The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 158
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Chapter 158
Backyard of the Inner Residence of the Moryong Family.
Sitting in a splendid pavilion, Moryong Gil and his son Mo-yong U were sipping tea.
“Tsk.”
After taking a sip of tea, Moryong Gil frowned and clicked his tongue.
“Does it not suit your taste?”
“It’s bitter.”
“Shall I bring different tea?”
“No. Everything will taste bitter right now.”
Moryong Gil set down his teacup and gazed at the rear garden outside the pavilion. Though it was usually a place he favored, today its beauty failed to catch his eye.
“How are things with the Namgung Family?”
“Precarious.”
“That serious?”
“The martial artists gathered in Hefei have exceeded two thousand.”
“T-two thousand?”
“The problem is that far from decreasing, their numbers continue to grow.”
“Hah!”
Moryong Gil drank the bitter tea again, then immediately furrowed his brow.
“The atmosphere is becoming increasingly vicious.”
“If their numbers grow even more…”
“In my opinion, there will be significant bloodshed soon, one way or another.”
“Foolish ones! Trusting only in their numbers, they’ll soon attempt to scale the walls. But there’s no way they can obtain the Liver Pill…!”
As long as Righteous Sword Master Namgung Cheon held his ground, no one would be able to breach the Namgung Family.
“Father, was there truly no Heaven-Turning Energy at the Ancestral Grounds of Geommyeong Mountain Manor?”
“Hmm!”
At his son’s question, Moryong Gil let out a heavy grunt.
“There wasn’t. Not before my eyes.”
“What you mean is…”
“Son. Looking back, he gave it up too easily. Given Namgung Cheon’s personality.”
“Then…”
Mo-yong U’s eyes gleamed with greed.
“First, we must protect the Demon Fang Blade. U-ya.”
“Yes, Father.”
“Spread more rumors about the Demon Fang Blade.”
Rumors were circulating that the Demon Fang Blade was bundled together with the Liver Pill at the Namgung Family.
For the Moryong Family to be safe, this needed to be more firmly believed.
“Yes.”
Mo-yong U nodded as if agreeing with Moryong Gil’s opinion.
While it would be more troublesome for the Namgung Family, he thought it wouldn’t be much different from the current situation.
“By the way, did you send a messenger bird to the Namgung Family?”
“I sent a letter demanding an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the broken engagement.”
“Tsk tsk.”
Thinking of Namgung San, Moryong Gil’s eyes narrowed.
He knew Namgung Cheon best. This broken engagement was absolutely Namgung San’s unilateral decision.
Having thought there was no better match for Mo Yong-cheong-a, Moryong Gil found the situation utterly displeasing.
“Family Head!”
Just then, the Moryong Family’s supervisor Mun Ja-ryang came running in a panic.
“What is it?”
“A messenger bird came from Sichuan…”
“And?”
As if unable to speak it himself, Mun Ja-ryang held out a note to Mo-yong U.
“Y-you should read it yourself.”
“…!”
Mo-yong U’s eyes became bloodshot as he hurriedly read through the note.
“What could the contents be to make you react like that?”
“…Please see for yourself.”
Mo-yong U bit his lips and handed the note to his father.
His bewilderment was brief, as Moryong Gil’s body trembled with rage.
The night the engagement was broken.
Shinchang Yang Family’s Yang Ja-seong consoled the young lady through drinking.
They shared a bed.
The scene was discovered by the juniors of the Cheongyeon Branch.
Namgung San also witnessed it.
Will return home immediately with both of them.
“Th-th-this!”
Uncontrollable energy burst from Moryong Gil’s entire body. The force was enough to shake even the pavilion’s pillars.
“Didn’t you say that Yang Family bastard harbored feelings for our Cheong-a?”
Moryong Gil was so disgusted he referred to Yang Ja-seong as “that bastard” rather than using his name.
“…I did hear there were such signs.”
“So he finally pulled this stunt?”
Mo Yong-cheong-a had been destined as Namgung San’s match since she was in her mother’s womb.
When a daughter was born as the physician predicted, not only the Moryong Family but also the Namgung Family celebrated with a feast.
How dare he touch such a precious granddaughter!
“This is why one shouldn’t dine at the same table as lowly ones!”
Moryong Gil’s aura grew increasingly fierce.
“Yang Gun-cheol. I made you Alliance Leader and raised you up, yet you don’t know your place and dare covet our Cheong-a? Haha, hahahaha!”
After letting out harsh laughter, Moryong Gil straightened his expression and called his son.
“U-ya.”
“Yes, Father.”
“From today, we cut all dealings with the Shinchang Yang Family.”
“All of them?”
“They won’t listen unless they come crawling and begging, will they?”
If the Moryong Family distanced themselves from the Shinchang Yang Family, other sects and merchant groups would naturally keep their distance as well.
“They’ve grown too big.”
Recalling Yang Gun-cheol’s face as he followed him around calling “Elder Brother, Elder Brother,” Moryong Gil gritted his teeth.
“Bring Cheong-a to her grandfather as soon as she arrives!”
He would hear directly from her and judge whether that day’s events were truly fact or not.
The juniors of the Cheongyeon Branch gathered around a large round table.
Including myself, there were only seven people.
“This gathering seems rather unsettled.”
Yeon U-seong looked around at those seated at the table and spoke in a deflated voice.
The Moryong siblings and Namgung San had left without even saying goodbye, Yang Ha-rin was at the Detoxification Hall, and Yang Ja-seong was holed up in his room and wouldn’t come out at all.
Everyone looked confused, saying this was the first time in the history of Cheongyeon Branch gatherings.
“I felt that further gatherings would be meaningless, so I arranged this meeting.”
Dang I-seong stood up and bowed to each person individually.
“First, I apologize for not leading the gathering well.”
“How is that Brother I-seong’s fault? Things just got tangled up as they do.”
“That’s right. It wasn’t the Dang Clan Leader’s intention either.”
Peng Gi-jun and Jegal Mu-geuk comforted Dang I-seong, telling him not to worry too much about it.
I wanted to say something too, but I decided to stay quiet in case I made a mistake with unnecessary words.
“Thank you for understanding. Then we’ll conclude this year’s Cheong-yeon Assembly like this.”
Bang bang bang!
Though no gavel was actually struck, this truly marked the end of the Cheong-yeon Assembly.
Dang I-seong and Dang Hye-un stood up to see off the guests, and after finishing my greetings, I quietly slipped away from there.
‘It should be about time now.’
I was deliberately wandering around the Dang Family, leaving traces here and there.
While pondering how to naturally bring up that day’s story.
‘He’s here.’
I was crouched by the pond in the rear garden, mindlessly throwing a few stones.
“Lady Tak, were you here?”
Yeon U-seong, no, Dang’s Uncle appeared before me.
“You’re just coming now?”
I dusted off my palms and stood up.
“I thought you weren’t coming.”
“Were you waiting for me?”
“Didn’t we have something left to discuss?”
“Since you were pretending not to know, I wondered if I should keep it up to the end. Haha!”
I stared blankly at Yeon U-seong as he burst into laughter.
This man is definitely a good man, but is he really suitable as a match for Aunt?
He gained absolutely nothing from the Cheong-yeon Assembly, yet why is he so relaxed?
Do you really like our Aunt?
“I thought I did enough back then, but when I came to see, there wasn’t much progress? Did you perhaps change your mind?”
“My feelings for Lady Dang are sincere.”
Yeon U-seong’s expression immediately turned serious.
Good.
Then the next question.
“Then why are things still like this? I thought you’d at least be lovers by now.”
“Well, it seemed to be going well at first… but somehow it turned out this way.”
Yeon U-seong hung his head low as if something came to mind.
“Don’t do that and tell me. There must have been some point when Hye-woon Aunt’s heart changed.”
“If I knew that…”
“Don’t just stand there, come sit here and explain calmly. That way I can decide whether to help or not.”
I pulled Yeon U-seong over and made him sit on the bench by the pond.
Yeon U-seong, who had become dejected because of Aunt, washed his face with his bare hands and sighed.
“So at that time…”
After listening to Yeon U-seong’s story for a while, I jumped up in frustration and paced around.
“Hye-woon Aunt was crying over family matters, and you just stood there gaping without any comfort?”
“I did tell her not to cry. But…”
“But what?”
“Do you know how pretty Lady Dang looks with reddened eyes?”
Huh?
“She’s like a fairy descended from heaven. When I look at her, my heart pounds so much that I can’t think of anything else!”
Our Aunt does get prettier when she cries.
That was something I had confirmed with my own eyes.
Dang Hye-un, who was the spitting image of Grandmother who was called one of the Three Beauties of Jungwon, had the magical power to become three times prettier when she cried.
“…So you just kept staring?”
“…”
“What did you do?”
Seeing him clamp his mouth shut, it seems he did something, but that’s not my concern…
“Now, listen carefully. Before returning to the main residence, you must say this to Aunt. Back then, I…”
Dang Hye-un definitely still had lingering feelings for Yeon U-seong. So now was the right time to turn her heart around.
Coming all the way to the Cheong-yeon Assembly and returning without saying anything?
That would be tantamount to saying they should never see each other again.
I sat down with Yeon U-seong, putting our heads together to discuss strategies for winning back Aunt’s heart.
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