Chapter 9 — I Give Up Everything, Always Give Up My Fiance, Never Give Up My Life

I nodded slowly, my tone decisive and unwavering.

“Even though I am the murderer.”

“Today, this blood.”

“I absolutely won't allow it either.”

I suddenly turned around, grabbed an ax from the courtyard wall, and blocked it in front of me. My eyes swept over every person standing there, carrying the determination to die to the end.

“Who dares to touch me to draw blood?”

“Let's go over my body first.”

The sharp ax blade under the noon sunlight flashed a cold ray of light. I stood in the middle of the yard, my body was slim, but like a bow stretched to the limit, my whole body exuding an absolute determination to reach the end. Everyone was shocked by my sudden action. The guards Ta Doan Hanh brought reflexively placed their hands on the hilts of their swords, but no one dared to casually advance. Tham Nguy was so angry that his whole body trembled. He pointed straight at me and shouted: "You've betrayed, you've betrayed, you're a villain, you dare to use weapons against your parents." Thi Chu was so scared that she screamed, quickly hid behind Tham Nguy, cried and cried: "Dieu Dieu, quickly put down the ax, it's very dangerous, it's the thing that takes people's lives."

“So mother also knows that it is something that takes people's lives.”

I laughed coldly, the ax blade slightly turned towards her.

“So taking blood from a heart is not taking someone's life?”

Thi Chu choked, her face as white as paper. Ta Doan Hanh's face turned pale, his gloomy eyes stared at me, as if he was considering the price to pay if he used force. Although there were many guards he brought with him, I looked like I had gone crazy at this moment, holding a sharp ax in my hand. If I really risked my life, I would definitely see blood, and if this matter spread to the outside, it would be absolutely unfavorable for the reputation of a prince like him. What's more, what they want is a living blood guide, not a dead Tham Dieu. In the midst of the struggle, no one gave in. From the carriage came a weaker cry and moan, but strangely timely.

“Auntie…auntie…lord…please don't force your cousin anymore…it's Nhuoc Ninh's fate…Nhuoc Ninh can't treat you anymore…just let Nhuoc Ninh die…can't continue to make you feel awkward…”

That voice was barely alive like a thread, but it came out clearly, every word seemed to be denouncing my cruelty, while at the same time highlighting her so-called kindness. As soon as Thi Chu and Tham Nguy heard it, their hearts felt like they were being cut by a knife. The blue veins in Ta Doan Hanh's temples appeared, his eyes looked at me with such hatred that he wished he could swallow me alive.

“Tham Dieu.”

He almost gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"In the end, what did she want before she agreed to save Nhuoc Ninh?"

"Conditions, you just say."

"Gold, silver and jewels, real estate and land deeds."

“If she just opens her mouth.”

“My Marquis has absolutely no regrets.”

I smiled softly.

“The Crown Prince thinks.”

“Am I greedy for such things?”

“So what does she want?”

"What do I want? I want you all to stay away from me. I want you all to get out of my life. I want you to pay the price for your own blind bias."

But they can never give me those things. I took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions swirling in my heart, and coldly said: "I don't need anything. I just need you all to leave my manor immediately. From now on, I Tham Dieu and you guys will live. Death follows the will of heaven, there is no longer any connection."

“You are dreaming.” Tham Nguy roared angrily.

“Your body is bleeding from the Tham family. All your life, you have been the daughter of the Tham family."

“The daughter of the Tham family?”

I burst out laughing, a sad, deafening laugh.

"The Tham family's daughter was used as a medicine guide for an orphan girl coming in from outside."

"That kind of girl, I can't do it."

Ta Doan Hanh's eyes flashed and suddenly spoke: "Tham Dieu, if you are willing to save Nhuoc Ninh, I will immediately return to the palace to ask for orders and welcome you through the door to be my wife, without uttering a word of falsehood." I looked at him, as if I had just heard the funniest joke in the world. In my previous life, because of the status of this official wife hanging before my eyes, step by step I walked towards death. Now, he wants to use this thing to seduce me.

“Ta Doan Hanh.”

I slowly shook my head, my eyes filled with pity mixed with contempt.

"The position of your concubine, in my eyes, is not as clean as a handful of mud in my yard."