Chapter 2 — Van Quan's Friendship and Ambivalence

Because we have a marriage contract, every year of my birthday he sends me a gift. When it comes to That Tich ceremony, as long as I invite him to join the yacht to see the lanterns, he has never missed the appointment. But today... I just nodded slightly and bowed to him, smiled and said: "In the past, when the two families planned to get married, each side gave each other tokens. Today when I return to the palace, I will immediately send someone to return the tokens from the palace to the general." Chu Diep pursed his lips, his expression slightly paused, as if still not used to this separation. A moment later, he regained his usual calm expression. "Okay. I will soon send someone to return the tokens of Minh Palace." "Thank you." After saying that, I turned around and got into the carriage. One goes east, one goes west. From now on... Chu Diep and I will no longer have any relationship. ... Not long after, the eldest lady of Truong Ninh Ba Palace, Ly Nhu Lang, sent me an invitation to attend a flower tea party at Hung An tea house. "Miss, is it okay to wear this?" I looked at the ivory white dress in Tang Lac's hand and asked: "Where is the Nguyet Hoa dress that my mother just sent someone to bring a few days ago?" Tang Lac was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up. "Slave, go get it now!" Since I was a child, I have liked bright colors. When I was a child, my clothes were almost all red. Later, just because Chu Diep once said that anything too colorful is not elegant enough, from then on, only light-colored clothes remained in my wardrobe. Today... I not only wore the crimson Moon Flower dress, but also sat in front of the mirror carefully applying makeup. While Tang Lac combed my hair and looked at the mirror, he couldn't help but admire: "Miss, it's been a long time since I've seen you dressed like today. So beautiful!" The young woman in the mirror had clear, flexible eyes. Just one glance is enough to exude charm and move people's hearts. In the past, because Chu Diep hated things that were too bright, I always forced myself to dress frugally. I only regret that a sincere love was given to the wrong person. Luckily we can turn around now... There's still time. … When I came to the tea party, there were many princes and noble ladies from previous families. From afar, I heard their voices talking: "The Prince Chu is such a noble gentleman, how can he be a match with a rude and disrespectful person like Minh Chieu Nguyet?" "The Emperor annulled the engagement between the Prince Chu and Minh Chieu Nguyet, it really makes people gloat!" "You guys keep it small. After all, she is the daughter of the Prime Minister..." "Humph... No matter how noble her status is, I couldn't even catch the eyes of Chu Shi Tu." A few young ladies gathered together, and they liked to sit behind others' backs and discuss gossip. If it were before, when I heard these words, I wouldn't care about face and immediately rushed to argue. But now I have truly awakened. What they said was not wrong, I had never really caught his eye. At that moment, a familiar voice rang out: "Third sister, is that you?" I turned around and saw the eldest lady of Truong Ninh Ba palace, Ly Nhu Lang, looking at me with a surprised expression. If we talk about this capital city, in terms of rudeness, we are at the top, and in terms of strength and toughness, Ly Nhu Lang is also ranked first. The things she did were beyond me. Because she was in love with her cousin, who was married many years ago, she was determined not to get married, so she continued until she was over twenty years old and still had not gotten married. You and I are also like ox after ox, horse after horse. She's six years older than me, but she's my best friend. "Sister Ly." I called out, smiling. Ly Nhu Lang immediately stepped forward, reached out to pinch my cheek and whispered: "You should have dressed like this a long time ago! Look how beautiful you are today! Later, the young ladies will be confessing all the time."

When I saw her beauty, I was sure everyone would be embarrassed." Having said that, she enthusiastically grabbed my hand and pulled me inside. ... Before I entered the hall, the mocking words about me were still ringing out endlessly. When I appeared, the whole hall immediately turned to look. Especially the ladies who had just been talking about me, each of their faces were extremely unique. On the contrary, many princes of the family saw me with uniform eyes. Among the people here, there were people who were close to me, and there were also people who were always against me. For example, the second lady of Dinh Quoc Cong Palace, Luong Ngoc Kieu, always liked to cause trouble for me, just because she also loved Chu Diep. Chu Tu Tu, Miss Minh Tam will be so heartbroken that she will no longer be in the mood to go to the tea party to enjoy tea and admire the flowers. "After saying that, she also deliberately caressed the jade pendant hanging on her waist, looking at me with provocative eyes. I know clearly... She is doing this on purpose. ... This story must have been told half a year ago. That day was the eightieth birthday of the old lady of Marquis Hien Binh's palace. I followed my mother to the palace to wish her a long life, and Luong Ngoc Kieu was also present. She deliberately came to arrest the old lady of the Marquis Hien Binh's eightieth birthday. talking to me, looked at the jade pendant on my waist and smiled: "I heard you got a very precious jade pendant a few days ago, it must be this one?" As she spoke, her hand quickly snatched the jade pendant from my waist, picked it up, looked at it and snorted: "Nothing special." As soon as she finished speaking, she pretended to accidentally fall to the ground... I looked at the jade pieces lying on the tile floor in bewilderment In my heart, I was both angry and sorry. Luong Ngoc Kieu pretended to feel guilty: "Oh, why are you so fragile? How about I give you a better one?"