Chapter 20 — He Forced Me To Sign A Separation, Unexpectedly I Have Been Waiting For This Day For A Long Time

Thanh Mai received the list, her eyes sparkling with light.

“Yes, Miss.”

I watched her leave, my eyes cold as ice. What we want. He wasn't the only one who had to die. What we want. It's that whole web of crime. Uprooted. All those who were once stained with the blood of my Tham family. Everyone has to pay the price. Nor should it be lacking. Dark, damp, everywhere exudes a rotten smell. Lam Vien Son curled up in the corner. The important mandarin who once had power over the court is now nothing more than a prisoner waiting to die. He thought for a while and still didn't understand. In the end, I was defeated by someone. A prisoner picked up a bowl of stale rice and threw it in front of him.

“Eat, Lord Lam.”

On the prisoner's face, there was a trace of sarcasm as if it were nothing.

“Someone asked me to pass on a sentence to you.”

Lam Vien Son raised his cloudy eyes. The prisoner leaned close to his ear and spoke softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

“The Tham Jinshu of the Tham family, sends his regards to General Lam.”

Just eight words. But like a nine-thousand mysterious thunder, it exploded in Lam Vien Son's head. Tham... Cam... Thu... The girl he always considered an ant, he could easily crush to death. Everything, in an instant, was strung together in his head. From the theft at the Duke's Palace. To the fall of Chu Van Vien. Then Wei Yan's death. It's his own ruined body and reputation. Behind everything, there is the figure of that woman. She always hides in the darkness, like the most intelligent hunter, calmly spreading a net of heaven and earth. Which all of them. They all became prey caught in her net. Lam Vien Son let out a terrible scream, as crazy as if he were possessed. Finally he understood. He did not lose to the Emperor. Nor lose to political enemies. Losing to a woman's overwhelming hatred. The investigation by the project team went extremely smoothly. With the list that I provided, countless pieces of evidence were dug up one after another. Lam Vien Son's crimes of treason were so many that they could not all be copied on a bamboo card. His comrades were countless, spread throughout the court and the people, making people look on in horror. Emperor Long Nhan was angry. The final verdict was issued very quickly. Lam Vien Son, with dozens of serious crimes such as colluding with the enemy to treason, embezzlement and accepting bribes, harming honest people, was sentenced to death and exile to the three clans. Because of being implicated, the second prince was deposed as a commoner, and was imprisoned in the royal mausoleum all his life, taking care of the graves of his deceased ancestors. Dozens of officials colluded with Lam Vien Son, some were beheaded, some were exiled. A poisonous tumor on the royal court has existed for many years. Here it was completely wiped out. The day that news arrived. I'm in the temple, cleaning my father's tablet. Thanh Mai placed a file in front of me with a red lipstick stamp.

“Miss, this was sent by His Highness the Third Highness.”

"A list of all those who participated in the Tham family's bloody case that year, along with their outcomes."

I slowly opened the file. Each name, both familiar and strange, appears in our eyes one after another. The general that year ordered a blockade of the citadel. The mandarin in charge of confiscating assets that year. The executioner that year wielded a knife and beheaded the clan my people. Behind each name, their fate is written in pen. Sudden death, disappearance, unexpected death... No one has a good ending. That was the promise the Third Prince made to me. It is also the last blood debt that I reclaim for more than two hundred unjust souls of the Tham family. I closed the file. Place it in the incense burner. The fire devoured the papers. Also devour those criminals. I kneel on the cushion. Heading towards the full room of tablets. Hit your head hard three times.

“Father, mother.”

“Not betraying the mission.”

“The great enemy of the Tham family.”

“The report has been completed.”

Quietly slide down. Not hatred. It's not pain. It's a relief. It's liberation. The deep blood feud has weighed heavily on my heart for two lifetimes. This moment has finally come. All resentment vanished into thin air. I stood up and walked out of the street. Outside, the weather was cool and windy, it seemed that even the gloom that covered this mansion had dissipated quite a bit. A revenge has ended here, and my life has just begun. Three years later. The old Emperor died, the Third Prince smoothly ascended the throne, and changed his reign name to "Canh Minh".