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Old Mrs. Ren was so angry that she felt dizzy: "How can you say that the Ren family was defeated by us?"

In terms of volume, Liao believed she wouldn't lose to Old Lady Ren. She snorted and laughed, "Isn't it because of your own affairs in the West Mansion that you got imprisoned this time, and even dragged the entire Ren family into the quagmire? Before, because we were both members of the Ren family, I didn't hesitate to ask the East Mansion to contribute manpower, but you're going too far! The Ren family's assets don't belong to just the West Mansion. Why do you say you can give half to save people? Have you asked us what we think?"

Seeing that she was the elder, Master Ren could only calmly say, "Second Aunt, we always ask Second Brother to come and discuss things."

Liao was so angry that she pointed at him and said, "That's because you know my son is soft-hearted, straightforward, and easy to bully, so you can bully us as much as you can! I tell you, as long as I'm here, no one can take advantage of us in the East Mansion! This time, this family is divided!"

Liao had been thinking about splitting up the family for decades, and this was definitely a golden opportunity. It was the West House's own poor decision-making that had led to the Ren family's crisis, so she naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to split up. Why should the East House's people suffer along with the West House's?

Old Madam Ren also remembered the letter from the Second Old Master and angrily said, "What do you mean this is something our West Mansion caused? If Second Uncle hadn't written back and told us to accept the Zeng family's marriage proposal, would there have been so many troubles? How dare you come to us now and tell us that it was our fault?"

Liao refused to give in and continued, "Hasn't our Second Old Master always listened to Uncle all these years? It's always Uncle who says go east and we go east, Uncle who says go west. When did it become Uncle's turn to listen to him? The reason he hasn't returned to the capital all these years isn't because of a word Uncle said back then? This time, he just casually mentioned it because he was concerned about his niece's marriage. I don't believe you agreed to the marriage with the Zeng family just because of a letter from Uncle! Now, who are you blaming me on?"

Old Mrs. Ren couldn't refute this.

In fact, what Liao said was not wrong. Old Master Ren was not the kind of person who would marry off his granddaughter just because of his brother's words. It was actually Fang Yacun's letter that prompted the marriage between the Ren and Zeng families. And it was indeed Old Master Ren who asked Ren Yongxiang to go to Kyoto.

Mrs. Liao and Old Lady Ren had been at odds with each other since they were young, and neither of them liked the other. Now the situation was even more tense.

Master Ren Wu felt that he needed to calm the Liao family down first, so he gently advised, "Second Aunt, even if you want to divide the family, you have to wait until my father comes back first, right? You know that all the major family matters are decided by my father. Even if we, the younger generation, agree, if he doesn't agree when he comes back, you won't be able to divide the family. So there's no point in you making a fuss here today."

The Ren family's money is indeed controlled by Old Master Ren. Even when they want to rescue him this time, the Ren family has to ask his opinion first and let him make arrangements.

Master Ren Er also stepped forward to persuade his mother, "Mother, Fifth Brother is right. The most urgent matter now is how to rescue Great Uncle. Whether to split the family or not should be discussed after Great Uncle is released. Besides, Father and Fourth Brother are still in Kyoto. The matter of splitting the family is of great importance, and their consent is also needed."