The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 546



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Episode 546

Part 20: Blue Leaves

Lady Min, who took the position of empress, became a status that no one dared to touch.

What’s more,

Wasn’t her origin the Makgamsuha Min clan, which rivaled the sixteen families?

But, originally.

If there was no power in the family.

The position of empress was far more privileged than anything she had ever enjoyed before.

It was a position that could easily be lost.

‘The Empress’s family evaded taxes on a massive scale through large-scale smuggling?’

It was a grave crime that seriously damaged the dignity and rank of the imperial family.

If the truth behind those suspicions is revealed, the powerful Min family may not be completely torn apart.

At least, one of hers.

He will definitely be dethroned.

“Your Majesty the Emperor…!”

And that is, from beginning to end.

As if to say, if you’re going to kill me, then kill me.

This was the reason why Empress Min, who had been acting so arrogantly, rolled on the floor like a pig and called Yeon So-hyeon and the young emperor.

“Hey, is the commander of the 2nd Guards Brigade there?!”

Yeon So-hyeon called the commander of the guards as if he didn’t hear her cries.

“Here it is…!”

As if he were a new recruit, he was very nimble.

The commander of the guard came running at full speed, his expression full of military discipline.

“Please speak, Your Majesty…!”

His and Yeon So-hyeon’s eyes met for a moment.

“… … .”

He nodded slightly, pretending to know, and Yeon So-hyeon’s eyes slightly arched.

Yeon So-hyeon and the commander of the Jay Gungwi Brigade.

Their relationship was long if it was long and short if it was short, so Yeon So-hyeon last spring.

Their relationship began when they visited Bukmangsan Mountain in Luoyang.

Yeon So-hyeon returned the Jay Guard Brigade, which was made up of those who were kicked out for speaking the truth, to the imperial capital, and they are now.

I was repaying that favor.

“I plan to accompany His Majesty the Emperor and visit the Min family’s ancestral home in the imperial capital.”

“All right…!”

The commander of the Jay Guards Brigade immediately clasped his hands together and began to deliver orders.

“… Yeon Taesa.”

The emperor approached and asked in a whisper.

“Am I going with you too…?”

The emperor’s expression showed a complex mix of worry, concern, and anxiety.

“… Of course, Your Majesty.”

Smile.

Yeon So-hyeon smiled and asked him.

“How long has it been since you last went out?”

The emperor shook his head in laughter at that question.

“It’s been so long, I can’t even remember… .”

“… … .”

Yeon So-hyeon for a moment.

I looked into the eyes of the young emperor, whose emotions were welling up.

“I’m leaving… this palace… .”

He is an emperor who has been locked in a cage called the palace and has lived his entire life as a puppet.

What he feels now.

It must be something so huge that it cannot even be expressed in a few words.

“…your majesty.”

Yeon So-hyeon opened her mouth with a smile.

“Now, Your Majesty, you will be able to go wherever you wish.”

“… … .”

The emperor, with his back turned to the outside, nodded repeatedly as his emotions surged up.

“Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty…!”

Yeon So-hyeon pretended to be surprised at that moist voice.

He said it with an exaggeratedly humorous expression.

“You have nothing to thank me for, Your Majesty.”

“hmm…?”

When the emperor turned around with reddened eyes, Yeon So-hyeon shrugged and said.

“From now on. When the duties of an emperor are normalized, even if someone asks you to go out, Your Majesty will say that you are busy and cannot go.”

Haha.

The emperor, who had burst into laughter at Yeon So-hyeon’s joke, soon began to laugh out loud.

haha!

Hahahahahahahahahaha…!

It was a laugh that made my heart feel refreshed.

“… … !”

Several figures moving busily nearby looked at the emperor with surprised faces.

They served the young emperor, and had never heard him laugh so heartily.

But, at that time.

“your majesty…!”

A young eunuch rushed to the emperor.

“What happened?”

He was a familiar figure to the emperor, and he was an old eunuch who had served the emperor for a long time.

“That is….”

When he whispered the news in the Emperor’s ear with his permission, the Emperor’s face immediately darkened.

“…he was badly injured by the Empress?”

“… Yes, Your Majesty.”

Because of the chaos and disarray in the area, the news was only now reaching the Emperor.

“… … !”

The empress, who noticed what the news was, quickly lowered her head and fell flat on the floor again.

‘Why, right now…!’

It was the worst possible time.

Her cold sweat dripped down to the floor.

‘Why would I do something like that…!’

Her whole life.

I don’t remember ever regretting touching something so deeply.

“How dare you…!”

The Emperor’s face would turn bright red, along with his voice full of anger.

She was lying on the floor with her forehead against the ground so I couldn’t see her, but I could tell.

“He….”

The thing she took most lightly in the world was the Emperor’s voice.

“You know what kind of person he is, and you still do such things to this guy…?”

But, she is now at this moment.

That voice was more terrifying and fearful than the voice of Taejo, the founder of this Central Plains country.

“… Your Majesty! That is…!”

I wanted to say something to avoid the Emperor’s wrath, but my mind was blank.

“That’s…!”

I couldn’t think of any excuses.

“You dare…!”

Due to previous experiences and the fear of being dethroned, she was completely.

This was because the fear of the emperor was deeply rooted.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty…!”

For the first time since she became empress.

At first, words of apology were offered to the Emperor, but they were not enough to control the Emperor’s explosive anger.

“Shut up, you bitch!”

How could a young emperor speak with such a commanding voice?

Even those who were preparing for the emperor’s departure were forced to fall to the floor.

“You bitch, I’m gonna-!”

at that time.

“your majesty.”

Yeon So-hyeon was seen approaching the emperor and whispering something through close-range telepathy.

“…Is that true?”

surprisingly.

The emperor regained his color at Yeon So-hyeon’s words, as if his anger had never exploded.

“Yes, so… .”

The emperor nodded.

“I understand, Your Majesty.”

Then, the emperor spoke to those around him as if nothing had happened.

“Get ready to go out quickly.”

“Yes, yes! Your Majesty…!”

What was the conversation about?

What did Yeon So-hyeon say to the emperor?

Empress Min wanted to ask.

but.

“… … .”

Dare I say, in this situation.

She couldn’t open her mouth.

“Hurry up…!”

“Yes, Your Majesty…!”

Suddenly, amidst the commotion of people running around, she raised her head slightly and met Yeon Soo-hyun’s gaze for a moment, just a moment.

“… … !”

She couldn’t figure out what the gaze looking down on her meant.

As soon as we meet, immediately.

Because I had to lower my head again as if it had been burned.

* * *

Inside the Emperor’s carriage.

“Until now… .”

The emperor tapped the seat he was sitting on with a deeply moved expression.

“I never knew there was such a wonderful carriage….”

“This carriage….”

Yeon So-hyeon, who was sitting across from me, said with a smile.

“In the past, it is a treasure presented by the special workshop of Luoyang Swordsmanship, Manryeonmandan.”

The emperor’s eyes widened.

“At the Luoyang Sword School…?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded slowly.

“Currently, it is an armored carriage that is no different from the iron fortress I am riding in.”

“If it’s an iron fortress, then what about the medicine fairy, the former wife of Emperor Yeon Taesa?”

“Yes.”

Yeon So-hyeon is slowly.

He said this while looking around the inside of the carriage with distant eyes.

“My father developed an iron fortress for my mother, who was always traveling around the Central Plains, and the news quickly reached the palace.”

“no way…?”

“Yes.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded with a smile as if the emperor’s guess was correct.

“At that time, His Majesty the former Emperor is said to have said that he himself wanted to have this carriage.”

“…You seem like a greedy gentleman.”

The emperor laughed bitterly.

But, there was a lot of shadow left in that smile.

He, who had never had a chance to escape the shadow of the great previous emperor, was now able to talk about his father.

It was a positive change.

“…anyway.”

The Emperor changed the subject and asked what he had been wanting to ask.

Empress Min was riding in another carriage following behind, so now was the opportunity.

“Is it true what the Grand Master told you earlier?”

“Yes.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded.

“The eunuch who served Your Majesty is definitely safe.”

“What the heck, that is….”

The emperor was in a trance.

This was not the first time the empress had slapped a subordinate.

This is her sword, born with inner strength and trained in martial arts.

During that time, there was no one who died or survived without suffering from bone disease.

“he is….”

Yeon So-hyeon said with a smile.

“A master who has overcome walls, Your Majesty.”

“… … !”

The emperor’s eyes grew wide as if they were going to tear apart.

“He, he…? Ningwei, you said he was a master…?”

“Was his name Yeongwi? Hmm.”

Yeon So-hyeon reacted like that, perhaps not knowing the name.

“When I entered the palace today, it was he who guided me to Daejeon.”

“Ha, but. I heard how many of his teeth were blown out…?”

“Even in the process of his teeth breaking, he didn’t raise an inch of his strength.”

“that…!”

Since internal energy has a tendency to be like a muscle that does not follow, it was natural for it to protect the body from threats.

But, the old eunuch Yeongwi.

Isn’t it true that even that instinctive reaction was suppressed through will and training?

“Youngwi, maybe he is….”

Yeon So-hyeon said maybe.

He said it with confidence.

“For life. I am the ‘final guard’ who protects His Majesty at the last moment, completely hiding my martial arts skills.”

“… … !”

The final escort.

that.

The last bastion for the Emperor, for the Emperor alone, unknown to anyone.

He was the last one to sacrifice his life in the shadows and save the emperor at the last moment.

“ah…!”

The emperor’s eyes shook with deep emotion.

Master.

A being who would be treated with respect wherever he went in the world sacrificed his entire life and endured all the humiliation to protect himself.

“your majesty.”

Yeon So-hyeon said while looking out the car window.

Outside the car window, green leaves that had not yet fallen despite the approaching autumn were sparkling in the sunlight.

“Still, there are many loyalists by Your Majesty’s side. And far away, there are many upright officials who fight for the people.”

Yeon So-hyeon said that the old eunuch Yeong-wi was a master.

He spoke with greater confidence.

“This Central Kingdom is not finished yet.”

“… … .”

A gentle emotion and shock filled the interior of the carriage.

‘… It’s not over yet, it’s not over yet.’

Over and over again, looking at the unfamiliar scenery outside the palace.

The emperor, who had been chewing on Yeon So-hyeon’s words over and over again, opened his mouth.

“…Your Majesty. There is one more thing I would like to ask about the Min family.”

Yeon So-hyeon smiled brightly.

“Of course, Your Majesty. Wouldn’t that be the Grand Master’s job?”

“How on earth…?”

The emperor asked.

“How on earth did your Majesty find out that the Min family was working with the Hwangbo family to engage in smuggling?”

The emperor continued to wonder about that part.

But, no matter how much I think about it alone.

The answer was not found.

“There are countless powerful people who are jealous of the Min family, including the sixteen imperial families. So how did the Grand Historian find out the truth that even they couldn’t find out?”

As the emperor said.

Countless families watch each other with their eyes wide open, trying to steal each other’s wealth and power.

nevertheless.

If the Min family and the Hwangbo family had thoroughly hidden their smuggling activities so that no one would find out about it.

How on earth did Yeon So-hyeon find out about that?

“actually….”

Yeon Soo-hyun as usual.

He smiled.

“It wasn’t that difficult, Your Majesty.”

He continued speaking, looking at the young emperor.

“I did not discover the existence of this tightly-hidden smuggling operation from within the Central Powers.”

“What does that mean…?”

“On the contrary, I.”

Yeon So-hyeon answered lightly, as if it were simple.

“I learned of the existence of the smuggling trade from Haedongguk (海東國).”