Chapter 37: Undercurrents Beneath the Waves

"Father, can the Thousand Courtyard Emperor stop?"

"That madman will not stop unless he achieves his desired goal."

"Now the Sigong family is meat on the chopping block; unless they kneel and beg the Thousand Courtyard Emperor for mercy, the Sigong family can only head toward destruction."

Sigong Yan'an knew the Thousand Courtyard Emperor's character all too well.

Having provoked him, unless they completely admit defeat and submit to the Thousand Courtyard Emperor's arrangement, the Sigong family's fate is to wait for death.

Yet Sigong Huang Guang was unwilling to accept it.

"Is there truly no way at all?"

"Having provoked that old man, the Thousand Courtyard Emperor, no one can be saved."

Although he very much wanted to think of a way to help his own son, Sigong Yan'an had to admit that the Thousand Courtyard Emperor was still too high above them; their Sigong family truly could not reach that level.

In the Island Nation, as long as a zaibatsu does not cause excessive trouble, the government will not deal a fatal blow.

The collapse of a zaibatsu easily causes major fluctuations in the Island Nation's internal economy.

The Sigong family was undoubtedly the zaibatsu the Island Nation government did not want to move against.

If the Sigong family fell, it would affect the livelihoods of too many people, which is why the Sigong family could grow so recklessly.

But the situation needs to be viewed from different angles.

Once the Thousand Courtyard family fully takes over the Sigong family, it can stabilize the livelihoods of many people within the Island Nation, and furthermore allow the Island Nation's economy to surge.

In that case, whether the Sigong family lives or dies will be of no concern to anyone.

Seeing his eldest son's face full of unwillingness, Sigong Yan'an, as the father, still needed to offer a reminder.

"Huang Guang, the Sigong family cannot fall."

"Once the Sigong family falls, everyone must die."

"You understand this principle, don't you?"

"..."

Sigong Huang Guang naturally understood.

The Sigong family had offended far too many people and zaibatsu.

Now the entire Island Nation is watching the Thousand Courtyard Emperor's methods; they are all waiting to see the Sigong family's joke.

Once the Sigong family chooses to submit, they are destined to become the Thousand Courtyard family's dogs.

Perhaps no one would dare to attack the Sigong family, but the result would be that the Sigong family loses everything, just like the other families crushed by the Sigong family.

And if the Sigong family chooses to fight to the death.

Then the other zaibatsu will watch the Sigong family die bit by bit.

They will not open their mouths to bite, because the Sigong family's assets will be gnawed away by the Thousand Courtyard Emperor.

If it is the former, perhaps no major upheaval will occur within the Sigong family.

But if it is the latter, then every single member of the Sigong family will not live to see next year.

"Huang Guang, who started this?"