The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 568



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Episode 568

Chapter 17: A Family

“so?”

The Empress of the Hwangbo family asked.

“What do the heads of the sixteen imperial families plan to do?”

“That is….”

The person sitting in front of her smiled bitterly.

“It’s a plan and all. They say that they are split into two groups and are busy arguing over who is the best and who is the least of their worries.”

He shrugged.

“Well, it’s a situation that can’t help but be complicated.”

He stroked his beard and summarized the situation of the heads of the sixteen clans of the Yellow Emperor.

“If I return to the imperial capital right away, Luoyang comes into view. If I concentrate on Luoyang, the imperial capital is shaken.”

Dare I say and do things that might be perceived as rude in front of the Empress?

but.

“indeed….”

The Empress was not angry.

Instead, she even smiled contentedly.

“I can’t believe I can hear the innermost stories of the Sixteen Clans like this. It’s really reassuring that you’ve settled down in Luoyang.”

She has been around for so long.

He dared not spare anyone who rebelled against him, even his own family.

Those who are capable have always been recognized and treated well.

“It must have been hard for you to establish a foundation in a foreign land. It was hard.”

That was her art of using people.

At the same time, this was the reason why the Hwangbo family’s power only grew stronger despite the long iron-fisted rule by the head of the family.

“you’re welcome.”

Seems happy to have received the Empress’s approval.

Hwangbo Suk, the head of the collateral branch of the Hwangbo family, couldn’t hide her smile.

“Isn’t it all possible because Your Majesty has given us and our collateral branch so much support and assistance?”

“Haha, thanks to you, I got this.”

She smiled, gesturing briefly at the ornate interior.

“While others are struggling to find lodging in this Luoyang, can’t you feel like you’re visiting a villa?”

“Haha, feel free to use it as a villa anytime.”

Luoyang branch family head Hwang Bo-suk laughed with her, then changed her expression.

“By any chance, Your Majesty… .”

“What?”

He is different from before.

I asked the Empress cautiously.

“What kind of results do you expect from this trip to Luoyang…?”

In an instant, as if it were a lie, it appeared on the Empress’ face.

All smiles disappeared.

“Why do you ask that?”

“if….”

Seeing her completely changed appearance, Hwang Bo-suk, the head of the collateral family, swallowed dry saliva and answered much more cautiously.

“If you haven’t made any serious moves in Luoyang yet, I would like to recommend that you wait a little longer and observe the situation until Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon returns.”

“Why?”

He sighed as he pondered how to answer without offending the Empress.

“…today.”

okay.

Sometimes, the right approach is the best strategy.

“Yeonbi, the Duke of Luoyang Swordsmanship, is a truly fearsome person who is taking the place of the late Duke Yeon Sohyeon.”

“okay…?”

The Empress of the Hwangbo family narrowed her wrinkled eyes.

She didn’t like to dare to call another person ‘scary’ in front of her.

“I’ve heard reports that you’re very precocious and intelligent for your age-.”

“No, it’s not that bad…!”

He suddenly screamed.

“Hot,” he said, coming to his senses and immediately bowing his head deeply.

“I’m sorry, my lord…!”

“no.”

The Empress of the Hwangbo family waved at him with an excited expression.

“I’m curious to see you reacting like that. Tell me. About that sage’s Yeonbi.”

“That is….”

Just then, he was about to start telling the story of the ordeal he had been through.

“This is a big problem, my lord…!”

The door opened wide, and the Empress and the head of the collateral family turned their heads at the same time at the mention of the title of head of the household.

However, the reporter, whose face had already turned pale, shouted without paying any attention to such things.

“Right now, in the annex, the small householder and the four-legged servant of the Nanyang Sword Family…!”

* * *

It happened in an instant.

At the words of the servant Yeon-bi, “An uninvited guest has arrived,” Hwangbo Du-sung, the head of the Hwangbo family, smiled and acted playfully.

“Haha, isn’t it you who are the guest and not me?”

“Is that so?”

Yeonbi answered with a blank expression on her face, her expression not changing at all.

“Then, Hwangbo Se-ga. You’re making your guests wait for a whole meal.”

“Haha, that’s true… .”

Hwangbo Du-sung was inwardly panicking and sweating slightly.

‘What the heck is this guy…?’

He is very mature and intelligent for his age, that is the external evaluation of Sa-gong-ja Yeon-bi.

Young but outstanding, they say.

It was an evaluation that measured the fuel efficiency of the four-wheel drive vehicle at a level very similar to that of its peers.

that.

Because of the extremely flashy actions of the Grand Prince Yeon So-hyeon, the Four Princes Yeon-bi had been in the shadows and had not received much attention.

“If you put it that way… .”

Hwangbo Du-sung said with a completely different expression on his face.

It was something that his mother, the Empress, often did when she was in control of those around her.

“Isn’t there also the problem of you coming here without any prior notice?”

So far, in his external activities.

When he, known as the Ancient Swordsman, changed his expression like this, most people would be flustered and lose their momentum.

but.

“under…!”

Even for Sakongja Yeonbi, who had seen the monster called Yeonseonhyeon up close, that level of intimidation was not enough.

He would rather laugh and say this.

“Well then, that part is difficult, but I will understand.”

‘huh…?’

Hwangbo Du-sung, who had been expecting an apology for the sudden visit, was inwardly embarrassed.

Through clever verbal trickery, Sakongja Yeonbi changed the situation by saying that she would accept the apology in return.

‘Oh my, look at this guy…!’

The blood vessels on Hwangbo Du-sung’s forehead were prominent.

“Look here-.”

“Okay, I accept your apology. Now, let’s spend some time together as a family.”

Sagongja Yeonbi approached with brisk strides and grabbed the wrist of her older sister, Yeon Yuhwa.

No, I tried to catch it.

First memory.

“… This is, now.”

The servant Yeon-bi, whose path was blocked by Hwangbo Du-sung, asked in a soft and heavy voice.

“What does that mean…?”

A question of extreme brutality.

However, Hwangbo Du-sung is also a person who has been trained for a long time under the pressure of the Empress.

At best, he had no reason to be this scared at the level of social friction.

“Oh, you…!”

rather.

“What’s wrong, why are people so impatient?”

Hwangbo Du-sung looked down at Sakongja Yeon-bi with a smile that suited his age and spoke.

“I have already told the people below to prepare. It would be good for us all to relieve our stress while eating together.”

When he pointed behind him.

Behind him, Sakongja Yeonbi could see the butlers sweating profusely, doing their best to indicate with gestures that lunch was ready.

“… … .”

Hwangbo Du-sung could clearly see the eyes of Sakongja Yeon-bi narrowing.

‘what…?’

A little bit of myself.

It felt like a bit of a stretch, but it was just a light friction or war of nerves at our first meeting.

And the level of friendship that develops through eating together is something that can naturally happen in this level of interaction between families.

‘No way, this b*tch… .’

He glanced back.

“… … .”

Yeon Yu-hwa just shook her head with a slightly sad expression.

This meant that he had not told anything to his family, the Luoyang Sword Family.

But, actually.

“But… , you know.”

“What?”

The words that came out of Sakongja Yeonbi’s mouth were completely different.

“You. Why have you been speaking informally to me since earlier?”

“… … .”

moment.

Hwangbo Du-sung, who was briefly embarrassed, forced a smile and said.

“What are you talking about? Aren’t we already a family, brother-in-law?”

It is indeed so.

It happened in an instant.

Kwak…!

“… … ?!”

Hwangbo Du-sung reacted like a warrior facing a wall to the hand of Sagongja Yeon-bi reaching out towards him like lightning.

However, he was not able to perfectly counter Yeonbi’s technique of bending his wrist like a multi-headed snake.

Instead, he grabbed my wrist.

That was after he had already been grabbed by the collar.

“you…!”

“Bia (翡兒)…!”

“Your Majesty…!”

and.

Before the shock could even escape everyone’s mouths-.

Bam…!

Sakongja Yeonbi grabbed Hwangbo Dusung by the collar, lifted him up, and pushed him against the wall of the hallway.

“Cough…!”

Chachachachachang…!

Hwangbo Se-ga instinctively drew his sword from its scabbard.

And at the same time, the subordinates of the Duke of Sakong also took out their weapons.

A moment when bloodshed could have begun in an instant.

“Everyone, stop…!”

Before anyone else.

The one who stepped forward was Yeon Yu-hwa.

“But, Madam…!”

“… … .”

As the two forces’ unmanned forces were on the verge of clashing, a roar of anger burst out from Yeon Yu-hwa’s mouth, standing tall.

“Everyone, put away your swords!”

Shudder.

The Hwangbo Se army was taken aback by her aura, which was like that of a mountain lord.

Always, softly.

Did the madam, who was so kind and popular with her subordinates, have this kind of side?

To them, once again, Yeon Yu-hwa’s soft, but absolutely unignorable shout was heard.

“How dare a warrior of the Hwangbo family ignore my words?”

“… The cow is safe. For now, let’s step back.”

They were unfamiliar with the new appearance of Yeon Yu-hwa that they had never seen before, so they put away their swords and took a step back.

“You too! Put away your weapons, now!”

Yeon Yu-hwa also shouted at Sagongja Yeon Bi’s subordinates.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The sage’s subordinates, as expected, showed no reaction.

But Yeon Yu-hwa shouted at them without even blinking an eye.

“Even if I get married, I will still be the daughter of the Luoyang Swordsmanship Family!”

[… First, take a step back.]

Clank, clank.

The reason the Sagongja’s men were able to retrieve their weapons was because Yeon Yuhwa’s momentum was that great.

However, either Hwangbo Se-ga or Sakong-ja.

There was no time to immediately focus on the unexpected appearance of Yeon Yu-hwa.

“Say it again.”

The four-legged sergeant said in a growl.

“Hey, let’s put this aside for now…!”

The flustered Hwangbo Du-sung gave up on the wrist of Sakongja Yeon-bi, who did not budge even with his strength, and tried to subdue her arm and free it.

but-.

Shushu shuk!

I had to give up on that too, seeing the needles poking out from underneath like a hedgehog, piercing through the sleeve of the Sakongja Yeonbi.

Each and every one of those needles will be soaked in the most lethal poison of the Sichuan Tang family.

“You call me brother-in-law? Hwangbo Se-ga, you guys really have thick skin.”

The green light that began to scatter from his eyes and the pungent toxic scent that began to flow from his body revealed the anger of the four-legged reaper.

“After my father collapsed, instead of helping our Luoyang Sword Family, you were the ones who took the lead and sent the collateral family to Luoyang without the Sword Family’s permission. How can you even say the word ‘family’?”

“That, that…!”

Hwangbo Du-sung made an excuse while sweating profusely.

“Think calmly, Sakongja! It is business after all. Business…! And, our Hwangbo family respects the Luoyang Sword Family and has never interfered in the sword family’s succession disputes up until now…?!”

“okay?”

A cool smile appeared on Yeonbi’s lips.

“Then, this time, you visited Luoyang on a large scale. Is it just to enjoy the Yongbongjihoe and become friends? Is there no other reason?”

“Yeah-!”

Hwangbo Du-sung nodded quickly, then quickly closed his mouth.

“… … !”

If the owner of the cow says so here, the moment his words are broken, his reputation will be damaged.

“what?”

The officer asked with even more suspicious eyes.

“Why can’t you answer?”

“That, that…!”

furthermore.

He should tell me that here.

As the Mother Empress always has,

He will act with the interests of the Hwangbo family in mind rather than his own honor.

‘What the hell…?!’

How did this situation come to be?

He only cared about the fact that he had been neglecting his wife, Yeon Yu-hwa, and occasionally slapping her.

Before we knew it, things had become like this.

‘No way, this kid…?!’

In the first place.

Did the swindler intentionally bring himself into this situation?

But then.

“What is going on?”

There was a voice that saved him.

It was a presence of a different level, just through the voice alone.

“… … ?!”

“Go, meet the lord…!”

The warriors of Hwangbo Se-ga became gloomy as if they had met the god of death and hurriedly stepped aside to the left and right.

And between them.

The empress of the Hwangbo family has appeared.