Chapter 5 — Receiving Seven Envelopes for Help, I Alone Stormed into the Royal Palace

My brother bowed his head.

"If after the separation, rumors spread everywhere in the capital, would you be able to bear it?"

My brother was silent. His fingertips pressed tightly to the ground. Knuckles turn white. A long time later, he softly said:

“I was afraid before.”

“I'm afraid the Tham family will be laughed at by people.”

“I'm afraid my mother will worry.”

“I'm afraid my sister will be implicated in the military camp.”

"I'm also afraid that people say I can hold on to high branches but still don't know enough."

Saying this, he slowly raised his head.

“But today I understand that no matter how scared I am, I cannot continue to live like this.”

“If this continues, I'm afraid I really won't have the chance to return home anymore.”

I suddenly felt a sting in my nose. I gently turned away. The Emperor looked at my brother and didn't say a word for a long time. The night wind blew in from outside the pavilion. Blowing so much that the lanterns swayed slightly. A moment later, the Emperor spoke.

“Transmission of orders.”

The insider was stunned.

"Princess Truong Lac and Tham Nghien Chu are not compatible. From today onwards, we are ready to separate."

“Tham Nghien Chu can return to the Tham family.”

"All servants in the Princess's palace who are involved in the incident will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for questioning."

"Truong Lac was detained at Chieu Hoa Palace. Without a holy decree, he was not allowed to step out even half a step."

My brother was stunned. He didn't seem to understand what he just heard. I patted him on the shoulder.

“You are free.”

His eyes turned red little by little. Then bang your head really hard.

“I thank you, Your Majesty.”

The Emperor looked at me.

“Are you satisfied?”

“For now.”

The silver-bearded minister took a sharp breath of cold air. The Emperor's face also became a little colder.

“Tham Thanh Duong, the debt has been calculated, now it's time to calculate your crime.”

I nodded. My brother suddenly raised his head. The Emperor paid no attention to him.

“Where are you?”

The army immediately advanced. I threw the whip to the ground. My brother stood up and stood in front of me.

“Your Majesty, I pray that I will be punished for her!”

Looking at his skinny back as if he was about to be unable to stand, my chest tightened. The Emperor said coldly:

"It's hard to keep yourself, but you still want to replace her?"

The singer's voice trembled, but he still did not back down.

“She came here because of me.”

“If it weren't for God asking for help, she wouldn't have come to the capital.”

I sighed softly.

“Brother, don't fight.”

“You were beaten by me.”

“I carry it myself.”

The Emperor stared at me.

“Sent into heaven.”

Heaven's prison is colder than an underground bunker on the border. Water leaked drop by drop through the cracks in the wall. The pile of straw was so wet that it seemed like it could squeeze out the smell of mud. When the forbidden army escorted me here, their attitude was quite polite. Anyway, I just whipped the Emperor twice. The way they looked at me was extremely complicated. It was like looking at a dying person. It was like looking at a superstitious sect. The door closes. The sound of iron chains hitting each other rang out. I leaned my back against the wall and sat down. The old armor on his body rubbed against his shoulder until it hurt. But compared to the wounds on my brother's body, this little pain is nothing. Less than half an hour later, footsteps were heard outside. I raised my head to look. My elder brother wore a thick coat and was led by two housekeepers. His face was still pale. But there was a little more blood on the lips sharp. It seems that the Thai doctor's medicine is indeed effective. The good prisoner quickly opened the prison door.

“Ph... Master Tham, you can't stay too long.”

My brother doesn't pay attention to him. As soon as he walked in, the first thing he did was squat down in front of me.

“Are you injured?”

I burst out laughing.

“You're the one who hit someone, how could you get hurt?”

His eyes immediately turned red.

“Even now, I'm still smiling.”

I patted the pile of straw next to me. He did not sit. He looked at me, his voice hoarse.

“Thanh Duong, you are too reckless.”

“That is His Majesty.”

“Just that one whip from you, even nine lives wouldn't be enough to pay for it.”

I raised my head to look at him.

“What if I don't whip you?”

The brother paused. I said slowly:

“I arrived in front of the Princess's palace gate, they forced me to kneel.”

"I'm going inside to explain the truth. I'm afraid that before I finish speaking, you will be tortured to death."

"If you come to the den to make an indictment, they will ask you first if you have any evidence."

"I'll go to the Ministry of Defense to ask for help. They'll say this is a private matter of the royal family."

“If you don't make a powerful person suffer, then who will bow down to look at you even once?”

My brother is speechless. Tears quietly rolled down. What I hate the most is seeing him cry. From childhood to adulthood, whenever he cried, his mother would blame me for bullying him. But this time, I didn't scold him. Just raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face.

“Stop crying.”