Chapter 4 — The Pregnant Sister Robbed the Eastern Palace, Her Grandfather Brought a Tiger Talisman to Press the Power

Returning to the general's palace, no one said a word along the way. My grandfather's soldiers and horses surrounded the entire general's palace, making it difficult for even a drop of water to penetrate. Said to protect. But it's actually a kind of wordless warning. Warning to some people in this general's palace. As soon as I passed through the palace gate, I saw my father, Tham Trong Van, standing in the middle of the courtyard. He was wearing a dark blue official uniform and his face was extremely heavy. Seeing me, he was first stunned, then immediately walked quickly.

"Hoa Thuong, you... why are you back? And General, why are you..."

His eyes swept over his grandfather's robe, then looked at the tattered robe, a complex look appeared in his eyes. Grandfather coldly snorted.

"What? The prime minister doesn't welcome this old man?"

“If I hadn't returned, my granddaughter would have been devoured and torn alive by you Tham family and the royal family!”

His father's face immediately became a little embarrassed. He quickly clasped his hands and bowed.

“The general is exaggerating. There must be some misunderstanding about this.”

He turned to look at me, changing his expression to an extremely heartbreaking expression.

"Hoa Thuong, you are too emotional! Even if the Crown Prince is wrong, you should not publicly break up the engagement in front of the civil and military mandarins in the main hall like that!"

“Do you know how much trouble this will bring to our Tham family?”

I looked at him. Looking at the man I've called "father" for the past eighteen years. In what he said, there was not a single question about whether we would bear the resentment or not. All of them are blaming me for causing trouble to you. My heart instantly became half cold.

“Father.”

I opened my mouth, my voice was so calm that there was no wavering at all.

"It was the royal family that first despised the Tham family, I had no one to back it up, and ruined the reputation of the Tham family's daughter first."

"If my daughter continues to patiently endure, won't the world laugh at my Tham family for being a bunch of turtles?"

Father was choked by my throat. His face immediately darkened.

"Sophist! What Thanh Nguyet carries in her belly is the emperor's eldest son! How great is this glory!"

"As the eldest sister, I should be more generous and think about the family!"

Glory? Generosity? We finally understand. It turns out that in my father's eyes, my sister's belly is more important than my reputation and life, this woman. The marriage between me and the Crown Prince is the ladder for him to climb to the pinnacle of power. Now that step is broken, he immediately wants to change to another one. He didn't even hesitate to trample on his own daughter's blood. Grandfather was so angry that his whole body trembled.

"Tham Trong Van! Are you still human?"

“For your own glory and wealth, do you want to sacrifice your own biological daughter?”

Father stood there straight, showing an air of great righteousness.

"General, this is wrong. I am here for the hundred-year-old inheritance of the Tham family."

"Hoa Thuong couldn't think straight at the moment, I will give her good advice."

"There is still a way to save this matter. As long as Hoa Thuong is willing to go to the Eastern Palace and admit his mistake to the Crown Prince..."

I shouted coldly, interrupting him. I looked straight at him, saying every word clearly.

“Father, excuse me From today onwards, I Tham Hoa Thuong and Dong Palace will no longer have any relationship."

"If you want to rely on Tham Thanh Nguyet's belly to climb high and cling to the dragon and phoenix, it's up to you."

“But don't try to drag me along.”

Having finished speaking, I didn't look at him again, turned around and headed straight back to my hospital. Grandfather glared fiercely at father and then followed behind me. Return to my "Chi Lan Vien". Everything here is still the same as when we left. On the table there is still a brocade scarf that I haven't finished embroidering yet. The scene is still there but the people are different. As soon as I sat down, my close maid Van Chau quietly walked in carrying a tray. She is the person my mother left behind for me before she passed away. Van Chau placed the tray on the table, on top was a bowl of calming lotus seed soup. She lowered her voice and spoke quickly.

“Miss, this is what the old lady told her servant to leave to you before her death.”

She took out a small purple wooden box from her chest. The box was locked.

"The old lady said, if your whole life goes smoothly, then this box will never be opened."

“If you... encounter a barrier that you cannot overcome, then open it, it can protect you completely.”

I received the box. Hundreds of chaos in my heart. Did even you predict that I would have this day? Grandfather looked at the box and his eyes softened.

“It's part of your mother's wedding outfit. It always says that women in life must have their own trump cards.”