World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 157 - 157 118 The wedding is over the fierce battle tasted what was desired!_2

157: 118: The wedding is over, the fierce battle, tasted what was desired!_2 157: 118: The wedding is over, the fierce battle, tasted what was desired!_2 So, she chose such a cruel and decisive approach.

“I’ve just exchanged marital vows with you and wished death upon you.”

“I’ve just become your wife and would rather become a widow.”

The nobility present, along with the high-ranking samurai lords, originally came to watch the wedding with excitement.

However, when the play actually began, their souls still shuddered violently.

Too cruel, even…

too despicable and shameless.

The Suo clan has done a life-saving favor for the Gui clan, a favor as vast as the heavens and earth.

You, Gui Xingfu, bear a name of benevolence and righteousness, is this how you repay the Suo clan’s kindness?

This is to trample over Suo Lun with the utmost cruelty, to curse Suo Lun.

Gui Qinshao’s stunning face trembled slightly, and then she said, “Suo Lun, you could have left the stage with dignity; you forced my hand.”

Suo Lun looked at her beautiful face for a while, he first sighed, then revealed a smile.

Then he went to his sister, Suo Ningbing, gently massaged her temples to help her regain consciousness, and then smiled at Gui Qinshao, “I’ve already had two wedding ceremonies.

The first was with the Black Widow of the Poison Snake Tribe of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

I never thought that the second time, I would still be marrying a widow.”

It was a joke he told, but no one present could laugh.

They only felt endless sorrow and indignation.

Gui Qinshao said in a cold, low voice, “Perhaps, this is your fate; any woman who marries you will become a widow.

Remember, you brought this on yourself—it was your choice.

You could have gotten a substantial amount of money from my Gui Clan and left with your whole body.”

Suo Lun shook his head without responding further, but turned to Gui Xingfu and said, “Father-in-law, shall we talk?”

“Of course, let’s talk,” Gui Xingfu said, and then beckoned to everyone, “Please enjoy your food and drink; I wouldn’t want anyone to feel I’m a bad host.”

The two then left the banquet hall and headed to the study’s secret chamber.

Today, Gui Xingfu had completely torn off the mask of benevolence and righteousness.

…

In the study!

“Suo Lun, now you can tell me, what do you want from me?” Gui Xingfu said.

Suo Lun said, “When you were in desperate straits and fled to our Suo’s Tianshui City, it was my father who lent you land, money, troops, and even prevented the royal house from enfeoffing Gui Xingchou.

That’s how you were able to make a comeback and seize Linhai City again, right?”

“Yes, but times are different now, aren’t they?” Gui Xingfu said.

“I would also like to repay the kindness, but I really am powerless.

Enough said, now that we’ve completely fallen out, tell me what you want.”

“I would also like a piece of territory from you—not a loan, but a formal cession.

It doesn’t need to be very big, just a high-ranking samurai’s domain will do,” Suo Lun said.

Upon hearing his words, it was as if Gui Xingfu had been struck by lightning, and he suddenly stood up, shouting, “You’re dreaming, dreaming of your grandiose dreams!”

Gui Xingfu then poked Suo Lun’s face with his finger, saying, “Let me tell you, Suo Lun, if today you voluntarily annulled the marriage contract, then you would still have thirty thousand gold coins, three thousand soldiers.

Now, you’ve forced me into such a dire situation, utterly destroying my reputation for benevolence.

Therefore, I can only give you three thousand gold coins, as if I were dealing with a beggar—take it or leave it.”

A territory is a noble’s lifeline; how could Gui Xingfu willingly cede any part of it?

Linhai City itself only has eighteen high-ranking samurai domains, about forty thousand square kilometers.

To expect him to cede one-eighteenth of that was pure fantasy.

Suo Lun said, “Then I’m sorry, I can’t give you what you want either.

From now on, I will be officially married to Gui Qinshao.”

“Delusional,” Gui Xingfu said.

“Today, my daughter donned the garb of a widow to humiliate you, which is more than enough to prove to the world the Gui Clan’s resolute intent to sever ties with you.

You’ll get nothing from me through marriage extortion!”

“Really?” Suo Lun sneered.

“Then what about Gui Qinshao’s marriage to Ling Ao?

If she does not divorce me, how can she marry Ling Ao?

How will your so-called alliance between the peasant elites, the royal family, and the nobility continue then?”

Instantly, Gui Xingfu’s complexion changed.

Suo Lun continued, “Of course, Prince Zili may not care too much, as he could just have Ling Ao marry another noble’s daughter.

But by then, you might no longer be seen as the foremost among the nobles in his heart.

And the fact remains, you have married your daughter off to me.

Despite her wearing the garb of a widow to express a resolute intent, as long as the marriage stands, it equates to an alliance—whether you acknowledge it or not, all under heaven will see it as an alliance between the Gui Clan and Suo.”

Gui Xingfu trembled with rage, this petty thief, this shameless petty thief.

Just now in Linhai City, he neither wanted money nor land.

He steadfastly clung to the marriage contract with Gui Qinshao, enduring all trample and humiliation, but determined to complete the wedding ceremony and establish the marital fact.

Then he would use this marriage to extort him, step by step, pushing Gui Xingfu towards an absolute corner.

Such a vicious heart, such a deep cunning.

Suo Lun continued, “Father-in-law, since you’ve already paid so much, why not be generous one more time?

After all, the pain is but a moment.

It’s a very good deal to exchange high-ranking samurai’s territory for a true severance of ties with this calamity—me.”

“Impossible, I would rather kill you than cede a high-ranking samurai’s territory to you,” Gui Xingfu seethed.

“Go ask around, which noble under heaven would be willing to cede such a vast territory?

This is the foundation passed down by our ancestors, a hundred-year legacy, who would want to cede it?”

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