did not die because reinforcements did not come."

All sounds in the great hall stopped at that moment. I still knelt in place, my fingertips cold. Mama Truong raised her head to look at me, a strange smile flickered at the corner of her lips.

“It is written in the letter that the reinforcements that the Lam family army has been waiting for... have arrived thirty miles from the gate.”

“But they... never entered the gate.”