Chapter 4 — The General's Blind Eyes Mistakenly Recognized the Widow's Door

But they were very well trained, so they immediately opened the middle gate to welcome me inside. My father, Mrs. Tham, and my elder brother, Tham Truong Chau, are currently discussing in the study room. Hearing that I brought the entire dowry back to the palace, father and son were so frightened that they even dropped the tea cup in their hands. I walked into the study room, made a "thud" sound and knelt down in front of my father. I didn't cry and blame heaven and earth, nor did I go crazy and lose my temper. I just used the calmest and coldest voice to tell all the bad things that happened on the wedding night, from beginning to end. From Huo Truong Uyen's ridiculous excuse, to Nurse Vuong's pitiful fake green tea appearance, and then to Mrs. Huo's cover-up in every way. Every word and every sentence clearly fell onto the blue tile floor in the study room. After hearing this, his father's face, which had gone through many ups and downs in the court, and had never shown his anger or happiness until now, was completely distorted. He suddenly slammed his palm down on the altar table, shaking it so much that the water in the pen's study splattered everywhere.

“That brat dares to be so arrogant!”

His father's voice trembled because of extreme anger.

“I, Tham Thanh Thu, have been righteous all my life, with disciples all over the world, yet I let that vulgar martial artist humiliate my daughter like that!”

Senior brother Tham Truong Chau, currently holding the position of Da Ly Tu Thieu Khanh, became even more angry that he directly pulled down the precious sword hanging on the wall.

"This kind of beast is not as good as this! I will immediately go and kill him!"

“Brother, calm down!” I stood up to stop him.

"Killing Hoac Truong Uyen alone is easy, but how can we stop the people's tongues in the capital? How can we save the Tham family's reputation?"

“What I want is not his cheap life.”

I raised my head and looked at my father and elder brother with bright eyes.

"I want him to be ruined, I want him to be in this capital, in this Great Liang, to have no place to stand anymore!"

Father looked at me, a ray of joy and comfort flashed in his eyes, but was immediately replaced by a thick sadness. He took a deep breath and slowly sat down.

"Kieu Nhi is right, martial artists are rude, we of the civil gods naturally have to use the civil gods' tricks."

"Doesn't that guy, Huo Truong Uyen, always claim to have won glorious victories and ignore everyone else?"

"I really want to see, in the face of rites and royal authority, how long can his small feat last him!"

That night, the torchlight in the Tham Palace study room burned all night without going out. My father stayed up all night composing the composition. That piece is not an ordinary harp, but every word is soaked in blood, every sentence is deadly. He quoted the scriptures, from 《Spring and Autumn》 to 《Le Ky》, directly raising Hoac Truong Uyen's behavior to the level of shaking the country's foundation and destroying moral principles. Early the next morning, on Kim Loan Palace. The emperor sat tall in the hall, looking down from above at his courtiers. Although Hoac Truong Uyen is on a wedding break, as a new noble of the court, he is still qualified to come to court. He stood in the first position in the ranks of martial artists, his face was pale, his eyes were full of red blood, obviously he had not slept all night. Perhaps he still holds on to his last bit of luck Finally, thinking that the civil servants would at most only scold him for a few words of indulgence, the emperor respected his achievements and at most only punished him with a few benefits. After all, in the martial arts circle, sleeping with a woman is considered a big crime, right? But he underestimated the fighting power of the literary faction, and even more underestimated the stubbornness of the scholar-gentleman class regarding rites and reputation.

“My Lord, Cabinet Chief Tham Thanh Thu, something has happened!”

Father held the jade pot in his hand, strode out of the ranks, his knees knelt down heavily in the middle of the main hall. He did not directly open his mouth to curse, but first slammed his head three times. By the time he raised his head again, this powerful veteran of the three dynasties actually had tears streaming down his face.

“I denounce Major General Huo Truong Uyen, his corrupt moral character, disregard for humanity, and blasphemy!”

As soon as these words were uttered, the whole court was immediately shocked.