Chapter 2 — This Year's Peach Blossoms Bloom Again

Truong Ninh was rubbing his aching arm and was frightened by the panic in his words to raise his head. I shook my head. In fact, he saw it, even when he looked at me, his eyes suddenly lit up. Obviously Bui Nhien doesn't believe me. He threw himself into the car and sternly shouted at the driver. “Return to the palace!” Along the way he didn't say a word, his fingers angrily caressing the jade pendant on his waist. The carriage arrived at Bui Phu. He almost pulled me out of the carriage. One way pulled me through the hallway, and I didn't let go until I reached the main courtyard. “Pack your things, go now.” I adjusted my clothes and leisurely looked at him. “What are your plans?” He hurriedly stuffed gold, silver and jewels into the carriage. "You bring a lot of things, tonight I will let Uncle Liu take you out of the city. First, go to Cang Chau, I have an uncle there, ask him to help find a secluded place to rest you..." "What do you plan to do after that?" I interrupted him. "If the emperor investigates and you can't hand him over, what should the Bui family do?" He stopped walking and replied stiffly. “I have my own way.” "Your way is to bet the entire Bui family?" He said nothing more. I suddenly felt a bit funny, and a bit bitter, I couldn't explain clearly. In the previous life, he refused to say a single soft word to me, but in this life, it's better, he hastily wanted to hide it from me until the end of the world. But what can that change? I sighed and spoke slowly. "Bui Nhien, in your past life you were cold to me for so many years, it wasn't until I almost risked my life for it that you reluctantly forgave me." "The words you said before your death were ultimately true in three parts. You and I both know in our hearts that if it weren't for me, the Bui family would not have reached that point." "If that's the case, why don't you just let the water push the boat?" I don't resent his words before his death. Those who are at the end of their lives, who have never turned their heads to think about the path they haven't chosen? He's too tired. Exhausted to the point of death, he finally couldn't hold it in anymore and said the words he had been hiding for decades. I don't blame you, but I want to choose a different path. I took a step forward, closer to him. “If the Emperor wants me, he will give more favors to the Bui family to compensate.” "Not only will Truong Ninh's marriage not be canceled, the To family will also rush to flatter him. He will also be one step above the clouds on the official road, no longer needing to go to the North to eat wind and sand, no longer needing to stay in a leaky house drinking thin porridge." "Isn't that good? Like you said, maybe if I enter the palace, everything will go much more smoothly." He raised his hand to touch my face, but I leaned away. A look of loss flashed in his eyes, his voice was hoarse. "I absolutely will not take you to the palace. Once you enter the palace gate as deep as the ocean, the king's love is the most ungrateful thing." "He was just a temporary novelty to her. There were so many women in the harem with personalities like hers. In less than half a month, people would eat them to the bone." He never said his regrets, he just kept talking and kept talking, the more he talked, the more urgent he became. Without waiting for me to say anything, he forcefully stuffed me into the carriage. “Go, I'll take you now.” I struggled to turn my head back, but he pulled me even tighter. As if if I were one step late, I would be taken away by the king. The horse carriage swung its whip and departed, quickly rushing out of the city gate, running like flying along the small road. But the car had not gone more than five miles when the road ahead was suddenly blocked by a black army. The black-armored cavalry had a cold aura, blocking all paths. Tieu Dien was dressed in plain clothes, his eyes looking faintly at the carriage. In the Bui mansion, Bui Nhien was walking back and forth, feeling uneasy. Truong Ninh stood on the porch, carefully looking at him. "Brother, sister-in-law..." Bui Nhien did not turn around. "Going to Thuong Chau to visit relatives." Truong Ninh bit his lip and said no more. Early the next morning, the sound of horse hooves trampled the quiet of Bui Palace. Bui Nhien suddenly stood up, the uneasiness in her heart became even stronger. The person who came was not the person he sent as an escort, but Kinh Trieu Doan. “Sir Bui, I discovered something outside the city in Thap Li Po

There's a carriage, the sign of the Bui family..." Bui Nhien only felt a ringing in his ears. "Where is my wife?" The person who came showed pity and leaned over to reveal the wooden plank behind him. On it was a female corpse that had been slashed until it was covered in blood and flesh, with almost no visible appearance. What she was wearing was clearly the clothes she wore the day I left. The voice of official Kinh Trieu Doan seemed suddenly far away and could not be heard clearly. "Today, bandits are raging outside the capital, the gold and silver in the car are flying away, dear lady..." Bui Nhien stood there motionless, feeling confused for the first time in her life. Where is his wife? That day, everyone who saw him said, Master Bui, hold on to your sorrow, Master Bui, take care. He thanked her one after another, without any expression on his face. When I got home, I closed the door and drank, drinking from dusk to dawn, then from dawn to dusk.