Chapter 5 — The palace was happy, the Emperor went crazy.

6 "Your Majesty!" The Queen Mother raised her voice, carrying a heavy pressure. "You should look clearly. Whoever did this was because of the prince. Lam Thi's low status, and she used to live in the cold palace, how could she teach the prince well? Entrusting it to Thuc Phi is the best path for his future." Tham Nghien didn't understand those words at all. He only saw me crying, saw Niem An crying in Thuy Vi's arms, saw a group of people holding me tight. He was so frantic that his eyes were bloodshot, struggling desperately, his mouth could only scream incoherently. "Nguyet Nguyet! Baby! Bad guy! Fight! Fight!" The scene was extremely chaotic. I was held tightly, unable to move. Tham Nghien was surrounded by guards, screaming helplessly. Thuy Vi hugged Niem An, who was crying until her heart was torn apart, her whole body trembling in fear. The Queen Mother coldly looked at everything, her eyes unwavering. She glanced slightly at the mother who was hugging Niem An. The mother understood, picked up the child and turned to leave. "No——! My Niem An!" A cry of despair tore through her throat. Before my eyes it became dark, heaven and earth seemed to turn upside down. Right at that moment, "Whoa——!" Niem An was forcibly carried away by the mother, and suddenly let out an earth-shattering cry, crying to the point of almost suffocating. That cry, like a red-hot iron bar, fiercely stabbed straight into Tham Nghien's nerves. "BAO——!!!" He let out a loud roar. The suppressed ferocious power of a grown man, under the limit of anger and fear, suddenly exploded violently. He snatched away the two guards who were controlling him, his body looked like a completely mad male lion, his eyes were bloodshot, ignoring everything, he rushed straight towards the woman holding Niem An. The speed was so fast that people had no time to react. "Protect!" Ly Duc Toan was so scared that he lost his mind. The guards tried to rush forward to block him, but were thrown away by his crazy strength. He rushed in front of the mother, in the eyes of everyone's extreme horror, suddenly bowed his head, fiercely biting the arm that was holding the child tightly. "Ah——!" The mother screamed fiercely. The intense pain caused her hand to loosen. The diaper felt like it was about to fall to the ground. "Nien An!" My heart seemed to stop beating. In a lightning-quick moment, Tham Nghien let go of his teeth, without hesitation stretched out his hands, in an extremely clumsy position but also exhausted all his strength, to catch the falling diaper. The force of the impact caused him to stagger back a few steps before barely standing. He hugged the sobbing Niem An tightly in his arms, like hugging a lost treasure and then finding it again. He bowed his head, used his face to rub his child's small, tear-stained face, his mouth emitting slow, gentle sounds of coaxing. Completely unaware of the surrounding area falling into a dead silence, eyes of extreme terror were focused on him. He hugged the child tightly, step by step stepping back, moving closer to me. Then he picked up Niem An, sat down on the ground, his back leaning against the edge of the bed, holding the child tightly in his arms, just like a mother animal protecting her young. His bloodshot eyes were alert, full of hostility, glaring at the Queen Mother and everyone. A threatening growl emitted from his throat. "My... treasure... Nguyet Nguyet's... treasure..." He declared ownership intermittently but strangely clearly. "Bad guy... get out of the way!" The whole palace was as quiet as a sheet of paper. Everyone was stunned by the scene before their eyes. Even the Queen Mother. She looked at the stupid emperor sitting on the ground, his clothes disheveled, his face full of aggression and stubbornness, but he protected the child so tightly that there was not a single gap. She looked in

His eyes, a primal light like a wild animal holding its young. On her always majestic face, cracks appeared for the first time. It was amazing. It's unbelievable. And there is also a ray of... vibration that is hard to name. Finally, the Queen Mother looked at us long and deeply. That look was so complicated that it was impossible to guess. She didn't say a word, her face turned pale, she waved her sleeve, turned around and left. The minister's father and several princes looked at each other and could only quietly follow behind, retreating heavily. The guards and the madam seemed to have received amnesty and quickly retreated. That danger, in an unexpected way, was temporarily resolved. There are only us left in the palace. I leaned heavily on the bed, cold sweat drenched my entire body. Thuy Vi rushed forward, crying while checking my condition. Tham Nghien was still hugging Niem An who was still sobbing tightly, sitting on the ground, looking around warily. When he was sure the "bad guys" were gone, he let out a long sigh, his tense body gradually relaxing. He bowed his head, looked at the child in his arms who had stopped crying, opened his eyes wide and curiously looked at him. He smiled foolishly, clumsily using the back of his hand to wipe away the remaining tears on his child's cheeks. Then, as if offering a treasure, he lifted Niem An up in front of me, his eyes shining. "Nguyet Nguyet... treasure... is still here!" At that moment, looking at his face covered in dust, with scars on his cheek from biting someone, but full of satisfaction and peace of mind. Looking at Niem An in his arms, safe and sound. My tears, which had been suppressed for a long time, even in life and death I tried to hold back, finally burst out. I reached out, hugged him tightly, and also hugged our child tightly. In this cold palace, the three of us, in a posture both distorted and desperate, hugged each other tightly. Is it hate? Or is it something else? I can't tell the difference anymore. The Queen Mother's plot to forcibly take Niem An away was temporarily repelled by Tham Nghien's desperate bite and her madness to protect her child. But that doesn't mean it's all over. Rumors in the palace about the stupid and useless emperor spread even more fiercely than before. Niem An's existence, in the eyes of some people, is both the biggest threat and the most valuable card. Our small Tinh Tam Uyen Court, after moving out of the cold palace, although the conditions were a little better, was still just a disguised red cage, becoming the focus of countless gazes. Tham Nghien's stupidity, after the "protecting her child" incident that year, seemed to have undergone some subtle changes. He is still confused, reacts slowly, but sometimes in his eyes there is a flash of light that is extremely fast, extremely faint, difficult to grasp. Especially every time we or Niem An face danger, that beast-like instinct and primal aggression appear more clearly than ever. The days go by like that, on the outside it seems peaceful, but underneath are the underground waves rolling. Niem An grows up every day. You inherited Tham Nghien's handsome appearance, delicate eyebrows and eyes, but have more gentle features like me. The boy is very smart and also extremely sensitive. With Tham Nghien, this "big playmate", I have an almost instinctive closeness. Sometimes, Niem An staggered over to Tham Nghien who was sitting on the ground, put a piece of rice cake that was bitten with drool in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, his voice still slurred. "Eat... dad... eat..." Tham Nghien then stupidly opened his mouth, letting his son feed him, then happily clapped his hands, smiling innocently. "Baby... good!" Niem An pulled the tangled hair on his head, laughing. Tham Nghien was not angry and let the child pull. Sometimes it hurts so much,

He just looked at me aggrievedly, as if he were gossiping.