Chapter 5 — The Lady Reestablishes Family Rules

Seeing that the matter had become so noisy, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed my sleeve, chokingly begged: "Nam Tinh, don't talk anymore! This is also your home. Do you really want to see your father be beheaded? Your ancestors were just confused for a moment. Everyone closed the door and were still one family..." I threw her hand away in disgust. "Just now when they wanted to use sticks to kill Khinh Vu, they even tried to eliminate Khinh Vu. Even me, where is my mother?" "The person who owns you is as kind and virtuous as your mother. Can you just stand by and watch your mother-in-law and grandmother like to kill your daughter, using that to show her virtue?" My mother was so angry that her face turned pale, she took two steps back, covering her face and crying. Father closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He knew that there were many noble ladies here today, and this matter absolutely could not be hidden. Wanting to keep the mandarin's hat on his head, he was forced to make a decision. "Where are you?" Father opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with cruelty. "Pull down that treacherous slave Ly ma ma, who speaks nonsense and steals this imperial thing, beat him to death without asking!" Ma ma Ly cried out, being dragged out by the women. "And Quy Lan Thoi..." Father coldly looked at his trembling sister. seven. The old lady rushed forward and hugged her father's leg. "You are not allowed to touch Lan Thoi! He is the only bloodline your second brother has left!" Father kicked the old lady away, his voice fierce: "It has the Quy family name, not the Song family name!" "Someone, tie Quy Lan Thoi up in the night and take him back to the Quy family. From now on, the Minister's Palace and the Quy family's friendship is broken. Whoever dares to let the Quy family member into the door, break that person's legs!" Quy Lan Thoi fell down weakly. ground, crying and being dragged out. The delicately groomed jade orchid brooch fell to the ground and broke into two pieces. The old lady let out a cry of despair, her eyes rolled back, completely unconscious. The guests saw that the situation was not good and quickly stood up to say goodbye. No one wants to dip their toes into this murky water. In the vast flower hall, only the scene of chaos everywhere remained, along with his father and mother with gray faces. I held Tong Khinh Vu's hand and looked down at them from above. "Sir Tong, the fake Guan Yin statue is broken, the real Guan Yin statue is still wandering outside. Early tomorrow morning, it's best for you to personally go to Dai Ly Tu to apologize, then bring back the silver to redeem the jade. If you are offered the throne first by the Royal Palace, I'm afraid this minister position will also be at its end." I have done these things, of course I am not afraid of my father's anger. There has just been such a big scandal at the Minister's Palace. If he continues to punish me and Tong Khinh Vu, his two daughters, there really is no need to keep that mandarin's hat anymore. Having finished speaking, I turned around without hesitation. "Let's go, Khinh Vu. Let's go back to our courtyard." Tong Khinh Vu looked at me, the cowardice and fear that had always covered her eyes finally disappeared. Instead there was a bright flash of light. She held my hand tightly and nodded seriously. "Okay, let's go home."09 The day after the family banquet, the upper palace seemed to be covered by a layer of death. It was not yet dawn, my father had already prepared the carriage and headed to the black market in the south. In less than an hour, he returned in a disheveled appearance. Listening to the young man in the front yard, the pawnshop clerk is a stubborn person. Seeing that his father was impatient to redeem the pawned item, he directly shouted the price to the sky, calculating both capital and interest, demanding five thousand taels of white silver. The Minister's Palace was only an empty shell. Over the years, in order to maintain a wealthy and prosperous scene, income has long been insufficient for expenses. At noon, my kind and virtuous mother finally couldn't bear it anymore and brought her maid over

my institute. Her eyes were red and swollen. As soon as she entered the door, she sent the servants away. "Nam Tinh, your father is so sad that his hair is turning gray. If you don't collect enough five thousand taels of silver, tomorrow people from Dai Ly Tu will come to arrest you." Mother walked up to me and carefully said: "I asked the gatekeeper. Yesterday when you returned to the palace, you brought two very heavy chests with you. You said that your foster mother has served in the palace all her life, so she must have accumulated a lot of money. "You take it out first and help your father fill in this gap. Later, when the palace is better off, mother will return it to you." I was teaching Tong Khinh Vu to cook tea, but when I heard that, my mother's eyes were not even open. "My mother's words are really unreasonable. Even if the daughter's dowry is already married, there is no reason for her husband's family to take over my mother's retirement money Grandma's uncle likes the Minister's Palace?" Mother was impatient, raising her hand to pull my sleeve. "How can you be so cold-blooded? That's your biological father! If the Minister's Palace collapses, do you think you can have a good ending?" I pushed her hand away, placing the tea cup firmly on the table. "Even if the Minister's Palace collapses, I can still return to my mother's manor and live out my days in peace. You people cannot leave the glory and wealth of me Minister, what does it have to do with me?"