Chapter 1 — The New Marriage Digs the Truth

At the wedding, the old man of the Luc family publicly announced in front of everyone that I would marry Luc Thua Nghien. Everyone was waiting to see me become a laughing stock. In Giang Thanh, everyone does not know that Luc Thua Nghien has long had a first love placed at the top of his heart. Lam Chi lives right in the small building next to the Luc family's old house. If Lam Chi's father hadn't caused big trouble for the Luc family that year, she would have soon become Mrs. Luc. But I didn't mind at all. Since my fiance died in a landslide rescue three years ago, for me, it makes no difference who I marry. Being Mrs. Luc is not bad, the Kieu family needs me to stand firmly in Giang Thanh. They laughed at me for not being loved by my husband, I also laughed at them just staring at a bed. For a qualified Luc woman, the most unnecessary thing is a man's love. On the wedding night, Luc Thua Nghien and I had just finished drinking wine when the maid's panicked voice rang out outside the door. "Master! Miss Lam suddenly has a severe headache, I'm afraid the old illness has relapsed. Master! Please come quickly and see Miss Lam. If you don't come, I'm afraid Miss Lam won't be able to stand it." Luc Thua Nghien's face immediately changed and he almost instinctively stood up. Very quickly, he regained his composure and turned to look at me. I smiled, not interested in Lam Chi's tricks. "Go see, people's lives are important, everything else is trivial." Luc Thua Nghien's eyes looked at me and softened a bit. "Sorry, I'll go check on her and then I'll be right back." I nodded and didn't say anything else. Watching Luc Thua Nghien leave, I turned around and told someone to come and remove my makeup. The Luc family's long-time housekeeper looked at me cautiously. "Isn't the young lady waiting for the young master?" I glanced at her. "Aunt Tan has thought too much, he won't be home tonight." Aunt Tan opened her mouth, but in the end she still didn't advise further. Early the next morning, Luc Thua Nghien brought the strong smell of tobacco back to the wedding room. Today I have to go offer tea to the elder of the Luc family. He's afraid I'll make a fuss in front of the old man. I walked over and adjusted his collar. "If I were to marry into the Luc family, then honor and honor, shame and dishonor would be with you. Last night's incident was just a small matter, not worth making a fuss about in front of grandpa. Don't worry, I know what to say." Luc Thua Nghien stared at me for a few seconds before saying: "Thank you." After serving tea, Luc Thua Nghien was called away by someone from the company, and I returned to Luc's house alone. When he returned in the evening, as soon as he entered the main hall, he saw me sitting in the main chair, kneeling on the ground seven or eight female maids with both hands tied. Luc Thua Nghien immediately recognized Lam Chi's nanny. "What are you doing?" As soon as Lam Chi's nanny saw the support coming, she immediately struggled, a gurgling sound coming from her mouth. I raised my hand, and the bodyguard took out the towel from her mouth. "Master saved my life! The young lady wanted to kill me! Just because my aunt was loved by her master, she immediately vented her anger on me, wanting to hit my aunt in the face!" Luc Thua Nghien's face darkened, but she did not immediately question me. You're not a fool. If I want to deal with Lam Chi, I can just attack directly, there's no need to go around a nanny. I looked at him with a calm tone. "During the day, this Mrs. Chu took a few people to the greenhouse to play cards and drink, saying that last night you did not go to the wedding room but stayed with Ms. Lam in the small building until morning. She told it so vividly, even how long it took you to rub Ms. Lam's temples, she could tell." Mrs. Chu panicked: "I'm not talking nonsense! Master loves my lady very much!" I didn't pay attention to her, just looked at Luc Thua Nghien. "Wherever you want is your freedom. But the servants make fun of your personal matters.

To put it mildly, it's causing discord in the family, to say it more seriously, it's to monitor the movements of the Luc family's heir. I didn't do it to vent my anger, but for the dignity of the Luc family." Luc Thua Nghien's hand was on the back of the chair, his knuckles tapped twice. Mrs. Chu was about to scream. "Master, my wife grew up with you since childhood, you can't make her feel pain!" I turned around and ordered: "Is the car ready?" Aunt Qin replied in a low voice: "It's ready." "Take these people to the old house in the suburbs. Without my word, they can't go back. Mrs. Chu is Miss Lam's person, how to handle it, you decide." Luc Thua Nghien looked at Mrs. Chu. Mrs. Chu immediately cried: "Master, if my aunt wakes up, I will be very scared!" Luc Thua Nghien said: "Bring it along." Ms. Chu's cry was choked in her throat, and her whole body fell backwards. Luc Thua Nghien looked at me: "Are you satisfied?" I stood up. "Don't ask me, you should ask whether the Luc family's rules are satisfied or not." That afternoon, Lam Chi finally came to offer me tea. She was wearing a simple white dress, deliberately revealing a red streak on the side of her neck. Her face still looked weak after her illness. As soon as she entered the door, she coughed twice. I looked at her and felt that she was both smart and stupid. She has no name or space, no matter how much Luc Thua Nghien protects her, he cannot publicly expose her in front of everyone. What good will it do her to offend me? She knelt down in front of me, raised the tea cup. "Please forgive me, Miss, last night it was because my body was not well, disturbing your and Mr. Thua Nghien's wedding night." She deliberately said the four words "Mr. Thua Nghien" softly, just loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. Aunt Tan's face changed. The maids bowed their heads and exchanged glances. I don't accept tea. Lam Chi raised his head to look at me, tears in his eyes. "If the young lady blames me, I am willing to move out of the small building. It's just that I didn't have a mother when I was little. Grandpa Luc loved me so he let me live there. If I leave, I'm afraid it will hurt the old man." I held the lid of the cup and gently brushed away the tea leaves floating on the surface. "I haven't spoken yet, and you're already blaming yourself for me. Miss Lam's tongue is indeed more useful than your headache." Lam Chi's face turned pale. "I didn't mean that." At that moment, Luc Thua Nghien walked in. Her body wobbled, the tea cup fell to the ground, hot tea splashed on the back of her hand. "Ah." Luc Thua Nghien took a few steps to support her. "What's the matter?" Lam Chi bit her lips, refusing to speak. The maid next to her immediately knelt down. down. "Master, Miss Lam just wanted to offer tea to the young lady, but the young lady never accepted, saying that Miss Lam's illness was fake." I looked at the maid. "Did I say that before?" She trembled a bit, but still gritted her teeth and replied. "The meaning of what the young lady said was exactly that." Luc Thua Nghien raised his head to look at me: "Kieu Ninh, Lam Chi's health is not good, you don't need to make things difficult for her." I laughed. “She had a headache last night, so I left. Today she burned her hand and you appeared again. Luc Thua Nghien, you are really suitable to be a doctor." Lam Chi gently pulled his sleeve. "Mr. Thua Nghien, don't blame the young lady, I came at the wrong time." I stood up and walked in front of her. "You really came at the wrong time. Tea to honor the mother of the Luc family, not the turn of someone with no name or status like her to offer. If you really understand the rules, you should avoid me today, not kneel here and act out a scene." Lam Chi's tears fell. "I just want to admit my mistake." "If you admit your mistake, you have to have the appearance of someone admitting your mistake." I looked at the back of her hand. “Aunt Tan, bring the food box. If you have a real burn, you can treat it. If you pretend, you can save some money." Luc Thua

Nghien frowned. "Kieu Ninh." I turned around to look at him. "If she is really injured, I will personally apply the ointment to her. If she is not injured, you must apologize to me on her behalf." Lam Chi's crying stopped for a moment. Aunt Tan brought the food box over and pulled Lam Chi's hand up. The hot tea only grazed the skin, not yet completely red. The room was immediately silent. Luc Thua Nghien glanced at Lam Chi. Lam Chi immediately withdrew his hand: "My skin has always had a hard time showing wounds." I put the fat back in. "What a coincidence, I've always had a hard time showing off my stupidity." Aunt Tan couldn't help but bowed her head and coughed softly. Luc Thua Nghien's face was very ugly. Lam Chi stood there, tears falling even more intensely. "If the young lady doesn't like me, I'll come less often in the future." I said: "It's not that I come less often, it's that you can't enter the main house without my permission." Luc Thua Nghien's voice was low: "Kieu Ninh, as soon as you entered the door, did you want to establish such prestige?" "Yes." I looked at him. "On the first day of the wedding, I didn't establish my authority. Could it be that I waited for her to climb on top of me before establishing it?" Lam Chi whispered: "Brother Thua Nghien, I'm leaving." When she turned around, her legs were weak and she fell straight into Luc Thua Nghien's lap. Luc Thua Nghien supported her. I gave way. "Auntie Tan, take notes. Ms. Lam's health is weak. In the future, if she wants to enter the main house, she must notify her in advance. After a few steps, she fell and fell on my head." Lam Chi was carried away by Luc Thua Nghien. Before heading out the door, Luc Thua Nghien turned to look at me. "You are more difficult to approach than I thought." I replied to him. "You are also more unreasonable than I thought." On the third day, the Luc family held a family party. Mr. Luc sat in the chair, next to Luc Thua Nghien's mother, Trieu Lam. Lam Chi also came, sitting next to Trieu Lam, looking like half a female owner. As soon as I walked in, I heard Trieu Lam say: "There are some people who come from small families, so rules must be gradually taught. Chi Chi grew up in the Luc family, and understands Thua Nghien's character best." I walked over and greeted him properly. Trieu Lam didn't let me sit. "I heard that yesterday you just entered the door and took the people in the small building to the suburbs?" I said: "Yes." Trieu Lam put down his chopsticks. "The Luc family is not the small yard of the Kieu family, you are not allowed to vent your anger on the servants. Mrs. Chu has taken care of Chi Chi for more than ten years, without merit there is hardship." I looked at Luc Thua Nghien. He avoided my eyes. Lam Chi quickly said: "Auntie, don't blame the young lady. She just got married and it's normal to feel uncomfortable. Mrs. Chu is old, it's good to come to the suburbs for a few days." Trieu Lam patted her hand. "You're so understanding that people bullied you." A sister-in-law of the Luc family sat at the table and laughed. "On the wedding night, my husband was called away, and in return, no one will be happy. But no matter how unhappy I am, I can't take my anger out on the elderly." I raised my cup of tea and took a sip. Trieu Lam frowned: "Elder asked, is your attitude like this?" I put down the cup. "If you want to ask about the rules, I can answer. If you want to vent your anger on Ms. Lam's behalf, please say it clearly, don't bypass the person doing it." My "mother" made Trieu Lam choke. Luc Thua Nghien spoke up: "Kieu Ninh, apologize." I asked: "Sorry to whom?" "My mother, and Lam Chi." "The reason." Luc Thua Nghien stared at me: "Yesterday you made Chi Chi lose face." I looked at the whole table. "She came without a name or status to serve me tea. She intentionally dropped the tea cup, and the maid even publicly slandered me. She lost face because of her bad performance, not because I made her lose face." Lam Chi's chopsticks touched the rim of the bowl, making a crisp sound. Trieu Lam said angrily: "Who did you say acted?"