Chapter 1 — Truc Ma planned to make me his concubine, I became someone he had to kneel and worship

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, someone pushed me into the lake from behind. My bamboo horse, Trieu Van Dinh, rushed into the lake before the whole crowd of palace servants, saving me ashore. He was sure that my reputation was ruined, and besides being friends with the ancient Buddha, the only way was to marry him. He planned to first marry the princess as his wife, then accept me as his concubine. But I chose to leave the imperial city and follow my grandfather to do business. The day we met again, his eyes were red and he asked me why I tied my woman's hair in a bun. I gently pulled back the palace on my body and raised my eyes to look at the princess standing next to him:

“He has blind eyes, but you should recognize this palace uniform.”

"Since you've met this princess, why haven't you knelt down yet?!"

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I was pushed into the lake from behind. My childhood friend, Trieu Van Dinh, jumped into the lake before the whole crowd to save me. In front of everyone's eyes, our clothes were soaked, as if we had skin-to-skin contact. For my reputation, letting the Hai and Trieu families form an in-law relationship is the best choice. However, just three days ago, His Majesty gave Trieu Van Dinh and Princess Chi Nhan their marriage. And I am the daughter of the Hai family, I absolutely cannot marry someone else as a concubine, otherwise in the future, the marriages of brothers and sisters in the clan will all be one level lower. During the chaos, I didn't know how I was brought back to the palace. I just felt my mind was blank, as if I had foreseen my own destiny. Mother sat on the edge of my bed sobbing in a low voice, father slammed the table and shouted angrily:

"With so many palace maids, is it possible that there is not one person who can swim?! Must Trieu Van Dinh come down to save him?!"

“Father, he just had the kindness to save me.”

A cold light flashed in my eyes:

“At that time, someone intentionally pushed me into the water.”

"If it's that person, I'm afraid she doesn't want her child to get to shore alive."

Hearing this, the mother cried even more fiercely, wiping her tears with force:

"Van Dinh and Lan Nhi were originally childhood sweethearts, their two hearts were compatible. If it weren't for that person asking for His Majesty's hand in marriage, how could they have turned out like this... My poor Lan Nhi, what should I do?!"

Father snorted loudly, so angry that he gasped:

"Even though it was His Majesty who gave the kiss, he didn't even say no to refuse! He even happily accepted the certificate of gratitude!"

Just as my mother was crying so painfully, there was suddenly a knock on the door from outside, it was my close maid - Thanh Hoan. Thanh Hoan brought a letter:

“This is a letter sent by Crown Prince Trieu, instructing the servant to hand it over to the young lady himself.”

His father's red eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly took the letter from Thanh Hoan's hand. He was about to open it but paused, then changed his mind and brought it to my hand. He is looking forward to it. Looking forward to a change of fortune to save his ill-fated daughter. After reading it, I immediately gave the letter to my mother and father. There is muscle transfer. But not much. In the letter, Trieu Van Dinh recounted his sincere feelings for me, saying that even if he died, he would not change his mind. He lamented that the marriage was forced, and that saving me was just a hasty action in an urgent situation. At the end of the letter, he promised that after marrying Mr When the lord enters the door, he will think of a way to persuade the princess to welcome me into the palace as his wife. In the letter, he emphasized many times, telling me to first go to Tinh Nghiep Pagoda to avoid the storm and calmly wait for him to come get married. The mother hugged the letter to her chest, two lines of tears silently fell, a bitter smile appeared on her face:

“Fortunately… fortunately my Lan Nhi still has hope.”

My father and I looked at each other, unable to bear to break our mother's illusion. Princess Chi Nhan is the daughter that Tuong Duong Vuong had when he was old, and this marriage was personally ordered by His Majesty. If Trieu Van Dinh really stubbornly wanted to marry a normal wife, then the Trieu Marquis's ancestral title and many generations of merit would all be destroyed in his hands. I didn't want to make Trieu Van Dinh feel awkward, so I secretly went to look for him, but unexpectedly I found him with the little guy under the moonlight, raising a cup of wine, his face full of a smug smile.