Chapter 5 — The Queen Mother Repays Gratitude - In This Life I Will Not Be Afraid of Confrontation

My father looked at my pale face, then looked at the small block of command tokens in my hand, and also realized that something was wrong.

"Thanh Vi, this... what is this?"

I did not answer him, but looked towards Chu Dung.

"You immediately lead everyone to Xuan Phong Lau south of the city."

Xuan Phong Lau, is the brothel that I ordered my family to take On Uyen to. It is also the dirtiest, most chaotic place in the whole city. Chu Dung's expression suddenly turned serious:

"Miss, what do we need to do?"

"Bring Wen Uyen, without a single hair damaged, back."

There was a tremor in my voice that I didn't even realize.

"If something happens to her, you don't have to come back anymore."

"Also, the two families I sent out earlier must also be found."

"In life, we must see people; in death, we must see bodies."

Chu Dung did not ask why. He only knew that the eldest lady's orders must be obeyed.

"Obey!"

He held his fist, led the nine guardians, and rushed out of the courtyard like a gust of wind, disappearing into the night. In the yard, there were only me and my father, mother, and a few maids trembling with fear. Father finally couldn't bear it anymore, he grabbed my arm and asked urgently:

"Thanh Vi! Tell me, what happened! What does Dong Xuong want?"

I looked at my father's worried face, telling him every word.

"Dong Xuong, the Emperor's eyes, the Emperor's sword."

“At this time, it is much stronger than Tay Xuong in Jet Li's old blockbuster Longmen Phi Giap.”

"They arrest people, no evidence is needed."

"They kill people, without any reason."

"For everyone who is sent to Dong Xuong Prison, no one can come out alive."

"Father, the woman you saved is not an ordinary person."

"She is a huge nuisance, enough to cause Dong Xuong to mobilize."

His father's body staggered, his face was whiter than paper. Although he was just a tradie, he had also heard of Dong Xuong's glorious reputation. It is an existence that can make children stop crying when they hear its name.

"So... then we... shouldn't we just hand her over?"

He said tremblingly. Ta 't shook his head, his eyes desperate.

"It's late."

"From the moment we brought her home, it was already late."

"People from Dong Xuong came to the door once."

"They were scared away by us though."

"But with their methods, we will soon find out our true identities."

"They will find out that we don't have any uncles to act as Guardian Maids."

"At that time, the crime of defrauding Dong Xuong will be enough to make our whole family die a hundred times over."

"How did it turn out like this...how did it turn out like this..."

He muttered to himself. I walked up to him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Father, now is not the time to despair."

"Dad, listen to me."

“From now on, we must save ourselves.”

"I need your help, dad."

Father confusedly raised his head and looked at me. He discovered that, without knowing when, his daughter had become the breadwinner of this family. Her eyes were calm. Think clearly. There was no panic at all. It was as if the matter before her eyes was, for her, not worth mentioning at all.

"Thanh Vi… dad… listen 'ay son."

I nodded:

"First, go to the next room and take out all the bills, land deed, house deed, everything."

"One text No money is left behind either."

"Second, tell mother, tell her that we have to go to the capital to celebrate our grandfather's birthday, so that she and Thuy Nhi immediately pack up the jewels and gold, as quickly as possible."

"Third, prepare the strongest and fastest carriage, prepare enough dry food and water."

"We… have to hide."

A buzzing sound rang out in his father's head. He has lived here for decades. This place has his pharmacy. There's your patient. Has everything of him. But now, the daughter said she had to hide.

"But... our inheritance..."

"Is life important, or is family important?"

I coldly interrupted him.

"Father, I'll say it again, what we're facing is Dong Xuan!"

"If they want us dead, we won't survive tonight!"

"What you need to do now, father, is not to hesitate."

"It's immediate."

"Now."

"Follow my orders!"

My voice is like a sharp ice tip, piercing straight into my father's ears. He shivered, not daring to hesitate any longer.

"Okay… okay! Let's go to work now!"

He almost crawled to his knees and ran to the backyard. I looked at his back and took a deep breath. In the past life, it was because we ran too slowly that we were stopped in the city. I absolutely will not make that mistake again. I walked to the middle of the yard, raised my head and looked at the moonlight in the sky. Moonlight is like water. But it seemed to carry a hint of blood. An hour later. Chu Dung returned. He returned alone. On his left arm, there was a knife wound deep enough to see the bone, and blood stained half of his body red. He made a thud sound and knelt down on one knee in front of me.

"Eldest Miss, this subordinate is incompetent!"

My heart sinks to the bottom of the abyss.

"When we arrived at Xuan Phong Lau, the place had… turned into a sea of fire."

Chu Dung's voice was full of pain and self-blame.

"The fire is too big, it's impossible to rush in."

"We discovered in the back alley four bodies lying on top of each other, two of them were our brothers, and the other two had similar characteristics to our family. All four had their necks cut by a knife, the wound was fatally clean."

"I still found this."

He took out a scorched piece of cloth from his chest. On it, use gold thread to embroider a blooming orchid. It's the fabric on On Uyen's clothes. It was dark before my eyes. On Uyen, are you dead? Or, were they taken away by Dong Xuong's people? No matter what the possibility is, for me, it's the worst outcome.