Chapter 7 — Crown Prince Dang Co gave my kiss to the Great General. I gratefully agreed

Tan Kieu put down the tea cup and looked at me.

“You brought the books?”

“Brought it.”

I took out the ledger I had prepared in advance from my sleeve. He took it, opened it, his eyes quickly scanned ten rows at a time and looked at it. In the room, only the sound of paper rustling as pages were turned was left. I looked at him silently. He looked extremely serious, his eyebrows sometimes slightly furrowed, sometimes slowly relaxed. After a long time, he closed the book.

“The quantity is larger than we imagined.”

He looked at me, a strange emotion in his eyes.

“Tieu Thua Trach really knows how to plunder.”

“He's always been like this.”

My tone was extremely calm. Tan Kieu nodded slightly, pushing the notebook back in front of me.

“Relying on these alone is not enough.”

I looked directly at him.

“So I still need the general's help.”

He looked at me and didn't immediately answer. The room fell into a short silence. The red candle dripped drops of wax onto the table, freezing into a small apricot rose.

“What do you want?”

He asked again, exactly the same question in the letter.

“What I want, from beginning to end, is only one.”

I looked at him, each word said clearly.

"Fair."

I want the Tham family's fifteen years of paying the price to have a fair end. I want everything Tieu Thua Trach owes me to be returned, both capital and interest. Tan Kieu looked into my eyes for a long time. It took so long that I thought he wouldn't answer anymore. Suddenly, he burst out laughing. The smile was very faint, but it made the scars on his face soften a bit.

“Or give a word of justice.”

He stood up, walked in front of me, and held out his hand to me.

“Happy cooperation, ma'am.”

I was a bit stunned, then reached out and grabbed his hand. His palm was very wide, very warm, full of strength. There is no love between men and women at all. Only between allies is the purest trust. At this moment, there was suddenly the sound of urgent footsteps outside the door. A soldier stood outside the door loudly reporting.

"General! There's someone in the palace!"

Tan Kieu and I looked at each other at the same time, both seeing the seriousness in the other person's eyes. Tieu Thua Trach was so fast that he couldn't hold it anymore? The person who came was Tieu Thua Trach's close eunuch — Ly Duc Toan. He led a team of forbidden soldiers. On the surface, he said he was a phoenix coming to visit, but in reality, he came to supervise and create pressure. Me and Tan Kieu met him in the lobby.

"This old slave visits the general and visits his wife."

Ly Duc Toan pinched his voice, smiling on the outside, but on the inside he did not smile but bowed.

"Your Majesty said, it's very difficult for the lady to travel far away, so I specifically ordered this old slave to bring some things from the capital here to relieve the lady's homesickness."

A few eunuchs behind him were carrying several boxes. Opening it, inside were some fabrics and jewelry that were popular in the capital. There is also a painting. In the painting is Lieu Y Y. She is dressed in a precious royal palace, smiling brightly like a flower. A naked humiliation that is not hidden at all. Tieu Thua Trach is reminding me that the person standing next to him right now is Lieu Y Y. And I am just a resentful woman he threw to the border. I haven't had time to speak yet, Tan Kieu coldly snorted. He didn't even bother to glance at those things once, just stared directly at Ly Duc Toan.

"Your Majesty's intention, I accept it."

"But I will prepare my lady's things myself. There is no need to bother Your Majesty."

His voice was not loud, but it carried an authority that did not allow anyone to refute. Ly Duc Toan's face turned slightly white.

“General, what is this… what do you mean?”

“My idea is very simple.”

Tan Kieu stood up, his tall body was like a mountain, pressing so much that Ly Duc Toan could barely breathe.

“Things, bring them back.”

“You, also bring it back.”

“Go back and talk to Tieu Thua Trach.”

He directly called the emperor by his first name.

“This place is Bac Cuong, not his harem.”

“Stop using those dirty tricks on me.”