Chapter 5 — The whole capital is waiting for me to discover the truth

In the third year, she got angry and broke Wei Thua Duan's flower vase in the palace, resulting in her being spread out by the servants. The entire capital knows — the new wife of the Prime Minister's Palace is a bitter and sharp person. And Wei Thua Duan also changed from the Prime Minister who "favoured concubines and killed his wife" to the Prime Minister who "married a shrewd woman". The two began to quarrel often. Concubine Trieu blamed him for being useless. Wei Cheng Duan criticized her for not trying hard. One time, Wei Thua Duan got drunk in a pub and commented to his colleagues:

"Before, I still felt that although she was harsh, she was more or less sincere. Now she screams loudly every day, just looking at her gives me a headache."

"Sigh, when Tong was still in the palace, it wouldn't have turned out like this."

The colleague sitting next to him did not dare to answer. Wei Thua Duan picked up the wine cup and took another sip. As soon as the wine entered his throat, the acrid taste made him frown. But he didn't know. Something even harsher… is still behind. That day at the restaurant, when Wei Cheng Duan walked out, he often saw us. Luc Thanh Ha and I just walked out of the store opposite. In Luc Thanh Ha's hand, he carried a bag of hot roasted chestnuts with sugar — Just because I casually said I wanted to eat them, he ran three streets to buy them. Still hot on my hands. He continuously switched back and forth between his hands, while exchanging his hands and sniffing the cold air. I laughed, put a handkerchief underneath and took it.

“You're so stupid, don't you know how to use a napkin?”

“Forgot…”

He smiled innocently, then as if he suddenly remembered something, he immediately took out a wooden brooch from his chest.

"I passed by the carpenter's shop and saw a lotus flower carved on it. I remember you like lotus flowers."

A wooden brooch. Not even silver. But when he brought it to me, his eyes were so bright that it seemed like there was an entire galaxy inside.

“This time I will definitely install it straight.”

He carefully placed the hairpin in my hair little by little. We both burst out laughing at the same time. On the opposite side of the street, Wei Thua Duan saw the whole scene. He stood still, not moving at all. The alcohol made his mind tense and uncomfortable, but the image before his eyes was dazzlingly clear. He suddenly remembered how many precious jewelry he had given Tong Tri Y in the past. Each item is worth thousands of gold. But in that price of thousands of gold, there was not a single coin that was truly his. What the poor editor gave her was nothing more than a wooden brooch. But she smiled so happily. Compared to the three years she spent at the Prime Minister's Palace - including her previous life, for forty-one years combined, all the smiles she ever gave to Luc Thanh Ha... were more genuine. Another period of time has passed. One day, I sat at home playing the piano. Outside the window are a few pots of orchids that Luc Thanh Ha personally planted, which are now blooming extremely beautifully. Just halfway through the song, I intentionally played a wrong note. Just like in the previous life and even after reincarnation, we always do the same. Luc Thanh Ha was sitting next to her reading a book, from beginning to end she didn't even raise her head. I thought he wasn't paying attention. Until the song ends. Luc Thanh Ha put down the book and said softly:

“A minor note Seven of the third paragraph, you typed it wrong."

I was momentarily taken aback.

“But it sounds great.”

He added another sentence, with a gentle and gentle smile:

“That wrong note has a very special aftertaste. But her playing technique is so good, it must be intentional, right?"

I looked at him, still speechless for a long time. In my previous life, I was in the Prime Minister's Palace countless times. Wei Chengduan never listened seriously. He said he didn't understand the rules of music, so he told me to play for the guests. I've been playing for eight years, and he doesn't even know how many pieces of music I've changed. Even if I don't know the notes, I sometimes deliberately play them wrong - It's a bad habit I've had since I was a young girl when I first learned to play the piano. Every time the piano reaches that place, the fingertips will unconsciously move a little. Wei Chengduan has been by my side for forty-one years. He doesn't know. Luc Thanh Ha only listened to one piece of the piano. Discovered again.

“Are you…are you crying?”

He immediately panicked, frantically looking for a handkerchief:

“Did I say something wrong? She plays very well, very well, not at all wrong, really not wrong at all —”

I burst into laughter between tears, reached out to receive the towel he gave me, and gently wiped the corners of my eyes.