Chapter 3 — Tong Chieu's Unfairness

The current Queen Mother, who was also Queen Tieu Anh that year, followed Emperor Ly Thinh in a personal campaign, but unfortunately was defeated. In history books, only a short sentence goes through this insult. "The empresses were all captured and worked as slaves in Bac Di for half a year." In reality, the only person who was enslaved was Tieu Anh. Ly Thinh committed suicide because of humiliation and anger. As for Tieu Anh, he stubbornly survived, but was imprisoned by Khan of Bac Di as a toy. She was forced to marry a cruel person. After arduously escaping back to the capital, she secretly gave birth to this child, named A Yem, meaning extreme hatred. At that time, Ly Thinh's third prince Ly Khac ascended the throne, Tieu Anh became the Queen Mother. That year she was only twenty-seven years old. A Yem was thrown by Tieu Anh to a distant palace and raised as a slave. Also living in the palace is Queen Vuong's only son, Ly Khac's original spouse, named Ly Trinh. Everyone in the world knows that Ly Trinh has had many illnesses since childhood and never met outsiders. But no one knows that the disease he suffers from is actually stupidity. The Ly Wei dynasty, once prosperous to the extreme, had almost run out of luck at this point. Emperor Ly Khac was fascinated with alchemy, Queen Vuong died early, and his only son Ly Trinh was a man of inadequate intelligence. Tieu Anh is not willing. She had to go through thousands of hardships to escape death, so how could she stand by and watch the country collapse? So she remembered A Yem. This child has a jade-like appearance and more talent than others, but every day he only plays with the foolish Ly Trinh. Ly Trinh also likes him very much. The two called themselves brother, relied on each other and lived in a cold palace. A Yem does not know who her parents are, nor has she ever received love from anyone. His only wish is to grow up safely, find a job, and buy roast chicken for his foolish highness to eat. Until one rainy night. The Queen Mother summoned A Yem and told him that from today, he must imitate Ly Trinh's everything. From voice, appearance, even gait. A Yem didn't understand the reason, but for some reason he trusted the Queen Mother. The woman looked at him quietly, reminding him of the mother he had never met. When A Yem was twelve years old, Tieu Anh ordered Ly Trinh's death. She smiled and said: "A Yem, from now on, you are the Crown Prince."09A Yem replaced Ly Trinh and continued to live in the world. At that time, Emperor Ly Khac drank too much medicine and was bedridden. Empress Dowager Tieu Anh lowered the regent curtain. As for A Yem, from the age of twelve, he was forced to become a Crown Prince. All his life he shouldered too much, but received too little. During the welcoming party back to the palace, A Yem rowed the boat into the middle of the lotus lake that covered the sky and earth, and cried freely. There was a young lady who accidentally went deep into the middle of the lotus pond. She smiled very sweetly and gave him a box of candy that was also very sweet. A Yem somewhat likes that little sister. He inquired and found out her name was Tong Chieu. Love gradually blossomed. A Yem began to secretly pay attention to everything about Tong Chieu. Tong Chieu likes to eat sweets, likes to play the zither, has a quiet but resilient personality. The Queen Mother saw through it but did not say anything. Soon after, the situation agreed to marry Tong Chieu with the son of the Ta family in the capital. Although A Yem was heartbroken, there was nothing she could do. He knew he was just a puppet at that time. His marriage, his true feelings, even his life were all held tightly in the hands of the Queen Mother. But he still secretly treated Tong Chieu well, through Princess Uyen Hoa, he took care of all her joys and sorrows. Tong Chieu's younger sister, Tong Doanh, was lost and couldn't be found after many years of searching. A Yem also secretly helped find people. Unexpectedly, last year, Tong

The other joint was suddenly found again. But after Tong Doanh returned to the palace, the smile on Chieu Nhi's face became less and less. Even that day, she fell into the hands of robbers. At that time, A Yem was still at Kim Loan Palace. After reading the secret notice, he was so worried that he spat out a mouthful of blood. He changed into civilian clothes, ran on two horses to Hoa Thanh Mountain to find someone. At that time, the Tong family had already informed the mandarins, and the whole mountain was lit with torches. But A Yem could not find Chieu Nhi, but instead found a man covered in blood at the foot of the cliff. That was... his older brother Ly Trinh, who had been dead for many years! 10 It turned out that the palace maid who had been ordered to kill Ly Trinh had been favored by Queen Vuong. The palace maid silently gave Ly Trinh a fake death pill, mixed the solution for him, and then took him out of the city. Although Ly Trinh is stupid, she is gentle and hard-working. He works in the fields in the village and has a very peaceful life. He gradually forgot the things in the palace, changed his name to Tran Thuy Vuong, and grew into a normal, happy person. Tran Thuy Vuong fell in love with a lady named Dieu Dieu in a neighboring village. He knew he was stupid and never thought he would marry her. Just seeing her live a good life is enough. But at that time, the bandits in the mountains were raging. Dieu Dieu was forced to be humiliated again. Out of frustration and humiliation, she jumped into the well. Thuy Vuong hates him to the bone.