The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 59

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59.

Right after entering the teahouse, Dangsoso was removing the veil she had been wearing.

The girl and the man who made eye contact looked like siblings to anyone who saw them. Having noticed the man’s identity, I raised my eyebrows.

“You must be Young Master Dang?”

“Haha, yes. I am Danghyeonbaek, the fourth son of the Dang Family. Actually, I’ve been watching ever since Lady Peng entered Sichuan City, and there was quite a commotion among us brothers about who would go out to greet you.”

“Hmm.”

I had roughly caught on.

Wasn’t the Sichuan Tang Family the most sinister family among the Five Great Families, closest to being an assassination clan?

When such a family operates for a long time within a closed terrain like Sichuan, they naturally develop eyes and ears everywhere.

Even when Dangsoso and I were making a scene in the middle of the street, someone must have been watching.

‘Ah.’

So that’s why she was particularly embarrassed compared to usual.

“May I join you for a moment?”

“Of course. Please sit comfortably, Young Master.”

Danghyeonbaek, having received my permission, sat diagonally across from me. Dangsoso stared intently at Danghyeonbaek, then suddenly stood up and moved to the seat next to me.

Danghyeonbaek moved his seat again, this time directly across from me.

Seeing how much they disliked being close to each other, they were definitely siblings. Friends with older brothers always shudder and hate being told to sit with their brothers.

“The teahouse in Dang Mansion is a famous establishment run by our Dang Family.”

Fourth Young Master Danghyeonbaek smiled gently while silently holding his teacup.

“It would be discourteous to escort an honored guest straight from the front gate, so Sosso probably deliberately guided you here out of consideration for that.”

Was that what it was?

When I turned my head toward Dangsoso, instead of adding anything, she just silently drank her tea with an expressionless face.

“Until ten years ago, she was quite an outstanding child. Now she’s become quite a pitiful sight, but since Lady Peng is taking such good care of her, as her older brother, I couldn’t ask for more.”

“Ah, yes.”

With just those words, my favorability toward Danghyeonbaek plummeted to rock bottom.

‘This bastard is out.’

How dare he look down on my companion gangsi?

No matter how handsome you are, you’re disqualified as a main heroine (♂), you bastard.

“…”

“…”

However, I didn’t show it outwardly and quietly continued the conversation. After facing each other for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Danghyeonbaek brought up the words he had been waiting to say.

“Rather than continuing like this here, let me escort you into the Dang Family grounds. The Patriarch has just ordered Chungbinheon to be cleaned thoroughly for you, Lady.”

“Shall we?”

I stood up following his suggestion.

Following Danghyeonbaek out of the teahouse, the Dang Family’s main gate was already wide open, as if word had already been sent. As I took my first step into the Dang Family grounds, I reacted to the scent that wafted by.

‘It’s bitter.’

The lingering trace of poison?

Since it wasn’t direct poison mist, it was at a concentration that wouldn’t cause much harm if one possessed a certain level of martial arts.

However, not all the servants working in the Dang Family would be first-rate or above, so did the majority have resistance to this poison?

‘The current Patriarch Dang has three wives and four concubines, and under them are ten sons and one daughter.’

There was a reason why the Patriarch of the Sichuan Tang Family kept particularly many wives and concubines.

After the previous generation’s patriarch was executed by Imperial Court retaliation and the young patriarch was castrated, many Dang Family members died young or lost their reproductive abilities for various reasons. (Everyone knows the Imperial Court is behind it, but it’s a fact everyone pretends not to know.)

The Dang Family was originally a massive clan that thoroughly managed various branch families to form a village called Dang Mansion.

In this situation, when the young patriarch and his family, who were direct descendants, were forcibly transported to Beijing overnight, naturally the current patriarch, who had been the second son, aggressively took wives to continue the lineage.

Of course, since they had to be mindful of the Imperial Court, they weren’t daughters of other Five Great Families or regional power holders.

In conclusion.

It meant that in the current Dang Family, eleven people of similar status and even similar ages, with no external relatives, were fighting bloodily over the position of young patriarch.

I recalled what Dangsoso had casually mentioned before entering Sichuan.

“All the Dang Family young masters will probably want to marry Lady Peng.”

“What? Why on earth?”

“Well, the Dang Family is still in a situation where they have to be mindful of the Imperial Court, making it difficult to form marriage alliances with powerful families. But if it’s Lady Peng, even the Empress Dowager wouldn’t be able to say anything, and most importantly, there’s no better bride material than Lady Peng among the current martial world families.”

Then Danghyeonbaek’s earlier statement about “the young masters fighting each other to welcome Lady Peng” also makes sense.

‘Hmm.’

Indeed.

Currently, the most renowned among the Five Great Families is the Peng Family of Hebei.

It’s not a matter of being the greatest family under heaven or anything like that. Above martial power stands the Imperial Court.

Considering Ju Sohui’s current age and achievements, she really seems like she’ll live about three hundred years, and the family that takes me would receive the protection of the long-lived princess for those three hundred years.

‘Interesting.’

I have no intention of marrying anyway.

If I create something too precious in the martial world, wouldn’t it weigh on my mind when it’s time to return?

However.

“This is Chungbinheon. Please rest for a moment, and I’ll send a maid shortly.”

“Yes.”

If my value is that high, I could make good use of it.

Standing in front of the gleaming Chungbinheon, I smiled wickedly.

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The Patriarch of the Sichuan Tang Family didn’t keep me waiting.

As I looked around Chungbinheon and properly settled in, a maid with neatly arranged hair soon approached and bowed her head.

“I’ll guide you to Gajujeon.”

“Alright.”

Unlike the Eon Family where the guest quarters and Gajujeon were quite far apart, the Dang Family’s Chungbinheon was fairly close to Gajujeon.

Thanks to that, sitting face to face with Patriarch Dang happened in an instant.

‘His name was Dangjacheong, right?’

After reviewing the few pieces of information I’d heard from Dangsoso.

“You’ve welcomed me so warmly that I don’t know where to put myself.”

“Hehe, if you’re a daughter of the Peng Family, wouldn’t you be like a distant niece to me? Moreover, you have the grace of safely rescuing and caring for my daughter who had been kidnapped by the Blood Sect.”

Having said that, Patriarch Dang looked back at Dangsoso. Dangsoso sat kneeling beside me as usual, just blinking her eyes without any change in expression.

“…”

The Patriarch seemed lost in regret as he looked at his youngest daughter who had returned as a blood gangsi after ten years.

Since Dangsoso was so reluctant to go home, I wondered if he might be a pathetic human like Patriarch Eon, but judging by his face alone, he didn’t seem to lack paternal affection. Patriarch Dang stared at Dangsoso for a long while before opening his mouth with a serious expression.

“The Dang Family is a family that repays kindness twofold and vengeance tenfold.”

“Ah.”

“Since I’ve been able to see my daughter again like this, Lady Peng is a benefactor not only to me personally but to our entire Dang Family. I will grant you any one thing you desire.”

A blank wish voucher from the Dang Family!

Actually, I didn’t come here wanting something like this.

I didn’t avoid it when it came.

I don’t block opportunities that come my way.

“But it wasn’t I who saved Sosso, but our mother and the other elders.”

“Even if you had saved her, would you have let a masterless blood gangsi roam freely in the martial world? Even Elder Patriarch Eon couldn’t tame Sosso, so if it weren’t for you, Lady, that child’s life would have ended there.”

“Haha…”

This much courtesy refusal seems sufficient.

I cupped my hands and bowed my head.

“Then I will gratefully accept Patriarch Dang’s repayment of kindness.”

“Good. Take your time thinking about what you’ll take while staying at Chungbinheon for a while. And if possible-“

His gaze turned toward Dangsoso.

“May I have a brief conversation with Sosso?”

“When a father wants to talk with his daughter, would my permission be necessary?”

“No, that child is no longer a living person but Lady Peng’s property. So it’s proper to ask permission from the owner.”

“Uh…”

Even to my ears, that’s going a bit too far.

=Sosso, what about you? Do you want to talk?

=Yes. If Lady Peng doesn’t mind.

But if Dangsoso herself wanted to, there was no reason for me to stop her. I nodded toward the two of them.

“Then I’ll take my leave now. Sosso, come to Chungbinheon later.”

“Yes.”

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