Chapter 9 — After being chased away by my husband, 18 years later, I took my poinsettia back and trampled on his entire palace.

She suddenly raised her voice.

“Where did that money really go… is…”

An extremely soft wind-breaking sound rang out in the cramped space of the dungeon. A silver needle, almost invisible to the naked eye, shot straight from the ventilation hole, piercing Tham Ngung's throat. Tham Ngung's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, emitting intermittent wheezing sounds. Dark blood immediately gushed out from the seven vents. She stopped breathing right on the spot.

“There are assassins!”

Tieu Canh Hanh shouted loudly, instantly pulled out the long sword from behind his back, and his body rushed out of the prison room like lightning. Outside the dungeon of Dai Ly Tu, the sounds of weapons clashing were loud and urgent, but they quickly subsided and returned to silence. Tieu Canh Hanh returned carrying a long sword that was still dripping with blood, his face as gloomy as water.

“Let him run away.” He sheathed his sword.

"Extremely high flying skills, extremely cruel methods. He is a member of Am Phu Sinh."

Am Phu Sinh — the most mysterious and ruthless assassin organization of the Great Wei. It is said that if you pay the full price, even the princes of the country will dare to take action. The person who can invite Am Phu Sinh has an absolutely unfathomable depth of identity behind him. I looked at Tham Ngung's twisted body in the prison room, as if my heart was covered by a thick layer of dark clouds. Giang Nam water transport relief fund. It was an old case from twelve years ago. At that time, there was a great flood in Jiangnan, and the court sent out three hundred thousand taels of silver as relief aid, but on the way, it suddenly and strangely disappeared. Countless officials were implicated and lost their heads because of this case, but the whereabouts of that money are still unknown. Unexpectedly, that year Bui Van Chu was involved in this shocking case. And the big fish behind him was obviously still in the capital. The assassin who killed Tham Ngung to silence him was warning us - don't continue investigating. Bui Van Chu cowered in the corner. Seeing Tham Ngung die so tragically, he was so scared that he couldn't control his bowels and urination, and couldn't even say a complete sentence. He seems to be completely disabled.

"Let's go." Tieu Canh Hanh grabbed my cold hand and pulled me into his large, warm chest.

“This place is dirty, don't let it dirty your eyes.”

I let him lead me out of the prison. As soon as I stepped out of the main gate of Dai Ly Tu, a night wind blew, I couldn't help but shiver. Ban Ha still knelt in front of the prison door and did not follow him out. It wasn't until we got on the royal carriage that she staggered out, making a "thud" sound and knelt down in front of the carriage.

"Madam! Ban Ha knows that her sins are so serious that even death is not enough to atone!"

She pulled out a dagger from her chest and without hesitation stabbed it straight into her heart. A piece of broken silver shot extremely accurately, knocking away the knife in her hand. I opened the car curtain and looked down at her from above.

"Want to die? It's not that easy."

I don't coldly look at this girl who has followed me for more than eighteen years.

"What you did that year, you must bear the consequences. Your life is mine, without my permission, you cannot die."

"Go back to your house and stay. Without my orders, don't take a step out!"

Ban Ha lay face down on the ground, crying until her heart was broken. The carriage slowly rolled and headed towards Tran Bac Vuong Palace. In the car, Tieu Canh Hanh hugged me, his chin gently resting on the top of my head.

“Uncomfortable in your heart?” he asked softly.

I didn't answer, just buried my head in his chest. Ban Ha once betrayed me, that is the truth. But during the years in Jiangnan, she used to block the sword for me and negotiate business for me, that is also true. I am not an iron man.

"You can't completely blame her for this." Tieu Canh Hanh sighed softly.

"I have already sent someone to investigate. That year, Tham Ngung kept her six-year-old younger brother, threatening that if Ban Ha did not comply, he would sell that child to the lowest place - Nam Phong Quan."

"Ban Ha indeed prepared a sedative incense, but in the incense she secretly added a very small amount of antidote. That's why later, she was able to smoothly conceive Hac Xuyen."

I suddenly raised my head and looked at him in surprise.

“How do you know these things?”

Tieu Canh Hanh gently stroked my cheek.

"Do you think that after half a year of recuperating in Jiangnan, I'm just sitting idle?"

“I know everything related to you better than you think.”

A cold murderous aura flashed in his eyes.

"What the Bui family owes you, I will get it back tenfold, a hundredfold. As for the rat behind the waterway embezzlement that year, I will definitely drag him out."

The night was very late. But Tran Bac Vuong Palace still had bright lights.