Chapter 6 — Widow Holding Flag

The list is quite thick. I turned to the last page and pointed to Ha Lan Van Nhuoc's name. Mother frowned:

"That girl's personality is too rigid and quiet, I'm afraid she's not good with people."

"When I was fifteen years old, no matter how smart and flexible I was, it was the complete opposite. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to catch your majesty's eyes."

I closed the book and asked:

“See, mother, who knows your majesty's heart better than your current fifteen years old self?”

The mother was speechless. The person brought here makes me even more satisfied. She wore a faded blue dress, her hair tied in a neat bun without a single strand of tangle, with standard etiquette. Not like the Ha Lan family, but very similar to the type of person that Kieu Nguyet Di molded according to the mold. The clouds cover the moonlight, the name is also beautiful.

“Are you willing to work with me?”

She knelt down to worship:

“Please listen to my lord's instructions.”

I took her out of Ha Lan palace, straight to Tay Thi casino. The fat old shopkeeper was sitting cross-legged outside the door drinking tea. He is the younger brother-in-law of a villager, specializing in loan sharking and forcing people to do things. He has six or seven human lives on his hands, but because of that in-law relationship, he is still comfortably outside the law.

“Look carefully, what should we do with those whom the law cannot control?”

I only saw a woman wearing rough fabric, with a docile appearance, walking quickly. When she came in front of him, she tripped and fell. The collar of his shirt revealed his white skin, his eyes were immediately glued, his fat body also bent down and reached out to "help". That hand reached straight to the woman's butt.

"Don't be afraid, little lady, I will help you..."

At that moment, the woman seemed to be frightened and suddenly stepped back. He missed her, her lumbering body leaning straight forward. Only heard a deep howl, followed by a scream like a pig being pricked. Everyone looked back and saw the gem-studded short sword at his side somehow slipping out of its sheath, the tip of the knife pointed straight up, hitting him right in the throat under the chin. Blood poured out. The woman in the cloth shirt had no blood left, trembling and sitting on the ground. And he twitched a few times, his eyes rolled back, and in less than half a week he stopped moving. The whole casino was in a commotion, shouting to alert the authorities, but no one suspected the girl who was "scared into a daze". Everyone saw it with their own eyes - he was teasing the women in broad daylight, his foot slipped and fell on his own knife and he died. I tilted my head and asked:

“Understood?”

"It was him... who fell by himself in a crowded place." She replied, her voice dry.

“Yes.”

“Pride, greed, reliance on worldliness — these are all his swords.”

“People like him live comfortably and fatly…”

“I don't allow it.”

The next few days, I took her through the darkest places in the city. She saw with her own eyes that I used a fake book to force a member to death to steal military provisions, saw that I pushed a child-trafficking matchmaker into the very brothel that she opened, and also saw that with just a few sentences, I made the spy reveal a secret report. She quietly observed, in my every action, engraved a "new order" to punish evil and destroy evil. I asked her how she felt. She said:

"Before, I didn't know women could do this."

I told her:

“In your Majesty's eyes, there is only distinction between useful and useless people, there is no distinction between men and women.”

“Do you want to be useful?”

She nodded without hesitation. That's another reason I chose her. There are quite a few outstanding people in our clan - some have impressive looks, people with outstanding talent. As for her, nothing stands out. If you want to get ahead, you must make yourself "useful".

9

A few days later, Kieu Nguyet Di's invitation was brought to Ha Lan palace. Invite me to "enjoy tea and talk". I brought Van Nhuoc to the appointment. As soon as the tea room door opened, a Qinghua porcelain cup was thrown straight towards it. Van Nhuoc stepped forward, raising her hand to block me. The cup broke into her wrist, making a dull sound. Her face was cold:

“Kieu Thuong bowed to blasphemy, according to the palace rules, if it was light, he would slap his mouth, if it was severe, he would strip off his shirt and hit him with a stick.”

"The Kieu family uses poetry as the basis, hanging the words of family rules around their mouths all day long. The eldest daughter is suspicious, the second daughter has the habit of getting pregnant before marriage."

"Is that the rule of the Kieu family? Teaching each daughter, each one is more shameless than the last."

The many questions stored in Kieu Nguyet Di's stomach were blocked, she was so angry that she trembled. In the past, she was used to using formalities to scold me, but today she was retaliated by a junior.

“Ha Lan Minh Duong!” She screamed, "About my sister, you must give me an explanation today! The child in her womb was dropped violently, almost losing her life!"

I curled my lips slightly:

"If you had investigated clearly, you would have known that if I hadn't acted that day, I would have lost more than just a child."

She choked on her words. Ma Ma Jiang's medicine was originally tiger and wolf medicine.

“What about Lam Ha Vi?” She gritted her teeth, "Why did he turn around and send Thi Thi to the Marquis of Thua An's palace? What benefits did you promise him?!"

“I don't need to make any promises.”

"I only told Marquis Thua An about your sister's tragic situation. He was greedy and used coercion to take advantage."

"Lam Ha Vi wanted to climb high, so naturally he pushed the boat along with the water."

“As for why Thua An Marquis must have your sister... Kieu Nguyet Di, you know better than me.”