Chapter 2 — This Eastern Palace has been my hunt from the beginning

Having finished speaking, he turned around and left the new room without any hesitation. Van Tu walked in, saw me standing alone in the room, tears fell again: "Miss, Your Highness the Crown Prince... how could you..." I raised my hand to wipe away the tears on my face, the weak and helpless look just now disappeared without a trace.

“What are you panicking about?”

I walked to the dressing table and took off little by little the heavy phoenix crown on my head:

“If he stays tonight, it will really be troublesome.”

Van Tu was stunned: "Why... why?" We look at ourselves in the mirror:

"The first step is to make him remember me, remember that I am a weak concubine who understands the big picture and was forced to marry into the Eastern Palace."

"Let him first take off his guard against me and develop a little pity."

“But…”

"There are no buts. Remember, in this Eastern Palace, tears are sometimes more useful than swords. Especially tears that fall at the right time."

The next morning, according to the rules, the concubine had to come to the main concubine. I deliberately chose an outfit with elegant colors and a simple design, with no makeup on my face, making me look a bit pale and haggard. Lieu Trac Phi arrived, she was wearing a light blue dress, her figure was graceful, her appearance was elegant and worldly, with the gentleness of a person with a scholarly temperament between her eyebrows, she was indeed a beauty that made people feel hurt at the first sight. Just those eyes, when looking at me, quickly flashed a trace of pride and alertness. She politely bowed: "My name is Lieu, I pay my respects to the Crown Princess."

"Lieu Trac Phi, please stand up. You sisters should also stand up. In the future, we will all be one family, no need to be so polite."

After sitting down, Lieu Trac Phi raised the tea cup, her voice was gentle and soft with hidden meaning:

"Your Highness has just entered the Eastern Palace. If there is any place you are not familiar with, please let me know."

"His Royal Highness often praises me for having a delicate mind and the most understanding of people's hearts. Every grass and wood in this Eastern Palace, I consider myself quite familiar."

This is revealing to me the intimacy between you and the Crown Prince, along with your position in the Eastern Palace. My hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, I lowered my head:

"It's tiring to bother Lieu Trac Concubine. I... I just entered the palace, there are many rules that I still don't understand, and in the future I will still have to ask Concubine Trac to teach me more."

As I spoke, I seemed too nervous, my hands trembled, the tea cup fell to the ground with a "clang" sound, and the tea splashed onto my skirt.

“Ah!” I cried out softly, my face pale, looking frantically at the debris on the ground, my eyes immediately turning red, "Sorry, sorry... I... I didn't mean to..."

Lieu Nhu Yen did not expect me to react like that. She was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up and asked worriedly:

"Are you okay, lady? Are you burned?"

“No… it's okay…” My voice was filled with sobs, I waved my hands in panic, “It was my own carelessness… that alarmed you…”

A request for peace, just like that ended in my clumsy performance. When Lieu Trac Phi left, I even heard a very soft laugh behind me. Van Tu was so angry that he was shaking all over. While helping me dry my dress, he said in a low voice:

"They! They are too much! Miss, when have you ever had to endure such frustration!"

"Are you frustrated? Van Tu, remember carefully today. Every laugh they have today will have to be returned with tears tomorrow."

The Spring Hunt is the first time I have appeared in an important situation since entering the Eastern Palace, and is also a step in my plan, which I must step out. The carriage swayed, Van Tu sat next to me, still angry for the frustration I suffered that day:

"Miss, the eyes of everyone today, I'm afraid they will all be glued to you and that Lieu Trac Concubine, just waiting to see the joke."

I closed my eyes to rest, my hand gently caressing the talisman, it was what my mother came to the temple to pray for me, now, it has another use.

“Just let them look. On the hunting field, things change in an instant. Who is watching and who is making fun of us, we still don't know."

The hunting field gathered a large number of civil and military mandarins and royal family members. Tieu Canh Huyen was dressed in a dark-colored cavalry uniform, with a fiery spirit, sitting on horseback, with Lieu Trac Phi next to him, who was also wearing armor, chatting in a low voice, between his eyebrows there was a gentleness that I had never seen before.