Intro. "Trieu Van Ca" was born into a poor Confucian family in Duy Chau. Her father, Zhao Lam, is a wide study teacher but the exam does not pass, living by teaching and copying books. Mom died early because of illness, family decline, she grew up in deprivation but still kept a high temperament. When she was thirteen years old, her uncle sold her to Ton's family to eliminate debt, her father helplessly, just stuffed the old brooch and the ancient poem before she was taken away.
Since then, Van Ca became a maid, lived quietly in the lavish government, day by day, disdain because of the lowly background. Shortly thereafter, her father was imprisoned for "copying a banned book", living in prison. Van Ca silently sent porridge, nurtured father through the day, hiding the pain. Despite being tormented by fate, she still kept the dignity, raising hope that one day her father was released, and she could escape from her nameless life .