Chapter 9 — The Seventy-year-old Ancestor single-handedly built a barbaric official to demand justice for me

The methods we use are not always as direct as our grandmother's. Sometimes, I just conveniently expose a few dirty things that cannot be exposed to the light of them. There were times when I only touched a little relationship and directly cut off their family's business lines. Sometimes we don't even need to do anything, just having our name appear is enough to make them unable to sleep all night. Fear is the best weapon. Throughout the capital, everyone was in fear. No one dares to look down on me anymore, no one dares to talk about me anymore. Their eyes looking at me gradually turned from contempt to awe, and finally to fear. I became an existence more terrifying than the grandmother in this capital. My feud is almost over. There's only one last person left, and the most important person. I have never forgotten. That year, Trieu Duc and Ly Canh dared to treat me like that, without necessarily having his tacit permission behind them. He avoided military power and the Do Long Order in his grandmother's hands. Therefore, he was very happy to see descendants of the Phung family like me become weak and useless, and even die directly. So the Phung family will be extinct. The Dragon Order will also turn into a useless piece of scrap metal. He calculated it really well. Unfortunately, he miscalculated me, and he miscalculated grandma even more. That day, I wore the princess dress awarded by the Queen herself and entered the royal palace. I did not go to Kun Ninh palace but went directly to the Ngu Library room. The Emperor is approving the decree. Seeing me coming, he was not surprised at all. I calmly looked at him.

“Thanh Loan, I have given you everything you want.”

"The Trieu family has collapsed, Ly Canh has also been deposed, and those who used to bully me have also received a lesson."

“Your anger should have subsided, right?”

His tone was like comforting a child who didn't understand. I burst out laughing.

“Your Majesty, do you think I am simply venting my anger?”

The Emperor frowned slightly.

“What if not?”

"When my grandmother followed the emperor to conquer this country, she had only one wish."

I looked at him and slowly said each word:

"She hopes that people on this land can settle down in peace."

“She hopes those who hold power can be honest and transparent.”

"She hopes that in this world there will be fewer injustices like mine."

“Your Majesty, have you done it yet?”

The emperor's face immediately darkened.

“Trieu Thanh Loan, pay attention to your identity!”

“My identity?”

I took a step forward, looking directly into his eyes.

"I am Princess An Lac, personally ordained by you."

"I am also Phung Loan's granddaughter, the successor of Do Long Order."

“Your Majesty, water can lift a boat, but it can also overturn it.”

“Today I can help you eliminate pests in the royal court.”

“Tomorrow, I can also… change to another emperor.”

The Ngu Library room fell into dead silence. The Emperor looked at me, with shock and anger in his eyes, but most of all, fear. A long time later. He slowly leaned back on the long chair, as if all his strength had been drained in an instant.

“You won.”

I said nothing. I turned around and left the Ngu Library room. When I walked to the door, I suddenly stopped.

“Your Majesty, my grandmother is old Already."

“She wants to return to her hometown and continue raising pigs.”

“This capital, this world, I will hand it over to you in the future.”

“I hope you don't disappoint her.”

Having finished speaking, I did not turn back and left directly. Three days later. A rustic carriage slowly left the capital. In the car are me and my grandmother. Grandma took off her old armor and changed into a simple, rough cloth outfit. She leaned against the car window, looking at the capital getting further and further away from us, her face finally revealing a smile she hadn't seen for a long time.

“Thanh Loan, let's go home.”

“Yes, go home.”

I rested my head on my grandmother's shoulder, feeling so reassured for the first time. The storms in the capital, the struggles at the court, from now on are no longer related to us. But everyone knows. In that far away countryside, there was an old lady who knew how to raise pigs and a princess who had died and come back to life. They are the taboo that no one in this entire empire dares to touch. (Completed story)