strictlysupreme #241 - Marry Bai Xiaocui as the wife of our family’s recently deceased young master!
#241 - Marry Bai Xiaocui as the wife of our family’s recently deceased young master!
Above the great river.
A spirit boat was approaching.
"Uncle, we're almost at Mount Wangyun," Jin Hong said, standing outside the cabin, bowing and cupping his hands in salute. "How about I, your nephew, go ahead and prepare the way for you?"
"Yes, go," a deep male voice came from inside the cabin. "You shouldn't need me to teach you what to do."
"Taking care of a posthumous matter for your cousin can be considered you doing your best, and we can still be considered family in the future."
The coldness in the man's voice was obvious.
He said, "If you don't handle it well and further disgrace our Golden Flood Dragon Clan, then you don't need to come back this time either."
"Yes," Jin Hong's waist bent even lower.
But he didn't turn around to leave immediately.
"Is there anything else?" the person inside the cabin asked.
"Uncle, the Bai family in Mount Wangyun is not worth worrying about, but..." Jin Hong lowered his head and eyebrows, very respectful, seemingly afraid to say too much.
"You don't need to bother with that monkey, I have my own arrangements," the man in the cabin said. "If you can force him to intervene, that will be a credit to you."
"Yes, Uncle," Jin Hong bowed and saluted again.
After waiting for a while, he didn't hear any further instructions from the cabin, so he backed away a few steps, bowing, and then turned to leave.
At this moment.
Inside the cabin.
There were two people.
Sitting opposite each other.
"Demon Commander Yu Guang, your nephew seems extremely clever," the woman sitting in the guest seat chuckled and said, "No wonder he was able to come out of the Emperor's Tomb."
"It's a pity that your esteemed son died inside."
"It's truly heartbreaking and regrettable!"
The last two sentences were truly meant to kill someone's spirit.
The middle-aged man in the host's seat, who had just been promoted to Demon Commander Yu Guang, didn't show much emotional fluctuation on his face.
However, the hint of coldness in his eyes still revealed his true attitude towards this matter.
"Princess, do you perhaps want to spare Jin Hong's life?" he asked directly.
Although as the head of the Golden Flood Dragon Clan, he had many sons, and because he was busy with cultivation, they rarely met, and their relationship was very weak.
At least, it was far from being a deep paternal love.
But that didn't mean he wouldn't care about the life and death of his sons.
Especially the few sons with cultivation potential.
"I've already said that I'm just out for a stroll this time," the woman picked up a teacup and put it to her lips, taking a sip, and said softly, "Demon Commander, you can make your own decisions about everything here, without worrying about me."
Her face was delicate and her voice was gentle.
But there was a natural majesty in her words.
"Since the Princess says so, then this commander will take the liberty once," Yu Guang said.
The son who died in the True Dragon Clan's Emperor's Tomb happened to be one of the ones he valued.
"If it weren't for the trouble he caused, how could it have implicated my son?" Yu Guang said.
The Bai family's three water-avoiding snakes deserved to die.
Jin Hong also deserved to die.
This cheap nephew, like his brother-in-law, habitually liked to play small tricks, thinking himself clever. He also learned from his younger sister, liking to stir up trouble everywhere.
He used the tactic of borrowing a knife to kill, and actually played it twice in the Emperor's Tomb.
Not only did he fool his son, but also General Si.
"There's some truth to that," the woman nodded, and smiled again, "This time General Si lost the Crimson Blood Array Flag, and the Father King is very angry. He hasn't returned yet, and when he does, I'm afraid he'll have to think of a good excuse to get away with it."
She even mentioned General Si.
This made Demon Commander Yu Guang's pupils shrink imperceptibly.
What 'think of a good excuse to get away with it?'
To put it bluntly, it was shirking responsibility and finding someone to take the blame.
Even if all the mistakes couldn't be pushed onto others, finding a few scapegoats to share the burden could also divert the Flood Dragon King's anger.
"General Si hasn't returned yet?" Yu Guang asked casually.
"Not yet," the woman shook her head. "However, his life lamp hasn't gone out, so he should be back soon."
"That's good," Yu Guang nodded. "Thank you for informing me, Princess Shuangling."
General Si was the Flood Dragon King's confidant, and even though he had been promoted to Demon Commander, he didn't want to offend this fellow Demon General.
Because of this, Jin Hong couldn't be spared.
"Why does the Demon Commander need to thank me? I should be thanking the Demon Commander for being willing to take me along, allowing me to see the scenery of this Southern Domain."
Princess Shuangling, who had lightly pushed Jin Hong towards certain death, said as if she was unaware of what she had done.
Then, changing the subject, "However, since Father is having you vent his anger and also vent the resentment in your heart, then this matter must cause a big commotion to be good."
"Oh?" Yu Guang followed up, "I wonder what instructions the Princess has?"
"Demon Commander, don't make things difficult for me," Princess Shuangling waved her hand. "I wouldn't dare to give you instructions."
"It's just that Father insisted that my Tiger King Uncle must have been fanning the flames in the Emperor's Tomb incident."
She wrinkled her delicate nose, somewhat helplessly, and said, "Oh dear, you also know that those two have always liked to bicker."
"This time the Emperor's Tomb was destroyed, and the Azure Dragon Secret Realm is gone. My Father King believes he has suffered a great loss." Saying this, she couldn't help but shake her head slightly, "In my opinion, if we don't make him feel like we've turned the tables for him, I'm afraid this anger will be hard to quell."
"Thank you for clarifying, Princess, I understand," Demon Commander Yu Guang nodded.
This trip, traveling thousands of miles, was not only to appease the Flood Dragon King, but also to establish his authority.
It had only been a short time since he had broken through to become a Demon Commander.
Now, his fiefdom had not yet been determined, and he needed to gather more usable people under his command.
How should he appease the Flood Dragon King?
Princess Shuangling had made it clear that the Flood Dragon King was angry because the snake demon under the Tiger King had destroyed his Emperor's Tomb Secret Realm, making him feel like he had lost face.
Yu Guang had understood this before.
Therefore, when instructing Jin Hong, he had subtly hinted at it with the face of his own family.
This cheap nephew should be able to understand the deep meaning.
When Jin Hong stirred up a big commotion and lured the monkey out, the subordinates he had already arranged would take action.
"What I have to do is kill him with thunderous means when the great battle begins," Yu Guang narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.
This monkey of Mount Wangyun was one of the youngest demon generals in the Southern Demon Kingdom who was expected to break through to Demon Commander.
If he killed it here, not only would there be no danger, but it would also greatly disgrace the Tiger King's face.
Similarly, by disgracing the Tiger Demon King's face, the Flood Dragon King would definitely be satisfied.
"What I'm worried about is nothing more than the Tiger King pursuing responsibility afterwards. Therefore, I have to pretend that due to the pain of losing my son, I lost my mind under the influence of anger, and accidentally killed the Lord of Mount Wangyun."
Then he would have to 'faint' due to anger and be quickly taken back to the Northern Domain by his subordinates.
Demon Commander Fu Li of Rising Dragon Ridge was a powerful existence, but she was in seclusion, and even if she received the news, she wouldn't be able to make it in time.
As long as he returned to the Northern Domain, the Flood Dragon King would protect him.
Afterwards, at worst, he would just apologize to the Tiger King from afar.
A Demon Commander apologizing to a Demon King couldn't be considered a loss of dignity.
Yu Guang sat steadily inside the cabin, mentally deducing what to do next.
Princess Shuangling was smiling, sitting comfortably and sipping tea.
The tea was a bit lacking, but there would be a good show to watch later, which she could tolerate.
She didn't have to wait too long.
Soon, the sound of gongs and drums rang out outside.
Small demons were clamoring:
"Getting married!"
"Our family has a happy event!"
"Specifically obeying the orders of our Master!"
"Coming here to marry a wife for our newly deceased Seventeenth Young Master!"
"Marrying none other than Xiaocui of the Bai family of Mount Wangyun!"