Chapter 4 — The Emperor gave me a wedding, the General publicly proposed me as his concubine, I threw away my veil and left

Luc Canh Tham pursed his lips and did not answer. Your Majesty said coldly:

“Let me speak for you?”

He finally opened his mouth.

“I said... I already have a wife.”

The expressions of several ministers in the palace immediately changed. His Majesty asked again:

“When did you get married?”

Luc Canh Tham was silent. His Majesty held a paperweight from the court and slowly placed it on the corner of the border defense map.

“I'll ask you again.”

“When did you get married?”

The blue veins on Luc Canh Tham's temples gently appeared.

“Still haven't done enough six rituals.”

"If you haven't done all the six rituals, where can you get a wife's house?"

"I and her relied on each other on the border, experienced life and death together, and long ago made a lifelong promise."

A white-haired old man could not help but speak:

"A lifelong promise without following the rites is still not rites. Luc General, you are a martial general, not a rude mountain man."

Luc Canh Tham's eyes flashed with anger, but he did not dare open his mouth to refute. Your Majesty looked at me.

“He said he wants me to be his concubine?”

“Is it said in front of all the guests?”

“Are there any witnesses?”

Before I could answer, Miss Van's voice was heard outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, the list of guests for the General's palace tonight has been brought, and the palace servants who came to congratulate are also waiting outside the palace."

Two young servants knelt in front of the palace door and narrated everything that happened in the main hall of the General's palace. When they mentioned the appearance of Lieu Thanh Ha holding her pregnant belly, Luc Canh Tham suddenly raised his head.

“Your Majesty, Thanh Ha is innocent.”

Finally, His Majesty's eyes fell on him.

“Did I ask her?”

Luc Canh Tham's throat moved slightly.

“I vow to admit all my sins, I only pray that Your Majesty will forgive her and her mother.”

His Majesty slowly put down the lipstick pen in his hand.

“On the day the emperor got married, you blatantly insulted the Lam family's daughter in the middle of the hall, forced the main wife to be your concubine, and even tolerated someone else spreading false edicts to prevent her from entering the palace.”

Luc Canh Tham's face immediately changed.

“False transmission of oral edicts has nothing to do with gods.”

The Queen entered the palace from the side door. Following behind him, the palace man escorted the inner servant from before. The maid's face was bloodless, he knelt down, crawled a few steps and then prostrated himself on the ground.

"Your Majesty, please spare your life. It was a guard of the Luc palace who gave the money check to the servant, saying that as long as he takes Miss Lam back to the General's palace, there will be a big reward after the job is done."

Luc Canh Tham immediately turned his head to look at the bodyguard behind him. The bodyguard knelt outside the palace door, his whole body trembling.

“General, your subordinates are just thinking about you.”

Luc Canh Tham shouted loudly:

“Who gave you the freedom to be your own boss?”

The bodyguard pounded his head repeatedly like pounding garlic.

"It was the mother next to Miss Lieu who came to her subordinates, saying that if Miss Lam entered the palace, Miss Lieu and the baby in her womb would no longer have a chance to live."

The main hall immediately fell into a dead silence. I looked at Luc Canh Tham. Just now he said she was innocent. Now, those two words "innocent" are torn apart right in the middle of the main hall. What comes out inside is not weakness. It's a calculation. The blood on Luc Canh Tham's face gradually drained away. He turned to his Majesty.

“God willing to be punished.”

His Majesty laughed coldly.

“Be punished?”

The person pointed to the room map defending the frontier on the throne.

"The Lam family guarded the border for three generations. The names of those who died at these gates alone filled three volumes."

“I give you this marriage in recognition of your military merits, and also because I want you to protect the royal descendants on behalf of the court.”

“And you're great.”

"Use my holy decree to cover up an exterior."

The words "exterior" just ended. Luc Canh Tham suddenly clenched his hands.

“Your Majesty, she is not an outsider.”

The Queen calmly spoke:

“So what is she?”

Luc Canh Tham's voice was hoarse.

“She once saved my life.”

I finally opened my mouth.

“General Luc, she saved your life, so you intend to take my life in return?”

Luc Canh Tham looked at me, a trace of difficulty flashed in his eyes. We continue to say:

"If from the beginning you made a confession and asked His Majesty to revoke the decree granting the marriage, I would still admire you for daring to do so."

"If you inform the Lam family before the big wedding day, I can also personally go to the palace and ask for a divorce."

“But you deliberately waited until I put on my happy clothes, finished worshiping heaven and earth, and then in front of all the distinguished guests in the capital, trampled me under your feet.”

“Because at that time we had no way forward nor back.”

“You think I can only bow my head.”

Luc Canh Tham's lips moved slightly. But not a single word could be uttered. His Majesty looked at him.

“Luc Canh Tham, do you hear clearly?”

Luc Canh Tham bowed his head.

“God knows the crime.”

His Majesty coldly said:

“You know it's too late.”

Suddenly, outside the palace, a forbidden army came in to report.

"Your Majesty, the General's wife will take Lieu Thi to the palace gate to ask for an audience."