Chapter 2 — Receiving Seven Envelopes for Help, I Alone Stormed into the Royal Palace

As soon as she entered the pavilion, the first thing she saw was my brother. Then there's his messy collar. Her face immediately darkened.

“Tham Nghien Chu, who allowed you to make your clothes look like this?”

My brother instinctively bowed his head. As soon as those two words were uttered, his voice carried uncontrollable fear. Hearing that, my palms itched. Only then did Princess Truong Lac look at me. She raised her eyebrows.

“Are you the sister of the Tham family who earns a living at the border?”

I don't answer. She saw blood stains on the body of the man wearing the mysterious robe. Her face immediately changed.

“Royal brother!”

She picked up her dress and ran over. But the man in the black robe raised his hand to stop her.

“Stop.”

Truong Lac paused.

“Brother Hoang, are you injured?”

She turned her head to look at me, her eyes as venomous as if they were poisoned.

“Is that you?”

I gently shook the whip in my hand. She shouted shrilly:

"You brave and humble citizen! You dare to hurt the Emperor!"

I nodded.

“I also dare to hurt you.”

She burst out laughing as if she had just heard something funny.

“Do you know who this palace is?”

“The one who beat my brother.”

The anger on her face grew even higher.

"Tham Nghien Chu is the son-in-law of this palace. How does this palace teach him, is it your turn to intervene?"

My brother's face turned pale and he quickly pulled my hand.

“Thanh Duong, stop talking.”

I look at Truong Lac. Truong Lac laughed coldly.

"He eats from this palace, lives from this palace, even the clothes on his body are given to him by this palace."

“This palace tells him to kneel, so he must kneel.”

"This palace tells him to smile, so he must smile."

"This palace told me that if he died, he would have to thank me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the whole house fell into silence. The face of the man wearing a mysterious robe was cold as ice. But Truong Lac never looked at him. She has been pampered for too long. It's been so long that I've forgotten that this is not my Princess' palace. My brother said in a low voice:

“Your Highness, stop talking.”

Truong Lac immediately turned to look at him.

“Shut up.”

“Does this palace let you speak?”

My brother's shoulders slightly shrunk. That single gesture is more effective than any testimony. I stared at Truong Lac.

“Do you usually scare him like that?”

She lifted her chin.

"This palace gave him status, gave him honor and wealth. He did not know how to be grateful, and even wrote a letter to accuse him."

"This palace hasn't cut off his tongue yet, which is already very merciful."

My brother's whole body staggered slightly. I reached out my hand to support him. When Truong Lac saw my hand on my brother's body, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter.

“Get your dirty hands off.”

She said my hands were dirty. As for the wounds she gave, they were very clean. I walked towards her step by step. The maids next to Truong Lac immediately stood up. One of them raised his hand to push me. I turned around and grabbed her wrist. Gently twist it. The maid screamed miserably and knelt down. Truong Lac was both scared and angry.

“Insolent!”

I raised my foot and kicked the second person away. As soon as the third person pulled out her hairpin, the tip of my whip blew away what was in her hand. The golden brooch rolled on the stone floor, making a sharp sound. Truong Lac finally took a half step back.

“Forbidden army!”

The army did not move. They all looked back Emperor's side. The man in the mysterious robe did not give any orders. Only then did Truong Lac turn around.

“Brother Hoang, are you just going to stand by and watch her humiliate me?”

The man wearing a mysterious robe looked at her.

“Are the wounds on Tham Nghien Chu's body caused by his sister beating him?”

Truong Lac was stunned. Immediately after that, she expressed self-pity.

“Brother Royal, he is my husband-in-law.”

“Between husband and wife, I only teach him a few rules.”

"His personality is weak, if he doesn't teach him, he won't be a good person."

The man in the mysterious robe lowered his voice.

“I ask you, did you beat him yourself?”

Truong Lac bit his lip.

“What if?”

“I didn't beat him to death.”

My brother closed his eyes. I heard it in my head as if a string had snapped. I rushed straight forward. Before Truong Lac could react, the whip was swung. This whip fell right next to her feet. The jade brick on the ground cracked with small cracks. She screamed in fear. I didn't whip her. It's not because I don't dare. But because of this whip, I have to let my brother decide for himself. I turned my head to look at him.

“How many times do you want me to whip her?”

The brother was stunned. Truong Lac felt humiliated to the extreme.

“Shen Nghien Chu, you dare!”

My brother's whole body trembled. Truong Lac shouted again:

“Don't forget your mother is still at the Tham family.”

"Your sister's military achievements at the border, this palace only needs one sentence to erase."

“If you dare to nod, this palace will make the entire Tham family suffer along with you.”